Tag Archives: Windows Azure

January 25, 2013 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Microsoft’s Cloud OS Play–A Logical Converged Cloud Offering

By Ben Kepes

A week or two ago, Microsoft made a slew of announcements all aimed at creating a consistent story around hybrid cloud services. It’s a compelling product launch, and one which, frankly, takes Microsoft which was only a year or two ago one of the key whipping boys for the cloud

Tagged Azure Services Platform, cloud computing, Microsoft, Microsoft Servers, Microsoft Windows, Windows Azure, Windows Intune, Windows Server |

June 6, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Apprenda and Appfog Power Hybrid .NET

By Ben Kepes

I’ve always had a soft spot for .NET PaaS provider Apprenda, they were one of the very first PaaS providers, their CEO Sinclair Schuller is a thought leader around PaaS and Cloud more generally and they display a laser focus on sticking to their core business – delivering the best

Tagged .NET Framework, AppFog, Application programming interface, Apprenda, Cloudfoundry, Heroku, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Platform as a service, Quest Software, Sinclair Schuller, Windows Azure |

July 19, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Greenbutton Nabs Microsoft, Swiftpoint Nabs Costco

By Ben Kepes

I always like to be able to write about the successes of businesses down in my neck of the woods and today I’ve got a couple of stories to write about. Firstly GreenButton, the company that I’ve called “the perfect cloud case study” nabbed USD1M in funding from non other

Tagged azure, cloud computing, Costco, greenbutton, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, New Zealand, swiftpoint, Windows Azure |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.