| IBM Cloudburst & Websphere Cloudburst appliance | Windows Azure™ platform appliance |
| Pre-Packaged HW/SW Solution. With Systems, Storage and Networking Support. | The Windows Azure platform appliance consists of Windows Azure, SQL Azure and a Microsoft-specified configuration of network, storage and server hardware. |
| VMWare is used for the Cloud Virtualization support. | Built on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center, are a key part of Microsoft’s approach to cloud computing |
| WebSphere CloudBurst 1.1 provides new virtual images of the WebSphere Application Server (updated product versions and a packaging of the image for the PowerVM platform) as well as a DB2 Enterprise trial virtual image. This allows you to dispense both WebSphere Application Server and DB2 environments using the WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance. | The Windows Azure platform Appliance consists of Windows Azure, SQL Azure and a Microsoft-specified configuration of compute, network and storage resources located in third-party (non-Microsoft) datacenters. The Windows Azure platform Appliance enables service providers and large enterprises to run and manage Windows Azure and SQL Azure in their own datacenters. |
| Includes Tivoli Provisioning Manager – Automated end-to-end provisioning. | provisioning engine built on Windows Server and System Center |
IBM Cloudburst & Websphere Cloudburst appliance Vs Windows Azure™ platform appliance
