Microsoft Claims it 'Gets' The Cloud

Microsoft has its release candidate of Windows Server AppFabric, with final release planned for next month. According to this report on The Register, Microsoft said AppFabric would let developers quickly build composite applications that connect to line-of-business applications via BizTalk Adaptors and BizTalk Transformations.

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Chief Executive Steve Ballmer believes Microsoft is now firing on all cylinders having been late to the cloud.

"To prove Microsoft 'gets' the cloud, the company announced the code using an annoying Second Life–looking environment with webcasts, stuffed customer case studies, and requisite pontification from Gartner on the importance of cloud and how yes, you too, can take advantage of this latest paradigm shift. Or something like that."

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