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Windows Azure Will Be a Pay-As-You-Go Cloud Service By Mark Long July 14, 2009 12:05PM     Microsoft has outlined the business models for its Windows Azure cloud-computing services. Customers will pay only for the Windows Azure services they use. The services include a Microsoft SQL Azure database and .NET services. An analyst warned that comparisons of Windows Azure with Amazon and Google services involve more than pricing.   Related Topics Microsoft Windows Azure SQL .NET Amazon Google Latest News Google Buzz Connects Gmail Users Intel Launches Itanium 9300 Series iPhone OS, Android Gain in Q4 Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU Macworld Focuses on Mobile Apps Microsoft has taken the wraps off its business and partner models for Windows Azure -- a services platform that enables computing applications to be hosted and run at the software giant's data centers. Through Windows Azure, Microsoft expects to help customers and partners quickly develop and deploy cloud -based computing solutions, said Bob Muglia, president of the server and tools business at Microsoft. "What's unique about the Windows Azure platform is that Microsoft manages the complexity, which allows partners to focus on what matters most for their business -- building innovative services solutions and driving new revenue," Muglia said. "This can drive down total cost of ownership by up to 60 percent for certain workloads during a three-year period." Pay as You Go Microsoft will offer Windows Azure under a pay-as-you-go pricing model where customers will pay only for the services they consume. Microsoft plans to charge 12 cents per hour for computing, 15 cents per gigabyte stored, and one cent per 10,000 storage transactions. The Azure platform includes a Web-based relational database in Microsoft SQL Azure together with connectivity and interoperability with .NET services. Microsoft said it will charge $9.99 for the basic Web edition of its SQL Azure database, which includes up to a one-gigabyte relational database; and $99.99 for the business edition with up to a 10GB database. By contrast, .NET services will be 15 cents per 100,000 message operations, including service -bus messages and access-control tokens, the company said. And when it comes to network bandwidth, Microsoft said it will charge between 10 and 15 cents per gigabyte for Windows Azure, SQL Azure and .NET services. The software giant also rolled out an enterprise -class guarantee backed by a service-level agreement that covers service uptime, connectivity and data availability for all three services. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  Next Page >   Tell Us What You Think Your Comment: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Advertisement  Microsoft/Windows 1.   MS: Windows 7 Doesn't Hurt Battery 2.   Tips for More Windows 7 Productivity 3.   MS: Russian Pirates Scamming Us 4.   Patch Tuesday Will Tie MS Record 5.   Battery Drains Linked To Windows 7

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