Microsoft launches product

Microsoft has taken another important step in the so-called "cloud computing" with Windows Azure products.

The company said it is partnering with Amazon.com and a number of other competitors to sell information storage space and 'cloud' computing power thanks to a combination of large data centers allocated on the around the world. This capability allows companies to build Web-based programs without having to manage their own data centers.

Microsoft software chief architect, Ray Ozzie, described Azure with software developers on Monday (October 27). This can be considered as Ray Ozzie's first product after two years since taking over as chief software architect.

The pioneering Web companies like Google have quickly created software programs that feature similar Microsoft Office packages but operate on the Web platform, for free or for a nominal fee, while still lifting. Frequently granted new features or fixes.

In fact, Microsoft has been following this transition. In previous 'cloud' products, Microsoft provided a number of enterprise server software based on a basic subscription platform, and included several Web services such as e-mail and instant messaging. under the name 'Live'.

Windows Azure means a wider platform for 'cloud', like Vista for PC and Windows Mobile for mobile phones and other devices. Microsoft's own programs and others will run on it.

According to Ozzie, Azure is an important step to solve the problem of accessing files from many different devices, such as from home, work, mobile computer, or mobile phone.

Microsoft also allows developers to test Azure, but Ozzie stresses that the new system will change next year. The chief architect of the software did not make it clear until Microsoft sold the license to access Azure, as well as how much it would charge.

Ozzie, 52, was widely known three years ago when Microsoft bought his software company Groove Networks. In the 80s, Ozzie worked for Lotus Development to develop Lotus Notes software, which functions similar to Microsoft Office, allowing users to share documents and e-mail together. The success of Lotus Notes led IBM to spend $ 3.5 billion to buy Lotus in 1995.