Ballmer works the partners as Azure gets pricing

InternetNews | at | by Mike

Microsoft revealed pricing for the company's upcoming Azure cloud computing services on Tuesday, while its CEO worked to pump up partners in the face of a continuing down economy.

Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) server and tools division, described the pricing model during his keynote at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 in New Orleans.

Following Muglia onstage, CEO Steve Ballmer worked to try to assure the more than 6,000 partners in attendance that the economy will "reset" and grow, but with a difference.