Microsoft has announced that its Azure Stack offering won’t be released before mid-2017. What’s more, it will come in appliance form, with just a few vendors -- so far only Dell, HPE and Lenovo -- being mentioned. Announcing the news in a blog post, corporate vice president for Enterprise Cloud, Mike Neil, says the decision has been made following months of feedback gathering. The feedback had shown that customers want a fast, and simple solution, instead of installing and configuring Azure Stack systems themselves. "To best meet these requirements, we will prioritize delivering Azure Stack as turnkey integrated systems in the initial… [Continue Reading]