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Azure might actually be great for you...

With Windows Azure you don't want to *have* to worry about staying ahead on capacity planning, or even spending capital on the hardware. And you don't need to get skilled up on running/administering Windows in house... and whatever brush fires that might bring if it's not one of your team's primary skill sets.

What you do get is the ability to focuse on your apps / products, whether they are built with .NET, native Windows, Python, Ruby, or PHP.

You also get a complete "services-style" application platform that you can leverage ala carte with your on-premise apps, hosted apps, as well as with apps in Windows Azure (or even non-Microsoft cloud services if they support either industry standards like WS-* or defacto web standards like REST).

[Disclosure: I do work for Microsoft, but my opinions are my own. And I also like my Zune - I can buy songs off the radio, and the software is great for social sharing/discovery of new music. Plus, I can use the same points for songs *OR* on XBox Live!]

Posted by: johnmullinax   Posted on: 07/06/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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