Today, Microsoft launched its Cloud Guide for IT Leaders, an online digital resource for information technology and business leaders interested in cloud computing. Wondering how the roles of IT staffers will change with cloud computing? Curious why organizations have left Google Apps? The Cloud...

By Lee Gates, Sr. Manager, Microsoft Solutions Engineering, NetApp The Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters (DDTK-H) has been gaining mindshare since its launch last year, as Service Providers look for guidance to create private and public cloud offerings based on Microsoft's Hyper-V with integrated...

For the folks onsite at MMS with us, hope you are having a great time! For the rest of us, we're trying our best to keep you informed of the happenings in here! Among a ton of exciting vision from Bob Muglia’s keynote on April 20 th , we're also announcing the capability set that we are working...

In March we told you about a new guide that the Solution Accelerators team was working on— Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Dynamic Data Center . The beta for this guide has closed and the final release is now available. Be sure to download a final release copy of this free guide for insight...

Don't forget to join Microsoft executives, industry experts and IT leaders on Thursday, March 18 at 9:00 am Pacific for the Desktop Virtualization Hour . This will be a valuable session for both IT Pros and Business Executives interested in desktop virtualization. Hear from top experts and companies...

The Solution Accelerator team is working on a new guide: Dynamic Data Center . The design process in the free Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Dynamic Data Center allows your organization to strategically plan a Dynamic Data Center infrastructure that is designed for ease of manageability...

In our mid-February blog post we announced the launch of the Microsoft Virtualization Summit 2010 – From the Desktop to the Datacenter that is happening across 45+ countries and representing 100+ customer events. The summit is off to a good start and will run across the globe through June this year...

By Lori Mac Vitte, Technical Marketing Manager The often touted benefits of “saving money” and “reducing expenses” associated with virtualization and cloud computing are often discussed in the context of reduction or elimination of servers. The softer savings associated with both technologies are...

Dynamic Infrastructure ToolKit for System Center Deployment: Scenario Walkthrough Attend this webcast to learn how to set up the foundation for a private cloud in your enterprise with the help of Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Center (DIT-SC) scenarios such as: · Enabling independent...

Looking at virtualization but unsure about your options? Thinking about migrating to Windows 7? Interested in VDI and Server Virtualization? Want to save on costs but wondering about ROI? How to improve IT flexibility? Have more questions than answers? Ready, Set, Virtualize. Join us at the...

By Wally MacDermid, Director of IT as a Service Solutions at NetApp The word “dynamic” is very appropriate when discussing topics such as cloud and the transitions in customers’ data centers. A year or so ago many of my conversations with customers, partners, and fellow NetApp employees included...

Over the last six months since the launch of the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters , we have seen tremendous interest by the Hosters and Telcos from around the world. I am pleased to report that we have over 100+ Hosters who are in various stages of developing cloud services based on Dynamic Data...

Dynamic Data Center Alliance: Connecting Partners to the Enterprise Market Designed as a benefit specifically for partners who are creating cloud and virtualized services using the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkits, the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Alliance is helping partners grow their...

There has been a lot of marketing fuzz around the “cloud” during the past few months. Things have become a little sharper right now – less cloudy, in other words. There are two major points which are increasingly understood: Cloud Computing is mainly about services . The target is to enable IT to choose...

Hello. I am Jörg Ehrhart, Managing Director, IPX Server, Germany. Our new portfolio of server products are all based on Microsoft’s Dynamic Data Center concept. They provide us with a set of operational efficiencies and a rich array of new features that will increase the value of our products, such as...

Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises: Enabling the Foundation for Private Cloud This is the third webcast in our series. In case you missed it, the on-demand webcast is now available for viewing . Click here. This webcast gives you an overview of how you can build the foundation for a...

The Dynamic Data Center concept supports a hosters’ need to move his infrastructure to a scalable model, thereby enabling his customers to both scale and manage their environment either through automation or through on-demand. We are experiencing great success deploying the concept alongwith with many...

By Lee Gates, Senior Manager – Microsoft Solutions Engineering at NetApp NetApp and Microsoft jointly announced a new three-year strategic partnership focused on deepening our technical integration efforts for virtualization, private cloud computing and storage management for Microsoft infrastructures...

Building a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises You can build the foundation for a private cloud infrastructure on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 using the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises...

In the first ever Hosting Days Event organized in India, two leading Hosters of the country: Reliance Data Center and Netmagic Solutions announced their respective cloud computing offerings leveraging the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Center . Reliance Data Center A hosted infrastructure...

This is the second webcast in our Private Cloud Computing Infrastructure series. In case you missed it, the on-demand webcast is now available for viewing . Click here. The webcast gives you an overview of how Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and System Center empower hosters to deliver managed...

Hello, I'm Ryan Jones, Virtualization Product Manager at MaximumASP . We provide managed hosting services on the Microsoft platform to over 50,000 domains in 120 countries . MaxV and Microsoft’s Platform with Hyper-V, System Center and Dynamic Data Center Toolkit Provides Our Customers Flexibility...

ISA Technologies is a privately owned West Australian Company and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner . We have been operating for more than 20 years and specialize in Microsoft Consulting and Professional Services, Microsoft based Software Development , Network Services Consultancy, Managed Services and...

Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters: Foundation for a Partner-Hosted Cloud This is the second webcast in our series. The first webcast was 'A Beginner’s Guide to Building the Foundation for a Cloud Computing Infrastructure' . In case you missed it, you can view the on-demand webcast . ...

Server Deployment cut by 1,000 hours a month. Data Center savings of up to $2 million annually. Faster time-to-market with cloud offerings. Hostway Corporation is one of the world’s largest Web hosting companies, providing a full range of Internet services to 2 million direct and indirect customers...