WASHINGTON — Microsoft executive Bob Muglia said he was meeting with a chief information officer last year when the man grabbed him and said, “You don’t get it. We never want another update from ...

Microsoft is expanding the capabilities of its Azure Data Box data-transfer appliance. Azure Data Box, which competes with Amazon's Snowball, is meant to help users move data into Azure faster and ...

Microsoft and its server partners have been noticeably mum about Microsoft's planned Windows Azure Appliances, leading to questions as to whether Microsoft had changed its mind about the wisdom of ...

On Monday at the opening of its Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., Microsoft unveiled what it's calling a "limited production release" of the Windows Azure platform appliance, an ...

Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft this week said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises. The ...