Microsoft recently changed the name of its SkyDrive cloud storage solution to OneDrive, and now it looks like the rebranding at Microsoft will continue with Windows Azure. The company apparently plans to change the name to Microsoft Azure, in an effort to lend more of a cross-platform feel to the service. Azure has become more cross-platform compatible, so this is likely a good move for the company, and this time it has not been forced to do the renaming, unlike OneDrive.
“Today we are announcing that Windows Azure will be renamed to Microsoft Azure, beginning April 3, 2014. This change reflects Microsoft’s strategy and focus on Azure as the public cloud platform for customers as well as for our own services Office 365, Dynamics CRM, Bing, OneDrive, Skype, and Xbox Live,” Microsoft stated in an official blog post.
Microsoft also touted its commitment to deliver an enterprise-grade cloud platform for today’s application needs, especially in a mobile-first, cloud-first, data-powered world. “Today we support one of the broadest set of operating systems, languages, and services of any public cloud—from Windows, SQL and .NET to Python, Ruby, Node.js, Java, Hadoop, Linux, and Oracle,” the company added.
Windows Azure just for Windows? Nope. Name change reflects support for #Linux, #opensource, #Oracle, more http://t.co/YQVZ4vz2Tq #cloud
— Open at Microsoft (@OpenAtMicrosoft) March 25, 2014
