Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform has been gaining steam since its launch to paying customers in February. Just last week it reached 10,000 customers; already, Azure is shaping up to ...

When Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s former Chief Software Architect announced Windows Azure at PDC 2008, no one could assess the impact that this software platform would have on the company and the industry.

In part 1 of an in-depth look at Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, we survey the cloud computing landscape, and then take the first steps toward developing a cloud application of our very own. Can't ...