Windows Azure Platform | Cloud Computing | Online Services

Caption: Windows Azure. Just right in size, speed and price.

Building out an infrastructure that supports your web service or application can be expensive, complicated and time consuming. Forecasting the highest possible demand. Building out the network to support your peak times. Getting the right servers in place at the right time, managing and maintaining the systems.

Or you could look to the Microsoft cloud. The Windows Azure platform is a flexible cloud–computing platform that lets you focus on solving business problems and addressing customer needs. No need to invest upfront on expensive infrastructure. Pay only for what you use, scale up when you need capacity and pull it back when you don’t. We handle all the patches and maintenance — all in a secure environment with over 99.9% uptime.

Big or small, the Windows Azure platform has you covered.
Since the Windows Azure platform is so flexible, the use cases are unlimited.

Emerging startups: If you’re building the next Internet hit, the last thing you want is a fail whale. Count on the Windows Azure platform and use your hard–won VC funding on polishing up your product.
Global Enterprises: Deploying an update to your customers around the world every six months? We’ve got datacenters everywhere to handle the heavy lifting. And it’s the ideal extension to your current on–premises systems.
Independent Software Vendors: Want to create a Web application based on an existing on–premises Windows application? Use the Windows Azure platform, and you can focus on the business logic, not operational hurdles.
And whatever you dream up. It’s new, yet still familiar. Get the SDK and put the Windows Azure platform to work for YOU.

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