In November 2009, Microsoft announced its intentions to add a content-delivery network (CDN) capability to its Windows Azure cloud offering. At the end of May, the company announced pricing plans ...

Microsoft will fully integrate access to the Akamai CDN into Microsoft Azure, it announced Tuesday, to optimize performance of content and applications deployed and delivered on its cloud platform.

Verizon, an Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) service partner with Microsoft, now provides HTTPS support for custom domains, Microsoft announced this week. Verizon's Azure CDN has had HTTPS ...