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Windows Azure

Microsoft Azure broadens support for popular open-source Kubernetes container manager

Microsoft is making the popular open source Kubernetes container orchestration service, originally designed by Google, generally available for use on… Read More

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Microsoft to hold cloud event on Oct. 20

Microsoft announced today that it plans to hold an event for media and analysts on Oct. 20 in San Francisco… Read More

Microsoft’s top lawyer: U.S. surveillance policies making it harder to do business overseas

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States’ approach to Internet privacy and surveillance needs to change, and U.S. government officials were… Read More

Patch gets Titanfall back online after brief server stumble

Dozens of unhappy gamers complained of server issues early this morning, shortly after Titanfall launched at midnight around the world.… Read More

Google Cloud Platform roadshow aims to lure companies from Azure, AWS

Google’s cloud services team is going on an international tour in a bid to bring companies onto its cloud services… Read More

Cloud Storage Wars: Microsoft’s Azure battles Amazon Web Services on price

Microsoft this morning followed through on its promise to match Amazon Web Services’ prices for commodity cloud computing services, saying… Read More

Microsoft announces general availability of multi-factor authentication for Azure

Software developers, want to make sure your Windows Azure logins are extra double secure? Well, now you can. Microsoft is… Read More

Microsoft to deliver its first-ever Oracle OpenWorld keynote

Yes, times have changed. As a follow-up to the cloud-computing partnership announced earlier this year between longtime rivals Microsoft and… Read More

Amazon Web Services adds SDK support for Windows Phone, Windows Store apps

Amazon Web Services has been beefing up support for Microsoft Windows as of late, and this week it released a new… Read More

City of San Jose inks deal with Microsoft in Google’s backyard

The City of San Jose announced a partnership with Microsoft today to bring its more than 5,000 employees onto the… Read More

How Microsoft and Oracle set aside their past garbage to connect in the cloud

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s cloud computing deal with Oracle was some two years in the making — going from careful… Read More

50% of Fortune 500 uses Windows Azure, Microsoft says

Microsoft’s cloud is gathering steam, according to new data released by the company today. Like Amazon and Google, Microsoft is… Read More

Amazon Web Services targets bigger companies, going toe-to-toe with Microsoft

Amazon Web Services’ partner network has grown to more than 4,000 members, up from less than 1,000 a year ago… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Socedo dives into social media to help you find sales leads

Socedo co-founder Aseem Badshah came up with the idea for his startup after helping big brands like Microsoft and Guess… Read More

Meet the 10 startups Microsoft just accepted into the TechStars Windows Azure accelerator

Microsoft is back with a new crop of companies for its Windows Azure accelerator program, operated in conjunction with TechStars.… Read More

Realty Mogul raises cash to bring crowdfunding to commercial real estate

Realty Mogul, a recent graduate of MIcrosoft’s Windows Azure Accelerator, has raised $500,00 in seed funding from Gust CEO David S. Rose,… Read More

Meet the 10 startups from the Windows Azure accelerator

It’s not easy to stand in front of a packed room of angel investors and venture capitalists and ask for… Read More

Keeping up: Windows lowers Azure prices to stay even with Google, Amazon

Amazon and Google recently dropped their cloud storage prices, and now Microsoft is following suit. The Redmond-based company is reducing… Read More

Microsoft and TechStars tap 10 startups for new Windows Azure Accelerator

After receiving 600 applications, Microsoft this morning named 10 startups to participate in its Windows Azure Accelerator, a three-month program… Read More

How Microsoft’s new Bing Fund will invest in startups

Microsoft today confirmed that it has created a new angel investment fund and startup incubator sponsored by its Bing search… Read More

Video: Raunchy dance routine a PR nightmare for Microsoft

[Follow-up: The story behind that nasty Microsoft dance routine] Microsoft announced a significant set of updates to its Windows Azure cloud computing… Read More

TechStars, Microsoft ally on new Windows Azure startup incubator

Microsoft is deepening its relationship with TechStars, announcing today a new startup accelerator program in Seattle designed for those companies… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Opstera looks to help clients find answers in the cloud

Opstera is just four months old. But the Bellevue upstart is already reeling in customers who are turning to the… Read More

How a high-five changed this Microsoft GM’s life, and helped a bunch of kids

Bill Hilf spends his days as a general manager for Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform, based in Redmond. He… Read More

Video: Windows 8 app controls police car from the cloud

Over on the Microsoft campus this week, I got a chance to check out a vehicle control system from Modularis… Read More

Amazon Web Services cuts prices again, cites lower costs

Amazon Web Services announced another round of price reductions in its services for data storage, processing and computing in the… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows Azure suffers extended outages

Updated below with new information from Microsoft, saying service has been restored to the majority of customers. Microsoft’s cloud computing… Read More

4 ways Microsoft can make Azure better for startups

Guest Commentary: This week Microsoft made a big announcement by providing TechStars startups up to $60,000 worth of Windows Azure… Read More

How Microsoft interns blazed a trail for Windows 8 apps

Posting from Anaheim: Microsoft today is announcing a new toolkit to help independent software developers connect Windows 8 apps to… Read More

New York Times casts Microsoft as a relic, but is it really the Kodak of PCs?

There’s plenty to criticize Microsoft about these days. The company has fallen behind Apple in mobile phones and tablets. It’s… Read More

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