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Presenting our Datacentre Strategy at Tech-Ed EMEA

Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:41 PM by msdcblog
Just a short post to let you know that I’ll be in Berlin for Tech-Ed EMEA from November 9 - 13 and I hope to see some of you there. I’ll be providing deeper insight into our new Dublin and Chicago datacentres, including our approaches to delivering on Read More...
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Rolling out the Green Carpet for Dublin’s Neighbors

Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 8:01 AM by msdcblog
A few weeks back we had the privilege of hosting a data centre visit and tour for the residential neighbours of the Dublin data centre. Given the long projected lifespan of our new facility, we’re going to be neighbours for a long time, and so we felt Read More...
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How Microsoft is Securing the Cloud Infrastructure and Our Data Centers, Part 2

Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 10:57 PM by msdcblog
The release last week of our white paper on Securing Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure generated a lot of discussion in the industry, which was our intent. We wrote the paper in part to communicate our practices to customers concerned about security in Read More...
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How Microsoft is Securing the Cloud Infrastructure and Our Data Centers

Posted Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:45 PM by msdcblog
Companies considering moving their IT operations to the cloud are understandably concerned about security, privacy, reliability, and operational controls. To address these concerns and help share best practices with the rest of the industry, the Online Read More...
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Designing Generation 4.0 Data Centers: The Engineers’ Approach to Solving Business Challenges…continued

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 8:01 AM by msdcblog
Part # 2 (A couple of years ago, when our Data Center Services’ Research & Engineering team within Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (GFS) group kicked off the Generation 4.0 Data Center design project, we began with the question of: What are Read More...
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Designing Generation 4.0 Data Centers: The Engineers’ Approach to Solving Business Challenges

Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:00 AM by msdcblog
Part 1: A couple of years ago, when our Data Center Services’ Research & Engineering team within Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services (GFS) group kicked off the Generation 4.0 Data Center design project, we began with the question of: What are the Read More...
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Microsoft’s Top 10 Business Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers (celebrating Earth Day)

Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:00 AM by msdcblog
How to Reduce Energy Consumption, Waste, and Costs while Increasing Efficiency and ROI What does environmental sustainability mean to data centers, industry operators, and IT businesses? A lot of managers in these areas may barely notice the Earth Day Read More...
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Changes at Microsoft

Posted Friday, April 10, 2009 12:08 AM by msdcblog
by Arne Josefsberg As you may have already read, Mike Manos will be leaving Microsoft in early May to return to Chicago and take a leadership position with Digital Realty Trust. Those of you who read this blog regularly, or who followed his Loose Bolts Read More...
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Out of the Box Paradox – Manifested (aka Chicago Area Data Center begins its journey)

Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 4:06 PM by msdcblog
With modern conventional thinking and untold management consultants coaching people to think outside the box, I find it humorous that we have actually physically manifested an “Out of the Box Paradox” in Chicago. Read More...
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