Microsoft Corp. has announced the Cloud OS Network, a group of more than 25 cloud service providers that will deliver services on the Microsoft cloud platform. The network consists of companies from around the world, and includes such companies as CGI, Dimension Data and NTTX. One of the goals of the network is to enable more usage of Windows Azure as an Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering (IaaS), Cloud Computing News noted last week. Partnering companies are from 90 different countries, with 425 data centers and more than three million customers. "Our investment and commitment to azure as a global cloud platform is enormous," Microsoft cloud and enterprise marketing corporate VP Takeshi Numoto was quoted as saying. "But so is our belief in hybrid cloud and that there are going to be many, many clouds around the world due to the tremendous variety of customers and needs."
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