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How Microsoft Defines Cloud Computing
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over 4 years ago
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Edwin_Yuen
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One of the most popular topics in IT today is “Cloud”. It seems that everyone, every company, is interested in Cloud and Cloud Computing but what exactly does that mean? What is Cloud Computing? When I get asked about Cloud Computing and the...
Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Todd Papaioannou, VP of Architecture, Cloud Computing Group at Yahoo
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over 4 years ago
by
Robert_Duffner
This blog post was originally posted on the Windows Azure Team Blog . Todd Papaioannou is currently at Yahoo!, in the role of vice president of cloud architecture for the cloud platform group. Before taking on that role, Todd was responsible for new...
Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure FISMA Approval and Delivering on Public Sector Customer Needs
Posted
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: ...
Office 365 for enterprises: Part 3 - Anywhere Access
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over 4 years ago
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Editor2
AUTHOR: Allen with the Office 365 Group at Microsoft Reposting from Microsoft Office 365 Blog It's no secret that the proportion of information workers who are mobile or working outside of headquarters continues to grow. Whether they are working...
New York Times: Microsoft Gives Cloud to Scientists
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over 4 years ago
by
Joel Sider
Following Bill Hilf's earlier post about how the cloud is going to enable more customers to take advantage of technical computing (aka supercomputing), the New York Times recently posted an article about Microsoft making software tools and Windows Azure...
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...
Forrester Reports: SQL Azure Raises the Bar On Cloud Databases
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over 4 years ago
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Joel Sider
I wanted to highlight a post from the SQL Azure team, at this link , which describes a Forrester Research, Inc. published research piece titled " SQL Azure Raises The Bar on Cloud Databases ." The research describes how Microsoft listened to feedback...
Ready. Set. Connect in new ways with Microsoft Lync
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
Exciting news today related to how Microsoft is helping enable customers to connect with coworkers and information in new ways with the launch of Microsoft Lync . Allen, with the Microsoft Office 365 team, talks about the news in his post, which I've...
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...
Technical computing in the cloud: Big solutions for big challenges
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over 4 years ago
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Joel Sider
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The following is a guest blog post from Bill Hilf, General manager, Technical computing, Microsoft Every day there is a lot of interesting news and discussion around cloud computing. One area that I find important and exciting is thinking about...
Transformation of IT and Economics 101 of the Cloud
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
Cloud computing in the enterprise has been available in niches the last couple of years, but the large scale move that companies are now considering for areas of their businesses is relatively new to many. Companies are looking at and analyzing the perceived...
Office 365 for enterprises: Part 1
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over 4 years ago
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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...
The Benefits of Private Cloud Computing
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over 4 years ago
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Oliver Rist
While we've all heard the terms private and public cloud over the last year, those terms may still seem vague to some. So it's probably a good idea to discuss each concept in some detail, and since it's near and dear to my heart I'll start with private...
Bloomberg on Microsoft and Our Enterprise Class Cloud Offerings
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over 4 years ago
by
Larry Grothaus
A co-worker forwarded me a story by Bloomberg news from late last week about Microsoft’s broad cloud strategy for both enterprise and mid-market business. Writer Dina Bass echoes some of the themes I was reading about in the last couple of weeks...
Microsoft's CIO, Tony Scott, on Dogfooding at Microsoft
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over 4 years ago
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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...
Cloud computing - You say you want a revolution....
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over 4 years ago
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Larry Grothaus
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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...
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