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  • Blog Post: Infographic: The State of Cloud Storage in 2013

    Do you wonder how the different cloud storage offerings stack up?  Nasuni.com have been doing some research and have produced the following infographic for you to enjoy.     Pop over to their website to view the full report.  
    on22 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: Guest Post: The allure of Azure - IaaS goes live

    By Dan Scarfe, CEO of Dot Net Solutions I remember the day clearly. It was February 25 th 2009 and I was sitting in the Platform Adoption centre in Redmond at a Software Design Review for Windows Azure . I recall us having a debate about IaaS and PaaS. Coming from a development background myself, a number...
    on16 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: Pop-up labs in the cloud

    With the advent of the public cloud, cheap compute resources used on a pay-as-you-go and only-pay-for-what-you-use basis, a new phenomenon is emerging. The pop-up lab. Pop-up labs are used by Devs and IT Pros to create multiple server lab environments that are popped-up for the few hours they are...
    on10 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: Posterous is shutting down on 30th April. Use these click-by-click instructions to move your Posterous Blog to your own private Wordpress web site.

    Posterous was bought by Twitter on the 12th March last year and is about to be shut down on the 30th April this year. If you have a blog on Posterous Spaces, you have until the 30th April to move it. After that date, your content will be gone and it will no longer be possible to get hold of it. If you...
    on4 Apr 2013

  • Blog Post: The Deployment Sessions-003: How to Connect Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 to Windows Intune to Enable Mobile Device Management Including Windows RT devices

    System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 can be connected to Windows Intune to enable mobile device management of Windows RT, Windows Phone, iOS and Android devices. This is a great solution because these types of devices expect an “always on” connection to the Internet and Windows Intune provides...
    on20 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Video: Explanation of Pop-up Labs in the Cloud

    Devs, IT Pros, Architects, Marketeers, Salespeople, Business-oriented people – they are all rapidly becoming part of the pop-up lab phenomenon. Until now it was very difficult for private individuals with an interest (whether casual or professional) in large-scale IT, to build large IT labs – the capital...
    on19 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Event: Cloud Career Day, March 12th

    As the cloud transforms IT, the need for qualified IT professionals has never been more urgent, and certification has never been more valuable. Registration is now open for Certified Career Day, an interactive LIVE event for IT professionals. Attendees will join a Live Industry Panel Broadcast comprised...
    on26 Feb 2013

  • Blog Post: Tech.Days Online is Back! 24th/25th/26th April

    New years resolution: must blog more! It's only taken me to the end of January to start my resolution but I'm going to try one blog article per month. We're bringing back Tech.Days Online on the 24th/25th & 26th of April. This time with more days and more topics. Simon and Andrew will be back...
    on30 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Cloud powered ‘change agents’ driving business transformation

    Guest Post by Rob Fraser, Cloud Services CTO, Microsoft Ltd A new study from Forrester, commissioned by Microsoft Ltd, has found that cloud computing is empowering ‘change agents’ from all corners of an organisation to deliver business innovation and drive positive business change. Essentially, it shows...
    on30 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Event: The Hybrid IT Roadshow

    YOUR EXCLUSIVE INVITATION TO THE MICROSOFT HYBRID IT ROADSHOW Get the latest insights and learn what's new in Windows Server 2012, System Center 2012 SP1 and Windows Azure Virtual Machines. Windows Server 2012 redefines the server category. It delivers hundreds of new features and enhancements spanning...
    on15 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Three Windows Azure UK Events to Start 2013

    You’re back to work and ready to learn the latest new technologies in 2013.  If Windows Azure and cloud services are your thing then these 3 events that are coming up in January should definitely be added to your calendar! LIDNUG presents Scott Guthrie's 15th Open Q&A, 15th January - Online...
    on8 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Free Windows Azure Poster To Brighten Up Your Day

    This poster introduces Windows Azure for developers and IT pros. It summarizes benefits such as global coverage and extensive language support and provides a description of current services by category: app services, data services, compute, networking, and store. The poster also depicts common uses including...
    on6 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: WS2012 Designed for the cloud - real benefits for Physical Embedded Servers

    Several key goals of the WS2012 Server rewrite were to accommodate requirements of the cloud business. Datacenters which provide cloud capability are generally massive and have unique requirements which are normally a superset of those found in a smaller environment. These requirements include uptime...
    on20 Nov 2012

  • Blog Post: TechDays Online 2012 Session Video’s Now Available

    Here are the session video’s for each of the sessions from TechDays Online 2012. Day 1 Session 1 - Introduction to Windows Server 2012 We start by taking a look into the Next Generation File Server that is built into Windows Server 2012. We have lots of features powered by SMB3 which we will also take...
    on8 Nov 2012

  • Blog Post: Case Study: For Microsoft Global Security the Cloud changes everything

    Mike Howard is the Chief Security Officer at Microsoft. In this article Mike provides a powerful insight into how Microsoft runs it’s security operation on a global basis. At the end of 2010 Microsoft Global Security was at a crossroads, how could we meet the continuing needs of our business...
    on17 Oct 2012

  • Blog Post: Is your organisation storing more than ever before? Dedup might be the answer.

    We all want to store more information. Be it our ever growing email archive, our collection of family photos, or our customer invoices the information that we and our businesses need to store is an ever increasing volume. The amount of storage available to you or your organisation may of course not quite...
    on5 Oct 2012

  • Blog Post: Event: Don’t forget the free UK Windows Azure Camp for the IT Pro, 27th Sept.

      This camp is aimed at the IT Pro. On it you will build and deploy an entire SharePoint infrastructure with a dual-machine server-farm, Active Directory Domain Controller and SQL Server. On the road to that infrastructure you will create a dual-server, load-balanced IIS website, a WIndows Azure...
    on19 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Infographic: Windows Server 2012 – Built from the Cloud Up

    Try Windows Server 2012 now Find out more about Windows Server 2012
    on13 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Windows Server 2012 IT camps

    I have been out in the US for the past four weeks, and during my absence the rest of the UK TechNet team have filled my diary with various events including the next series of IT camps.  These camps will all be  on Windows Server 2012 specifically around how virtualisation changes in this release...
    on20 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Register Now for the UK Windows Server 2012 Launch Event

    The details have been finalised and we are all systems go for the UK Launch of Windows Server 2012 on 25th September 2012 in London!  Join us at this exclusive Microsoft event in partnership with UK MVPs, Partners and the Windows Server User Group! You will gain a first look at the coolest new features...
    on14 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Azure Data and Databases - When to use what

    I have been asked to do a post on Windows Azure SQL Databases (formerly known as SQL Azure), but I think it might be more useful to discuss some of the wider issues so I put together a few FAQs that I often get asked. Why use a public cloud service like Azure to store data? Probably not to save...
    on1 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Introducing Microsoft Dynamics CRM Trust Center

    In April 2012, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online took a major step towards providing transparency by becoming the first CRM service provider to register with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security, Trust & Assurance Registry program . It was announced yesterday that we’ve now gone even further by...
    on30 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: The Cloud Fundamentals: New Videos Available

    The Cloud Fundamentals Video Series - An Inflection Point: Cloud Computing Overview Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, Scott Charney, gives a big picture view of cloud computing today and the forces creating change. Watch the Video The Cloud Fundamentals Video Series...
    on18 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: Microsoft, and Hadoop for Big Data

    Despite common misconceptions Microsoft now has extensive interoperability with open source technologies for example you can run a php application on Azure, get support from us to run RedHat, SUSE or CentOs on Hyper-V and manage your applications from System Center. ,  So extending this approach...
    on5 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: Get Ready to Meet Windows Azure

    Streaming live from San Francisco on June 7th, 2012 An innovative online and in-person event introducing cloud-based development technologies from Windows Azure. Make sure you watch the event live online at 21:00 – 00:00 BST http://www.MeetWindowsAzure.com
    on31 May 2012
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