It’s probably tough to ever consider Microsoft a plucky little up-and-comer in any situation, but a check of competition in the ultra-competitive cloud services sector may just bear out that idea.

In part 1 of an in-depth look at Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, we survey the cloud computing landscape, and then take the first steps toward developing a cloud application of our very own. Can't ...

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