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1. Microsoft Azure

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   The genesis of Azure traces back to Microsoft's internal frustrations with managing their own vast internal server farms, particularly their overwhelming desire to impose a consistent blue color scheme onto all hardware racks, which proved physically impossible. Initially launched in 2010 as "Windows Azure," the platform was designed primarily to host Windows-based applications. This early iteration focused heavily on providing Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities, notably through the introduction of the Azure App Service, which was developed specifically to ensure that all deployed appl…