Microsoft is informing customers of its Windows Azure cloud that it is rebranding many, if not all, of the component services in a way that eliminates the "Azure" name on its billing portal. "Windows ...

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Microsoft will announce its rebranding of its "Windows Azure" cloud operating system to "Microsoft Azure," this week, according to a couple of tipsters of mine. The announcement is expected to happen ...

It's official. Microsoft is swapping out the Windows Azure name and plans to start calling it "Microsoft Azure" next month. The change in nomenclature will take effect on April 3, 2014, according to ...

“Windows, Windows, Windows,” was the refrain from former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during his long tenure in the position. And Windows is still the core of the company, literally and figuratively.

As expected, Microsoft rolled out its cloud computing vision during the opening keynote of PDC 2008 this morning, and I have to say, there were surprisingly few, um, surprises. Don't get me wrong -- ...