Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has struck a deal with Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) to put together a worldwide network to accelerate video delivery for its Azure cloud computing service customers.

Microsoft is continuing to lay the groundwork for the commercial version of its Azure cloud environement, rolling out a new content delivery network (CDN) capability, as well as the November update to ...

Azure users already have access to the homegrown content delivery network services Microsoft offers in both standard and premium versions, but thanks to a newly expanded partnership, they’ll soon be ...

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In recent cloud-related news, Microsoft unveiled new Azure Machine Learning courses and scholarships on Udacity. The tech giant also signed a five-year deal with John Hopkins Medicine last week, ...

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Verizon, an Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) service partner with Microsoft, now provides HTTPS support for custom domains, Microsoft announced this week. Verizon's Azure CDN has had HTTPS support ...

In November 2009, Microsoft announced its intentions to add a content-delivery network (CDN) capability to its Windows Azure cloud offering. At the end of May, the company announced pricing plans for ...

On March 9, 2011, the Windows Azure Team released Windows Azure SDK v1.4, which added new features to Windows Azure Connect and the Windows Azure CDN. Fortunately, the SDK v1.4 didn't introduce any ...