Microsoft said in Tuesday that it would launch its long-awaited windows http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13357.html ">azure Cloud computing system next January 1, To take advantage of the growing interest in internet-based software and services.
Microsoft launched the Windows Azure test a year ago. This is an online platform that allows developers to create their own applications and provide space for users to store data.
Ozzi, Microsoft's chief software designer, said at Microsoft's annual software Developers Conference in Tuesday that the service will be officially launched from next year. The first month of the service is free and will be billed from February onwards.
Cloud computing is a broad trend to run software in remote data centers and access the software on the Internet. Microsoft is looking to become a big operator in the cloud computing market, but has lagged behind rivals such as Amazon and Google. Amazon has already sold cloud-based storage. Google offers a lot of free online software.
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