claudia madobe msdn bannerClaudia Madobe, Microsoft Japan’s new 2D-spokesperson and personification of the Azure cloud service is here to help IT professionals understand and get started with Azure.

Microsoft’s Windows Azure much like Amazon’s AWS provides virtual servers with configurable processing power, storage, networking and content delivery capabilities which can be adjusted on-demand to scale during times of high and low demand. Microsoft’s Azure also provides database services via SQL Azure services giving developers SQL Server databases in the cloud without the need to setup and configure a virtual server and license and install MS SQL Server.

For a much more fun explanation Claudia has launched a 4-part web manga “Cloud Girl – Mado to Kumo to Aoi Sora” (Cloud Girl: Windows, Clouds, and Azure Skies) with appearances by her cousin Nanami Madobe (Microsoft Japan’s Window 7 2D-spokesperson) and Ten-cho PC-store manager. 

More links and Claudia’s bio info follow on jump

Claudia Madobe Wallpaper (1900×1200)
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Download Cloud Girl manga (PDF)
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claudia madobeClaudia Madobe

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November 20, 1985, the release date for Windows 1.0, Claudia was born. After earning a Masters Degree in Tech, she has gained some experience in the early development of Azure. Her mother is half French-American and her father is Japanese and brother of Nanami Madobe’s father – making Nanami and Claudia cousins. Claudia also has a brother who is a veteran cloud engineer of the past 15 years.

Claudia has come to work in Japan after many experiences in resolving the plight of the IT shops in finding and understanding the cloud solutions.

nanime madobe Nanami Madobe

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Born April 06, 1992, the day her father was to first install Windows 3.1. Current college freshman and parttime PC-store worker. Family of tech junkies, mother, father, brother, and 5 PCs. Very cheerful personality, even a little blob of a face. Helped promote Windows 7 to do-it yourself PC builders in Japan from her job at the PC-parts shop.

The story begins with a server problem parts shop where she works.