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January 27, 2014

Windows Azure used to launch secure mobile banking app in Indonesia

In Indonesia, mobile Internet access dominates over desktop Internet, and Windows Azure is hosting a company’s backend systems for a mobile banking app, ensuring security and stability.

January 24, 2014

As of March 13, Windows Azure storage will cost less than Amazon Web Services in many regions worldwide

Following up on a commitment to match Amazon Web Services prices for commodity services like compute, storage and bandwidth, Windows Azure customers will see lower prices starting March 13 for Block Blobs Storage and Disks/Page Blobs Storage that match AWS’ prices.

January 22, 2014

Gartner Recognizes Microsoft as a leader in the Enterprise Application Platform as a Service market

The Windows Azure blog reports on a “breakthrough moment” in 2014 that builds upon the momentum generated by Windows Azure in 2013: Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a leader in the Enterprise Application Platform as a Service (aPaaS) market in its 2014 Enterprise aPaaS Magic Quadrant report published earlier in January.

January 20, 2014

Free Windows Azure online training for developers, IT pros starts Jan. 27

The training kicks off with a live demo from Scott Guthrie, Microsoft corporate vice president, Windows Azure. Guthrie will build a real-world application from scratch, and developers and IT Pros will get an idea of what Windows Azure can do.

January 17, 2014

New capabilities, enhancements to Windows Azure include always-on support for websites

On Friday, Microsoft released another great set of capabilities and enhancements to Windows Azure including staged publishing support and always-on support for websites, as well as monitoring improvements for websites and SQL database alerts, and a general availability release for Hyper-V Recovery manager.

January 17, 2014

Latest recipients of Windows Azure research grants include forensic investigations and ‘Gangnam Style’

Microsoft Research’s Windows Azure for Research program includes an ongoing series of Windows Azure cloud training events and Windows Azure research grants, with the most recent topics and recipients selected ranging from “Minority Report: Using the Cloud to Enable Proactive Digital Forensic Investigations” by Liliana Pasquale of the University of Limerick, Ireland, to “Does ‘Gangnam Style’ really exist? – Answers from data science perspective” by Joon Heo of Yonsei University in South Korea.

January 16, 2014

Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. expands to China

Through its operations in Shanghai, MS Open Tech will play a pivotal role by driving investments in interoperability and standards in Microsoft products, contributing to the local open source communities and enabling open source software on Microsoft platforms, such as Windows Azure.

January 16, 2014

RCS MediaGroup uses Office 365 and other Microsoft technology to modernize its communications

Global Italian multimedia publishing company has modernized and unified its communications infrastructure and enabled flexible, cloud-based collaboration through a comprehensive Microsoft technology solution that includes Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure, Microsoft Lync 2013, Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft SharePoint 2013.

January 15, 2014

Black Girls Code organization wins first place, $50,000 grant in AzureDev community campaign

Black Girls Code, an organization that teaches girls ages 7 to 17 computer programming skills, is the first-place winner of the AzureDev Community Campaign, which focuses on technology education and on changing the world through code, regardless of programming language. See the video.

January 7, 2014

Windows Azure whitepaper gives customers insights on security features

Windows Azure networking provides the infrastructure to securely connect customers’ virtual machines to one another, as well as being the bridge between the cloud and customers’ on-premises data centers. A new whitepaper gives customers insights on how they can take advantage of Windows Azure’s features to best protect their information assets.