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Making sense of Microsoft's Azure Last week, Microsoft announced its cloud-computing effort, called Azure. Fitting between Google's and Amazon.com's current offerings, it represents a very big step toward moving applications off the desktop and out of a corporation's own datacenters. Whether or not it Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The inside view of Microsoft's cloud strategy Microsoft this week launched its cloud computing environment, Windows Azure, which is the foundation of the Azure Services Platform for developing applications extending from the cloud to PCs, datacenters, phones, and the Web. Microsoft's goal is to let Windows develo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft launches Windows Azure for the cloud At Microsoft's PDC (Professional Developers Conference) in Los Angeles, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie unveiled the company's much-anticipated cloud computing platform, dubbed Windows Azure.Primarily a platf Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to support Windows Azure with datacenter investments Despite the economic downturn, Microsoft intends to ramp up the number of servers running in its datacenters worldwide by 15 times over the next five years.The growth, outlined in a presentation on Monday at its Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft's Azure, Google's deals, IT money woes Microsoft's PDC was the source of the biggest news this week as the copany unveiled its Windows Azure cloud-computing platform. The company also let out some more details about the forthcoming Windows 7 OS and talked up its ambitions with Silverlight. Meanwhile, Googl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Who owns the cloud business inside Microsoft? To understand Microsoft Corp.'s cloud software strategy, look not just to what the software maker plans to deliver, but how.For instance, its massive data center investments show the seriousness of Microsoft 's Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft points to slimmer future for Windows client Microsoft is putting the Windows client OS on a diet as a way to bring the PC OS into the age of cloud computing.Windows 7, Vista's follow-up, already will be a thinner, more streamlined OS, replacing some of th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft offers free Vista-to-XP downgrade help Microsoft said Monday it would offer free technical support to small businesses that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, its latest attempt to convince users that moving to Vista is a good idea. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Oops! Microsoft forgets to trademark 'Windows Azure' Although Microsoft registered the Web site for its new Windows Azure more than 14 years ago, it has not trademarked the name of its new cloud-based operating system, Windows Azure, Internet searches revealed Monday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's 2009 to-do list includes services, virtualization It has been a year of transition for Microsoft in 2008, with the biggest being co-founder and company icon Bill Gates stepping aside and Ray Ozzie assuming the role of chief software architect. On the technology side, Microsoft's services push dominated its agenda. Mi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Customers frustrated over Microsoft virtualization licensing For all the flexibility server virtualization affords today's IT departments, there's one type of flexibility IT managers would love to have but aren't likely to get: the ability to save money on Microsoft software licenses. Even when carving a physical server into mu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft will float cloud OS this month Microsoft will unveil at the end of the month its "Cloud OS," the secretive Ray Ozzie project that provides a virtual Windows operating system platform for the rapid development, deployment, and maintenance of Internet services and applications. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft releases feature-complete code for Hyper-V Microsoft has finished most of the major work on its Hyper-V virtualization technology and expects it will be available for Windows Server 2008 on schedule in August, the company said Wednesday.A feature-com Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft: We didn't 'forget' Azure trademark Microsoft late Monday denied it had neglected to register "Windows Azure," the name of its new cloud computing platform, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office .According to the spokeswoman, Microsoft submitt Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements Microsoft's Visual Studio software development system is getting a makeover.With the planned Visual Studio 2010 software development environment, Microsoft intends to offer a new editor based on the company's Wi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft gives Apache cash to promote open source Microsoft expanded its support for the open-source community on Friday by giving money to the Apache Software Foundation, the first time it has given money to the long-standing open-source project.Microsoft also Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft launches BizSpark to boost Azure Looking to boost Web-based ventures and its new Windows Azure cloud services platform, Microsoft on Wednesday is announcing Microsoft BizSpark, a program providing software and services to startups."The cornerst Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft eyes management as key to virtualization Microsoft is targeting system management as a way to differentiate itself from competitors in the virtualization market, the company said Tuesday.Anticipating that the market for virtualization software, such as Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft System Center gets cross-platform support Microsoft has released beta technologies that allow its network-management software to manage non-Windows environments as part of the company's strategy to make its software more conducive to managing large datacenters. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft and Novell extend Linux partnership Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase up to $100 million in coupons for Suse Linux support from Novell, furthering a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their server environments. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |