Microsoft this week announced general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. The Infrastructure as a Service offering previously had been in limited release. The cloud service lets users deploy full virtual machines created from a gallery of pre-populated templates built into its management portal. Users also have the option of uploading and running their own custom images. Microsoft sent a direct shot across Amazon’s bow by offering to match its prices for commodity compute, storage and bandwidth services.
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Microsoft Invites Amazon to IaaS Brawl
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 18, 2013 05:00 AMMicrosoft this week announced general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. The Infrastructure as a Service offering previously had been in limited release. The cloud service lets users deploy full virtual machines created from a gallery of pre-populated templates built into its management portal. Users also have the option of uploading and running their own custom images. Microsoft sent a direct shot across Amazon’s bow by offering to match its prices for commodity compute, storage and bandwidth services.