Tweet-length definition of Windows Azure
Mary Jo Foley has the first of a series today on how Windows Azure came to be. A great “behind the scenes” look at how Microsoft’s “Windows in the cloud” got started… before even Bill Gates knew about it.
Definitely worth a look in its own right.
Additionally, there was a great topic that came up in the comments:
Can you describe Windows Azure in a sentence? How about in a tweet-length?
Here’s my personal take on the challenge!
Windows Azure = coordinated collection of storage, management & compute srvcs that run your code and transparently scale to any capacity.
Got a better definition under 140 characters? Leave it in the comments!
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About john.mullinax
John Mullinax is a Platform Strategy Advisor with Microsoft's DPE Team. Before joining Microsoft in 2006, John held a vartiety of positions at Ford Motor Company, most recently leading IT services strategy to support explosive business growth in China. Other positions included: Enterprise Architect, Application Portfolio Management, Technology Governance, and Product Manager. Prior to joining Ford, John earned his MBA at the University of Washington. Before that, he was Director of Elections for Douglas County, Washington, where he conducted the first Federal mail-ballot election in the USA. Subsequently, he joined the Secretary of State's office as a consultant working with county election officials in Washington state to improve operational effectiveness, integrity, and security (aka, to prevent the kind of debacle we saw in Florida in 2000).
