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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Microsoft announces Azure Services Platform for the cloud

It's not called Strata, it's called Azure, but otherwise, Microsoft has just put up a press release, which provides a quick guide to the highlights of the first session at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

If you're a bit of a masochist, you might have tried following the keynote as live-blogged by "a cabal of bloggers from across a variety of sites and pubs." It says:

Commentary will be brought to you in real time by Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething -- and yours truly.

What, Windows commentaries from people who actually use Windows and know a bit about it? Not really an acceptable idea on the net, of course….

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