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As someone who works on Windows Azure, this got under my skin a bit :). In particular, I thought this was slightly lazy writing (W.r.t Azure) "I suspect it’s n

by sriramk 16y ago

As someone who works on Windows Azure, this got under my skin a bit :). In particular, I thought this was slightly lazy writing (W.r.t Azure) "I suspect it’s not performing well" and "Put simply, it’s hard to imagine that Microsoft is aggressively developing or marketing Azure, since cloud computing offerings directly threaten Microsoft’s revenues and profitability in the PC market, especially its Windows and Office products. " From Ballmer mentioning "we're all in" in pretty much every speech he has done recently all the way to Azure being all over the financial analyst meeting [1][2], I sometimes think there's not a day that goes by when I don't hear about Azure in some way from MSFT :) [1] http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100729/liveblogging-microsofts-financial-analyst-meeting-its-a-beautiful-day/ http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100729/liveblogging-microsofts-... [2] http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Microsoft-Pushes-Cloud-at-Financial-Analyst-Meeting-675840/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Microsoft-Pushes-Cl...

mjfern 16y ago
Sorry, that wasn't my attention. I tried to research Azure online, looking for hard numbers on its performance in the cloud computing market (e.g., # of companies using Azure, adoption rates, etc.), but I was unable to find any concrete data. In fact, I struggled to even find a thorough review of Azure. Can you please point me to some data and/or reviews so I can incorporate this information properly into any future posts? Thanks!
- sriramk 16y ago
  Some quick links - Back in June, we announced 10K paying customers (6 months post launch)[1]. If you're looking for some 'big names', eBay, Dell, Fujitsu and HP are going to be using the Azure Appliance [2]. This is of course apart from internal teams like the Bing Twitter stuff. There's a neat Pivot visualization of case studies and partners here [3] - Review - I'm not sure what you're looking for. Searching for 'Windows Azure review' brings up a lot of hits. I've written a book on it and so have others. There are tons of blogs dedicated to it (azurejournal.com for example). What exactly are you looking for? My intent with this isn't to sound like some marketing droid.:) [1] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-passes-the-10000-customer-milestone-with-azure/6433 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-passes-the-100... [2] http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/07/microsoft_cloud_computing_appliance_to_be_tested_by_ebay.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/07/microsoft_cloud_com... [3] http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence/ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence/
tlack 16y ago
I think what he means is that, although Microsoft may talk about it a lot, Azure isn't getting nearly as much developer traction as other cloud computing developments, at least from the perspective of the author - and me, and most of the people I talk to.

by sriramk 16y ago

mjfern 16y ago

Sorry, that wasn't my attention. I tried to research Azure online, looking for hard numbers on its performance in the cloud computing market (e.g., # of companies using Azure, adoption rates, etc.), but I was unable to find any concrete data. In fact, I struggled to even find a thorough review of Azure. Can you please point me to some data and/or reviews so I can incorporate this information properly into any future posts? Thanks!

sriramk 16y ago
Some quick links - Back in June, we announced 10K paying customers (6 months post launch)[1]. If you're looking for some 'big names', eBay, Dell, Fujitsu and HP are going to be using the Azure Appliance [2]. This is of course apart from internal teams like the Bing Twitter stuff. There's a neat Pivot visualization of case studies and partners here [3] - Review - I'm not sure what you're looking for. Searching for 'Windows Azure review' brings up a lot of hits. I've written a book on it and so have others. There are tons of blogs dedicated to it (azurejournal.com for example). What exactly are you looking for? My intent with this isn't to sound like some marketing droid.:) [1] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-passes-the-10000-customer-milestone-with-azure/6433 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-passes-the-100... [2] http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/07/microsoft_cloud_computing_appliance_to_be_tested_by_ebay.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/07/microsoft_cloud_com... [3] http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence/ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence/

tlack 16y ago

I think what he means is that, although Microsoft may talk about it a lot, Azure isn't getting nearly as much developer traction as other cloud computing developments, at least from the perspective of the author - and me, and most of the people I talk to.