Partners and customers can leverage thistype of pay-as-you-go pricing to optimize cloud elasticity and reduce barriersto entry.As part of the Microsoft Partner Network, partners receive an additional 5percent promotional discount on Windows Azure compute, SQL Azure and .NETServices. Microsoft partners also will benefit from special promotional offersand discounts that will help enable partners to bring solutions to marketfaster, reduce IT complexity, and increase revenue opportunities.To support partners' and customers' complex business needs, Microsoftintroduced a comprehensive, easy-to-understand, enterprise-class guaranteebacked by a service-level agreement that covers service uptime, connectivity,and data availability for Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and .NET Services.Microsoft also announced pricing for the consumption-based model, offeringpartners and customers a clear and simple pricing structure that uses a fewmeters to track overall usage and allows for predictable payments withoutsacrificing flexibility and control. The WindowsAzure platform delivers a rich development experience, automated servicemanagement and pay-as-you-go pricing -- all backed by service-level agreementsand support.(Logo: http://)As noted in Muglia's keynote speech, Microsoft will offer Windows Azure, SQLAzure and .NET Services for purchase through a consumption-based pricingmodel, allowing partners and customers to pay only for the services that theyconsume. The platform includes a cloudservices operating system, a Web-based relational database in Microsoft SQLAzure, and connectivity and interoperability with .NET Services. For the latest content, please visitthe event newsroom at http:// Corp.Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +1-503-443-7070,, for Microsoft Corp.. Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Platform Business Model, Bringing New RevenueOpportunities to Partners WorldwideCompany details path for partners to take advantage of Windows Azure,Microsoft SQL Azure and .NET Services to build new offerings for the cloud.NEW ORLEANS, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, during the MicrosoftWorldwide Partner Conference 2009, Bob Muglia, president of the Server andTools Business at Microsoft Corp., announced the business and partner modelfor the company's Windows Azure platform.
Kevin Turner, chief operatingofficer of Microsoft, and Allison Watson, corporate vice president of theWorldwide Partner Group at Microsoft.Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software,services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their fullpotential.For more information about the Worldwide Partner Conference:News and new digital content will be posted continually throughout theMicrosoft Worldwide Partner Conference. He also discussed in his keynote address how Microsoftwill enable partners to generate new revenue opportunities through thedevelopment of innovative cloud services. "In theprocess of delivering these solutions, partners are seizing the opportunity tostrengthen relationships with customers, provide new experiences and delivermore business value."In his keynote address, Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Businessat Microsoft, announced the business and partner model for the company'sWindows Azure platform. announced new details of the company's cloudcomputing offerings and shared its vision for how software plus services willhelp enable partners to generate new revenue opportunities and provideenhanced customer value in today's changing economic landscape.(Logo: http://)"Our partners play a critical role in delivering software plus servicessolutions that provide the combination of choice and flexibility thatbusinesses are looking for," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft.
Additional informationconcerning these and other important factors can be found within Sunovia'sfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this pressrelease should be evaluated in light of these important factors.SOURCESunovia Energy Technologies, Inc.Craig Hall of Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc., +1-941-751-6800,. Microsoft announces business and partner model for the Windows Azure platformat the company's Worldwide Partner Conference.NEW ORLEANS, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at its annual partnerconference, Microsoft Corp. Sunovia believes that its primaryrisk factors include, but are not limited to: development and maintenance ofstrategic acquisitions; domestic and international acceptance of our productlines; defending our intellectual property and proprietary rights; developmentof new products and services that meet customer demands and generateacceptable margins; successfully completing commercial testing of newtechnologies and systems to support new products and services; and attractingand retaining qualified management and other personnel. Sunovia Energyproducts and services and EvoLucia(TM) products and services are provided bySunovia Energy Technologies, Inc.Forward-Looking StatementSome of the statements made by Sunovia in this press release areforward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from thoseprojected in forward-looking statements. EPIR holds the patent for growing CdTedirectly on a Si readout integrated circuit, for which the company isdeveloping a manufacturing capability with Congressional funding.
Sunovia andEPIR have a network of close collaborative relationships, including the ArmyResearch Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the NightVision Electronic Sensors Directorate, BAE Systems, and other laboratoriesaround the world.More information about the exclusive partnership between Sunovia and EPIR isavailable in Sunovia's Securities and Exchange filings at , or atthe partners' Web sites, and The Sunovia(TM) logo is a registered service mark of Sunovia EnergyTechnologies, Inc in the United States and/or other countries. Its Founder, Chairman and CEO Dr.Sivalingam Sivananthan is the pioneer of HgCdTe growth by MBE and is a worldrenowned leader in this technology. Sunovia is beingadvised by pre-eminent authorities in the field of renewable energy, includingformer Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and former Under Secretary ofCommerce Kenneth I. Juster.Sunovia owns a significant equity interest in Illinois-based EPIRTechnologies, Inc., a global leader in the field of IR sensors and IR imagingthat has pioneered the commercialization of CdTe on Si and HgCdTe on Siphotovoltaic products, EPIR's collective infrared knowledge and experience isbelieved to exceed any company in the world. Sunovia's solar and LED lighting technologies are among the most cost andenergy efficient in the world, and the company's research and development isdedicated to ensuring that Sunovia stays at the forefront of the renewableenergy curve as markets expand and territories are defined.