February 1st 2010, the Birthdate of Microsoft Azure

Joannes Vermorel, founder and CEO of Lokad, a cutting edge software development company located in Paris, France discusses Microsoft’s cloud platform strengths and limitations. Vermorel and staff decided long before Azure was released to production and while it was still in beta form, to move their company’s application infrastructure to the cloud using Azure. They began doing so in early 2009 and never looked back. Microsoft’s clear vision of the cloud and what it could be provided the company with all the direction they needed for success.