Microsoft Adds Service Provider Partners to Cloud OS Vision
Microsofts Cloud OS Network is designed to give IT customers the flexibility of a consistent platform that spans data centers, Windows Azure and service provider clouds.
Microsofts Cloud OS Network is designed to give IT customers the flexibility of a consistent platform that spans data centers, Windows Azure and service provider clouds.
After a year of in-the-field testing, the Windows Azure HDInsight Service, which allows customers to spin up Hadoop clusters in the cloud, gets the green light for release into general availability.
The entirely expected Microsoft reorganization, and the accompanying memo from CEO Steve Ballmer, suggests that the company plans to focuses on devices, the cloud and a much shorter development life cycle. This will have a major impact on how your IT department operates.
Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a new Australian region for its Windows Azure family of cloud services.
Windows Server 2012 packs so many new features large and small that any Microsoft shop looking to gain advantages in cost and functionality will have to seriously consider upgrading this year.
On election night, as the rest of us again wondered what was going wrong in Florida, the CIO of Florida's Department of State had a different perspective: He was bearing witness to the successful culmination of 17 months of hard work.