Microsoft launches a program to plug its security intelligence systems into its cloud, Azure. ISPs and CERTs will receive information on infected computers on their systems in near-real time. Microsoft has been a leader in the industry in taking down botnets. The move to Azure allows Microsoft to scale up its botnet busting efforts without a hiccup, an analyst told CSO. It forsees that number climbing into the ten to hundreds of billions in the future, noted T.J. Campana.”]

