New This Week on Ignition Showcase 5-17-2011

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Important News for All Partners

Get $250 When you Complete your FIRST Windows Azure Application!

Windows Azure ISV Business Economics Package Available

Succeeding with SaaS Webinar Series: Navigating the Business Changes for ISVs

Microsoft Acquires Skype!

Play Rock Paper Azure Today!

 

Windows Azure Platform & the Cloud

Top 10 Reasons why Architects and Developers Should Care about Cloud Computing

Windows Azure SDK for Windows Phone 7–Version 1.2 New Features Released

Windows Azure Storage Concepts Overview

Hadoop Map-Reduce Framework for Windows Azure

SQL Azure Federations-Product Evaluation Program

SQL Azure Diagnostics Tool

Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS is here now and Coming for Android

New Windows Azure Connect Features Released

FREE Full Day of In-depth, Live Learning for Windows Azure

Learn about the Windows Azure AppFabric Caching Service

 

Windows Phone

Windows Azure SDK for Windows Phone 7–Version 1.2 New Features Released

GigaOM: You’ll Never Guess Which Mobile OS Has Highest Ad Click Rate

 

Startups

BizSpark Startups: Get 90-days of free training from Pluralsight

GigaOM: You’ll Never Guess Which Mobile OS Has Highest Ad Click Rate

 

Visual Studio

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project Server Demo Virtual Machine Available

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project Server Demo Virtual Machine Available

 

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