Cloud Computing Watch.com » Platform http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com Blogging the Cloud as it takes shape Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:41:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Cloud Computing Explained by Salesforce.com http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/cloud-computing-explained-by-salesforce-com/ http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/cloud-computing-explained-by-salesforce-com/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:41:05 +0000 David Chidester http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/?p=109 Salesforce.com, who has a vested interest in getting the message out about Cloud Computing, has put together a video explaining how they see Cloud Computing.

]]> http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/cloud-computing-explained-by-salesforce-com/feed/ 0 Windows Azure Services Platform http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/windows-azure-services-platform/ http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/windows-azure-services-platform/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:06:06 +0000 David Chidester http://www.cloudcomputingwatch.com/?p=9 azuresvcsplatThe Windows Azure Services Platform is Microsoft’s full force entrance into the Cloud Computing world.

The Azure Services Platform is currently made up of the following components:

These services are hosted by Microsoft, so there is no need for any hardware or infrastructure investment for creating high available, on-demand scaling applications on a pay as you go price model.

Below is a diagram from Microsoft showing how all the Windows Azure Services work together.

Mircrosoft Azure Cloud

Mircrosoft Azure Cloud

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