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Posted by Niels Soelberg Vice President, Public Sector Sales, Microsoft EMEA When I talk with government leaders and chief information officers across our region, I’m often asked questions that seek to learn more about the latest trend towards cloud computing. These questions range from legislative...

By Craig Shank General Manager, Interoperability Group In a Brussels speech last week , Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda, said: “We are now living through a permanent digital revolution. This long and peaceful revolution is changing how we organize...

Posted by Paul Cotton Partner Group Manager Roughly 10 years ago, a handful of hardware and software vendors met to discuss the concept of Web services interoperability. Outside of e-mail, the internet had yet to be adopted into mainstream use, but the industry recognized its potential as a...

Posted by Ted MacLean General Manager, Open Solutions Group Ted MacLean Last week, I took part in a Gartner Symposium panel discussion about rights and responsibilities of cloud computing customers, a panel that mirrored the analyst firm’s recently published report developed with...

Posted by William Kennedy Corporate Vice President, Office Communications and Forms Many customers today organize their private and professional lives in e-mail, where they routinely store essential data. Microsoft Outlook and similar programs have long since replaced the rolodex or the pocket...

Posted by Dave Heiner Vice President and Deputy General Counsel On Wednesday the European Commission announced its decision to approve a resolution of its long-running competition law inquiry concerning Microsoft. Commissioner Kroes remarked that the decision has the potential to herald a “new...

Posted by Steve Mutkoski Senior Standards Strategist Steve Mutkoski speaking at the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt While participating in e-Government panel discussions on three continents last month, I heard loudly that the impediments to effective e-Government interoperability...

Posted By Teresa Carlson , Vice President, Microsoft Federal (Cross-posted from the Microsoft FutureFed blog) The dialogue continued in DC today at the O’Reilly Gov 2.0 Summit . From the IT infrastructure to the cloud, interoperability was a common theme, deemed critical by industry and government...

Posted by David Bowermaster Administrator, Microsoft on the Issues Microsoft recently made a proposal to the European Commission to address competition law concerns that the Commission has raised with regard to Internet Explorer and the interoperability of certain Microsoft products. The Commission...

Posted by Teresa Carlson Vice President of U.S. Federal Government Sales (Cross-posted from the Microsoft FutureFed blog) The term “open” has many different connotations across the federal landscape. According to the president, open government is the promise of transparency, public...

Posted by Tom Robertson Associate General Counsel Last week was exciting for Microsoft as we hosted the 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC 09) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. We made announcements for our company and our partners that will help create opportunities for the IT industry and benefit...

Posted by Anoop Gupta Corporate Vice President, Technology Policy and Strategy Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a leadership dialogue hosted by U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to discuss the development of interoperability standards for a national...