Friday, July 17, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Windows Azure to Launch in 21 Markets in November 2009

HTTP:: Windows Azure to Launch in 21 Markets in November 2009
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Earlier this week Microsoft announced that its Cloud operating system would be launched in November 2009 at the Professional Developer Conference 2009. This puts the official availability deadline of Windows Azure at one year after the platform was introduced at PDC08. The Redmond company explained that it would initially target a total of 21 markets at launch and that it would go live with special offerings in local currencies for customers in: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the United States. “Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET Services will be commercially available at the Professional Developer Conference 2009 and we hope you will continue building on the Community Technology Preview (CTP) at no cost today. Upon commercial availability we will offer Windows Azure through a consumption-based pricing model, allowing partn!
ers and customers to pay only for the services that they consume,” revealed a member of the Windows Azure team. It will only be in March 2010 that Microsoft will go ahead with the second wave of the Windows Azure launch. Customers in an additional 16 countries around the world will be able to access Microsoft's Cloud...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Azure-to-Launch-in-21-Markets-in-November-2009-116944.shtml

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