{"id":5153,"date":"2015-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/microsoft-invites-you-to-join-the-cloud-conversation"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:57:23","slug":"microsoft-invites-you-to-join-the-cloud-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/microsoft-invites-you-to-join-the-cloud-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft invites you to join the cloud conversation!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 5th annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey has just been launched by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northbridge.com\/\">North Bridge<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/wikibon.com\/\">Wikibon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are participating in this survey because your feedback on cloud computing is important to us and the industry. 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