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Microsoft Server and Tools Division President, Satya Nadella on Cloud Computing at GigaOM
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over 3 years ago
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Larry Grothaus
Just wanted to give the quick heads up that Satya Nadella, the president of Microsoft’s Server and Tools division, will be speaking on Wednesday around 11:10 a.m. PST at the GigaOm Structure 2011 event this week in San Francisco. He’ll be...
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Bill Appleton, DreamFactory Founder and Cloud Services Expert
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over 3 years ago
by
Robert_Duffner
Bill Appleton is a leading expert on the client-side use of cloud services and the development of rich-media authoring tools. He has designed and written approximately three dozen professional software publications, including the first rich-media authoring...
Opening the Window to PC Management in the Cloud
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over 3 years ago
by
Joel Sider
During his keynote today at the Microsoft Management Summit corporate vice president Brad Anderson discussed Microsoft IT solutions to help companies streamline PC and device management and better empower productivity in today’s modern enterprise...
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott: 5 Lessons Learned from Our Cloud Deployment
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
I wanted to share a blog post from Microsoft’s CIO, Tony Scott, where he provides some insight into 5 lessons he’s learned along the path to deploying cloud computing solutions at Microsoft. Tony shared this information with an audience of...
Behind the Cloud scene with Microsoft IT
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
I’ve blogged a couple of times in the past ( here and here ) about Tony Scott, Microsoft’s CIO, the areas that he focuses on, and what’s happening within Microsoft related to cloud computing. While Microsoft is a world leader in delivering...
Windows Azure platform supports Media and Entertainment industry
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
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Comment
A Windows Azure platform update from “The Entertainment Capital of the World”, Las Vegas, and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show going on there. At the show we announced that we’re working with a variety of industry...
Microsoft Office 365 Launches Public Beta
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over 3 years ago
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Larry Grothaus
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Comments
There are a variety of stories coming out today regarding the availability of the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service public beta, including this one on PCMag.com and the official news release on Microsoft.com here . The beta is available to 38 markets...
Orion Energy Systems Moves InteLite software to Windows Azure platform
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
I came across an interesting announcement today over on the Windows Azure blog regarding Orion Energy Systems and their use of the Windows Azure platform to host their InteLite offering, a sensor-and-control solution designed to help their customers save...
Hybrid Organization with Office 365 and SharePoint Online
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over 4 years ago
by
Allen_Filush
21apps is a Microsoft BizSpark Partner and a SharePoint business value, solutions and platform consultancy from the United Kingdom. In this guest blog, Ant Clay, Chief Strategy Officer of 21apps, shares his excitement around the launch of Office 365,...
Flickr using Windows Azure and other cloud happenings
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
There were a couple interesting cloud-related stories I saw that I wanted to highlight as the week raps up. Recently, Yahoo needed a cloud service provider that could help them quickly release their newest Flickr app for Windows 7 and Windows Phone...
Top 5 Questions to Ask Google
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over 3 years ago
by
Allen_Filush
I wanted to share a post from our WhyMicrosoft.com site by Ron Markezich, Corporate VP, Microsoft Online, which provides 5 questions CIO's should be asking when considering a cloud solution for their business. I've linked to the post here and included...
Cloud computing - You say you want a revolution....
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
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Comments
About 30 years ago there was a technology revolution underway that some referred to as the “PC revolution”, a time when companies were exploring the use of personal computers as a replacement for aging mainframe systems, typewriters or mounds...
Modular Datacenters and Dogfooding the Cloud at Microsoft
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over 4 years ago
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Larry Grothaus
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Comments
Welcome to 2011!! Hope that the New Year is starting off on the right foot for you. As I began digging out of emails after the holiday break I came across a couple interesting items that peel back the skin on some of the internal activities happening...
Mostly Cloudy Forecast at Microsoft U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
This week Microsoft held its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, and while we’re used to rain this time of year in Seattle (and most of the year for that matter….), the forecast at the event for the Public Sector was mostly cloudy ...
IDC: Time to Embrace the Cloud is Now
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
There’s an interesting article over on Eweek.com from Chris Preimesberger about a presentation by IDC SVP and Chief Analyst, Frank Gens. The story talks about how the industry and IT are at a crossroad similar to the one 25 years ago with...
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Barton George, Cloud Computing Evangelist at Dell
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over 4 years ago
by
Robert_Duffner
Barton George joined Dell in 2009 as the company's cloud computing evangelist. He acts as Dell's ambassador to the cloud computing community and works with analysts and the press. He is responsible for messaging as well as blogging and tweeting on cloud...
Microsoft's CIO, Tony Scott, on Dogfooding at Microsoft
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
Some great bits and bytes I wanted to highlight in a CIO.com article published today featuring Tony Scott, Microsoft’s CIO and a video piece , where he talks about the benefits of trying out our own technologies and refining them before putting...
Volvo, Vampires and Windows Azure - What do they have in common?
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
This morning I came across an interesting story on the On Windows site about how Volvo Cars used Microsoft Windows Azure to create an online campaign and game, Lost in Forks, to highlight the inclusion of Volvo automobiles in the Twilight series of books...
Real Customers, Real Private Clouds
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
I wanted to highlight a post from David Greschler , Microsoft’s Director of Virtualization and Cloud Strategy, over on the VMBlog.com site that touches on a couple of customers using real Private Cloud implementations today. The customers include...
Office 365 for enterprises: Part 2 - Best Productivity Experience
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over 4 years ago
by
Editor2
AUTHOR: Allen with the Office 365 Group at Microsoft Reposting from Microsoft Office 365 Blog With hundreds of millions of users, Microsoft Office is practically synonymous with business productivity. As the world grows more complex and interconnected...
Office 365 for enterprises: Part 4 - Works With What You Know
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over 4 years ago
by
Allen_Filush
Sometimes people refer to the cloud as a "disruptive" technology. But that's really the wrong word to describe Office 365. Constructive? Yes. Practical? That, too. Microsoft understands that businesses don't care for surprises. We have gone to great lengths...
Office 365 for enterprises: Part 1
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over 4 years ago
by
Editor2
AUTHOR: Allen with the Office 365 Group at Microsoft Reposting from Microsoft Office 365 Blog This is the first in series of posts about the value Office 365 provides to larger organizations. What do we mean by "larger"? Basically, if you employ...
Government Cloud Computing Commission Formed
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over 3 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
I saw a brief article this morning on the Washington Post site about a government related cloud computing commission being formed to help provide recommendations to the federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, and the commerce secretary, Gary Locke. The Post...
Microsoft IT and the Road to Windows Azure - Part 2
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over 3 years ago
by
Steven_Ramirez
“For new applications, the world is your oyster. You really have the flexibility to design the app the way you always wanted to.” This is the second of a two-part interview with Mike Olsson, Senior Director in Microsoft IT. The original...
Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure FISMA Approval and Delivering on Public Sector Customer Needs
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
Some noteworthy items on the cloud front to highlight as the week comes to a close. First the good news on the Microsoft GFS (Global Foundation Services) blog that Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure has received FISMA approval . The blog states: ...
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