14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is dedicating consistent efforts to evangelizing its Cloud platform and driving adoption among customers, partners and developers.
Illustrative examples of this are three new webinars that the Redmond company will offer in January 2011.
Customers looking to embrace the Cloud that feel they might need some extra guidance or just some convincing should attend the webinars focused on Windows Azure.
Covering the benefits, best practices and implications of embracing Windows Azure, the webinars will be available completely free of charge.
Microsoft provided short descriptions of the Windows Azure web events in January, and you will be able to find them, along with the links for the webinars below.
“If you are an ISV or a partner you know that you had better be thinking about how your product of service will continue to exist and be successful in the new cloud paradigm,” revealed Microsoft’s Bill Zack.
Microsoft launched Windows Azure in late 2009, but the platform’s commercial availability started in 2010, when the company began charging customers for usage.
You can watch a video featuring Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich talking about Windows Azure here.
In addition, Microsoft is offering developers the chance to test drive Windows Azure for free for an entire month, provided that they reside in the United States.
Here are the details for the upcoming free Windows Azure webinars, courtesy of Microsoft:
“The Business Case for Azure (Part 1) - January 12, 2011 - The objective of this session is to provide anunderstanding of why Software as a Service is a compelling business model fortoday's ISVs and how Windows Azure can be a key enabler for ISVs considering amove to the cloud.
Understanding Implications of the Cloud (Part 2) -January 19, 2011 - The focus of this session will be on theimplications for adopting cloud computing as a core pillar of a go to marketstrategy.
This webinar will provide an understanding of what ISVs face relativeto change management challenges and implications for their current businessmodels.
Easing (Leaping) Into the Cloud (Part 3) -January 29, 2011 - The objective of this third and final session willbe to introduce a decision-making framework - based on real world experience - forrationally adopting Windows Azure as a core element of an applicationarchitecture."