May 1, 2014
New service tiers for SQL Databases on Azure now available

Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise Group, writes that new features announced at Build are now available to start using in preview form and that you can choose which service tier works best for you.

April 18, 2014
Programmers: Naiad platform makes it easy to get data into Azure

During Microsoft Research’s recent Silicon Valley TechFair, the “Naiad on Azure: Rich, Interactive Cloud Analytics” project showcased an aspect of the big-data movement that focuses on enabling data analysts to develop an application and then deploy it seamlessly to the cloud.