Server and Tools Business News Bytes blog : Bob Muglia

Registration is now open for PDC

mdingle — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:02:00 GMT

Registration is now open for Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference, happening November 17-19, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and strategic architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. This year, join us as Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie and Server and Tools Business President Bob Muglia unveil the next wave of computing and provide insights on the future developer tools and technologies that will lead to a better end user experience.

Registration is OPEN and since PDC sells out quickly, we encourage folks to register early. Visit http://www.microsoftpdc.com/ to learn more.

Server and Tools Business’ Executives Speaking at Microsoft’s WPC 2009

grantkd — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:22:00 GMT

On July 13-16 Microsoft will be holding its annual partner event, the Worldwide Partner Conference, in New Orleans. WPC 2009 is the company’s premier event for the business partners who generate more than 95 percent of Microsoft’s revenue.

Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business, will kick off day two of the event with a keynote focused on how STB is helping partners seize opportunities even in tough times.

Bob Kelly, corporate vice president of Infrastructure Server Marketing, and Neil Charney, general manager of Application Platform Communications, will then dive deeper into the partner opportunities with core infrastructure and application platform solutions during their value keynotes on days one and two.

For more information, please visit the WPC 2009 virtual pressroom and the Infrastructure PressPass site.

Squeezing IT Dollars Without Squashing Service

mdingle — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Today, Microsoft announced a features story with Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft Server and Tools business, providing guidance on smart ways businesses of all sizes can control IT costs in tough economic times. The piece specifically focuses on how Microsoft’s Server and Tools business is delivering innovations that will help its customers thrive in the shifting economy and showcases best practices from its recent Spotlight on Cost whitepaper findings.

The whitepaper, which is the results of a two-year study, shows that businesses can often realize immediate savings just by operating their existing datacenters more efficiently. The survey also lists 31 systems management best practices — such as automated backup, hierarchical storage management and server clustering — that can result in significant savings and improved service levels for businesses of all sizes.

To read the full story please visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/mar09/03-30ReducingITcosts.mspx

Microsoft Focuses on Bringing Modeling Mainstream, Improves IT Delivery of Business Strategies

grantkd — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:17:00 GMT

Today in this video, Bob Muglia re-affirmed Microsoft’s commitment to modeling and discussed how modeling relates to Dynamic IT, how Microsoft plans to make the technology mainstream and why modeling is important

Video: Microsoft Modeling

Modeling is a core pillar of Dynamic IT, which focuses on helping customers improve organizational agility and optimize how systems and people work together.

Accompanying this vision-focused announcement, Microsoft will also issue a press release highlighting it has joined the Object Management Group (OMG) to promote greater interoperability and advance the state of modeling in the application development industry.

This announcement points to Microsoft’s commitment to make modeling mainstream and interoperable across platforms. Customers will benefit from a fully integrated approach to modeling – one that spans the full breadth of the Microsoft platform, incorporates industry best-of-breed standards and applications, and streamlines collaboration among all key participants in the application lifecycle.

For more information on modeling, please visit the press release.