Dell has announced that it will be providing Microsoft with the hardware to
run its newly-announced
Azure
cloud computing system.
The company said that it had secured a deal with the Redmond giant to build a
series of customised rack units that will go to make the datacentres for Azure.
Dell's datacentre solutions division will be tasked with building the Azure
servers. The company said that it plans to fashion the Azure systems from a
highly-customised version of its rack-mounted datacentre services.
The company described the deal as a clear victory for its cloud server
operation.
"Today’s announcement is another example of Dell’s innovative approach of
working with customers to design and build an infrastructure fully optimised for
their hyper-scale computing environments," said Forrest Norrod, general manager
of Dell's datacentre solutions division.
Azure will be Microsoft's first official foray into the cloud computing
field. The web platform will serve as a common link between all of Microsoft's
existing web services and give developers a common platform for creating
applications based on such tools as .Net, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM.
Upon
unveiling
Azure in Los Angeles on Monday, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie
said that Azure would be "setting the stage for the next 50 years of computing"
.
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