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Latest News from Microsoft and Amazon Regarding Android
Microsoft Azure now has an Android SDK including notification push to Android devices. Amazon makes available a Mobile Ads API that can be used to display adds from their network on any Android device in parallel with those from Google AdMob.
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Microsoft’s Cloud Guidance Addresses SQL Server
Microsoft's guidance on how to deploy a SQL solution in Azure addresses many concerns such as service level agreements, maintenance, and scalability. Additionally, a framework is offered which helps developers make this decision based upon their solution's specific needs.
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Jelastic Adds PHP to Their Platform for Service Hosting Providers
Besides Java, Jelastic has added PHP to their platform for service hosting providers. This article contains an interview with Dmitry Sotnikov, COO at Jelastic, with more inside information about their PaaS solution.
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Windows Azure Store Expanded to More Countries
Windows Azure Store has been refreshed with new add-ons and expanded the availability the availability to 11 countries.
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Windows Azure Notification Hubs with Common API
Microsoft recently added an enhancement to Windows Azure Management Portal by releasing Notification Hubs which enables you to broadcast push notifications to thousands of mobile devices using a common API.
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Microsoft Creates Catalog of Linux-based Virtual Machines for Windows Azure
Microsoft Open Technologies unveiled their first major offerings in the form of a repository for pre-configured virtual machines that can be quickly deployed to the Windows Azure cloud. The VM Depot is advertised as a place to discover and deploy Azure-friendly virtual machines, and may be Microsoft’s answer to the popular catalog provided for AWS users.
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Windows Azure Updates: Job Scheduler, Command Line Support, ACS and Media
Microsoft recently released several updates for Windows Azure with background job scheduler, addition of North Europe region, mobile support for command line tool and support for SQL Data Sync services.
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Windows Azure Mobile Services with Push Notifications Support
Windows Azure Mobile Services team announced support for push notifications via APNS and improvements to iOS Objective C SDK.
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Windows Azure Storage New Pricing Structure Revealed
Microsoft recently revealed new pricing structure for Windows Azure Storage along with several improvements.
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Windows Azure Management Portal with Localization, Database and VM Enhancements
Microsoft recently released several enhancements to Windows Azure Management Portal with support for 6 additional languages, database improvements and enhancements for virtual machines and networking including support for operation logs.
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Big Data In The Cloud
Big Data services available from cloud computing vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google are uncovering interesting trends and opportunities.
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Secure ASP.NET Applications with Identity and Access Tool
Microsoft recently released Identity and Access Tool which can be installed from within Visual Studio 2012 and it provides security to ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC applications using advanced techniques.
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Build Keynote 2: Microsoft's Plan to Broaden the Cloud's Reach
Microsoft's Satya Nadella opened up day 2 of Build 2012 with a keynote describing the company's vision for the Cloud through Azure and how all developers can benefit from the services that this vision offers-- including traditionally mobile and desktop-centric apps.
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Windows Azure Mobile Services with iOS, E-mail, SMS, Facebook Support
Windows Azure product team has released an update to its mobile services suite with support for ios, E-mail, SMS including the ability to make use of Windows Azure Blob, Tables and ServiceBus with your application.
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Windows Azure Management Portal with Service Bus, Media Services and Virtual Machine Monitoring
Microsoft has updated the Windows Azure Management Portal with several features such as Service Bus, Database Management, Media Services and Virtual Machine Monitoring. These changes are available to all existing and future subscribers who make use of Windows Azure to deliver cloud computing for their applications.