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Customers Reap Benefits from Comprehensive Cloud Approach
Take a look at Brad Anderson’s, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, perspective on...
Date: 08/29/2011
Changing the Conversation - Server Virtualization is the Overture, Not the Finale
I wanted to provide a guest blog post from Brad Anderson, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, in...
Date: 07/05/2011
Microsoft Launches Office 365 Around the World
Today Microsoft launched our newest cloud service, Office 365, which delivers Microsoft Office,...
Date: 06/28/2011
Microsoft Server and Tools Division President, Satya Nadella on Cloud Computing at GigaOM
Just wanted to give the quick heads up that Satya Nadella, the president of Microsoft’s Server...
Date: 06/21/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Jason Bloomberg of ZapThink
Jason Bloomberg is managing partner and senior analyst at the enterprise architecture advisory firm...
Date: 06/15/2011
CDW Talks Cloud Computing - Guest blog post
I wanted to share a guest blog post from Derrek Kim, a Technology Specialist with CDW, on cloud...
Date: 06/08/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Rob Gillen, Oak Ridge National Lab Cloud Computing Researcher
Rob Gillen is researching cloud computing technology for the government at Oak Ridge National...
Date: 06/08/2011
Fujitsu Launches Global Cloud Platform Service Powered By Windows Azure
Today, Fujitsu and Microsoft announced the upcoming August 2011 availability of the Fujitsu Global...
Date: 06/07/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Olivier Mangelschots, Managing Director at Orbit One Internet Solutions
Olivier Mangelschots is Managing Director at Orbit One Internet Solutions, a systems integrator...
Date: 06/02/2011
WIRED event: Innovation and Opportunity in the Cloud
I wanted to share another post from my colleague, Mark Miller, this time summarizing a recent WIRED...
Date: 05/31/2011
City and County of San Francisco Adopts Microsoft Cloud Solution
Just catching up on some news from yesterday that the City and County of San Francisco are upgrading...
Date: 05/19/2011
SAP and Microsoft Join Efforts on Cloud Computing
I wanted to share news of an announcement this morning at SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP’s business and...
Date: 05/18/2011
New Research from Harvard Business Review Sparks Discussion at Cloud Computing Customer Event
A colleague of mine, Mark Miller, was at a recent cloud computing dinner event in Silicon Valley. He...
Date: 05/17/2011
Travelocity Critical System Runs on Windows Azure Cloud
This week the Microsoft TechEd North America conference is taking place in Atlanta Georgia. TechEd...
Date: 05/16/2011
CA Technologies ARCserve coming to Windows Azure platform as SaaS offering
Couple of interesting updates on the Windows Azure front that I came across yesterday on...
Date: 05/11/2011
Cloud Elasticity - A Real-World Example
In April, I wrote about the Social eXperience Platform (SXP) powered by the Windows Azure platform...
Date: 05/04/2011
Orion Energy Systems Moves InteLite software to Windows Azure platform
I came across an interesting announcement today over on the Windows Azure blog regarding Orion...
Date: 05/02/2011
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott: 5 Lessons Learned from Our Cloud Deployment
I wanted to share a blog post from Microsoft’s CIO, Tony Scott, where he provides some insight...
Date: 04/27/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Scott Morehouse, Director of Software Development at Esri
Scott Morehouse was involved in the early development of GIS (geographic information system) in the...
Date: 04/27/2011
What others are saying about the Office 365 beta
It’s been a little over a week since the public beta of Office 365 became available, and there...
Date: 04/26/2011
FISMA Certification and Accreditation for BPOS-Federal
Good news last week from the Online Services team at Microsoft with the announcement that the...
Date: 04/25/2011
Social eXperience Platform (SXP) Powered by Windows Azure
Whether you know it or not, when you visit the Cloud Power site you’re most likely...
Date: 04/21/2011
Microsoft Office 365 Launches Public Beta
There are a variety of stories coming out today regarding the availability of the Microsoft Office...
Date: 04/18/2011
Windows Azure platform supports Media and Entertainment industry
A Windows Azure platform update from “The Entertainment Capital of the World”, Las...
Date: 04/13/2011
All Things Digital with Seven Questions and Answers on Windows Azure
This morning I came across a newly published article on All Things Digital by Arik Hesseldahl titled...
Date: 04/11/2011
Windows Azure Drives Next-Gen Toyota Telematics
Post by: Larry GrothausBig news from the auto world today: your next car might be greener thanks to...
Date: 04/06/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Jonathan Boutelle, cofounder and CTO of Slideshare
Jonathan Boutelle is cofounder and CTO of Slideshare, a site for the online social sharing of...
Date: 03/30/2011
Private Cloud Success Scenario: Virtualize Your Disaster Recovery Plan
CIOs understand the concept and even the building blocks of private cloud. But as I attend shows...
Date: 03/25/2011
Opening the Window to PC Management in the Cloud
During his keynote today at the Microsoft Management Summit corporate vice president Brad Anderson...
Date: 03/23/2011
Microsoft Management Summit: Private Cloud Computing, It’s All About the Apps
The Microsoft Management Summit is going on now in sunny Las Vegas. This event is Microsoft’s...
Date: 03/22/2011
Microsoft Virtualization Helps Keep Target Stores Going During Peak Demand
In prior posts, I’ve written about server virtualization technologies such as Windows Server...
Date: 03/17/2011
IDC: Time to Embrace the Cloud is Now
There’s an interesting article over on Eweek.com from Chris Preimesberger about a presentation...
Date: 03/17/2011
Microsoft IT and the Road to Windows Azure - Part 2
“For new applications, the world is your oyster. You really have theflexibility to design the...
Date: 03/16/2011
Microsoft IT and the Road to Windows Azure - Part 1
“There’s no rocket science here. It’s all about due diligence.” This is the...
Date: 03/16/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Srinivasan Sundara Rajan, Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard
Srinivasan Sundara Rajan works at Hewlett Packard as a Senior Solution Architect. His primary focus...
Date: 03/10/2011
Better Cloud Collaboration, Better Healthcare
Exciting news today as several new customers announced their move to the cloud with Microsoft Online...
Date: 03/10/2011
Real Customers, Real Private Clouds
I wanted to highlight a post from David Greschler, Microsoft’s Director of Virtualization and...
Date: 03/09/2011
Government Cloud Computing Commission Formed
I saw a brief article this morning on the Washington Post site about a government related cloud...
Date: 03/07/2011
Businessweek on Cloud Providers and Customers
I was reading an interesting story just published by Bloomberg Businessweek titled “The Cloud:...
Date: 03/04/2011
Evolution of Enterprise IT and Virtualization Infrastructures to Private Cloud
I was having lunch with a colleague yesterday and we were talking about the logical evolution...
Date: 03/03/2011
Mostly Cloudy Forecast at Microsoft U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit
This week Microsoft held its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, and while we’re used to...
Date: 02/25/2011
The Realities of Google Cloud Connect
Some interesting notes in a blog post from my co-worker Tony Tai with the Office 365 team that I...
Date: 02/25/2011
Email: Not Just a Commodity
Interesting note in a blog post from Julia White of Microsoft, highlighting a Wall Street Journal...
Date: 02/24/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: The New Face of Cloud-based Start-ups - Carl Ryden, CTO of MarginPro
Carl Ryden is the chief technology officer of MarginPro, where he manages all product development...
Date: 02/23/2011
New Private Cloud Capabilities Available in Updates Today
It's an exciting day with the availability of some significant updates from Microsoft which deliver...
Date: 02/22/2011
Top 5 Questions to Ask Google
I wanted to share a post from our WhyMicrosoft.com site by Ron Markezich, Corporate VP, Microsoft...
Date: 02/22/2011
Cloud Security with Windows Azure and Microsoft Global Foundation Services
With the RSA conference occurring this week and cloud computing being such a high interest topic,...
Date: 02/16/2011
Cloud First Policy for the U.S. Federal Government
I was reviewing some of the social media activities coming out of the RSA Conference sessions today,...
Date: 02/14/2011
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Bill Appleton, DreamFactory Founder and Cloud Services Expert
Bill Appleton is a leading expert on the client-side use of cloud services and the development of...
Date: 02/09/2011
The Bridge Across Cloud Computing Worlds - IT Management Tools
With the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2011 conference fast approaching in March I wanted to...
Date: 02/08/2011