Both are equally good cloud storage mechanisms -- here's the pros and cons of each so you can make the best decision for your projects. I find many of my customers and colleagues have a hard time ...

Take advantage of Azure Table storage in your .Net applications to store large amounts of key-value data in the Microsoft cloud Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform provides interoperable cloud ...

Let us try to get a generic explanation for each of them! What is Blob storage in Azure? Blob is an acronym for Binary Large object. Basically, a Blob is a sequence of bytes—just what an application ...

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Microsoft yesterday announced enhancements to its cloud-based backend for mobile apps, including new data storage options. Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS), a preview announced in late August, ...

Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform has been gaining steam since its launch to paying customers in February. Just last week it reached 10,000 customers; already, Azure is shaping up to ...