http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/atom.aspxTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)2013-04-08T08:40:00Zhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/05/16/newvem-analytics-available-for-windows-azure.aspx2013-05-16T23:19:40Z2013-05-16T23:19:40Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Today, Newvem launched their SaaS-based analytics service for Windows Azure, offering customers visibility into Windows Azure usage and consumption. With Newvem Analytics, Windows Azure customers can now add an additional layer of cost analysis and improve cloud operations to align with business goals. Newvem specifically helps customers take advantage of key Windows Azure use cases by providing insights into workloads such as Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, and SQL Server, as well as heterogeneous environments and Linux workloads running between Windows Azure and private servers.</p> <p>Read the <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/newvem-launches-advanced-visibility-windows-130000403.html">press release</a> for more information and go to Newvem&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.newvem.com/azure/?refferal=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newvem.com%2Fpress-release%2F">website</a>&nbsp;to get started for free.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3573248" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/05/09/may-9-2013-news-thursday-server-and-tools-customer-spotlights.aspx2013-05-09T17:10:05Z2013-05-09T17:10:05Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/4456.News-Thursday-_2800_banner_2900_.png"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/4456.News-Thursday-_2800_banner_2900_.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p><strong>Improve the Bottom Line by Switching to SQL Server</strong></p> <p>Switching to SQL Server from Oracle and SAP has given three more companies measurable benefits, including millions of dollars in ROI, cost savings, and broader employee use of BI solutions to gain business insights.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/05/09/may-9-2013-news-thursday-server-and-tools-customer-spotlights.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3571738" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/05/02/may-2nd-2013-news-thursday-microsoft-releases-windows-azure-sdk-2-0-for-net.aspx2013-05-02T17:58:00Z2013-05-02T17:58:00Z<p><strong>Announcing the Release of Windows Azure SDK 2.0 for .NET</strong><br />Microsoft enables customers to build even better cloud solutions with the release of Windows Azure SDK v2.0 for .NET.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/05/02/may-2nd-2013-news-thursday-microsoft-releases-windows-azure-sdk-2-0-for-net.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3570435" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/30/announcing-a-new-suse-microsoft-collaboration-on-cloud-technologies.aspx2013-04-30T16:47:28Z2013-04-30T16:47:28Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p>Microsoft served as a main sponsor for the 2013 Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco. During a keynote address on Tuesday with its alliance partner SUSE, Microsoft&rsquo;s Open Solutions Group announced Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V support for SUSE Cloud.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/30/announcing-a-new-suse-microsoft-collaboration-on-cloud-technologies.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3569981" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/25/april-25th-2013-news-thursday-windows-azure-helps-customers-push-the-boundaries-of-technology.aspx2013-04-25T22:50:21Z2013-04-25T22:50:21Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong>&nbsp;<a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/6747.News-Thursday-_2800_banner_2900_.png"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/6747.News-Thursday-_2800_banner_2900_.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p><strong>Customers Create New, Amazing Solutions with Windows Azure </strong></p> <p>Windows Azure lets customers push the boundaries of technology to create winning business solutions. Here are some examples of customers doing amazing things with Windows Azure.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/25/april-25th-2013-news-thursday-windows-azure-helps-customers-push-the-boundaries-of-technology.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3569189" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/18/april-18-2013-news-thursday-windows-azure-introduces-infrastructure-services-commitment-to-match-amazon-pricing-and-more.aspx2013-04-18T16:30:00Z2013-04-18T16:30:00Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/2818.News_5F00_thursday_5F00_large.png"><img style="max-width: 550px;" src="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/2818.News_5F00_thursday_5F00_large.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Windows Azure Introduces Infrastructure Services, Commitment to Match Amazon Pricing </strong></p> <p>Windows Azure Infrastructure Services advances the industry by enabling an unmatched ability to combine on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud technology. Not only does Windows Azure Infrastructure Services let customers make the best cloud choice for their business, but Microsoft will match Amazon Web Services&rsquo; prices for commodity services such as compute, storage, and bandwidth.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/18/april-18-2013-news-thursday-windows-azure-introduces-infrastructure-services-commitment-to-match-amazon-pricing-and-more.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3567677" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/11/april-11-2013-news-thursday-microsoft-teams-up-with-nbc-for-video-delivery-and-more-server-and-tools-news.aspx2013-04-11T16:41:00Z2013-04-11T16:41:00Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p class="posted-by" style="text-align: center;"><span class="author"><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/4251.News-Thursday-_2800_banner_2900_.png"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-59-23/4251.News-Thursday-_2800_banner_2900_.png" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p><strong>Microsoft Teams up with NBC Sports Group</strong></p> <p>Beginning this summer, sports fans will be able to watch more than 5,000 hours of some of the biggest sporting events across NBC Sports&rsquo; digital platforms, powered by Windows Azure Media Services.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/11/april-11-2013-news-thursday-microsoft-teams-up-with-nbc-for-video-delivery-and-more-server-and-tools-news.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3565375" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/11/microsoft-talks-analytics-introduces-new-preview-of-bi-technology.aspx2013-04-11T13:00:00Z2013-04-11T13:00:00Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p>Today at the <a href="http://www.passbaconference.com/">PASS Business Analytics Conference</a> in Chicago, Microsoft disclosed a public preview of project codename &ldquo;GeoFlow&rdquo; for Excel, which is now available for download as an Excel add-in <a href="http://spr.ly/getgeoflow">here</a>.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/11/microsoft-talks-analytics-introduces-new-preview-of-bi-technology.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3565181" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/10/vspex-proven-infrastructure-enabling-it-transformation-with-bigger-better-and-even-more-microsoft-application-support.aspx2013-04-10T15:34:27Z2013-04-10T15:34:27Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p>Last year, EMC <a href="https://community.emc.com/videos/3034">introduced VSPEX Proven Infrastructure</a>, delivering a simple, efficient and flexible reference architecture-based cloud infrastructure to customers.&nbsp;</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/10/vspex-proven-infrastructure-enabling-it-transformation-with-bigger-better-and-even-more-microsoft-application-support.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3564723" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/08/customer-success-stories-and-product-updates-announced-at-mms-2013.aspx2013-04-08T15:40:00Z2013-04-08T15:40:00Z<p class="posted-by">by <span class="author">STB Blogger</span></p> <p>Brad Anderson, corporate vice president in Microsoft&rsquo;s Windows Server and System Center Group, took the stage this morning to kick-off the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.</p>...(<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2013/04/08/customer-success-stories-and-product-updates-announced-at-mms-2013.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3563354" width="1" height="1">stbbloggerhttp://blogs.technet.com/stbblogger_4000_hotmail.com/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashx