Windows Azure joins Microsoft's billion-dollar business club | ZDNet

Windows Azure crosses a major milestone; also see Microsoft Azure Sales Top $1 Billion Challenging Amazon (Bloomberg)

"In March, I noted that Microsoft was cultivating five of its businesses to be among the next to reach a $1 billion annual run rate. In addition to Windows Azure, the others on the short list included Windows Intune, Microsoft's device management/security service; Bing Maps; the StorSimple cloud-storage appliance technology; Perceptive Pixel, which makes large, multitouch displays; and Parallel Data Warehouse, Microsoft's parallel data-warehousing appliance which integrates directly with Hadoop.
On April 29, Microsoftofficials  told the folks at Bloomberg that Azure had crossed the $1 billion threshhold. The Softies also said Azure subscriptions have risen 48 percent in the past six months, Bloomberg reported."

Windows Azure joins Microsoft's billion-dollar business club | ZDNet