Windows Azure

A platform and collection of services provided by Microsoft that is a cloud computing setup that allows clients to develop services that can be scaled depending on the current requirements. This allows a company or service to be setup online and be able to handle a small amount or large amount of traffic or heavy processing needs without having to worry about hardware upgrades or changing the network infrastructure.

• The official page for this product is found at: http://www.windowsazure.com

Also see: Cloud, Operating system definitions