Microsoft launched Windows Azure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) options on April 16. The service is now commercially available. The move adds to Microsoft's Windows Azure platform-as-a-service ...

Microsoft on Tuesday made a flurry of Windows Azure-related announcements, including the general availability of Windows Azure IaaS (infrastructure as a service), with new VMI (virtual machine image) ...

Grab some popcorn. Microsoft has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), upgrading its Azure cloud service for direct competition with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Microsoft has taken Windows Azure Infrastructure Services from pre-release to general public availability, packing some big guns to compete with Amazon’s popular offerings. The news comes just as the ...

Where do companies turn when it comes to adopting cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS)? According to a new survey by Spiceworks Inc., Microsoft Azure is their top choice. The study, “Diving into ...

For the third straight year, Microsoft Azure ranks just behind Amazon Web Services in the coveted upper-right corner of Gartner’s annual “Magic Quadrant” ranking of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) ...

While we use Azure SQL (PaaS) anywhere it is feasible, we have applications that just aren't supported on Azure SQL (PaaS) or we have a need for more performance than the shared nature of the PaaS ...

Following the expansion of its failover capabilities for Azure SQL Database earlier this month, Microsoft has now extended the disaster recovery options available to customers using Azure Site ...

Microsoft's Windows Azure team has typically held its momentum and sales numbers fairly close to the vest. But this week at the TechEd conference, execs did share a couple of interesting data points.