At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington DC, Microsoft have announced their cloud-in-a-box offering: the Windows Azure Platform Appliance. Very interesting.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/appliance/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2010/07/12/just-announced-at-wpc-the-windows-azure-platform-appliance.aspx

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/dunnry/Introducing-the-Windows-Azure-Platform-Appliance/