#3: To explain WHY CLOUD, we need to understand the design principles of Cloud Computing. At a very fundamental level, this entire concept is one of SHARING RESOURCES. If we could share effectively, we could STOP the waste of resources - all those computers running workloads/applications that are on all the time, cost lots of money, require highly paid staff to babysit them and most of which are using 20-30% of the compute capacity dedicated to them.This is true if you want to share better within your own data center (so called Private Cloud), or you share with other companies or even countries (Public Cloud).
#4: Notes:Customer event slide + consider as Steven PR slide (Andre to translate). Bottom row of symbols comes in after second click.Talk track:Windows Azure is a broad stack of services that runs in our datacenters globally. Think of the different services as building blocks. These services can be categorized into three classes – Infrastructure services which are lower level building blocks, Data services that provide storage and data management capabilities to apps, and App services which provide different capabilities to rapidly develop apps, scale and run apps at a global scale.We not only support, but have embraced open technologies.
#6: Notes:Sub map of Japan appears after clickTalk track:The big news, the reason we’re all here, is of course the Azure Japan Geo is now officially generally available – it actually went public earlier this morning. The opening of this Geo, comprised of the Japan East Region, in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and the Japan West Region, in Osaka Prefecture, represents a significant expansion in our global footprint to a total of 10 available regions, and our belief that Japan will continue to be one of the largest IaaS/PaaS markets well into the future.These regions were brought online to meet growing demand for Windows Azure cloud services in Japan and throughout the area, and to enable you to achieve increased performance through reduced latency. The new regions provide you (Japanese customers) with the ability to meet data residency goals and improve data durability in case of major disaster by deploying to two geographically isolated? regions.? The Japan East region geo-replicates to Japan West and the Japan West region geo-replicates to Japan East, ensuring copies of data stay at least 250 miles apart.? And to ensure that you get the most out of the Windows Azure Japan Geo we also offer Windows Azure support from Japan, in Japanese, during local business hours.And, as you can see on the slide, our previously announced expansions in Brazil, Australia and China through our partner 21Vianet represent our continued commitment to better serve customers through geographic expansion.