A few weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave clear hints of a Windows-branded product that will be deployed in the cloud. At 8:55 am PDT Monday, Ozzie christened this service Windows Azure.
As expected, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie began his first day keynote speech at PDC 2008 (he’ll be back for Day 2) by staking his company’s new claim to software as services. “The Web has become a key demand generation mechanism,” he said in his characteristic high-flying style, “becoming Web services’ front door.”
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