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My father loves Western movies, so I watched a lot of them growing up. Westerns tend to have “standard” characters that are easy to recognize, like the rough outlaw with a heart of gold, or the damsel in distress. But true Western fans will recognize another staple character – the snake...

Well, he is ex-Microsoft, so maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that Maritz’s thoughts run alongside ours. Nevertheless, when he points to “web giants” who “have the ability to store and process large amounts of data” and “know how to deploy and operate software...

Dear Windows Server 2003, Ten years ago, Microsoft brought you into my life. You were new, fresh, interesting – the server OS of my dreams. You dramatically improved Active Directory to truly enable single sign-on within my enterprise, and introduced me to Hyper Threading, IPv6, the Microsoft...

Can upgrading your server operating system improve your IT efficiency? You bet it can. A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting is now available which uses their Total Economic Impact methodology to explore the potential costs and benefits of Windows Server 2012, a cornerstone of the...

I’m an avid tennis fan, and with the Australian Open into its second week, it will come as no surprise (least of all to my wife) that tennis is top of mind for me right now. I recently read an article on the evolution of tennis racquets over the history of the game. It turns out that the availability...

On January 15th, Microsoft announced several new products and services that continue to drive momentum against our Cloud OS vision . In an accompanying blog post , Microsoft vice president Michael Park says that Microsoft is uniquely positioned to bring you into the cloud era because our products and...

Today we announced the final release of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which helps deliver on Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision to provide customers with one consistent platform for infrastructure, apps, and data – spanning customer datacenters, hosting service provider datacenters, and the...

The Cloud OS is Microsoft’s vision for providing customers with a consistent platform for infrastructure, applications and data that spans their datacenter, service provider datacenters, and the Microsoft public cloud. Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure are at the core of the Cloud OS. SQL Server...

We hope you are enjoying all the industry buzz surrounding the Sept. 4 release of Windows Server 2012 and the unveiling of our Cloud OS vision . Amidst all of the excitement and noise, we wanted to call your attention to this informative article by respected analyst Richard Fichera of Forrester. Also...