Ballmer: Azure ready for release by end of year
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft plans to release its Windows Azure cloud computing platform before the end of the year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday.
Microsoft introduced Azure at its PDC 2008 in October. The company did not say when it would be available, but executives have been publicly discussing more details about the service lately.
Last week Doug Hauger, general manager of marketing and business strategy for Microsoft's cloud infrastructure services group, told a group of investors that Microsoft soon will announce pricing for Azure, which will cost less than the price companies pay to run a server on premise.