The Azure™ Services Platform is an Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. It reduces the need for up-front technology purchases, and it enables developers to quickly and easily create applications running in the cloud using their existing skills.
Create cloud computing projects and upload them to the Microsoft Pinpoint marketplace. The marketplace will allow you to showcase your products and services to the people who need them the most.
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Chris Rolon gives us a look under the hood of Microsoft SQL Azure to see how was constructed. Chris discusses the issues involving high availability, failure detection, automatic failover, and the distributed data fabric.
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Windows Azure guru David Pallmann explains why Windows Azure is a fantastic platform for RIAs. David provides several examples of RIAs, and he explains how RIAs and cloud computing are causing a shift in software layers as we know them.
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During this webcast, we explore what the Service Bus does and how it works. We also examine the connectivity challenges addressed by the Service Bus and the different communication patterns made possible by the Service Bus to address specific business requirements on the cloud.
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Architecting and building a Software as a Service application requires solving a series of problems that are independent of a particular software platform. Michael discusses three areas of focus for designing and building services so that you can leverage your work into new platforms such as Windows Azure.
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Joe Shirey talks to Clemens Vasters, senior program manager on the Windows Azure team, about the architectural implications of the Internet Services Bus and .NET Services.
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Cloud Computing is often presented as an esoteric technology that is only interesting to large companies. In point of fact, small- and medium-sized companies will find the economics and technology opportunities very compelling. Shy Cohen and Michael Stiefel discuss why this is so, and why SMBs should look for opportunities in the cloud computing area.
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What are the business considerations of risks and benefits when considering cloud computing options, strategies, and trends? Check out this discussion between Miha Kralj and Zhiming Xue.
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Bob Familiar interviews Dennis McCarthy, a software architect at Kronos about his research into leveraging Microsoft Dynamics 4.0 as an S+S Platform.
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Energynet transfers watts and usage data, connecting anything and everything in the energy market. In this unique session, Juval Lowy presents the case for the next boom in software, shares personal observation and perspectives, and points out the skills and expertise required of developers that want to not only survive but thrive on the next boom in software.
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Learn architectural patterns and factors for moving to the cloud. Based on real-world projects, the talk explores building block services, patterns for exposing applications, and challenges involving identity, data federation, and management.
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A group of senior IT architects from across the industry met to consider the coming cloud. What it is, what it means for business and the software profession and what has Microsoft been up to in the cloud? This episode is part one of the discussion.
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Vishwas Lele, CTO of Applied Information Sciences (AIS), articulates three typical styles of applications and services that may be built to take advantages of the Azure Services platform.
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What's the latest on Windows Azure and Microsoft's cloud platform? David Chappell discusses his perspective on this fast-changing area with Bob Familiar.
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This session will cover SQL Azure Overview, SQL Azure Data Access, SQL Azure Architecture, SQL Azure Provisioning Model.
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Get an understanding of Microsoft SQL Azure and its core functionality.
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This session will cover how to programmatically interact with Microsoft SQL Azure using the following APIs: ADO.NET, ODBC, and PHP.
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The Microsoft .NET Service Bus supports a range of connectivity options. In
this screencast, see how multicast is supported through a series of code
examples and sample applications.
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Windows Azure features a very powerful, yet simple deployment model. By focusing on your application and abstracting away the infrastructure details, you can deploy almost any app with minimal fuss.
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The Windows Azure SDK provides a development fabric that provides a cloud on your desktop. In this screencast, learn how to debug your Windows Azure applications in this environment.
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If you are looking to get started developing with the Live Framework, this is the place to start! In this screencast you'll learn how to get a Live Services token and what you need to download in order to start writing Live Framework applications.
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The Live Framework Resource Model is a simple, straightforward information model based on entities, collections and relationships. In this brief screencast you'll learn how to navigate the relationships between entities by using the Live Framework Resource Browser, which is a tool that ships with the Live Framework SDK.
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.NET Services are a set of highly scalable building blocks for programming in the cloud. In this brief screencast, you'll learn about the registration process, the SDK and the built-in samples everything you need to know in order to get started.
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The .NET Service Bus makes it easy to access your Web services no matter where they are. In this brief screencast, you'll see how to take a basic Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and expose it to the Internet with the .NET Service Bus.
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This session will cover creating, accessing and manipulating tables, views, indexes, roles, procedures, triggers, and functions; insert, Update, and delete; constraints; transactions; temp tables; and query support.
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Learn about authentication and authorization.
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This session will cover SQLCMD basics, deployment, development, management, and provisioning.
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This six-part seminar provides you with a basic understanding of Software plus Services, the fundamental concepts, and gives you a demonstration of what makes S+S unique from other approaches to delivering software.
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Get an early glance at the Microsoft SQL Data Services (SDS) Developer Portal and learn how a developer can get a SQL database for their Microsoft Windows Azure application.
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Hear members of the Microsoft SQL Data Services team discuss the new features of SDS including the development model, tools support, and how the services interoperate with the other building block services of the Microsoft Windows Azure Services Platform.
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This two-part video will take pieces from the Worldwide Partner Conference that focus on Microsoft Windows Azure from a Partner perspective.
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Learn about the components found in .NET Services: Access Control, Service Bus, and Workflow.
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This video will teach you about the Windows Azure SDK and the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio.
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If youre a developer and youre new to Windows Azure, this is the place to start. In this video youll learn what Windows Azure is, and what is provided by the Azure Services Platform.
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There are thousands of different kinds of applications on the Internet, but most of them require the same underlying data: mapping and location information, online photo storage, personalized contact lists. In this video you will learn how to leverage the Live Framework to access this information from both on-premise and cloud-based applications.
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See how you can use the Microsoft SQL Data Services SDK to take advantage of this "database in the cloud."
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His high level overview will give you an introduction to Microsoft Windows Azure platform AppFabric.
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This high level overview for technical and business decision makers will provide an introduction to Windows Azure.
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Through a series of coding examples, see how to take a simple WCF client/service application, expose it on the Internet using the AppFabric Service Bus and then secure it using the Access Control Service.
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In this high level overview, attendees will learn what the Microsoft Windows Azure platform AppFabric and what it offers Microsofts cloud customers.
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In this demonstration-heavy session, see multiple ways in which the Service Bus can be leveraged to provide connectivity solutions for cloud-aware and cloud-based applications.
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Examine the setup and code required to leverage the Access Control Service from a Microsoft ASP.NET application.
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With the recent release of the the CTP (Community Technical Preview) of SQL Azure, it seemed an ideal time for David Gristwood to sit down with SQL guru Keith Burns and have a chat with him about data in the cloud, this new version of SQL Server, what it means for developers and systems designers, and how to get started.
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Windows Azure provides a built-in framework for writing log messages from your applications. In this screencast, you'll learn how to use the Windows Azure logging API and how to read log messages whether your application is running in the development fabric or in the cloud.
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In this screencast, learn how to add create and store custom types in Live Mesh using the Live Framework SDK.
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In this screencast, see how you can connect to and interact with the Live Framework from a PHP application built using Eclipse.
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Windows Workflow Foundation provides a platform for using managed code to defined work as composable, reusable parts. With .NET Services, you can host your workflow in the cloud and access it from anywhere. In this screencast, see the basics of taking a simple workflow and deploying it to the cloud.
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The Microsoft .NET Service Bus supports a range of connectivity options. In this screencast, see how multicast is supported through a series of code examples and sample applications.
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Windows Azure is a pay-as-you-go service that provides easy, automatically managed scalability and availability. The Windows Azure hosting platform nearly eliminates the need for hardware and human resource allocations.
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As an open platform, Windows Azure offers choices to developers. It allows
them to use multiples languages (.NET, PHP, Ruby, Python or Java) and
development tools (Visual Studio or Eclipse) to build applications that run
on Windows Azure and/or consume any of the Windows Azure platform offerings
from any other cloud or on premise platform.
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The Identity Developer Training Course represents the unbundling of the
Identity Developer Training Kit: all the labs documentation is now unfolded
and hosted by Channel9 on the public internet, ready to answer YOUR queries
right when you need it.
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The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of
technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are
designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including:
Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services.
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Check out how Microsoft's strategic application of people, processes, technologies, and experience with consumer and enterprise security has resulted in continuous improvements to the security practices and policies of the Microsoft cloud infrastructure and our online services.
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Get an early look into the Azure Services Platform in this whitepaper by David Chappell. Learn why using computers in the cloud can make lots of sense for your organization. Rather than buying and maintaining your own machines, why not exploit the acres of Internet-accessible servers available today?
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Part of the larger Azure Services Platform, Windows Azure is a platform for running Windows applications and storing data in the cloud. Wherever they run, applications are built on some kind of platform. For on-premises applications, this platform usually includes an operating system, some way to store data, and perhaps more. Applications running in the cloud need a similar foundation. That's the goal of Microsoft’s Windows Azure.
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Windows Azure Table provides scalable, available, and durable structured storage in the form of tables. The tables contain entities, and the entities contain properties. The tables are scalable to billions of entities and terabytes of data, and may be partitioned across thousands of servers. This paper describes the basic concepts and the advanced features of Windows Azure Table.
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Windows Azure Storage provides durable, scalable, available, secure, and performance-efficient storage services for the cloud, and it does this through familiar and easy-to-use programming interfaces. Windows Azure Blob provides a simple interface for storing named files along with metadata for a file. This paper describes the Windows Azure Blob programming interface and the advanced blob concepts.
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This hands-on lab will tell you everything you need to know to get started with SQL Azure.
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WebsiteSpark is a program that offers visibility, support, and software for
professional Web Developers and Designers. Visit the site to learn more.
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The Windows Azure Platform Training Course includes a comprehensive set of
technical content including samples, demos, hands-on labs, and presentations
that are designed to expedite the learning process for the set of
technologies released as part of the Windows Azure Platform.
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This overview paper introduces Microsoft® .NET Services, each of its building block services, and how they fit together.
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Windows Azure Storage provides durable, scalable, available, secure, and performance-efficient storage services for the cloud, and it does this through familiar and easy-to-use programming interfaces. Windows Azure Queue provides reliable storage and delivery of messages for an application. This paper describes the Windows Azure Queue programming interface and the advanced queue concepts.
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This whitepaper shows developers how to use a claims-based identity model and the Microsoft .NET Access Control Service – part of the Microsoft .NET Services family – to implement single sign-on, federated identity, and role based access control in Web applications and services.
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This whitepaper shows developers how to use the .NET Service Bus – part of the Microsoft .NET Services family – to provide a secure, standards-based messaging fabric to connect applications across the Internet.
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This whitepaper provides details about the Microsoft .NET Workflow Service, its relation to Windows Workflow Foundation, and what developers need to know to begin building workflows for the cloud. It not only explains the current tools and capabilities but also outlines the vision for future releases.
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In order to be able to host your applications on the Azure Services platform, you will need to create a Windows Azure account and obtain the tokens necessary to create Windows Azure projects and/or SQL Azure database servers and databases.
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Trying out the Azure services is free, however a token is required to gain access to some of the services.
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The Microsoft Online Security Features whitepaper describes how Microsoft's concern for security, as defined in the Trustworthy Computing initiative, has driven key features in the design, deployment, and operation of the Microsoft Online Services environment.
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The Microsoft .NET Services Client Redistributable provides everything you need to run applications that use Microsoft .NET Services.
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Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio® extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.
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The Windows Azure SDK provides developers with the APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop Internet-scale applications that run on Windows Azure. Using the Windows Azure SDK, developers can create applications and run it in a local development fabric even without a registered account.
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The Microsoft .NET Services SDK provides developers with the APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop applications that take advantage of the Access Control Service, Workflow Service and the Service Bus.
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Deploying a service to the Windows Azure hosting environment is a relatively straightforward process. The only real requirements are to supply a package and a service configuration file.
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This open source project, announced in May, is an effort to bridge PHP developers to Windows Azure. PHPAzure is an open source project to provide software development kit for Windows Azure and Windows Azure Storage – Blobs, Tables, and Queues.
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Explore the Live Framework Documentation to learn more about the Live Framework or register to access the Live Framework SDK.
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The Microsoft .NET Services offer interoperability by design through industry standards and web protocols such as REST, SOAP, WS-*, as well as through community based libraries that make it easier to use the services. The Java SDK for .NET Services, developed by Schakra Inc, includes a set of libraries, tools, prescriptive guidance & sample applications that will enhance productivity for Java developers willing to use the .NET Services to extend their Java applications by using the Microsoft cloud services platform.
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The Ruby SDK for .NET Services, developed by ThoughtWorks, includes a set of libraries, tools, prescriptive guidance & sample applications that will enhance productivity for Ruby developers willing to use the .NET Services to extend their Ruby applications by using the Microsoft cloud services platform to build, deploy and manage reliable, Internet-scale applications.
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The SQL Data Services SDK provides APIs, tools, documentation, and code samples to quickly get you started with SQL Data Services.
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Connect with other users and developers through MSDN community resources. There's a growing archive of technical questions and answers in the forum.
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Discuss the Windows Azure operating system with other users and developers. Find answers to your questions and help others by sharing your knowledge.
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Interested in .NET Services? This is the place for questions, suggestions and discussions with regard to using the services.
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New to SQL Data Services? This is the place for questions and discussion with regard to getting started with the service, signing up, any other service related questions.
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Using the Windows Azure platform, 3M created a Web-based application that gives designers the ability to invoke complex algorithms to analyze the effectiveness of a design, based on how the human eye will respond.
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Acumatica chose to develop its software-plus-services application using Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Azure and Microsoft .NET Services. The company developed its hosted offering in five weeks, reduced capital expenditures and reduced the deployment time for customers.
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Advanced Telemetry is using the Windows Azure platform for hosted application and data storage plus the Visual WebGui application platform from Microsoft BizSpark partner Gizmox to provide rapid development and run-time efficiencies for cloud applications.
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Archetype migrated its existing Archetype Media Platform solution to the Windows Azure platform and developed additional components specifically to take advantage of the new system.
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Using the Microsoft-hosted Windows Azure platform, AP created a highly scalable solution that simplifies capacity planning and creates new business opportunities.
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Active Web Solutions (AWS) used GeoPoint to build MOB Guardian, a search-and-rescue application for fishing vessels. To extend GeoPoint to more scenarios, AWS migrated it to the Windows Azure platform and attained massive scalability, richer functionality, and lower infrastructure costs.
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Cast Iron Systems helps organizations connect cloud applications with on-premises applications. When Microsoft announced the Windows Azure platform, Cast Iron set out to enhance its Cast Iron Integration Solution with Windows Azure platform connectivity. Using the Service Bus and Access Control Service, Cast Iron created the needed connectors in just one day.
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CCH, which provides software for business professionals, adapted its sales tax-calculation application to run on the Windows Azure platform. CCH expects its use of Windows Azure to result in greater choice for customers, the ability to scale on demand, and lower costs.
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Working with Microsoft, EEA developed the Eye On Earth platform, based on the Windows Azure cloud services operating system. Users can view water or air quality from the 32 member countries of the EEA, using high-definition Bing maps.
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Glympse provides a Web-based location-sharing solution for use with GPS-enabled phones. Glympse turned to the Windows Azure platform because it offers integrated development tools and less of a management burden than the hosting service from Amazon that Glympse was using.
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GoGrid partnered with Blue Star Infotech to develop a suite of tools that help customers seamlessly build and deploy applications for Windows Azure.
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GXS was eager to find a cost-effective way to add more detailed, on-demand analytics services to its industry-leading business-to-business e-commerce platform, GXS Trading Grid. The company turned to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner MindTree to help develop a solution based on Windows Azure.
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Utilities need a high-performance, low-cost way to distribute real-time pricing data to customers so that they can make smarter consumption decisions. Invensys responded by creating a smart grid communications platform using The Service Bus and Access Control Service, both part of the Windows Azure platform.
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Kelley Blue Book decided to host and manage its Web site using a software-plus-services model. After evaluating software-plus-services solutions, the company implemented the Windows Azure platformwhich proved to be a straightforward process.
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Lokad decided to implement its software-plus-services forecasting application on the Windows Azure platform. As a result, Lokad reduced IT maintenance costs compared to traditional approaches, delivered more powerful and accurate forecasts to its customers, and improved its ability to expand into new markets.
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To avoid significant hardware and other infrastructure costs, OCCMundial.com used the Windows Azure platform to host OCCMatch through a Microsoft data center, providing easy solution scalability and enhancing value for OCCMundial.com customers.
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Origin Digital, a video application service provider, wanted to increase transcoding throughput without increasing capital expense. To gain dynamic scalability within a familiar development environment, the company built an innovative transcoding application called Cloudcoder on the Windows Azure platform.
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SugarCRM recently ported its application to the Windows Azure platform to enable its customers and value-added resellers to take advantage of real-time scalability, geographically dispersed Microsoft® data centers, and maximum data availability to gain high end performance without investing in additional infrastructure.
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