On-Premises Azure
    
		Since Microsoft announced its Azure cloud platform, folks  have wondered what Microsoft will do about private, on-premises clouds. For  more than a year, Redmond  had no answer. This week there is one, and it is one I didn't expect. I assumed  Microsoft would just sell software to let companies craft their own private  clouds, which could be a complicated enterprise. 
Instead Microsoft is working with OEMs to build appliances that  combine servers, networking and storage to ease the creation of these corporate  clouds. 
Unfortunately no real details or specs were released.
Do cloud appliances make you more interested in cloud  computing? You tell me at [email protected].
 
	Posted by Doug Barney on July 14, 2010