A Windows Azure appliance?

But what will Microsoft do to deliver Windows Azure for private cloud environments?

“I can tell you what we won’t be doing. We have not announced an Azure appliance,” Adams quipped. “We’ll take the learnings with the move to the cloud and include those changes in the products we ship – so our customers and partners can do private cloud environments.”

Interesting interview on eweek with Susie Adams – Here just a sentence.