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2012-05-18 08:47:10 - Windows Azure VM Beta for AWS users

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Windows Azure VM Beta for AWS users (and cloud virgins)
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Steve's been playing with the Windows Azure beta. But what does he think? Read on to find out. By Steve Cassidy, 18 May 2012 at 00:14 It feels like a me-too job, I have to admit. But that's before I sat down and worked my way through it.

2012-05-18 07:03:31 - Microsoft Exec: Dynamics Business Is Worth ''Over a Billion Dollars'' - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Exec: Dynamics Business Is Worth 'Over a Billion Dollars'
Redmond Channel Partner
"This beta release is also significant because Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 will be the first Microsoft Dynamics ERP solution for Windows Azure giving customers the choice to move to the cloud on their own terms," White stated in the announcement.

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2012-05-18 04:31:59 - Scoop: Google, Microsoft both targeting Amazon with new clouds - GigaOM

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Scoop: Google, Microsoft both targeting Amazon with new clouds
GigaOM
We'll no doubt hear a lot more about Microsoft's plans at our Structure conference next month, when I sit down to talk Azure with Microsoft Server and Tools Business President Satya Nadella. Google and Microsoft are two cloud providers that should have ...
Microsoft, Google Working on Competing Cloud StorageWebProNews

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2012-05-18 03:38:16 - Bing Search API Now Available With Tiered Pricing Structure - WebProNews

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Bing Search API Now Available With Tiered Pricing Structure
WebProNews
By Zach Walton · 8 hours ago · Leave a Comment Microsoft turned some heads last month when they announced that the Bing Search API would be heading exclusively to the Windows Azure Marketplace. A lot of non-profit groups like libraries were ...
Bing's search API now live on the Windows Azure MarketplaceThe Next Web (blog)
Bing Launches Its Paid Search API, But Will Still Offer A Free TierTechCrunch

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2012-05-18 02:26:56 - "Keep Shipping" Vs. "Keep Serving": Startups The Starbucks Way - Fast Company

Fast Company
"Keep Shipping" Vs. "Keep Serving": Startups The Starbucks Way
Fast Company
BY Douglas Crets | 05-17-2012 | 6:47 AM Today, I'm going to visit the Microsoft Accelerator at 320 Westlake Avenue in Seattle. Incidentally, the Azure Accelerator is accepting applications for ten slots to be given to developers who want to build a ...

2012-05-18 02:26:56 - "Keep Shipping" Vs. "Keep Serving": Why Startups Should Think Like Baristas - Fast Company

Fast Company
"Keep Shipping" Vs. "Keep Serving": Why Startups Should Think Like Baristas
Fast Company
BY Douglas Crets | 05-17-2012 | 6:47 AM Today, I'm going to visit the Microsoft Accelerator at 320 Westlake Avenue in Seattle. Incidentally, the Azure Accelerator is accepting applications for ten slots to be given to developers who want to build a ...

2012-05-18 02:02:53 - Bing Launches Its Paid Search API, But Will Still Offer A Free Tier - TechCrunch
Bing Launches Its Paid Search API, But Will Still Offer A Free Tier
TechCrunch
Just about a month ago, Microsoft announced that it would end free access to its Bing Search API and start charging a minimum of $40 per month for the service. Today, the company is officially launching the Bing Search API on its Windows Azure ...

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2012-05-17 08:22:08 - Introduction to SQL Azure - SYS-CON Media

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Introduction to SQL Azure
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Hovhannes Avoyan In our previous articles, Introduction to SQL Server 2012 and Windows Azure Overview, we made references to Microsoft's SQL Azure service. In this article we will take a closer look at its main features in more detail.

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2012-05-17 01:04:56 - QuickStart Announces Exclusive Microsoft Webinars - San Francisco Chronicle
QuickStart Announces Exclusive Microsoft Webinars
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
This two-month webinar series features trending IT topics and new Microsoft technologies like SCCM 2012, SharePoint, Azure, Lync and Cloud Computing. These webinars are a great way for individuals to evaluate new technologies in the cloud without ...

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2012-05-16 23:40:45 - Mobile Clearinghouse Network Chooses Windows Azure to Support Mobile Financial ... - MarketWatch
Mobile Clearinghouse Network Chooses Windows Azure to Support Mobile Financial ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mobile Clearinghouse Network (MCHN), a Microsoft® Bizspark One member, will make their worldwide mobile hub available on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure cloud platform. MCHN's interoperable hub enables ...
Pariveda Solutions Builds Cloud Applications on Windows AzureVirtual-Strategy Magazine

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2012-05-16 22:06:31 - Opstera Eases Transition to the Cloud With New Dashboard for Monitoring ... - MarketWatch
Opstera Eases Transition to the Cloud With New Dashboard for Monitoring ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The dashboard offers Windows Azure customers additional visibility and new metrics related to Microsoft Corp.'s cloud platform in real time, providing a new level of control and assurance. Over time, CloudGraphs will expand to provide data on the ...

2012-05-16 22:04:39 - Pariveda Solutions Builds Cloud Applications on Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Pariveda Solutions Builds Cloud Applications on Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Pariveda Solutions, a leading technology consulting firm delivering strategic services and technology solutions, has delivered several customer applications built on Windows Azure.
Mobile Clearinghouse Network Chooses Windows Azure to Support Mobile Financial ...EIN News (press release)

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2012-05-16 18:44:57 - Opstera launches monitor for Windows Azure - Cloud Pro
Opstera launches monitor for Windows Azure
Cloud Pro
Cloud capacity optimisation start-up Opstera has launched a new dashboard product aimed at monitoring quality of service (QoS) for cloud platforms such as Windows Azure. The dashboard, called CloudGraphs, offers Azure customers added visibility and new ...

2012-05-16 16:13:41 - Cloud computing – Microsoft Windows Azure - ITWeb

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Cloud computing – Microsoft Windows Azure
ITWeb
As an ISV partner of Microsoft, Triniti thought it best to ask Microsoft directly to share its views and comments. The Microsoft Cloud Platform, Windows Azure, adheres to the five essential characteristics of a cloud platform. Windows Azure is “an open ...
Mobile Clearinghouse Network Chooses Windows Azure to Support Mobile Financial ...EIN News (press release)

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2012-05-16 06:37:53 - No, Windows RT Isn''t Windows . . . Yet - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
No, Windows RT Isn't Windows . . . Yet
Windows IT Pro
Microsoft has used the Windows name on every kind of software imaginable -- Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, Windows Media Center and many, many more -- and on services, too, including Windows Live and Windows Azure. On and on it goes.

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2012-05-16 00:30:10 - Inside Microsoft''s New Azure Accelerator -- Will Redmond Get The Startup Mojo? - Centralia Chronicle
Inside Microsoft's New Azure Accelerator -- Will Redmond Get The Startup Mojo?
Centralia Chronicle
Back in March this year Microsoft launched its first ever "direct" startup accelerator, based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. That meant it would, for the first time, be an accelerator owner/operator. Dubbed the Windows Azure Accelerator (WAA) it looked, ...

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2012-05-16 00:01:33 - Inside Microsoft''s New Azure Accelerator — Will Redmond Get The Startup Mojo? - TechCrunch

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Inside Microsoft's New Azure Accelerator — Will Redmond Get The Startup Mojo?
TechCrunch
Back in March this year Microsoft launched its first ever “direct” startup accelerator, based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. That meant it would, for the first time, be an accelerator owner/operator. Dubbed the Windows Azure Accelerator (WAA) it looked, ...

2012-05-15 16:07:12 - Microsoft Competition Proves that Technology Continues to Enhance the ... - PR Web

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Microsoft Competition Proves that Technology Continues to Enhance the ...
PR Web (press release)
Contestants were permitted to utilize Windows Azure cloud computing, Windows iPhone mobile devices, Kinect Natural User Interface (Window's motion sensor and voice recognition technology), and Windows Metro Style app platform. Many of the contestants' ...

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2012-05-15 05:47:03 - Microsoft Azure provides platform for Epicor Cloud ERP - BusinessCloud9
Microsoft Azure provides platform for Epicor Cloud ERP
BusinessCloud9
Epicor is set to become the latest ERP provider to use Microsoft's Azure platform to take its applications the Cloud. The company had previously offered a SaaS delivered small business version of its Epicor ERP product - Epicor Express - along with ...

2012-05-15 01:10:12 - Leveraging Microsoft Azure security features for PaaS security - TechTarget
Leveraging Microsoft Azure security features for PaaS security
TechTarget
For example, in the case of Azure, Microsoft's numerous development-focused security resources are fantastic but what if the application is already written? There may not be time to incorporate SDL or Threat Modeling for that particular application.

2012-05-14 23:01:25 - AIMS Innovation : Early Adopter Program for AIMS for Biztalk closed to new ... - Reuters
AIMS Innovation : Early Adopter Program for AIMS for Biztalk closed to new ...
Reuters
Free trials are enabled from the Cloud through Microsoft Azure and require a small local install that should take no more than 30 minutes to complete. Leveraging self-configuration and self-learning, the 30 minutes of local install represents the ...

2012-05-14 22:03:53 - Brainware Distiller as a Service
Brainware Distiller as a Service (DaaS) Now Available, Boosts Productivity ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Distiller on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure Provides Robust, Reliable Delivery for Intelligent Data Capture ASHBURN, Va., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Brainware announced today the release of Brainware Distiller as a Service (DaaS).

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2012-05-14 07:23:30 - Red Hat OpenShift PaaS: Will Cloud Developers Climb Aboard? - TalkinCloud
Red Hat OpenShift PaaS: Will Cloud Developers Climb Aboard?
TalkinCloud (blog)
Already, cloud developers are seeking to understand cloud platforms like OpenStack, CloudStack, Microsoft Windows Azure and VMware Cloud Foundry. Amid all that noise, can Red Hat attract developers to OpenShift? And equally important: Can cloud ...

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2012-05-12 20:02:56 - Lessons for HP box jockeys on the Amazon warpath - Register

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Lessons for HP box jockeys on the Amazon warpath
Register
Amazon's EC2 floated in 2006 while Microsoft opened Azure in early 2010. HP has also delivered in spite – yes, in spite – of a partnership with its long-time PC and server operating system buddy Microsoft. The computer maker is more than just one of ...
HP unveils pricing for Linux-only cloud betaCRN Australia

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2012-05-12 05:55:44 - Family-Friendly Online Organizer Released on Windows Azure - Technorati
Family-Friendly Online Organizer Released on Windows Azure
Technorati
Moms and caregivers looking for a new computer or a windows upgrade ought to consider Windows Azure, since the new platform also has the beta version of family-oriented online organizer AboutOne. AboutOne is the one-and-only online family organizer ...

2012-05-12 05:14:29 - Azure''s identity crisis and other cloud computing sound bites - TechTarget
Azure's identity crisis and other cloud computing sound bites
TechTarget
Turns out, the speculation stems from an unclear email Microsoft sent customers informing them of a change in billing. But for Windows Azure customers throwing lots of money into the public cloud product, the thought of a new name midstream had some ...
How organisations are ready to embrace private cloudCloud Pro
This Week in Cloud, May 10, 2012: Facebook Open Compute momentum, Can Google ...SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

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2012-05-12 02:58:28 - Is SAP Dissing Windows Azure -- and Favoring Amazon? - Wired News

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Is SAP Dissing Windows Azure -- and Favoring Amazon?
Wired News
Photo: Will Merydith/Flickr The jury is out on whether Microsoft can take on Amazon with its public cloud plans for Window Azure — and with it touting 'high tens of thousands' of Azure customers — Microsoft may now be losing one customer that really ...
SAP cuddles up with Amazon, but what about Azure?GigaOM

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2012-05-11 23:43:11 - SAP cuddles up with Amazon, but what about Azure? - GigaOM

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SAP cuddles up with Amazon, but what about Azure?
GigaOM
11, 2012, 7:35am PT No Comments News that SAP will — along with Amazon — certify more of its business applications to run in production on Amazon's public cloud raises the question of what's going on with SAP and Microsoft Windows Azure.

2012-05-11 14:15:58 - Windows Azure – Officially failing to get traction? - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Windows Azure – Officially failing to get traction?
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Dmitry Sotnikov Everyone suspected that Windows Azure was not a blazing success. Now the official stats seem to suggest that it is pretty much a failure. Microsoft does not tell the exact number of users it has on their cloud platform – Windows ...
'Cloud computing can offer the CIO a new job position'InformationWeek India
How Cloud Computing Can Benefit Disaster ResponseEmergency Management

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2012-05-11 05:09:12 - LegenDairy student team uses cloud to monitor livestock - Universe.byu.edu
LegenDairy student team uses cloud to monitor livestock
Universe.byu.edu
The team, LegenDairy, finished first in the Windows Azure category which featured students building a web solution powered by the cloud — a way of remotely storing data over the Internet . The team of information technology students, Kevin Brown, ...
Microsoft Canada Announces Student Winners of Imagine Cup 2012Canada NewsWire (press release)

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2012-05-11 02:54:34 - Tagetik Cloud Runs on Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure - Exec Digital
Tagetik Cloud Runs on Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure
Exec Digital (press release)
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Disclosure Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence, today announced that the Tagetik 4.0 platform is now available on Microsoft Windows Azure ...

2012-05-11 01:45:22 - Icertis Announces Global Availability of World''s First Contract Lifecycle ... - Embedded.com
Icertis Announces Global Availability of World's First Contract Lifecycle ...
Embedded.com
Icertis today announced the launch of its Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) product on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure. The Icertis CLM product is a breakthrough solution that delivers marked improvement in contracting efficiencies at a lower cost, ...

2012-05-11 01:20:33 - Microsoft: Windows Azure Customers Number in ''High Tens of Thousands'' - Redmondmag.com

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Microsoft: Windows Azure Customers Number in 'High Tens of Thousands'
Redmondmag.com
By Kurt Mackie Microsoft's cloud-centric corporate strategy got explained on Tuesday at a financial analyst event, with a few numbers put behind the claims. Bob Kelly, a corporate vice president on Microsoft's Windows Azure marketing team, ...
Microsoft Exec: Windows Azure Users Are in 'High Tens of Thousands'Redmond Channel Partner
Tagetik Cloud Runs on Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL AzureMarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft: 'High Tens of Thousands' of Azure CustomersWired News
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2012-05-11 00:26:02 - What''s in a Name? Change in Windows Azure Billing Portal Causes Confusion - InfoQ.com
What's in a Name? Change in Windows Azure Billing Portal Causes Confusion
InfoQ.com
This week, Microsoft notified its customers that it was re-naming all of the services that comprise the Windows Azure cloud offering. Confusion ensued as some wondered if Microsoft was abandoning the Azure branding, but subsequent information revealed ...

2012-05-10 21:03:45 - Flexera Software Announces InstallShield 2012 Spring, Further Enabling Desktop ... - MarketWatch
Flexera Software Announces InstallShield 2012 Spring, Further Enabling Desktop ...
MarketWatch (press release)
InstallShield 2012 Spring offers new Microsoft SQL Azure database scripting capabilities enabling software producers to support hybrid cloud deployments of their applications. "SQL Azure is a highly available and scalable cloud database service, ...

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2012-05-10 12:28:54 - Amazon Enters Microsoft''s Turf of .NET PaaS - SYS-CON Media

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Amazon Enters Microsoft's Turf of .NET PaaS
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
NET support to its AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment and MS SQL Server to the Amazon RDS offerings. This is a significant announcement from Amazon as it draws the battle lines with Microsoft which is aggressively positioning Windows Azure as the .
How Cloud Computing Can Benefit Disaster ResponseEmergency Management

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2012-05-10 05:08:38 - Amazon Courts Windows Developers by Adding .Net to its Elastic Beanstalk - ReadWriteWeb

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Amazon Courts Windows Developers by Adding .Net to its Elastic Beanstalk
ReadWriteWeb
By Joe Brockmeier / May 9, 2012 01:06 PM / View Comments Microsoft's Azure just got a little more competition from Amazon. The cloud giant announced yesterday that it was adding support for SQL Server to its Relational Database Service (RDS) and added ...
Amazon Cloud Adds SQL Server and .NET Support to Managed ServicesRedmond Developer News
Amazon Web Services Extends Support for Microsoft DevelopersRedmondmag.com
Amazon Is Trying To Steal Microsoft's Hardcore Customers Away From Microsoft's ...Business Insider
San Francisco Chronicle -WebProNews
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2012-05-10 05:05:20 - Amazon takes on Microsoft Azure head on - Register

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Amazon takes on Microsoft Azure head on
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NET support for Elastic Beanstalk, give developers alternatives underneath the AWS umbrella and at the same time offer an alternative to Microsoft's Azure platform cloud, which supports a .NET framework and a hosted database service derived from SQL ...
Amazon Courts Windows Developers by Adding .Net to its Elastic BeanstalkReadWriteWeb
Amazon Web Services Extends Support for Microsoft DevelopersRedmondmag.com
Amazon Is Trying To Steal Microsoft's Hardcore Customers Away From Microsoft's ...Business Insider
WebProNews -ZDNet UK (blog)
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2012-05-10 04:24:39 - Microsoft: ''High Tens of Thousands'' of Azure Customers - Wired News

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Microsoft: 'High Tens of Thousands' of Azure Customers
Wired News
Microsoft usually plays it cards close to its chest on customer numbers for its cloud service, but now the company is bragging about “high tens of thousands of customers” for Windows Azure, with “hundreds” of new customers added daily.
Microsoft: We have 'high tens of thousands' of Azure customersZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Azure scrubbing on the back-end raises questionsSlashGear
Epicor Moving Its Applications to Microsoft's Azure CloudPCWorld
Redmond Channel Partner -InfoWorld
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2012-05-10 04:04:02 - Amazon Web Service Extends Support for Microsoft Developers - Redmondmag.com

Business Insider
Amazon Web Service Extends Support for Microsoft Developers
Redmondmag.com
Microsoft, of course, has its own set of competing cloud services with which it's trying to lure cusotmers: Windows Azure for application deployment and management, and SQL Azure for databases. SQL Azure and Windows Azure work in concert, with Windows ...
Amazon Is Trying To Steal Microsoft's Hardcore Customers Away From Microsoft's ...Business Insider
Amazon RDS Now Supports ASP.NETWebProNews
Amazon adds more Windows compatibility to cloudZDNet UK (blog)

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2012-05-10 02:35:34 - Red Hat Reveals Plans for Hybrid Enterprise PaaS with OpenShift - eWeek
Red Hat Reveals Plans for Hybrid Enterprise PaaS with OpenShift
eWeek
... for offering its OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud operating system, one which is aimed at becoming an alternative to current industry market-share leaders, such as VMware's vSphere, Microsoft Azure and NASA/Rackspace's OpenStack.

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2012-05-10 02:27:52 - Amazon Opens Cloud to SQL, ASP.NET Devs - Visual Studio Magazine

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Amazon Opens Cloud to SQL, ASP.NET Devs
Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft, of course, has its own set of competing cloud services with which it's trying to lure cusotmers: Windows Azure for application deployment and management, and SQL Azure for databases. SQL Azure and Windows Azure work in concert, with Windows ...
Amazon Is Trying To Steal Microsoft's Hardcore Customers Away From Microsoft's ...Business Insider
Amazon adds more Windows compatibility to cloudZDNet UK (blog)
Amazon RDS Now Supports ASP.NETWebProNews

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2012-05-10 00:32:33 - Cloud Q&A: How Windows Azure Is Like Riding a Bicycle - Redmond Channel Partner

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Cloud Q&A: How Windows Azure Is Like Riding a Bicycle
Redmond Channel Partner
Former Microsoft evangelist Steve Marx talks about Microsoft PaaS and his new role working with Windows Azure at Aditi Technologies. By Scott Bekker Q: What were you doing in your last few years at Microsoft? A: The last few months I was part of the ...
Epicor to move its apps to Microsoft's Azure cloudComputerworld
What's in a name? Azure branding confusion and the meaning of 'badware'TechTarget
Epicor to Bring On-Demand ERP to the Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
ZDNet (blog)
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2012-05-09 21:54:24 - The Troposphere: - TechTarget
The Troposphere:
TechTarget
That's how Tier 1 analyst Carl Brooks described reports this week that Microsoft will drop “Azure” from the branding of its public cloud offering. “Azure is a dynamite brand — it's almost a byword, like Amazon is, for a certain kind of cloud ...

2012-05-09 19:13:00 - Sage sales growth slows in tough European market - Daily Press

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Sage sales growth slows in tough European market
Daily Press
Last week it announced a deal with Microsoft to develop business resource planning applications on its Windows Azure cloud platform, and on Wednesday it said it would launch its entry-level Sage One product in North America imminently.
Sage's profit edges up in tough European marketEvening Standard
Sage grows first-half subscription revenuesStock Market Wire

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2012-05-09 19:01:06 - Azure brand alive and well - iProgrammer
Azure brand alive and well
iProgrammer
A rumor that Microsoft was dropping the "Azure" branding for its cloud service quickly spread yesterday. But it was a rumour based a lesser action and a growing expectation that Microsoft cannot be relied upon for stability. After last week's news that ...

2012-05-09 13:12:19 - Microsoft Azure scrubbing on the back-end raises questions - SlashGear

Business Insider
Microsoft Azure scrubbing on the back-end raises questions
SlashGear
It has probably been quite a while since you last saw any sort of Azure branding from Microsoft. The once hopeful cloud service has been deemed a flop by analysts, although not officially by Microsoft. That doesn't mean the company is giving up on the ...
Epicor Moving Its Applications to Microsoft's Azure CloudPCWorld
Microsoft to eliminate its Azure branding in billing portalZDNet (blog)
Epicor will bring ERP applications to Microsoft Azure cloud serviceInfoWorld
CNET -MarketWatch (press release)
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2012-05-09 08:07:04 - Amazon Is Trying To Steal Microsoft''s Hardcore Customers Away From Microsoft''s ... - Business Insider

Business Insider
Amazon Is Trying To Steal Microsoft's Hardcore Customers Away From Microsoft's ...
Business Insider
Customers who use those technologies are natural for Microsoft's cloud. Many people think that Amazon and Azure are competing in different parts of the cloud market. Amazon made its name with Infrastructure as a Service. You can fire up Windows servers ...

2012-05-09 06:48:07 - Microsoft: We have ''high tens of thousands'' of Azure customers - ZDNet

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Microsoft: We have 'high tens of thousands' of Azure customers
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | May 8, 2012, 2:47pm PDT Summary: Microsoft is planning to host Dynamics CRM on Azure, according to a Microsoft Azure VP. And the expected Linux on Azure capability sounds like it is still on the roadmap, too.
Microsoft Azure scrubbing on the back-end raises questionsSlashGear
Epicor Moving Its Applications to Microsoft's Azure CloudPCWorld
Epicor will bring ERP applications to Microsoft Azure cloud serviceInfoWorld
CNET -TalkinCloud (blog)
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2012-05-09 03:47:44 - Epicor to move its apps to Microsoft''s Azure cloud - Computerworld

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Epicor to move its apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud
Computerworld
By Chris Kanaracus IDG News Service - Epicor is planning to work with Microsoft to bring Epicor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications to the Azure cloud service, the companies announced Tuesday during Epicor's Insights conference in Las ...
Epicor to Bring On-Demand ERP to the Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft Continues Rebranding, This Time It's AzureCMSWire
Microsof to eliminate its Azure cloud brandingZDNet (blog)

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2012-05-09 03:00:52 - Epicor Moving Its Applications to Microsoft''s Azure Cloud - PCWorld

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Epicor Moving Its Applications to Microsoft's Azure Cloud
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Epicor is planning to work with Microsoft to bring Epicor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications to the Azure cloud service, the companies announced Tuesday during Epicor's Insights conference in Las Vegas.
Microsoft to eliminate its Azure branding in billing portalZDNet (blog)
Microsoft eases back on Azure cloud brandingCNET
Epicor to Bring On-Demand ERP to the Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
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2012-05-09 02:03:57 - Swan Island Networks, Inc. Receives Cool Vendor Nod from Gartner, Closes $2.5 ... - MarketWatch
Swan Island Networks, Inc. Receives Cool Vendor Nod from Gartner, Closes $2.5 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Swan Island Networks, creator of the TIES(R) software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, provides consolidated business intelligence solutions, out of Microsoft's Windows Azure(TM) cloud, to Global 2000 companies. Each year, Gartner, one of the world's ...

2012-05-09 01:13:35 - Microsoft eases back on Azure cloud branding - CNET
Microsoft eases back on Azure cloud branding
CNET
Redmond is cutting the name "Azure" out of the branding for its cloud services on its billing portal. by Mary Jo Foley May 8, 2012 9:09 AM PDT Microsoft is informing customers of its Windows Azure cloud that it is rebranding many, if not all, ...
Epicor to Bring On-Demand ERP to the Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft to eliminate its Azure branding in billing portalZDNet (blog)
Microsoft scrapes Windows Azure name off cloudy kitRegister
Network World
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2012-05-09 01:12:13 - Cloud Services Providers Bet on Microsoft Lync, SharePoint - TalkinCloud
Cloud Services Providers Bet on Microsoft Lync, SharePoint
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Joe Panettieri on Even as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) promotes its own cloud platforms (Office 365 and Windows Azure), cloud services providers (CSPs) and channel partners continue to launch Microsoft Lync, SharePoint, Dynamics CRM and Exchange in ...

2012-05-09 01:01:09 - Is Azure a dirty word because it means cloud? - Network World
Is Azure a dirty word because it means cloud?
Network World
Microsoft has sent its Windows Azure customers an email that says the word Azure will be dropped from the usage portal for the cloud services they buy. So, for example, Windows Azure Storage will appear simply as Storage on the bills, according to a ...

2012-05-08 23:01:02 - Microsoft to eliminate its Azure branding in billing portal - ZDNet
Microsoft to eliminate its Azure branding in billing portal
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | May 8, 2012, 6:05am PDT Summary: Microsoft is cutting the name “Azure” out of the branding for its cloud services on its billing portal. Microsoft is informing customers of its Windows Azure cloud that it is rebranding many, ...

2012-05-08 22:50:47 - What?!? Is Microsoft Dropping Azure Brand Too? - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
What?!? Is Microsoft Dropping Azure Brand Too?
Windows IT Pro
This week, another brand apparently got the axe: It appears Microsoft is dropping the “Azure” brand from a wide lineup of cloud services, too. For some reason, however, the software giant hasn't issued an explanatory press release or blog post ...

2012-05-08 22:09:56 - Microsof to eliminate its Azure cloud branding - ZDNet
Microsof to eliminate its Azure cloud branding
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | May 8, 2012, 6:05am PDT Summary: Microsoft is cutting the name “Azure” out of the branding for its cloud services on its billing portal. Will the Azureb brand go away completely? Microsoft is informing customers of its Windows Azure ...

2012-05-08 22:06:44 - Epicor to Bring On-Demand ERP to the Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Epicor to Bring On-Demand ERP to the Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
The Epicor ICE Business Architecture will also benefit from Windows Azure and SQL Azure. Epicor and Microsoft share a common vision for cloud computing and building business applications that are delivered the way people want to work; virtually any ...

2012-05-08 21:33:57 - Panda Security Launches Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0, The Only SaaS ... - MarketWatch
Panda Security Launches Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0, The Only SaaS ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The new version is hosted in Windows Azure, a cloud platform hosted in Microsoft data centers and designed to support highly available, scalable and reliable applications. Windows Azure uses a set of privacy and security controls that ensure maximum ...

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2012-05-08 19:16:54 - Microsoft scrapes Windows Azure name off cloudy kit - Register
Microsoft scrapes Windows Azure name off cloudy kit
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By Gavin Clarke • Get more from this author The name “Azure” and in some cases even “Windows Azure” are being dropped from components and services in the company's cloud, according to a report here. For example, Windows Azure Compute will now be Cloud ...
Microsoft Announces Windows Azure Media ServicesWebProNews

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2012-05-08 09:05:38 - Microsoft Welcomes Nevatech''s Sentinet™ as an MSE Replacement - PR Web
Microsoft Welcomes Nevatech's Sentinet™ as an MSE Replacement
PR Web (press release)
NET 4.0, WCF/WIF 4.0, WCF Routing Service, the Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus. For more information on the Sentinet service virtualization platform and its advanced SOA and API Management capabilities visit our Web site.

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2012-05-08 02:01:59 - Sage ERP Makes the Leap to Microsoft''s Azure Skies - Midsize Insider

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Sage ERP Makes the Leap to Microsoft's Azure Skies
Midsize Insider
And they intend to do it using Microsoft Azure. What's interesting about the Sage move, according to an article at ComputerWorld, is that it represents another step forward in the world of "co-opetition," where large companies both cooperate with each ...
Sage Heads For Cloud With Microsoft AzureITProPortal
Sage looks to Microsoft Azure for Cloud ERP allianceBusinessCloud9
Sage to take ERP tools into the cloud with AzureZDNet UK (blog)
ARNnet -ITWorld Canada
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2012-05-08 01:02:52 - Microsoft Announces Windows Azure Media Services - WebProNews
Microsoft Announces Windows Azure Media Services
WebProNews
By Zach Walton · 6 mins ago · Leave a Comment Microsoft definitely needs to give its cloud network – Windows Azure – a kick in the pants. If it wants to compete with the likes of Google's and other cloud businesses, it's going to have to step up its ...

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2012-05-08 00:04:01 - Sage Heads For Cloud With Microsoft Azure - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Sage Heads For Cloud With Microsoft Azure
ITProPortal
Sage has announced that it is hooking up with Microsoft to take its enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools into the cloud. The first step will be to develop Sage 200 for the Windows Azure platform in the UK, with development already having begun, ...
Sage looks to Microsoft Azure for Cloud ERP allianceBusinessCloud9
Sage to take ERP tools into the cloud with AzureZDNet UK (blog)
Sage partners with Microsoft Azure to target Cloud marketARNnet
ITWorld Canada -The Guardian (blog)
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2012-05-07 22:27:35 - Sage looks to Microsoft Azure for Cloud ERP alliance - BusinessCloud9
Sage looks to Microsoft Azure for Cloud ERP alliance
BusinessCloud9
More moves in the increasingly febrile Cloud ERP market as Sage announces that it will be partnering with Microsoft to develop its ERP solutions on the Windows Azure platform. Sage will initially focus on Europe with Sage 200, a finance, ...
Sage to take ERP tools into the cloud with AzureZDNet UK (blog)
Sage partners with Microsoft Azure to target Cloud marketARNnet
Sage moving ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloudITWorld Canada
The Guardian (blog)
all 16 news articles »
2012-05-07 19:05:35 - Infinitely Virtual Announces Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Providing ... - MarketWatch
Infinitely Virtual Announces Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Providing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Self-Service Business Intelligence: Microsoft's BI Semantic Model enables across-the-organization sharing of business intelligence via IT dashboards, SharePoint integration, SQL Azure reporting, and customizable alerts about relevant data changes.

2012-05-07 19:02:50 - Cloud boost for start-ups - ITWeb

ITWeb
Cloud boost for start-ups
ITWeb
The programme also includes access to Windows Azure, a cloud platform for the creation of Web applications and services. In addition, BizSpark offers technical support, business training and a network of over 2 000 partners to connect members with ...

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2012-05-07 17:25:02 - ICICI Bank adopts Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management Product on Windows Azure - Express Computer
ICICI Bank adopts Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management Product on Windows Azure
Express Computer
The fact that Icertis CLM can be deployed on Windows Azure has made it even more attractive for us.” said Avinash Umapathy, Deputy General Manager, ICICI Bank. Icertis has announced the launch of its Contract Lifecycle Management product (ICLM) on ...
US-based Icertis to double staff at Pune R&D centremydigitalfc.com
Icertis Announces Contract Lifecycle Management ProductMoneycontrol.com

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2012-05-07 08:58:14 - Pixels: Yes unleashes the Eclipse - New Straits Times

New Straits Times
Pixels: Yes unleashes the Eclipse
New Straits Times
The partnership, in the form of The Azure Power Program, will involve a RM1.1 million investment. With this partnership, the Microsoft Azure Program will be a key industry partner in the MSC Malaysia Cloud Onboarding Program, designed to provide ...

2012-05-07 02:31:28 - US-based Icertis to double staff at Pune R&D centre - mydigitalfc.com
US-based Icertis to double staff at Pune R&D centre
mydigitalfc.com
“The ICLM on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform is a path breaking solution delivering significantly efficiency in the contracting process at a lower cost, with increased compliance and lower risk,” Samir Bodas, co-founder and COO at Icertis, said.
Icertis Announces Contract Lifecycle Management ProductMoneycontrol.com

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2012-05-05 16:58:19 - Sage partners with Microsoft Azure to target cloud market - PC Advisor
Sage partners with Microsoft Azure to target cloud market
PC Advisor
By Derek du Preez | Computerworld UK | 05 May 12 UK-based software provider Sage has announced that it will be partnering with Microsoft to develop its ERP solutions on the Windows Azure platform in a bid to target the SMB cloud market.
Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloudComputerworld
Sage thrusts small biz tool into Microsoft AzureRegister

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2012-05-05 08:22:18 - Icertis launches contract lifecycle management product on Windows Azure - Indian Express
Icertis launches contract lifecycle management product on Windows Azure
Indian Express
The Icertis contract lifecycle management (ICLM), which can be accessed on Windows Azure, was unveiled by the company on Friday. The software product can be accessed on smartphones and iPads. It not only promises increase in productivity but also helps ...
Icertis develops contract lifecycle management product for MicrosoftBusiness Standard (blog)
Icertis Announces Contract Lifecycle Management ProductMoneycontrol.com
ICertis bets big on cloud; set to double manpower in IndiaInformationWeek India

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2012-05-05 01:40:27 - Icertis develops contract lifecycle management product for Microsoft - Business Standard
Icertis develops contract lifecycle management product for Microsoft
Business Standard (blog)
Pune based Icertis, cloud independent software vendor (ISV) and the provider of enterprise solutions in the Microsoft Cloud, has developed its new Contract Lifecycle Management product (ICLM) on Windows Azure in India. According to company, ICLM is ...
Icertis Announces Contract Lifecycle Management ProductMoneycontrol.com
ICertis bets big on cloud; set to double manpower in IndiaInformationWeek India

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2012-05-05 00:11:09 - Will You Rent Your Next Live Encoder? - StreamingMedia.com
Will You Rent Your Next Live Encoder?
StreamingMedia.com
By Tim Siglin In our recent coverage of the National Association of Broadcasters' show (NAB), we mentioned Windows Azure Media Services as one of several emerging cloud models for scaling up streaming delivery to television-level viewership.

2012-05-04 21:22:02 - Icertis Announces Contract Lifecycle Management Product - Moneycontrol.com
Icertis Announces Contract Lifecycle Management Product
Moneycontrol.com
Icertis has announced the launch of its Contract Lifecycle Management product (ICLM) on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure in India. ICLM is an efficient solution that delivers significantly improved efficiency in the contracting process at a lower cost, ...

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2012-05-04 19:03:11 - Sage thrusts small biz tool into Microsoft Azure - Register
Sage thrusts small biz tool into Microsoft Azure
Register
By Paul Kunert • Get more from this author Sage is to hitch its SME enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to Microsoft's Azure in a bid to speed up customers' migration to its subscription-based products. The development work has begun on the ...
Microsoft supports SA startups with free cloud servicesIT News Africa

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2012-05-04 16:45:09 - Microsoft supports SA startups with free cloud services - IT News Africa
Microsoft supports SA startups with free cloud services
IT News Africa
The initial focus of the BizSpark Plus program is on the Windows Azure Platform, which helps cover a startup's cloud computing costs. Windows Azure is a simple and reliable cloud-computing platform for hosting applications, and creating web ...

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2012-05-04 14:55:18 - ICertis bets big on cloud; set to double manpower in India - InformationWeek India
ICertis bets big on cloud; set to double manpower in India
InformationWeek India
iCertis, a firm focused on providing services and products on the Microsoft Azure cloud and Office 365, is extremely bullish on India, and is set to double its manpower from 150 people to 300 people by December 2012. The firm also plans to invest USD ...

2012-05-04 10:22:58 - Dolby Labs Up 23% On Microsoft Deal; Ups 2012 EPS Outlook As Q2 Results Top View - RTT News
Dolby Labs Up 23% On Microsoft Deal; Ups 2012 EPS Outlook As Q2 Results Top View
RTT News
Microsoft will incorporate Dolby Digital Plus in all versions of its Windows 8 operating system for PCs and tablets for online and file-based content, and leading providers of cloud-encoding solutions, such as Microsoft's Azure, Encoding.com, Zencoder, ...

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2012-05-04 08:41:40 - Windows Azure Devs Get Telephony and Text Messaging APIs - Visual Studio Magazine
Windows Azure Devs Get Telephony and Text Messaging APIs
Visual Studio Magazine
By Jeffrey Schwartz On Wednesday Microsoft announced that it has signed a deal with Twilio that will give developers the ability to have voice and SMS-enabled applications run on the Windows Azure cloud service. San Francisco-based Twilio offers a ...
How Twilio went from handshake to Microsoft Azure partner in a month-plusZDNet (blog)
Twilio meets AzureZDNet UK (blog)

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2012-05-04 05:09:31 - Dolby Laboratories Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results - MarketWatch
Dolby Laboratories Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
"Microsoft(R) will incorporate Dolby Digital Plus in all versions of its Windows(R) 8 operating system for PCs and tablets for online and file-based content, and leading providers of cloud-encoding solutions, such as Microsoft's Azure, Encoding.com, ...

2012-05-04 04:57:10 - Microsoft Takes Cloud Push to Developers With Casablanca - Wired News
Microsoft Takes Cloud Push to Developers With Casablanca
Wired News
Of course this ties in to pushing Microsoft's cloud, Windows Azure, which Wired Enterprise said recently was “…The World's Most Misunderstood Cloud.” “For those of you looking to build Azure services in C++, “Casablanca” comes with a Visual Studio ...
Code it again, Sam: Microsoft's Casablanca ties C++ to the cloudInfoWorld
Microsoft's 'Casablanca': Taking C++ to the cloudZDNet (blog)

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2012-05-04 02:25:08 - Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft''s Azure cloud - Computerworld
Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud
Computerworld
By Chris Kanaracus IDG News Service - Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud service, the company announced Thursday.

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2012-05-04 02:11:32 - Sage Moving ERP Apps to Microsoft''s Azure Cloud - PCWorld
Sage Moving ERP Apps to Microsoft's Azure Cloud
PCWorld (blog)
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud service, the company announced Thursday.
Sage lifted by Microsoft deal and bid talk, while FTSE edges higher despite ...The Guardian (blog)
Sage confirms Microsoft cloud dealComputer Business Review
Sage Group, Microsoft discuss possible tie-up: FTMarketWatch
Financial Times -NASDAQ
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2012-05-04 01:09:55 - Sage lifted by Microsoft deal and bid talk, while FTSE edges higher despite ... - The Guardian
Sage lifted by Microsoft deal and bid talk, while FTSE edges higher despite ...
The Guardian (blog)
Software group Sage has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft, prompting renewed speculation the UK group could be a bid target. Sage will integrate some of its small business accountancy software with Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, ...

2012-05-03 20:48:46 - Sage confirms Microsoft cloud deal - Computer Business Review
Sage confirms Microsoft cloud deal
Computer Business Review
UK software house Sage has confirmed reports that it will join forces with Microsoft to develop certain SMB ERP products on the Windows Azure cloud platform. Following earlier reports in the Financial Times the Newcastle-based company has announced ...
Sage Group, Microsoft discuss possible tie-up: FTMarketWatch
Sage steps back from cloud cuckoo landFinancial Times
Sage Group, Microsoft In Talks On Potential Alliance - FTNASDAQ

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2012-05-03 18:26:42 - MDeC, Microsoft Targeting 40 Vendors For Azure Power Programme - Bernama
MDeC, Microsoft Targeting 40 Vendors For Azure Power Programme
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) -- The Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC) and Microsoft Malaysia is targeting 40 independent software vendors (ISVs) to join their Azure Power Programme, over the next three months. The programme aims to accelerate the ...

2012-05-03 15:12:59 - Icertis Announces Availability of World''s First Contract Lifecycle Management ... - Business Wire India
Icertis Announces Availability of World's First Contract Lifecycle Management ...
Business Wire India (press release)
Icertis today announced the launch of its Contract Lifecycle Management product (ICLM) on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure in India. ICLM is a breakthrough solution that delivers significantly improved efficiency in the contracting process at a lower ...

2012-05-03 12:27:52 - Sage Group, Microsoft discuss possible tie-up: FT - MarketWatch
Sage Group, Microsoft discuss possible tie-up: FT
MarketWatch
By MarketWatch Business management solutions company Sage Group PLC and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) are in talks about a strategic alliance that would put the UK-listed company's accounting software for small businesses on the US company's Azure ...
Sage steps back from cloud cuckoo landFinancial Times
Sage Group, Microsoft In Talks On Potential Alliance - FTNASDAQ

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2012-05-03 07:19:20 - Sage steps back from cloud cuckoo land - Financial Times
Sage steps back from cloud cuckoo land
Financial Times
By Maija Palmer Sage is in talks with Microsoft over a strategic alliance to put its accounting software for small businesses on to the US company's Azure cloud platform, according to people familiar with a plan. It is a move that would help the UK ...
Sage Group, Microsoft In Talks On Potential Alliance - FTNASDAQ

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2012-05-03 03:52:54 - Code it again, Sam: Microsoft''s Casablanca ties C++ to the cloud - InfoWorld
Code it again, Sam: Microsoft's Casablanca ties C++ to the cloud
InfoWorld
Developers can target Web and worker roles, as well as access Windows Azure cloud storage using the built-in C++ library bindings, Somasegar said. At this point, the project is in an experimental stage and Microsoft wants to know if developers are ...
Microsoft's 'Casablanca': Taking C++ to the cloudZDNet (blog)
GoingNative 8: Introducing Casablanca - A Modern C++ API for Connected ComputingMicrosoft - Channel 9

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2012-05-03 03:00:56 - Cloud News: Microsoft, SOASTA, EarthLink - Data Center Knowledge
Cloud News: Microsoft, SOASTA, EarthLink
Data Center Knowledge
Microsoft selected by Media Valet. Microsoft (MSFT) announced that content services and photography provider VRX Studios turned to Microsoft's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud platform, Windows Azure, to replace its costly, unscalable, server-based ...

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2012-05-03 00:37:46 - How Twilio went from handshake to Microsoft Azure partner in a month-plus - ZDNet

TechCrunch
How Twilio went from handshake to Microsoft Azure partner in a month-plus
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | May 2, 2012, 8:37am PDT Summary: Microsoft and startup Twilio are offering developers a way to incorporate voice and text messaging into their Windows Azure-hosted apps. It's no secret Microsoft has been courting startups like mad to ...
Twilio Rising: Microsoft Inks Deal To Offer Voice, Messaging APIs To 'Tens Of ...TechCrunch
Twilio Brings Cloud Communications to Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft's Twilio VoIP cloud deal buffs Apple and AmazonRegister
Cloud Pro
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2012-05-02 22:13:45 - Twilio Rising: Microsoft Inks Deal To Offer Voice, Messaging APIs To ''Tens Of ... - TechCrunch

TechCrunch
Twilio Rising: Microsoft Inks Deal To Offer Voice, Messaging APIs To 'Tens Of ...
TechCrunch
Windows Azure — Microsoft's cloud platform for building and deploying web, mobile, enterprise and other apps — is playing an increasing role in the company's bigger strategy to target developers — and make sure that they don't all keep opting for a ...
Twilio Brings Cloud Communications to Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft's Twilio VoIP cloud deal buffs Apple and AmazonRegister

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2012-05-02 22:03:11 - Twilio Brings Cloud Communications to Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Twilio Brings Cloud Communications to Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
Twilio ( http://www.twilio.com ), a market leader in cloud communications, today announced a relationship with Microsoft to make Twilio's voice and messaging APIs easily available to Windows Azure customers. This strategic alliance introduces Twilio to ...
Microsoft's Twilio VoIP cloud deal buffs Apple and AmazonRegister

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2012-05-02 06:44:38 - Quest Software Rolls Out Migration Services for Microsoft Cloud - Redmond Developer News
Quest Software Rolls Out Migration Services for Microsoft Cloud
Redmond Developer News
The company's OnDemand Migration for Email is a new service designed to help organizations and managed service providers move on-premise e-mail systems to Microsoft's cloud-based software. The service runs off Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform ...
Quest Announces Updated Cloud-Based Migration Solutions to MIcrosoft 365 and ...The Complete Managed Services Resource
Quest Software Elevates Its Leadership in Cloud MigrationsMarketWatch (press release)
Quest Software Boasts Robust Migration ServicesChannelnomics (blog)

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2012-05-02 02:42:16 - Big data buzz gets louder with Apache Hadoop and Hive - TechTarget
Big data buzz gets louder with Apache Hadoop and Hive
TechTarget
Microsoft's SQL Server team announced the availability of community technical preview of Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure, or HadoopOnAzure CTP,in December 2011. The company claims it simplifies Hadoop access and setup, can issue Hive queries to pull and ...

2012-05-01 23:10:41 - MetraTech Launches Asia-Pacific Data Center to Support Metanga Growth - MarketWatch
MetraTech Launches Asia-Pacific Data Center to Support Metanga Growth
MarketWatch (press release)
The data center expansion highlights Metanga's deep synergy with Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Azure while providing more of Microsoft's 78000 independent software vendors (ISVs) a shorter path to monetizing cloud-based applications deployed ...

2012-05-01 22:10:40 - MediaValet Thrives on Microsoft''s Cloud Platform - MarketWatch
MediaValet Thrives on Microsoft's Cloud Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
Built from the ground up on Windows Azure by one of the world's largest photography companies, MediaValet is challenging the status quo of a billion-dollar global industry. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Global ...

2012-05-01 16:46:49 - Essar tags with Windows Azure to create cloud power - Zee News

Zee News
Essar tags with Windows Azure to create cloud power
Zee News
New Delhi: Aiming to cut costs by nearly 65 percent while improving scalability, multinational conglomerate Essar Group has rolled out Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud services platform, offering web-based applications with high performance and ...
Condensing a new growth strategyHindu Business Line

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2012-05-01 16:35:49 - Essar unleashes cloud power with Windows Azure - Times of India

Business Today
Essar unleashes cloud power with Windows Azure
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Aiming to cut costs by nearly 65 percent while improving scalability, multinational conglomerate Essar Group has rolled out Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud services platform, offering web-based applications with high performance and ...
Essar Group deploys Windows AzureComputer Business Review
Essar Group deploys Cloud with Windows AzureExpress Computer
Condensing a new growth strategyHindu Business Line

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2012-05-01 11:37:37 - Microsoft, Barnes & Noble: It''s All About the Online Store - The VAR Guy
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble: It's All About the Online Store
The VAR Guy
Sure, Microsoft has some of its own online storefronts. One example is the Office 365 marketplace. Another is Windows Azure, which serves up a range of third-party cloud applications. But neither Azure nor the Office 365 marketplace has taken over the ...

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2012-04-30 22:39:15 - Indian Conglomerate Turns to Microsoft Azure - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release)
Indian Conglomerate Turns to Microsoft Azure
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It is also migrating toward the cloud with some of its Web-based apps with Microsoft Azure, according to company CTO Jayantha Prabhu. "With Windows Azure, we don't have to spend money on hardware and software, and we don't have to spend time on ...

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2012-04-30 22:08:43 - Essar Group deploys Windows Azure - Computer Business Review
Essar Group deploys Windows Azure
Computer Business Review
India based Essar Group, a conglomerate in the sectors of steel, oil & gas, power, communications, shipping, ports & logistics, projects and minerals, has implemented Windows Azure to offer its customers Web-based applications with enhanced performance ...

2012-04-30 17:16:38 - Essar Group Unleashes Power of the Cloud With Windows Azure - MarketWatch

Hindu Business Line
Essar Group Unleashes Power of the Cloud With Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft Services approached Essar with a cost-effective solution in Windows Azure that allowed the company to obtain the benefits of both public and private cloud computing while also reducing the level of IT maintenance required to manage the ...
Condensing a new growth strategyHindu Business Line
CommVault's Simpana Data Management to support AzureARNnet

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2012-04-30 16:32:36 - Fielding Systems Releases Automated Oil & Gas Cloud Reporting - PR Web
Fielding Systems Releases Automated Oil & Gas Cloud Reporting
PR Web (press release)
Fielding Systems announces the release of its cloud based automated reporting solution for its FieldVisor and ScadaVisor services and is the first of its kind leveraging Microsoft's SQL Azure Reporting Services. Today, Fielding Systems announced a new ...

2012-04-30 16:08:22 - May 9 Webinar on How Mobile and Cloud Computing can Increase Nonprofit Donations - PR Web
May 9 Webinar on How Mobile and Cloud Computing can Increase Nonprofit Donations
PR Web (press release)
Find out how the Windows Azure cloud computing platform can be used to build apps for nonprofits that increase member involvement and donations in a May 9 webinar. Let Linxter, Inc. CEO Jason Milgram show you how to increase efficiency and decrease ...

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2012-04-30 14:32:25 - AWS Marketplace – An Oversimplification of the Cloud? - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
AWS Marketplace – An Oversimplification of the Cloud?
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As the Cloud Specialist at GetCloudReady.com, he offers strategic training and consulting on Cloud Computing platforms including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Windows Azure. Janakiram is one of the first few Microsoft Certified Professionals on ...

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2012-04-30 13:09:19 - CommVault''s Simpana Data Management to support Azure - ARNnet
CommVault's Simpana Data Management to support Azure
ARNnet
Recognising the growing importance of Azure in the marketplace, CommVault has integrated support for Microsoft's Cloud platform in its Simpana Data Management software. CommVault Asia Pacific and Japan product manager, Paul McClure, said the journey ...

2012-04-30 05:06:54 - Cameyo application virtualization offers a public preview of its 2.0 version - San Francisco Chronicle
Cameyo application virtualization offers a public preview of its 2.0 version
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Windows 8 compatibility. Virtualization engine improved and faster. Multi-language support: English, Spanish, French. And more... Cameyo 2.0 integrates with Windows Azure cloud infrastructure for offering cloud capabilities.

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2012-04-29 22:06:22 - Big Data: The billable project angle - ZDNet
Big Data: The billable project angle
ZDNet (blog)
Tellago works with enterprise development platforms like Microsoft's .NET, enterprise integration frameworks like Microsoft's BizTalk Server, and Cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Windows Azure. Tellago uses these platforms ...

2012-04-29 18:47:01 - Condensing a new growth strategy - Hindu Business Line

Hindu Business Line
Condensing a new growth strategy
Hindu Business Line
Windows Azure is Microsoft's avatar of the cloud- wherein it has integrated its different enterprise related products like Microsoft SQL, office Web Apps, Dynamics, Office 365 and other functionalities into a single solution.

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2012-04-28 05:45:44 - Microsoft Tapped to Provide Cloud Compute, Support for TeraDiscoveries Drug ... - GenomeWeb
Microsoft Tapped to Provide Cloud Compute, Support for TeraDiscoveries Drug ...
GenomeWeb
By Uduak Grace Thomas TeraDiscoveries and Microsoft this week announced a partnership under which Microsoft will provide support and cloud computing time on its Windows Azure platform, which TeraDiscoveries will use to identify inhibitors of 25 ...

2012-04-28 03:22:35 - Windows Azure: Misunderstood or Misguided? - Wired News
Windows Azure: Misunderstood or Misguided?
Wired News
Is Microsoft's Azure simply misunderstood by a younger generation of coders? Image: Carlos Gutiérrez G./Flickr Among the world's developers, Microsoft has a perception problem, writes Wired Enterpise editor Cade Metz. Judging from interviews with ...

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2012-04-27 21:57:23 - Microsoft Corporation Expanding Cloud Storage Offering - StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation Expanding Cloud Storage Offering
StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has joined hands with CommVault to offer Simpana on its Azure cloud platform. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that it is expanding its partnership with CommVault to offer a cloud storage capability that ...

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2012-04-27 20:08:33 - Azure Gamified - More Badges! - iProgrammer
Azure Gamified - More Badges!
iProgrammer
Due to the popularity of its badges for coding achievements, Microsoft has extended the scheme to the Windows Azure environment. It does seem that something as simple as a badge to show off to you friends and colleagues motivates programmers to code ...

2012-04-27 19:32:31 - Say Hello to Windows Azure, The World''s Most Misunderstood Cloud - Wired News
Say Hello to Windows Azure, The World's Most Misunderstood Cloud
Wired News
By Cade Metz Jeremy Howard uses Windows Azure. And he's not afraid to say it. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired Jeremy Howard sees Silicon Valley as an echo chamber. He recently moved to Northern California from Australia, looking to improve the fortunes of his ...

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2012-04-27 19:29:26 - 5 tips for surviving a cloud outage - Network World
5 tips for surviving a cloud outage
Network World
Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform in February had downtime problems due after the company failed to account for Leap Day, and despite improvements by cloud providers to minimize future outages, more outages will inevitably happen this year and ...

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2012-04-27 16:20:25 - Speakers Set for eCoast Cloud Summit''s Software Development Track - Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Speakers Set for eCoast Cloud Summit's Software Development Track
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
In the last year, O'Neil's focus has been on software development scenarios using cloud computing and Windows Azure. Following O'Neil, Michael Steifel, principal and founder of Reliable Software, Inc., will present Designing for Failure: Why Cloud ...

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2012-04-27 07:23:01 - Microsoft makes improvements to Redis on Windows in-memory database - ZDNet
Microsoft makes improvements to Redis on Windows in-memory database
ZDNet (blog)
NET, and we want developers to be successful using Windows Azure regardless of the development technologies upon which they rely.” Kick off your day with ZDNet's daily e-mail newsletter. It's the freshest tech news and opinion, served hot. Get it.

2012-04-27 07:17:42 - Avanade announces Cloud Services Manager - eChannelLine
Avanade announces Cloud Services Manager
eChannelLine
Avanade can also extend support to other cloud services including Microsoft Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services based on company needs. Cloud Services Manager delivers a single view of all private cloud services that is automatically customized for a ...
Avenade's Cloud Services Manager Recognized as Leading Private Cloud ResourceThe Complete Managed Services Resource

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2012-04-27 05:44:25 - Avenade''s Cloud Services Manager Recognized as Leading Private Cloud Resource - The Complete Managed Services Resource

DatacenterDynamics
Avenade's Cloud Services Manager Recognized as Leading Private Cloud Resource
The Complete Managed Services Resource
By Kerry Doyle As individual cloud competitors continue to innovate, such as Amazon with its Amazon Web Service (AWS), Microsoft (News - Alert) has moved beyond mere Infrastructure-as-a Service (IaaS) positioning for Windows Azure to presenting these ...
Getting On The CloudCRN.in

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2012-04-27 04:25:19 - Internet2 Expands Net+ With Education Cloud Services - Wired News
Internet2 Expands Net+ With Education Cloud Services
Wired News
Microsoft is also preparing a custom Window's Azure offering for researchers at Internet2 member institutions that will support the National Science Foundation's Data Sharing Policy and Data Management Plan requirements through a peer connection ...

2012-04-26 22:42:52 - Microsoft Corporation To Offer Free Services In New Zealand - StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation To Offer Free Services In New Zealand
StocksandShares.TV
Through the BizSpark Plus program The ICEHOUSE and Creative HQ, the incubators will be allowed to offer high-potential Kiwi startups free cloud computing services to the value of NZ$60000 on the Windows Azure platform across two years, and a further ...

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2012-04-26 18:02:46 - Build Claims-Enabled Applications Using Packt''s New Book and eBook - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
Build Claims-Enabled Applications Using Packt's New Book and eBook
PR Web (press release)
Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation Cookbook explores real world scenarios on building claims-enabled .NET applications using Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (AD FS 2.0) and Windows Azure Access ...

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2012-04-26 06:46:14 - Microsoft to offer NZ startups free Cloud Services - Voxy
Microsoft to offer NZ startups free Cloud Services
Voxy
BizSpark Plus will allow the incubators to offer high-potential Kiwi startups free cloud computing services to the value of NZ$60000 on the Windows Azure platform across two years, and a further discounted subscription after that.

2012-04-26 05:41:21 - Microsoft launches SQL server 2012 to control data explosion - Vanguard
Microsoft launches SQL server 2012 to control data explosion
Vanguard
The company also disclosed additional details regarding its plans to release an Apache Hadoop_based service for Windows Azure. It would be recalled that since the first limited preview released in December, customers such as Webtrends and the ...

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2012-04-26 05:16:24 - Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees Waived for Internet2 Research Universities - Campus Technology

openPR (press release)
Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees Waived for Internet2 Research Universities
Campus Technology
By Leila Meyer Microsoft and Internet2 have struck an agreement to open up the Windows Azure cloud computing platform to Internet2 member universities. Internet2 is a networking consortium led by research and education organizations in the United ...
Microsoft Waives Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees for University Researchers to ...MarketWatch (press release)
CommVault and Microsoft Expand Relationship to Offer Simpana Data Management ...openPR (press release)
Microsoft and CommVault Target Azure for Backup, ArchivingRedmondmag.com (blog)
MMD Newswire (press release) -TalkinCloud (blog)
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2012-04-26 02:08:57 - PRODUCTS: latest from LogMeIn, Western Digital, SolarWinds, HP, and CommVault - ARNnet
PRODUCTS: latest from LogMeIn, Western Digital, SolarWinds, HP, and CommVault
ARNnet
CommVault has extended collaboration with Microsoft Corp, announcing that the two will be offering Cloud storage capability which combines Simpana software with the Windows Azure Cloud platform. The solution, which starts at $US50,000, includes up to ...

2012-04-25 01:59:42 - Microsoft teams up with Telefónica to support tech startups - Techworld.com
Microsoft teams up with Telefónica to support tech startups
Techworld.com
They will also receive subsidised access to Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform for up to two years – a service worth up to $60000 (£37000). “The first three years for start-ups are usually the most critical and raise more challenges for their ...
TELEFONICA SA : Wayra & Microsoft join forces to support technology entrepreneurs4-traders
Wayra, Microsoft to jointly support technology entrepreneursTelecompaper (subscription)

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2012-04-25 00:25:26 - Microsoft System Center 2012 Focuses On Private Cloud - InformationWeek
Microsoft System Center 2012 Focuses On Private Cloud
InformationWeek
System Center 2012 consists of eight components, including one new application, App Controller, which provides a single management console for managing virtualized applications across a private cloud or Windows Azure. Two components have been renamed: ...

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2012-04-24 23:39:22 - Microsoft Waives Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees for University Researchers to ... - MarketWatch

Moneycontrol.com
Microsoft Waives Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees for University Researchers to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Internet2 today announced a new agreement enabling member universities to take advantage of Windows Azure to open up additional collaborative, instructional and research ...
Microsoft, CommVault Offer Simpana Data Management With Windows AzureeWeek
Microsoft To Bundle CommVault Simpana With Windows AzureCRN
Microsoft and CommVault Target Azure for Backup, ArchivingRedmondmag.com (blog)
TalkinCloud (blog)
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2012-04-24 23:37:20 - MICROSOFT CORPORATION : Microsoft Waives Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees for ... - 4-traders
MICROSOFT CORPORATION : Microsoft Waives Windows Azure Bandwidth Fees for ...
4-traders
REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Internet2 today announced a new agreement enabling member universities to take advantage of Windows Azure to open up additional collaborative, instructional and research opportunities ...

2012-04-24 22:04:24 - Avanade Releases Cloud Services Manager to Help Businesses Simplify and ... - MarketWatch
Avanade Releases Cloud Services Manager to Help Businesses Simplify and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Avanade can also extend support to other cloud services including Microsoft Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services(TM) based on company needs. Cloud Services Manager delivers a single view of all private cloud services that is automatically customized ...

2012-04-24 21:49:40 - CommVault Joins Simpana Data Management with Windows Azure - TalkinCloud
CommVault Joins Simpana Data Management with Windows Azure
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Brian Taylor on Data management firm CommVault, a member of the Talkin' Cloud Stocks Index, announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), combining its Simpana software suite with Windows Azure to create a cloud storage service.

2012-04-24 20:38:05 - Microsoft Features Family-Friendly Online Organizer AboutOne as BizSpark ... - eReleases
Microsoft Features Family-Friendly Online Organizer AboutOne as BizSpark ...
eReleases (press release)
The announcement comes as AboutOne launches the BETA release of its new Windows Azure-based family management system. This new BETA version of AboutOne's online organizer is the product of the company's partnership with Microsoft and incorporates a ...

2012-04-24 17:25:14 - Microsoft and CommVault Target Azure for Backup, Archiving - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft and CommVault Target Azure for Backup, Archiving
Redmond Channel Partner (blog)
Looking to incent enterprises to use its Windows Azure cloud service to backup and archive their data, Microsoft today launched a discounted plan that lets customers store up to 41 TB of data for one year for $50000. At 8.5 cents per GB, ...

2012-04-24 17:24:59 - Microsoft, CommVault Offer Simpana Data Management With Windows Azure - eWeek

Moneycontrol.com
Microsoft, CommVault Offer Simpana Data Management With Windows Azure
eWeek
CommVault announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to offer a cloud storage capability that combines Simpana software with the flexibility of storing data on the Windows Azure cloud platform. The offering provides enterprise ...
Microsoft To Bundle CommVault Simpana With Windows AzureCRN
Microsoft and CommVault Target Azure for Backup, ArchivingRedmondmag.com (blog)
CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management ...MarketWatch (press release)
MMD Newswire (press release)
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2012-04-24 17:14:39 - With v3, Windows Intune Takes a Stand in the Enterprise - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
With v3, Windows Intune Takes a Stand in the Enterprise
Windows IT Pro
But Microsoft's highest-profile cloud services -- Azure and Office 365 -- have seen decidedly better adoption with mid-sized businesses and the enterprise. And now it's happening with Windows Intune as well. Intune, in case you're unfamiliar, ...
Windows Intune April 2012 pre-releaseZDNet UK (blog)

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2012-04-24 16:30:10 - Microsoft and CommVault launch cloud bundles - iTWire

iTWire
Microsoft and CommVault launch cloud bundles
iTWire
... establish cloud based storage solutions Microsoft and CommVault have created a series of bundles that will allow people to use CommVault's information management system Simpana and Microsoft's Azure cloud for archiving, back-up and recovery.

2012-04-24 13:39:36 - Windows Intune April 2012 pre-release - ZDNet UK

ZDNet
Windows Intune April 2012 pre-release
ZDNet UK (blog)
That's not ready to try out in the pre-release version you can sign up for now, but you can check out the new user interface and see how the Windows Azure Active Directory sync will work. This is the first step of what Microsoft is calling ...
Has Steve Ballmer Fixed Microsoft?The VAR Guy

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2012-04-24 08:16:38 - Microsoft, HP and SalesForce Assess Key Cloud Computing Issues - The Viodi View

The Viodi View
Microsoft, HP and SalesForce Assess Key Cloud Computing Issues
The Viodi View
Both will be supported by Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud. One of the most interesting initiatives mentioned at this TiE Cloud Leaders event was Microsoft's Biz Spark program. It's intended for start up companies, less than three years old with <$1M in ...
A Cloud Computing PrimerTech.pinions

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2012-04-24 07:04:31 - Microsoft Supporting Open Source: Threat or Promise? - Datamation
Microsoft Supporting Open Source: Threat or Promise?
Datamation
Now Microsoft has been tinkering with cloud-based operating system concepts for sometime. Thus far, the target market has been limited to the enterprise arena. And with recent lowered prices on their Azure cloud OS, one might think this is great news.

2012-04-24 06:10:18 - Microsoft To Bundle CommVault Simpana With Windows Azure - CRN
Microsoft To Bundle CommVault Simpana With Windows Azure
CRN
By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN Microsoft is bundling its Windows Azure cloud with CommVault's Simpana data protection software as a way to help customers move data to the cloud while offering a full range of protection features.
CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management ...MarketWatch (press release)
Aidmatrix Expands to the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud to Enhance Its Disaster ...MMD Newswire (press release)
Daily Stock Catalyst Cheat Sheet: Apple, Xerox, AMD, Sprint, MicrosoftWall St. Cheat Sheet

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2012-04-24 03:28:33 - 2012 Channel Champions: Business Intelligence Software - CRN
2012 Channel Champions: Business Intelligence Software
CRN
Microsoft expects its momentum to continue this year with a new Apache Hadoop-based service for the Windows Azure cloud platform that customers can use to pull "big data" from multiple sources and build predictive analytics applications, said Michael ...

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2012-04-24 02:43:50 - Aidmatrix Partners with Microsoft to Enhance Disaster Relief Communication Tools - MMD Newswire
Aidmatrix Partners with Microsoft to Enhance Disaster Relief Communication Tools
MMD Newswire (press release)
The partnership will focus on further development of the Microsoft Windows Azure Disaster Response technologies and programs that facilitate communications between responders and the public during disasters. Under a grant provided by the Microsoft, ...

2012-04-24 02:38:20 - Aidmatrix Expands to the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud to Enhance Its Disaster ... - MMD Newswire
Aidmatrix Expands to the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud to Enhance Its Disaster ...
MMD Newswire (press release)
Dallas, Texas (MMD Newswire) April 23, 2012 -- The Aidmatrix Foundation today announced that it will be using Microsoft Windows Azure to enhance disaster relief management. Aidmatrix will be transitioning many of its key business processes and ...

2012-04-24 02:02:02 - TeraDiscoveries to Use its Inverse Design Software Running on Windows Azure to ... - MarketWatch
TeraDiscoveries to Use its Inverse Design Software Running on Windows Azure to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft is providing support and cloud computing time on Windows Azure that TeraDiscoveries will apply to identify inhibitors of 25 biological targets. TeraDiscoveries will use its Inverse Design software that runs computational models to quickly ...

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2012-04-24 01:25:49 - Microsoft adds paid storage options to its SkyDrive cloud service - ZDNet
Microsoft adds paid storage options to its SkyDrive cloud service
ZDNet (blog)
ReFS is for servers only right now, where theft and lost devices isn't much of a risk, but might be why no EFS support Azure-side for SkyDrive. We'll have to see if EFS is still supported on client SKUs when they get ReFS later on.

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2012-04-24 01:24:47 - Apple Runs With DASH, But The Race Is Long - Communications Technology
Apple Runs With DASH, But The Race Is Long
Communications Technology
MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) picked up steam last week when Microsoft publicly backed the standard. Specifically, the company blogged that, later this year, Windows Azure Media Services and certain client development kits will ...

2012-04-24 01:24:47 - Microsoft Runs With DASH, But The Race Is Long - Communications Technology
Microsoft Runs With DASH, But The Race Is Long
Communications Technology
MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) picked up steam last week when Microsoft publicly backed the standard. Specifically, the company blogged that, later this year, Windows Azure Media Services and certain client development kits will ...

2012-04-23 23:20:31 - Infor Prepares to Roll out ''Mongoose'' Development Platform - PCWorld
Infor Prepares to Roll out 'Mongoose' Development Platform
PCWorld
The wealth of intellectual property honed over the past 15 years by Infor programmers for Mongoose gives it an edge over, for example, building out ERP extensions on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, Phillips said. "There are plenty of tools that let ...

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2012-04-23 21:33:25 - CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management ... - MarketWatch
CommVault And Microsoft Expand Relationship To Offer Simpana Data Management ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CommVault today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to offer a cloud storage capability that combines the power of Simpana® software with the benefits and flexibility of storing data on the Windows Azure cloud platform.

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2012-04-22 22:09:42 - Microsoft Israel''s Best & Brightest on Parade at ThinkNext Tel-Aviv - TechCrunch
Microsoft Israel's Best & Brightest on Parade at ThinkNext Tel-Aviv
TechCrunch
Slowly but surely, Microsoft Israel is making itself more and more relevant for the local startup community. In fact, we recently covered its latest major push, the Windows Azure Accelerator. Then there's the annual ThinkNext conference which has ...

2012-04-21 03:45:44 - Compare / Contrast MS Server App-V and appzero - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release)
Compare / Contrast MS Server App-V and appzero
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The discussion will take a use-case approach to compare and contrast appzero capabilities with those of Microsoft Server App-V. Why: Movement of Windows server applications within a private cloud or to a public cloud, (especially Azure) was among the ...

2012-04-20 23:01:08 - Cloud Computing: Microsoft Sets Up an Open Source Subsidiary - SYS-CON Media
Cloud Computing: Microsoft Sets Up an Open Source Subsidiary
SYS-CON Media (press release)
NET in Windows Azure; and work with the PhoneGap/Cordova and jQuery Mobile and other open source communities to support Windows Phone." The new subsidiary notwithstanding, Microsoft and its business groups are still supposed "to engage with the open ...

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2012-04-20 21:47:22 - Kofax aims BPM at Microsoft channel and cloud - Channel Pro

Channel Pro
Kofax aims BPM at Microsoft channel and cloud
Channel Pro
Last week, Kofax invited 270 partners to its Partner Connect event in Vienna to showcase its new integrated products, BPM capabilities and preview its move into the Microsoft Azure cloud. According to Martyn Christian, CMO of Kofax, the purchase of UK ...

2012-04-20 17:39:15 - Media Alert: Compare/Contrast MS Server App-V and appzero | webinar - Virtual-Strategy Magazine

BetaNews
Media Alert: Compare/Contrast MS Server App-V and appzero | webinar
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The discussion will take a use-case approach to compare and contrast appzero capabilities with those of Microsoft Server App-V. Why: Movement of Windows server applications within a private cloud or to a public cloud, (especially Azure) was among the ...
LIVE: Microsoft Earnings! (MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle
Microsoft Releases Windows Intune 'Preview,' Outlines BYOD VisionRedmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Shares Early Look at Next Version of Windows Intune Cloud ServiceeWeek
Cloud Pro -BetaNews -Seeking Alpha
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2012-04-20 14:18:53 - Windows Azure Overview Part 4: Security - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Windows Azure Overview Part 4: Security
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Hovhannes Avoyan This blog blog post is part of the blog post series on Windows Azure. You can read the rest of this series here (part1 ; part2 ; part3). There are very few organizations that apply as many security measures as Microsoft does for its ...

2012-04-20 11:24:58 - SQL Azure to become ''supermarket of information'': Microsoft - TechDay.co.nz

TechDay.co.nz
SQL Azure to become 'supermarket of information': Microsoft
TechDay.co.nz
That marketplace would be based on SQL Azure, a cloud-based platform that integrates closely with SQL Server. Microsoft already hosts over 200 data sets on SQL Azure, and with SQL Server 2012 has worked hard to reflect the long-term vision for the ...
Microsoft beefs up platform businessKorea Times

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2012-04-20 07:29:04 - HP, Microsoft Update Converged Data Center System - eWeek
HP, Microsoft Update Converged Data Center System
eWeek
The HP-Microsoft system consists of all the Microsoft software (System Center 2012, Azure, SQL Server) running on HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP 3PAR F400 storage, HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric, and HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center, ...

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2012-04-20 06:04:31 - Atomus Achieves a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor
Atomus Achieves a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Competency
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Atomus specializes in developing and migrating business systems to the Microsoft Azure Cloud across a wide range of technologies including iPad and Android mobile devices alongside Java and the more traditional .Net. Atomus customers can be confident ...

2012-04-20 04:56:48 - LIVE: Microsoft Earnings!

Financial Post
LIVE: Microsoft Earnings! (MSFT)
San Francisco Chronicle
We'll also be looking for concrete information about Windows Phone, cloud solutions like Office 365 and Azure, and anything at all about the next versions of Windows and Office, which are supposed to ship in Microsoft's next fiscal year.
Here's the No. 1 thing Microsoft investors are looking at in Thursday's earningsFinancial Post
Why Microsoft Is The Best Of These 4 Tech Stocks To ConsiderSeeking Alpha

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2012-04-20 03:05:22 - DuraCloud Protects Against Cloud Failures - Wired News
DuraCloud Protects Against Cloud Failures
Wired News
Given some of the recent (and high profile) cloud storage outages with both Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, there is a growing interest in providing fault tolerance across storage providers. In the same way local storage solutions provide RAID, ...

2012-04-19 21:48:15 - Microsoft beefs up platform business - Korea Times

Korea Times
Microsoft beefs up platform business
Korea Times
It is part of Microsoft's strategy to apply ``big data,'' the recent trend in the technology market. The software giant will also provide Haddop for domestic Window and Azure users. “I dare say SQL Server 2012 is the most innovative data platform in ...

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2012-04-19 16:27:50 - Microsoft Dynamics New England Partner Altico Advisors Introduces the Service ... - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
Microsoft Dynamics New England Partner Altico Advisors Introduces the Service ...
PR Web (press release)
Built on the Azure platform, the Service + solution alleviates the pain points and competitive pressures faced by today's device manufacturers and other asset-based companies. Service + is an elegant solution for asset-based companies, ...

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2012-04-19 08:11:51 - Microsoft Releases Windows Intune ''Preview,'' Outlines BYOD Vision - Redmond Channel Partner

BetaNews
Microsoft Releases Windows Intune 'Preview,' Outlines BYOD Vision
Redmond Channel Partner
The April release of Windows Intune will work with Active Directory in Windows Server as well as Windows Azure Active Directory. Any mobile device that supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync can be managed though Active Directory, according to ...
Microsoft Shares Early Look at Next Version of Windows Intune Cloud ServiceeWeek
Microsoft refreshes Windows Intune, debuts cross-platform mobile device managementBetaNews
Microsoft opens April beta of Windows Intune service to testersZDNet (blog)
IT PRO -TechTarget
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2012-04-19 05:34:13 - Microsoft Shares Early Look at Next Version of Windows Intune Cloud Service - eWeek

BetaNews
Microsoft Shares Early Look at Next Version of Windows Intune Cloud Service
eWeek
In addition, like Office 365, the next release of Windows Intune will offer the ability to manage user accounts with accounts created in the Windows Azure Active Directory, so that IT can provide users with software personalized to their role, ...
Microsoft refreshes Windows Intune, debuts cross-platform mobile device managementBetaNews
Microsoft opens April beta of Windows Intune service to testersZDNet (blog)
Windows Intune goes mobile with iOS, Android managementTechTarget
eChannelLine -Network World -Neowin
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2012-04-19 04:09:16 - NAB News: Cisco, Microsoft, Fusion-io - Data Center Knowledge
NAB News: Cisco, Microsoft, Fusion-io
Data Center Knowledge
The new cloud-based Windows Azure Media Services gives content providers and media partners the nearly unlimited capacity of the cloud to cost-effectively handle a huge volume of digital media and make it available in the format that customers want, ...

2012-04-19 03:42:50 - Microsoft refreshes Windows Intune, debuts cross-platform mobile device management - BetaNews

BetaNews
Microsoft refreshes Windows Intune, debuts cross-platform mobile device management
BetaNews
From the web-based console, administrators can now manage software for individual users through connectivity with Windows Azure's Active Directory. This will also keep user accounts and security groups synchronized with Intune for easier administration ...
Microsoft opens April beta of Windows Intune service to testersZDNet (blog)
Microsoft System Center 2012 goes into general availabilityeChannelLine
Windows Server 8 gets official title of Windows Server 2012Neowin

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2012-04-19 01:05:15 - Microsoft opens April beta of Windows Intune service to testers - ZDNet
Microsoft opens April beta of Windows Intune service to testers
ZDNet (blog)
The new release is integrated with Active Directory Domain Services and the new and still somewhat cryptic Windows Azure Active Directory (WAAD), which is the online directory service for Office 365. Microsoft delivered version 2.0 of Windows Intune in ...

2012-04-18 21:27:29 - Microsoft Announces Azure Cloud-Based Media Content Solution - TalkinCloud

GigaOM
Microsoft Announces Azure Cloud-Based Media Content Solution
TalkinCloud (blog)
And hey, whaddya know, there's some interesting cloud news: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced its new cloud-based Windows Azure Media Services, which leverages its existing Azure infrastructure to enable customers to create and deliver video content ...
NAB: Cloud computing is ready for its closeupGigaOM

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2012-04-18 17:47:39 - NAB Report: DASH Picks up Steam with Additional Support - StreamingMedia.com
NAB Report: DASH Picks up Steam with Additional Support
StreamingMedia.com
From a media server perspective, Microsoft's announcement of Windows Azure Media Services, which we covered yesterday, didn't first strike us as a DASH play, but a blog post on the Microsoft Media Platform team blog brings DASH front and center as part ...

2012-04-18 16:31:42 - Interactive TV News Round-Up
Interactive TV News Round-Up (IV): ConnecTV, Chyron, DG, Civolution, Microsoft
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
"Windows Azure Media Services is a new set of cloud-based media technologies that enable Microsoft Corp.'s customers and partners to create, distribute and manage customized media solutions across all types of devices and platforms," Civolution states ...

2012-04-18 08:18:13 - Windows Azure Custom Monitor in C# - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Windows Azure Custom Monitor in C#
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Hovhannes Avoyan In this article we'll describe the Windows Azure monitor written in C#. Windows Azure has a set of different services, but we'll limit our article to only those services that we use for capturing performance counters.
Microsoft delivers preview of its Windows Azure-hosted media services platformZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Announces Azure Cloud-Based Media Content SolutionTalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-04-18 06:27:20 - Bing Search API becomes a pay service - Generation NT
Bing Search API becomes a pay service
Generation NT (US)
In the coming weeks, the programming interface will be integrated into Marketplace Windows Azure, in the same way Microsoft's Translator which allows users to automatically translate web sites. Via this platform, developers can "access a range of ...
Microsoft to Start Charging for Bing Search API QueriesProgrammableWeb (blog)
Bing Search API Now Pay For AccessSearch Engine Roundtable

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2012-04-18 06:11:47 - Microsoft Office 15, SharePoint 15: Early 2013 - Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft Office 15, SharePoint 15: Early 2013
Microsoft Certified Professional
Experts at the Directions on Microsoft consultancy expect to see Windows Azure updates this month associated with the Microsoft Management Summit, which kicks off on Tuesday. The consultancy also expects to see a cloud-based version of Microsoft ...

2012-04-18 04:05:46 - Windows Azure Media Services cloud platform unveiled - Advanced Television
Windows Azure Media Services cloud platform unveiled
Advanced Television
Microsoft has introduced new media services and guidance to enable content providers and customers to realise the power of cloud computing. The new cloud-based Windows Azure Media Services is designed to make creating, managing and delivering media to ...

2012-04-18 03:54:42 - TechStars, Microsoft ally on new Windows Azure startup incubator - GeekWire
TechStars, Microsoft ally on new Windows Azure startup incubator
GeekWire
Microsoft is deepening its relationship with TechStars, announcing today a new startup accelerator program in Seattle designed for those companies developing cloud-based services on the back of Windows Azure. The program will kick off this fall with 1o ...

2012-04-18 03:43:40 - Microsoft BizSpark doubles down on TechStars, launches an accelerator for ... - The Next Web

The Next Web
Microsoft BizSpark doubles down on TechStars, launches an accelerator for ...
The Next Web
Apparently it was the right match indeed, because now Microsoft is back with a second TechStars-powered cycle, but this time it's aiming for the clouds — so to speak — as it launches an accelerator based solely on companies using Windows Azure.

2012-04-18 02:59:17 - Microsoft, TechStars Unveil New Program for Azure Cloud Services - Xconomy

The Times of Israel
Microsoft, TechStars Unveil New Program for Azure Cloud Services
Xconomy
Today, the software company revealed that it's sponsoring a second startup program based around the TechStars model, this time for companies that use Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing service. I couldn't find any word about who will be running the ...
TechStars Goes For Repeat At Microsoft Acceleratortechrockies.com
With new tech center and high profile event, Microsoft further cements ties ...The Times of Israel

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2012-04-18 01:45:29 - Microsoft Introduces Media Tools To Azure Cloud - ITProPortal
Microsoft Introduces Media Tools To Azure Cloud
ITProPortal
At the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft has announced its new Windows Azure Media Services. The cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service solution has been launched, with the aim of making managing and delivering media ...

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2012-04-18 01:03:24 - 微软掀开Windows Azure媒体服务面纱 - IT168
微软掀开Windows Azure媒体服务面纱
IT168
【IT168 评论】4月16日拉斯维加斯举行的NAB展会上,微软掀开了Windows Azure Media Services 的神秘面纱,它是一种端到端的最新版媒体平台,该平台目前被托管在Windows Azure上,同时还新增了第三方集成的插件。 云是一种革命性的计算模式,它把用户手边的计算设备与超大 ...

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2012-04-18 00:46:42 - The GridGain Ecosystem Around Real Time Big Data Processing Expands this Week ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine
The GridGain Ecosystem Around Real Time Big Data Processing Expands this Week ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
GridGain helps its customers easily utilize any amount of processing power, from one to thousands of servers hosted on virtually any private or public cloud platform such as Rackspace OpenStack, Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure.

2012-04-17 23:35:08 - Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure Media Services - eWeek
Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure Media Services
eWeek
Microsoft's new cloud-based Windows Azure Media Services makes creating, managing and delivering media to any device easier by providing a comprehensive set of ready-to-use first- and third-party media technologies. Microsoft also published a new ...
Microsoft Launches Cloud-Based Windows Azure Media ServicesCIO Insight
Microsoft brings media services to its Azure cloudInquirer
Microsoft delivers preview of its Windows Azure-hosted media services platformZDNet (blog)
ZDNet UK (blog) -Register -MarketWatch (press release)
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2012-04-17 23:07:09 - Microsoft to Start Charging for Bing Search API Queries - ProgrammableWeb
Microsoft to Start Charging for Bing Search API Queries
ProgrammableWeb (blog)
“the Bing Search API will transition to…the Windows Azure Marketplace,” they later added that the service will “move to a monthly subscription model.” First of all, Microsoft did not specify when the change would occur; they only say “the transition ...

2012-04-17 23:05:07 - Viscount''s Freedom Turns Microsoft Kinect Into Security Platform - SYS-CON Media
Viscount's Freedom Turns Microsoft Kinect Into Security Platform
SYS-CON Media (press release)
“As the first company to design physical access control as a software application, Microsoft recognized our unique ability for our Freedom platform to talk directly to Microsoft Active Directory, mobile applications, and the Microsoft Windows Azure ...

2012-04-17 22:29:39 - Microsoft brings media services to its Azure cloud - Inquirer
Microsoft brings media services to its Azure cloud
Inquirer
By Dave Neal ASPIRING CLOUD VENDOR Microsoft is looking to breathe a little excitement into its Azure cloud proposition with the introduction of media streaming features that it claims will make serving content to mobile devices and other hardware a ...
Microsoft delivers preview of its Windows Azure-hosted media services platformZDNet (blog)
Microsoft adds video tools to Azure cloudZDNet UK (blog)
Microsoft sharpens Azure media tools ahead of OlympicsRegister
MarketWatch (press release) -EventsNetwork -Cloud Pro
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2012-04-17 20:39:15 - Microsoft launches Windows Azure Media Services - Cloud Pro
Microsoft launches Windows Azure Media Services
Cloud Pro
Microsoft is upping its game in the cloud video market with the introduction of its Windows Azure Media Services. Based on the company's Windows Azure cloud platform, the services enable content providers and other media companies to deliver their rich ...

2012-04-17 14:00:07 - What Is Windows RT, And Where Did Microsoft Get That Name?

The Guardian
What Is Windows RT, And Where Did Microsoft Get That Name? (MSFT)
San Francisco Chronicle
Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Sign Up Now To Get The Microsoft Investor Newsletter How I Got Lucky And Sold My House So Fast Hey Startups! Announcing Microsoft BizSpark Camp on Azure: New York City, January 28-29.
Office and SharePoint '15' Expected in Early 2013Redmondmag.com

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2012-04-17 10:35:00 - Microsoft expands Azure with Media Services - V3.co.uk
Microsoft expands Azure with Media Services
V3.co.uk
"Like the rest of Windows Azure, you only pay for what you use with Windows Azure Media Services, making it a very cost effective way to deliver great solutions." Though the Media Services are currently being offered on a limited preview basis, ...

2012-04-17 09:51:02 - Microsoft Wins Cloud Contract To Serve 7 Million Students In India - CRN
Microsoft Wins Cloud Contract To Serve 7 Million Students In India
CRN
Microsoft Live@edu is a free suite of hosted Microsoft services and applications designed for educational needs and is a separate cloud service from Microsoft Azure, its cloud business computing platform, Anthony Salcito, vice president of Worldwide ...

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2012-04-17 09:41:18 - Microsoft readies new version of Windows Intune - ZDNet
Microsoft readies new version of Windows Intune
ZDNet (blog)
I'm thinking Microsoft will announce this some time this week at its Microsoft Management Summit 2012 conference in Las Vegas. According to the documentation about what's new in this pre-release, Windows Intune is “now integrated with the Windows Azure ...

2012-04-17 08:40:19 - NAB Report: Microsoft Offers a Window into Azure Media Services - StreamingMedia.com
NAB Report: Microsoft Offers a Window into Azure Media Services
StreamingMedia.com
Noting that almost one-third of online consumer data consumption is focused on video delivery, a figure that is expected to grow by 80 percent year-over-year for the next three years, Microsoft said Azure Media Services is geared toward allowing those ...

2012-04-17 08:37:56 - Microsoft sharpens Azure media tools ahead of Olympics - Register
Microsoft sharpens Azure media tools ahead of Olympics
Register
Microsoft has announced the "preview" of Windows Azure Media Services, a set of tools to let media companies host, stream and encode content. Redmond used the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2012 conference in Las Vegas to unwrap the service ...

2012-04-17 08:32:30 - Visual Studio 11 Is Microsoft''s ALM Brand - Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio 11 Is Microsoft's ALM Brand
Visual Studio Magazine
A potentially important new component of this system, Randell says, is Microsoft's new cloud-based build service for TFS 11. The new service lets developersuse a pool of build machines managed on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform.

2012-04-17 06:11:43 - Broadcasting Association Puts Cloud On Prime Time - Wired News
Broadcasting Association Puts Cloud On Prime Time
Wired News
The Azure media services will include uploads and encoding that supports Microsoft, Android and Apple formats; content protection including DRM if desired; on-demand and live streaming options; analytics to help content owners see who is consuming what ...

2012-04-17 02:00:57 - Amazon Takes On Google And Microsoft With CloudSearch - Forbes
Amazon Takes On Google And Microsoft With CloudSearch
Forbes
With offerings like these, Amazon aims to become the undisputed leader in the cloud computing infrastructure market, in which it competes with Microsoft's Azure, Google's App Engine, Salesforce.com offerings such as Heroku and Force.com, and Rackspace.

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2012-04-17 01:37:24 - Microsoft Dips Further Into Open-Source - Wall Street Journal

Business Insider
Microsoft Dips Further Into Open-Source
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft's Azure service for building and supporting websites and online applications allows open-source software. The company has distributed open-source products of its own, including a Web development tool called ASP.NET MVC.
Microsoft sets up a company to work on open source softwareInquirer
Microsoft Creates Subsidiary Dedicated to OpennessCMSWire

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2012-04-17 01:37:24 - Microsoft Dips Further Into Open-Source Software - Wall Street Journal

Business Insider
Microsoft Dips Further Into Open-Source Software
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft's Azure service for building and supporting websites and online applications allows open-source software. The company has distributed open-source products of its own, including a Web development tool called ASP.NET MVC.
Microsoft forms open source subsidiaryEE Times India
Microsoft sets up a company to work on open source softwareInquirer
Microsoft Creates Subsidiary Dedicated to OpennessCMSWire

all 14 news articles »
2012-04-17 01:03:44 - Digital Rapids Unveils Dynamic New Approach to Media Operations with Kayak ... - MarketWatch
Digital Rapids Unveils Dynamic New Approach to Media Operations with Kayak ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Demonstrations in Microsoft Corp.'s booth, SL1524, will showcase Kayak media processing workflows running on Windows Azure. Demos will feature Kayak Cloud Engines both as on-demand extensions of on-premises operations and within Windows Azure Media ...

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2012-04-17 01:03:11 - NAB: Cloud computing is ready for its closeup - GigaOM

GigaOM
NAB: Cloud computing is ready for its closeup
GigaOM
Microsoft will talk up its upcoming Windows Azure Media Services, a promised set of digital media production and distribution services based in part on Microsoft's existing on-premises Microsoft Media Platform. Now, there is no one-stop shop for such ...

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2012-04-17 01:01:36 - Dolby Rocks the Cloud - MarketWatch
Dolby Rocks the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
Cloud encoding and media management is hitting the mainstream and leading companies like Microsoft Corp.'s recently announced Windows Azure Media Services, Encoding.com, Zencoder(TM), Digital Rapids(R), Nativ, and Linkotec are including Dolby(R) ...

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2012-04-16 23:51:50 - Wowza Announces Inaugural Support for Windows Azure Media Services - Wireless Developer Network
Wowza Announces Inaugural Support for Windows Azure Media Services
Wireless Developer Network (press release)
"Wowza has rapidly become a popular and affordable option for delivering content to any screen," said Sudheer Sirivara, senior director of Windows Azure Media Services at Microsoft Corp. "With Wowza providing an inaugural offering for Windows Azure ...

2012-04-16 23:03:47 - Vanguard Software Solutions Launches vCompress Pro on Windows Azure Media Services - MarketWatch
Vanguard Software Solutions Launches vCompress Pro on Windows Azure Media Services
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, Apr 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vanguard Software Solutions (VSS), a tier one OEM supplier of H.264/AVC CODEC technology, will launch its first professional transcoding cloud service, vCompress Pro on Windows Azure Media Services.

2012-04-16 22:10:36 - Microsoft Announces Comprehensive Media Services Platform and Architectural ... - MarketWatch
Microsoft Announces Comprehensive Media Services Platform and Architectural ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Windows Azure Media Services and Broadcast Reference Architecture empower customers to more easily design and build cost-effective cloud media solutions for a world of devices. LAS VEGAS, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- At the National ...

2012-04-16 22:08:37 - iStreamPlanet to Offer Live and On-Demand Video Encoding Services on Windows ... - SYS-CON Media
iStreamPlanet to Offer Live and On-Demand Video Encoding Services on Windows ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 04/16/12 -- At The NAB Show 2012, iStreamPlanet (www.istreamplanet.com/) today announces that it will provide live and on-demand encoding workflow services as part of Windows Azure Media Services, Microsoft's ...

2012-04-16 22:06:05 - Microsoft delivers preview of its Windows Azure-hosted media services platform - ZDNet
Microsoft delivers preview of its Windows Azure-hosted media services platform
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | April 16, 2012, 6:02am PDT Summary: Microsoft is taking the wraps off the latest iteration of its Media Platform, which is now hosted on Windows Azure and includes third-party integrations, at the NAB show.
Microsoft Announces Comprehensive Media Services Platform and Architectural ...MarketWatch (press release)
Will Open Source Clouds Surround Microsoft Windows Azure?TalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-04-16 21:25:22 - Bing Search API Now Pay For Access - Search Engine Roundtable

Search Engine Roundtable
Bing Search API Now Pay For Access
Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft announced that they will begin charging for access to the Bing Search API through the Windows Azure Marketplace. Microsoft said the charges will start at approximately $40 (USD) per month for up to 20000 queries each month.
Microsoft to start charging for Bing search APIComputerworld
Microsoft Will Soon Start Charging $40/Month And Up For Its Bing Search APITechCrunch
Bing Search API No Longer FreeSearch Engine Land

all 9 news articles »
2012-04-16 20:16:23 - New Microsoft GFS Site Highlights Best Practices - Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge
New Microsoft GFS Site Highlights Best Practices
Data Center Knowledge
The site, which provides significant details about Microsoft's infrastructure, reflects a growing industry trend to be more open about aspects of data centers that were once closely-held secrets. Built on Windows Azure, the new GFS web site showcases ...

2012-04-16 19:35:58 - SQL Server 2012 - ZDNet UK

ZDNet UK
SQL Server 2012
ZDNet UK
Read full review Not many databases scale from in-app to cloud, but that's what Microsoft has done with SQL Server. Developers can build it into their apps, or use SQL Azure to deliver cloud-scale data. Now it's time for the rest of the SQL Server ...

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2012-04-16 07:55:49 - Will Open Source Clouds Surround Microsoft Windows Azure? - TalkinCloud
Will Open Source Clouds Surround Microsoft Windows Azure?
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Joe Panettieri on Over the past year, I've watched closely as Microsoft's two flagship cloud platforms — Office 365 and Windows Azure — gained anecdotal momentum. Each week, I hear from more channel partners and ISVs (independent software vendors) ...

2012-04-14 17:10:49 - Nevatech Announces Strategic Relationship with Global Kinetic, a Leading South ... - San Francisco Chronicle
Nevatech Announces Strategic Relationship with Global Kinetic, a Leading South ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Nevatech and Global Kinetic form partnership utilizing Nevatech's Sentinet™ technology focused on SOA services virtualization for on-premises and Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud implementations Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 14, 2012 Nevatech, an innovator ...

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2012-04-14 09:23:52 - Microsoft Spins Off Open Source, Hopes to "Build Bridges" - ReadWriteWeb

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Microsoft Spins Off Open Source, Hopes to "Build Bridges"
ReadWriteWeb
While MongoDB is already effectively promoting the database, Microsoft Open Technologies is positioned to promote the use of MongoDB in conjunction with Microsoft technologies, especially the Windows Azure cloud service.
Microsoft sets up a company to work on open source softwareInquirer
Microsoft Creates Subsidiary Dedicated to OpennessCMSWire
Microsoft's Future Remains 'Cloudy'TheStreet.com
Redmond Developer News -eWeek -Seeking Alpha
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2012-04-14 01:13:26 - First Windows Tablets Will Come In Two Sizes And Have 9 Hours Battery Life ... - San Francisco Chronicle
First Windows Tablets Will Come In Two Sizes And Have 9 Hours Battery Life ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Sign Up Now To Get The Microsoft Investor Newsletter How I Got Lucky And Sold My House So Fast Hey Startups! Announcing Microsoft BizSpark Camp on Azure: New York City, January 28-29.

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2012-04-14 00:41:25 - Tech Moves: Microsoft tech evangelist named Aditi CTO; Microsoft''s China CEO ... - GeekWire
Tech Moves: Microsoft tech evangelist named Aditi CTO; Microsoft's China CEO ...
GeekWire
At Microsoft, he was responsible for leading the team that played a role in driving Microsoft's technical strategy for the cloud computing platform Windows Azure. He was also the co-host of Microsoft's Cloud Cover Show on Channel 9, and played a role ...
Aditi Technologies Appoints Wade Wegner as Chief Technology OfficerMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-04-14 00:36:27 - Startup of the Week: Opstera - TechFlash
Startup of the Week: Opstera
TechFlash
... access to special events, photos from events, promotions and more. by Emily Parkhurst on Friday, April 13, 2012, 8:30am PDT Opstera is a Bellevue-based startup that provides Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services to its more than 100 customers.

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2012-04-13 22:55:32 - Microsoft sets up a company to work on open source software - Inquirer

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft sets up a company to work on open source software
Inquirer
The firm also said it will provide "open source building blocks" for interoperable cloud services, which could suggest it might partially open up its Windows Azure cloud technology to compete with the rapidly growing Openstack alliance.
Microsoft Intros New Open Technologies UniteWeek
Microsoft's Open Source ProblemSeeking Alpha
Microsoft Open Technologies Formed To Address InteroperabilityRedmondmag.com
TechWeekEurope UK
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2012-04-13 22:31:06 - Microsoft to start charging for Bing search API - Computerworld

Forbes
Microsoft to start charging for Bing search API
Computerworld
Developers will pay a minimum monthly subscription fee of $40, Microsoft said. It will collect the fee through the Windows Azure Marketplace, where the API will be hosted. All users will move to the pay-per-use regime within a few months, it said.
Microsoft's answer to Amazon's CloudSearch: Bing on Azure MarketplaceZDNet (blog)
Microsoft ends free Bing Search API, moves to paid service on Azure MarketplaceArs Technica
Microsoft Will Soon Start Charging $40/Month And Up For Its Bing Search APITechCrunch
iProgrammer
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2012-04-13 21:17:49 - Aditi Technologies Appoints Wade Wegner as Chief Technology Officer - MarketWatch
Aditi Technologies Appoints Wade Wegner as Chief Technology Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
Wade has spent over 15 years working at Microsoft and with Microsoft platform-based system integrators, focusing primarily on emerging platforms such as Windows Azure. In his role as director of Technical Evangelism in the Developer & Platform ...

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2012-04-13 17:12:07 - Microsoft Hitachi parthership to offer cloud computing services to Japanese firms - Computer Business Review
Microsoft Hitachi parthership to offer cloud computing services to Japanese firms
Computer Business Review
Hitachi and Microsoft Japan have partnered to jointly provide global cloud applications by combining Hitachi Cloud Computing Solutions and Microsoft Windows Azure Platform. Through this collaboration, both the companies will provide Hybrid Cloud ...

2012-04-13 11:53:12 - Hitachi and Microsoft Collaborate to Enhance Global Cloud Business - MarketWatch
Hitachi and Microsoft Collaborate to Enhance Global Cloud Business
MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft provides latest technology of evolving Windows Azure Platform, technology for integrated management, and technology for collaboration with Microsoft's global data center. In addition, both companies jointly provide global on-site support ...

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2012-04-13 08:28:19 - Windows Azure Overview Part 3: All About Azure Pricing - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Windows Azure Overview Part 3: All About Azure Pricing
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Hovhannes Avoyan Knowing all the different features of Windows Azure and what the corresponding fees are, can help you estimate your expenses for running an application in the cloud. It can also help you develop new applications in a way that they ...

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2012-04-13 07:00:58 - Microsoft Intros New Open Technologies Unit - eWeek
Microsoft Intros New Open Technologies Unit
eWeek
NET in Windows Azure; and work with the PhoneGap/Cordova and jQuery Mobile and other open source communities to support Windows Phone.” Meanwhile, Microsoft will continue to engage with the open source and standards communities in a variety of ways, ...

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2012-04-13 02:50:25 - Microsoft To Charge $40 A Month For Using Bing Search API - ValueWalk
Microsoft To Charge $40 A Month For Using Bing Search API
ValueWalk
The good news is that Microsoft says that the Bing Search API 2.0 will remain free for now but will eventually cost money for access. The company says that the subscriptions for usage will go through their Windows Azure Marketplace where developers ...

2012-04-13 01:25:39 - Microsoft''s answer to Amazon''s CloudSearch: Bing on Azure Marketplace - ZDNet
Microsoft's answer to Amazon's CloudSearch: Bing on Azure Marketplace
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | April 12, 2012, 9:21am PDT Summary: Microsoft is moving its Bing Search programming interface to the Windows Azure Marketplace and turning it into a paid subscription service. The Windows Azure Marketplace is the site where Microsoft ...
Microsoft to begin charging for access to Bing Search API, starting at $40/mo ...The Next Web (blog)

all 2 news articles »
2012-04-12 22:40:34 - Microsoft Corporation Expanding Azure Cloud Centers - StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation Expanding Azure Cloud Centers
StocksandShares.TV
The software giant, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), has announced that it is creating two new US-based data centre options for Windows Azure. The centers, which will be operational immediately, are named as “West US” and “East US”.

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2012-04-12 14:18:01 - First Year Progress Report of Cloud Foundry – Did it PaaS? - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
First Year Progress Report of Cloud Foundry – Did it PaaS?
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Microsoft and Google spent a lot of dollars and resources to design Windows Azure and Google App Engine. An average platform company cannot match the engineering brilliance and the complexity of Windows Azure or Google App Engine.

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2012-04-12 13:43:51 - Cloud Services Monitoring: Is Opstera for Windows Azure Hot? - MSPmentor
Cloud Services Monitoring: Is Opstera for Windows Azure Hot?
MSPmentor
But some platforms, such as Opstera AzureOps for Windows Azure, were designed from the ground up for cloud monitoring. Opstera claims more than 100 customers now use AzureOps to monitor Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Azure metrics.
Opstera Optimizes Cloud Application Performance for 100 Customers on Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-04-12 08:10:43 - VMware Brings Source Code to Cloud Foundry Birthday Party - Wired News

Wired News
VMware Brings Source Code to Cloud Foundry Birthday Party
Wired News
VMware is vying for the hearts of developers with Cloud Foundry, which is an open source competitor to the likes of Microsoft Azure and Google's App Engine. The company says it's had more people sign up for Cloud Foundry than it expected on launch date ...
First Year Progress Report of Cloud Foundry – Did it PaaS?SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

all 41 news articles »
2012-04-12 05:45:22 - Ariett Expands Leadership in Q1 With New Customer Acquisitions & Complete ... - MarketWatch
Ariett Expands Leadership in Q1 With New Customer Acquisitions & Complete ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... provider of purchasing, travel and expense software solutions, announces a series of new customer wins 1st QT 2012 and gains momentum with the release of Ariett eProcurement -- Requisition to AP Invoice in the cloud on Microsoft Windows Azure.

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2012-04-12 04:24:52 - Microsoft gives boost to Israeli start-ups - Jerusalem Post
Microsoft gives boost to Israeli start-ups
Jerusalem Post
This follows its acceptance last week into Microsoft's BizSpark Plus program, which gives it two years' access to open cloud computing platform Windows Azure in a package worth roughly $60000. Founders and serial entrepreneurs Gev Rotem, Gal Rotem and ...

2012-04-12 00:01:48 - Opstera Optimizes Cloud Application Performance for 100 Customers on Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Opstera Optimizes Cloud Application Performance for 100 Customers on Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
BELLEVUE, WA, Apr 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Today, Opstera -- the only cloud-based Windows Azure operations management provider -- announced it has more than 100 customers using its AzureOps solution. The company reached this major milestone ...

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2012-04-11 22:56:08 - Microsoft, Accenture Wrap Azure Cloud Deal - InformationWeek

ITProPortal
Microsoft, Accenture Wrap Azure Cloud Deal
InformationWeek
By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Microsoft has signed a deal with Accenture that makes the IT consulting firm the first authorized to sell an end-to-end public cloud solution on the Windows Azure platform. Under the agreement, customers can sign a ...
How to Choose a Cloud Hosting ServicePCWorld
Accenture taps into Windows Azure with public cloud serviceZDNet (blog)
Accenture To Offer Microsoft Windows Azure Public Cloud SolutionITProPortal
Register -DABCC.com -Computer Business Review
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2012-04-11 10:01:19 - How to Choose a Cloud Hosting Service - PCWorld
How to Choose a Cloud Hosting Service
PCWorld
In this article, I'll introduce you to the cloud, help you interpret the buzzwords, and explain how your business might save time and money using a cloud hosting service such as Windows Azure, Amazon EC2, or Rackspace. People use “cloud” as a buzzword ...
Accenture taps into Windows Azure with public cloud serviceZDNet (blog)
Microsoft-Accenture venture to fluff Azure cloudsRegister
Accenture to Become First Global Technology Services Provider to Deliver End ...MarketWatch (press release)
DABCC.com -Visual Studio Magazine
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2012-04-11 00:15:17 - SQL Server 2012 and Second Preview for Hadoop for Azure - iProgrammer
SQL Server 2012 and Second Preview for Hadoop for Azure
iProgrammer
Microsoft has also taken the next step to a Hadoop service for Azure with second preview that will have capacity for up to four times more testers following high demand for the initial preview. According to the SQL Server Team Blog, the new preview ...

2012-04-10 22:53:53 - HP Public Cloud Twist: Oracle MySQL vs Microsoft SQL Azure - TalkinCloud
HP Public Cloud Twist: Oracle MySQL vs Microsoft SQL Azure
TalkinCloud (blog)
And the move essentially positions HP to compete against long-time partner Microsoft and the fledgling SQL Azure cloud. In the age of cloud computing, coopetition — competing even as you cooperate — is reaching new heights. Oh, and one parting ...

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2012-04-10 22:30:42 - Subscriptions Are First Step In Sage ERP And CRM Plan - InformationWeek
Subscriptions Are First Step In Sage ERP And CRM Plan
InformationWeek (blog)
Sage needs to up the ante in enterprise apps given that competitors including Epicor, Infor, and Microsoft have already done just that. Microsoft recenlty announced it will bring its Dynamics ERP apps to the Microsoft Azure cloud later this year.

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2012-04-10 20:05:29 - Accenture taps into Windows Azure with public cloud service - ZDNet
Accenture taps into Windows Azure with public cloud service
ZDNet (blog)
By Rachel King | April 10, 2012, 4:00am PDT Summary: Accenture has lined itself to be the first global technology service provider to offer end-to-end public cloud solutions for Microsoft's Windows Azure open cloud platform.
Accenture to Become First Global Technology Services Provider to Deliver End ...MarketWatch (press release)
Windows Azure Goes Coast-To-CoastVisual Studio Magazine
Will the Microsoft Online Backup Service ever address non-Windows servers?The VAR Guy

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2012-04-10 18:53:47 - Ferranti Unveils its MECOMS™ “Big Data” Strategy for Utility Meter Data ... - MarketWatch
Ferranti Unveils its MECOMS™ “Big Data” Strategy for Utility Meter Data ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Combining this super-performance with new Microsoft SLQ Server 2012 features for data-distribution, secondary storage and / or cloud-based Microsoft Azure storage, offers possibilities without limits. Johan Crols, MECOMS™ Product Manager: “All MECOMS ...

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2012-04-10 16:54:30 - Manage apps across Microsoft''s public, private clouds - ZDNet Asia
Manage apps across Microsoft's public, private clouds
ZDNet Asia
In its initial release, this product is for Microsoft customers that are using the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) product, or use VMM to deploy private clouds. It is also for people with subscriptions to resources in the Microsoft Azure public cloud.

2012-04-10 12:10:45 - Cloud Services Providers Invade Microsoft Management Summit - TalkinCloud
Cloud Services Providers Invade Microsoft Management Summit
TalkinCloud (blog)
Microsoft's decision to promote hosting partners and CSPs at the Microsoft Management Summit is intriguing. On the one hand, the CSPs compete with Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure and SQL Azure on some fronts. But on the other hand, ...

2012-04-10 06:56:53 - Windows Azure Goes Coast-To-Coast - Visual Studio Magazine
Windows Azure Goes Coast-To-Coast
Visual Studio Magazine
By Kurt Mackie Microsoft has "significantly" expanded its Windows Azure presence to both US coasts, the company stated on a blog. Previously, the datacenters for its cloud-based IT and development platform were located in the central part of the ...

2012-04-10 06:51:26 - Microsoft Building New Data Center in Wyoming - PCWorld
Microsoft Building New Data Center in Wyoming
PCWorld
The new data center will help Microsoft as it shifts toward hosting more of its products, rather than selling software that customers install on their own computers. In addition to its platform-as-a-service offering, Azure, last year Microsoft began ...

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2012-04-10 01:05:23 - Microsoft Expands Windows Azure Coverage to US East and West - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Expands Windows Azure Coverage to US East and West
Redmond Channel Partner
By Kurt Mackie Windows Azure, Microsoft's Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud-based operating system, now has datacenters servicing both US East and West regions, Microsoft announced last week. Not all components are ready yet, according to Microsoft's ...

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2012-04-09 23:36:41 - OnLive appears to cave to Microsoft''s demands, changes DaaS offering to Server ... - Brian Madden
OnLive appears to cave to Microsoft's demands, changes DaaS offering to Server ...
Brian Madden (blog)
And one day Microsoft will release their own VDI platform based on Azure and suddenly it will be ok, except then Microsoft will once again dominate the desktop space and you collaborators all get to watch Ballmer dance on stage sweating whilst waggling ...

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2012-04-09 21:31:41 - Microsoft''s Switch From Siebel CRM To Dynamics Speaks Volumes - InformationWeek
Microsoft's Switch From Siebel CRM To Dynamics Speaks Volumes
InformationWeek (blog)
And even more time can be saved if the deployment is done on Azure. Perhaps more important is that Microsoft didn't set out to do a Siebel replacement in 2007; the replacement project didn't start in earnest until several years later.

2012-04-09 21:03:52 - Neudesic Releases Neuron-ESB 2.6 - MarketWatch
Neudesic Releases Neuron-ESB 2.6
MarketWatch (press release)
Neuron-ESB 2.6 maintains its hallmark focus on agility, ease of use and operational efficiency for the Microsoft Platform. Neuron-ESB 2.6 now provides full support for Microsoft Azure, FTP/FTPS, ODBC and REST delegation, as well as new event-based ...

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2012-04-09 18:37:32 - What ever happened to Dryad? - ZDNet UK
What ever happened to Dryad?
ZDNet UK (blog)
By Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe , 8 April, 2012 18:26 Microsoft may be adopting Hadoop and making it run both on Azure and Windows to add 'big data' to big databases in SQL Server so that you can look at data you don't yet have a useful structure ...

2012-04-07 14:22:03 - Gathering Diagnostics from Windows Azure - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Gathering Diagnostics from Windows Azure
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Configure the Diagnostic Monitor from within an Windows Azure Role. As depicted in Figure 1 below a Diagnostic Monitor is associated with each Windows Azure Role. By default the Diagnostic Monitor will gather trace logs, infrastructure logs, ...

2012-04-07 09:35:03 - Windows Azure Now Spans US East and West - Redmondmag.com

DatacenterDynamics
Windows Azure Now Spans US East and West
Redmondmag.com
By Kurt Mackie Microsoft yesterday announced that Windows Azure datacenters now provide coverage for both US East and West regions. Not all components are ready yet, as SQL Azure coverage is expected to arrive "in the coming months," according to ...
More Telecoms Look to the CloudMidsize Insider
Microsft adds new data centers to Azure infrastructureDatacenterDynamics

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2012-04-07 02:20:42 - Microsft adds new data centers to Azure infrastructure - DatacenterDynamics

DatacenterDynamics
Microsft adds new data centers to Azure infrastructure
DatacenterDynamics
Microsoft's latest-generation data centers are built out of its ITPAC modules. Courtesy of Microsoft. Microsoft has added two data center location options for its public-cloud services Windows Azure. The company did not say where exactly the two new ...

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2012-04-07 00:39:43 - More Telecoms Look to the Cloud - Midsize Insider
More Telecoms Look to the Cloud
Midsize Insider
These popular domestic telecommunications services have snapped up cloud service and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers like NaviSite, Qwest, and Terremark in hopes of competing with companies like Amazon, Microsoft Azure, HP, and Google to ...

2012-04-06 08:00:21 - Microsoft adds two new US Windows Azure datacenters - ZDNet

TechEye
Microsoft adds two new US Windows Azure datacenters
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft plans to add SQL Azure to the two datacenters “in the coming months,” according to a post on the Windows Azure blog. The two new datacenters already are visible in the Azure Management Portal. Microsoft is characterizing the addition of the ...
Microsoft details Azure security featuresComputerworld
Microsoft talks about Azure cloud securityTechEye

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2012-04-06 03:05:59 - Microsoft Credited as a Top Linux Kernel Contributor for First Time - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Credited as a Top Linux Kernel Contributor for First Time
Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft announced this week, alongside the product release of SQL Server 2012, that it has initiated a second community test preview of its "Hadoop-based service for Windows Azure." Hadoop is an open source Apache Software Foundation project, ...

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2012-04-06 02:54:42 - 352 Media Group Creates Dashboard and App Design for Microsoft Mustang from ... - MarketWatch
352 Media Group Creates Dashboard and App Design for Microsoft Mustang from ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Codenamed "Project Detroit" while in development, the 2012 Ford Mustang is a 1967 fastback body that's been tricked out with everyday consumer products including Kinect for Xbox 360, Xbox 360, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing, ...

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2012-04-05 22:31:26 - CA Technologies Joining the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace - ChannelPro-SMB
CA Technologies Joining the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace
ChannelPro-SMB
Ingram Micro partners also have access to CA ARCserve D2D On Demand, a SaaS offering that leverages Windows Azure to deliver end-to-end cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery. The subscription-based per-terabyte licensing and pricing ...
CA ARCserve MSP Licensing and D2D On Demand Now Available via the Ingram Micro ...MarketWatch (press release)
Ingram Micro Cloud Offers CA ARCserve, Disaster Recovery OptionsTalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-04-05 20:24:30 - Microsoft calling - Globes
Microsoft calling
Globes
Microsoft Israel R&D Center will hold the Microsoft annual Think Next conference on April 22, at the Tel Aviv port, a month after announcing the launch of its start up incubator - Windows Azure Accelerator. Each year, Microsoft Israel hosts around 20 ...

2012-04-05 13:39:18 - Ingram Micro Cloud Offers CA ARCserve, Disaster Recovery Options - TalkinCloud
Ingram Micro Cloud Offers CA ARCserve, Disaster Recovery Options
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Joe Panettieri on The Ingram Micro Cloud is now promoting CA ARCserve (with MSP licensing) and a CA disaster recovery service that's hosted in Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. For VARs and MSPs, the Ingram and CA Technologies relationship is worth ...

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2012-04-05 10:01:05 - Sentri Buys Clearway for Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Expertise - TalkinCloud

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Sentri Buys Clearway for Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Expertise
TalkinCloud (blog)
Is this the start of channel partners buying up one another for Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure and Google Apps expertise? Perhaps I'm jumping the gun but let's take a look at this deal and potential trends ahead. Sentri already has on-premises ...
Italian Businesses Improve Information-Sharing, Bolster Productivity, Reduce ...MarketWatch (press release)
Office 365 Loses to Private Cloud for Big ShopsVirtualization Review (blog)
Sentri Expands Cloud, Acquires ClearwayTheHostingNews.com (press release)

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2012-04-05 06:04:08 - Microsoft details Azure security features - Network World
Microsoft details Azure security features
Network World
By Brandon Butler, Network World Microsoft has added its Azure cloud platform to the Cloud Security Alliance's STAR security registry, which is a listing where cloud service providers post information about their security features.

2012-04-05 01:37:40 - Microsoft Releases Second Preview of Hadoop-Based Service for Windows Azure - CMSWire
Microsoft Releases Second Preview of Hadoop-Based Service for Windows Azure
CMSWire
By Rikki Endsley (@rikkiends) Apr 4, 2012 As you can see, the roadmap indicates Microsoft is planning to simultaneously deliver the final version of Hadoop on Azure and a tech preview of Hadoop on Windows Server on March 30.

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2012-04-05 01:31:35 - Capture Income On Microsoft''s 2012 Pullback - Seeking Alpha
Capture Income On Microsoft's 2012 Pullback
Seeking Alpha
Let's first talk about Microsoft's Windows Azure. The Azure system is an open cloud platform that enables one to build, deploy, and operate applications across global networks with Microsoft data centers. This application openness (open source ...

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2012-04-05 01:18:44 - Will the Cloud Bring a Revival of Microsoft Dynamics GP Functional Consultants? - MSDynamicsWorld.com
Will the Cloud Bring a Revival of Microsoft Dynamics GP Functional Consultants?
MSDynamicsWorld.com (registration)
Providers will naturally need technical talent, but the basics of setting up a new GP instance should be blandly routine for them. Whether we are talking about hosting with Microsoft on Azure or partners with SQL Server, the provider controls the ...
Capture Income On Microsoft's 2012 PullbackSeeking Alpha
Microsoft Releases Second Preview of Hadoop-Based Service for Windows AzureCMSWire

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2012-04-04 22:04:11 - Chilean Firm Selects Windows Azure Cloud as Best Place to Host Network - MarketWatch
Chilean Firm Selects Windows Azure Cloud as Best Place to Host Network
MarketWatch (press release)
To build and host a scalable B2B site that could handle millions of users, Signature South Consulting chose Windows Azure, which has met all its needs and reduced its hosting costs by 60 percent. SANTIAGO, Chile, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ...

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2012-04-04 21:00:45 - HP Takes Developer Slant With Cloud Offering - InformationWeek
HP Takes Developer Slant With Cloud Offering
InformationWeek
Microsoft, with Windows Azure, isn't restricting developers to using .NET, even though Azure is a Windows Server-based environment. Microsoft provides language-specific SDKs for .NET, Java, PHP, and Node.js. A general Windows Azure SDK provides basic ...

2012-04-04 20:22:45 - More Enterprises Embrace Cloud Technology - AllAfrica.com
More Enterprises Embrace Cloud Technology
AllAfrica.com
A regional competition for developers held last year by Microsoft saw 10 of the 12 spots go to Kenyan developers. The 12, competing against other developers in East and Southern Africa, won a six-month free use of Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure.

2012-04-04 19:28:11 - Sentri Expands Cloud, Acquires Clearway - TheHostingNews.com

TheHostingNews.com (press release)
Sentri Expands Cloud, Acquires Clearway
TheHostingNews.com (press release)
The acquisition will complement and support Sentri's existing Lync, Exchange, System Center, and SharePoint practices by expanding the Cloud delivery options of these services with Office 365, Intune and Azure. As a result, Sentri will be able to ...

2012-04-04 19:10:42 - First look: Visual Studio 11 beta leaner, meaner for Metro - InfoWorld
First look: Visual Studio 11 beta leaner, meaner for Metro
InfoWorld
Project types include desktop and Metro-style Windows, various types of ASP.Net Web applications, Microsoft Office add-ins, SharePoint 2010 applications, Silverlight, and more. Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, will also be supported but does ...

2012-04-04 12:14:23 - Microsoft Open Sources ASP.NET Web API and Web Pages - Dr. Dobb''s
Microsoft Open Sources ASP.NET Web API and Web Pages
Dr. Dobb''s
We announced a similar open development approach with the Windows Azure SDK last December, and have found it to be a great way to build an even tighter feedback loop with developers — and ultimately deliver even better products as a result," said ...

2012-04-04 09:17:26 - Microsoft Gets Recognition as a Linux Kernel Contributor - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Gets Recognition as a Linux Kernel Contributor
Redmondmag.com
Microsoft announced this week, alongside the product release of SQL Server 2012, that it has initiated a second community test preview of its "Hadoop-based service for Windows Azure." Hadoop is an open source Apache Software Foundation project, ...

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2012-04-04 08:38:11 - Tiny New Zealand Company Brings Cool Microsoft Video Tech To The World - Business Insider

Business Insider
Tiny New Zealand Company Brings Cool Microsoft Video Tech To The World
Business Insider
GreenButton sells its own Amazon-like cloud, as well as a bunch of other cloud applications (mostly 3D rendering apps) and it makes these apps available via Amazon as well as Azure, for Windows and Linux cloud servers. The company has close ties to the ...
GreenButton™ Introduces New Cloud-Based Media Indexing ServiceSeattle Post Intelligencer

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2012-04-04 07:03:20 - Visual Studio Live! Keynote Wrap-Up: Cloud Build, ASP.NET Open Source, Natural UI - Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio Live! Keynote Wrap-Up: Cloud Build, ASP.NET Open Source, Natural UI
Visual Studio Magazine
The new service allows developers to use a pool of build machines managed on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform. The service maintains a pool of Azure VM roles that can expand and shrink as needed. "The build servers actually run in the cloud," ...

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2012-04-04 03:48:03 - Valley View Monologue: The Funny Things About IT - InformationWeek
Valley View Monologue: The Funny Things About IT
InformationWeek
In the most recent episode of Valley View, host Fritz Nelson makes a punchline out of everything from Citrix VDI-in-a-box to Microsoft Azure, and then some. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek I don't know where my smart-aleck nature came from, ...

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2012-04-04 02:55:29 - Microsoft ships SQL Server 2012, refreshes Hadoop on Azure preview - Ars Technica
Microsoft ships SQL Server 2012, refreshes Hadoop on Azure preview
Ars Technica
The new Hadoop preview ups the capacity and reliability of the trial service on Azure. According to a blog post from Microsoft's SQL Server team, Microsoft has quadrupled the capacity of the preview from its initial invitation-only trial.
SQL Server 2012 on sale … now!Register
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 goes goldZDNet Australia
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Available For Purchase & DownloadCrazyEngineers VoiCE
iTWire -TechDay.co.nz
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2012-04-04 02:54:02 - Dynamics CRM: How Microsoft Is Stepping Up to Salesforce.com - Redmond Channel Partner
Dynamics CRM: How Microsoft Is Stepping Up to Salesforce.com
Redmond Channel Partner
Michalis comes to Microsoft after recent stints at Deloitte Consulting and Infor Global Solutions, where he was corporate senior vice president and chief of staff. His role in tapping Microsoft to bring .NET and Windows Azure to the Infor platform ...

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2012-04-04 02:20:35 - StorSimple Extends Portfolio of Cloud-connected Storage Appliances - PCWorld
StorSimple Extends Portfolio of Cloud-connected Storage Appliances
PCWorld
"We started doing most of our work with Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services, and just for what its worth, the Windows Azure cloud is very good for storage," said Farley. The company is not in the business of consulting with enterprises on what cloud ...

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2012-04-04 00:16:22 - Q2 Buys: 5 Tech Stocks That Are Poised To Surge - Seeking Alpha
Q2 Buys: 5 Tech Stocks That Are Poised To Surge
Seeking Alpha
The company has many catalysts in its favor and investors should look at current levels as yet a buying opportunity for gains that are sure to come upon the unveiling of its highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system, as well as its Azure cloud ...

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2012-04-03 21:03:37 - GreenButton™ Introduces New Cloud-Based Media Indexing Service - San Francisco Chronicle
GreenButton™ Introduces New Cloud-Based Media Indexing Service
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"As with other GreenButton services, inCus runs on Windows Azure which in essence, alleviates the need to invest in any on-premise infrastructure, making it an integral part of a company's cloud ecosystem." GreenButton inCus is powered by ...

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2012-04-03 17:10:55 - Sentri Expands its Cloud Capabilities with the Acquisition of Clearway Corporation - PR Web
Sentri Expands its Cloud Capabilities with the Acquisition of Clearway Corporation
PR Web (press release)
The acquisition will complement and support Sentri's existing Lync, Exchange, System Center, and SharePoint practices by expanding the Cloud delivery options of these services with Office 365, Intune and Azure. As a result, Sentri will be able to ...

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2012-04-03 09:44:17 - SQL Server 2012 on sale … now! - Register
SQL Server 2012 on sale … now!
Register
For DBAs there's SQL Server Data Quality Services and enhancedMaster Data Services to get excited about, plus integration between SQL Server in unfashionable in-house configurations and Microsoft's cloudy SQL Azure ...
SQL Server 2012 available nowTechDay.co.nz

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2012-04-02 20:59:36 - Microsoft offers free beta test of Windows Server 8 cloud back-ups - Techworld.com
Microsoft offers free beta test of Windows Server 8 cloud back-ups
Techworld.com
By Tim Greene | Network World US | Published: 12:50, 02 April 2012 Microsoft is offering free tests of online backup for Windows Server 8 via its Azure cloud storage service, which could be a convenient way to protect data without having to spend a lot ...
Windows 8 Update: Back up Windows Server 8 to the CloudCIO India
Microsoft Details Online Backup Service for Windows Server 8Windows 8 Beta

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2012-04-02 10:29:34 - Microsoft wants to Kinect up your car - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Microsoft wants to Kinect up your car
Seattle Post Intelligencer
COM STAFF Microsoft's Project Detroit Mustang incorporates Kinect, Xbox 360, Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing, Ford Sync and more. The instrument cluster of the Project Detroit Mustang features a touch screen that lets users toggle between ...

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2012-04-01 22:01:40 - Women now opening windows to apps - Hindu Business Line

Hindu Business Line
Women now opening windows to apps
Hindu Business Line
The buzzwords at Microsoft TechEd 2012 held last week in Bangalore were mostly Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Marketplace and Windows Azure. But that wasn't the only focus of the conference. Anyone who paid attention to Sanket Akerkar's opening ...

2012-03-31 05:40:30 - Microsoft Announces New Cloud Build for Team Foundation Service - InfoQ.com
Microsoft Announces New Cloud Build for Team Foundation Service
InfoQ.com
At the VS Live conference this week in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced a new Build Service for Team Foundation Service, the Azure-based version of Team Foundation Server (TFS). Since its release last year, Team Foundation Service has included the ...

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2012-03-31 05:35:28 - Windows 8 Update: Back Up Windows Server 8 to the Cloud - CIO

PanARMENIAN.Net
Windows 8 Update: Back Up Windows Server 8 to the Cloud
CIO
Microsoft is offering free tests of online backup for Windows Server 8 via its Azure cloud storage service, which could be a convenient way to protect data without having to spend a lot of time designing and cash outlay deploying private backup.
Microsoft Details Windows Server 8 Online Backup, Offers BetaCRN
Microsoft adds more features to its cloud-hosted Team Foundation ServiceZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Adds 'Core' Version to Server 8 LineupDABCC.com
PanARMENIAN.Net -InfoWorld -The Next Web (blog)
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2012-03-30 23:02:09 - Catapult Systems Emerging Tech Director to Lead Session at Houston Cloud Tech ... - MarketWatch
Catapult Systems Emerging Tech Director to Lead Session at Houston Cloud Tech ...
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Next week at the Houston Cloud Tech Symposium, Catapult Systems Director of Emerging Technologies, Apollo Gonzales, will lead a conference session titled: "How to Leverage the Power of Windows Azure ...

2012-03-30 10:41:00 - Download Trial Now - PCWorld
Download Trial Now
PCWorld
Other services supported are Google Docs, Windows Azure, Amazon S3, and Amazon Cloud Drive. Peruse GoodSync, and it quickly becomes apparent that someone has a passion to become the best. The GoodSync interface doesn't feature a lot of bitmaps or a ...

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2012-03-30 04:03:24 - Microsoft Details Windows Server 8 Online Backup, Offers Beta - CRN
Microsoft Details Windows Server 8 Online Backup, Offers Beta
CRN
The Microsoft Online Backup Service, which is backed by Microsoft's Azure cloud, allows files and folders to be backed up to the cloud for off-site protection against data loss due to disasters, wrote Gaurav Gupta, senior program manager on Microsoft's ...

2012-03-30 00:48:35 - Microsoft sheds more light on cloud backup service for Windows Server 8 - ZDNet
Microsoft sheds more light on cloud backup service for Windows Server 8
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 29, 2012, 8:37am PDT Summary: Microsoft is testing a beta of an Azure-based online backup service for Windows Server 8. Here are a few more tidbits about it. With Windows 8 client in the spotlight, it's sometimes easy to forget ...
Microsoft Online Backup Service for Windows 8: New DetailsThe VAR Guy

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2012-03-30 00:39:15 - Microsoft sheds more light on cloud backup beta for Windows Server 8 - ZDNet
Microsoft sheds more light on cloud backup beta for Windows Server 8
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 29, 2012, 8:37am PDT Summary: Microsoft is testing a beta of an Azure-based online backup service for Windows Server 8. Here are a few more tidbits about it. With Windows 8 client in the spotlight, it's sometimes easy to forget ...

2012-03-29 23:32:39 - Digging into Azure - SDTimes.com
Digging into Azure
SDTimes.com
Like all tools, Azure has its place, and helping in defining that place is what this article is all about. I have been impressed that Microsoft has been flexible over the first few years of Azure's existence, and has responded to feedback and ...
Microsoft adds more features to its cloud-hosted Team Foundation ServiceZDNet (blog)

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2012-03-29 18:29:25 - Zhiming Xue from Microsoft and US Department of State Gerald Caron are the ... - Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Zhiming Xue from Microsoft and US Department of State Gerald Caron are the ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Dr. Zhiming Xue: is a senior Microsoft Architect Evangelist with the Developer and Platform Evangelism for USPublic Sector team. In this role, he focuses on Windows Azure cloud computing while working with developers, architects and technical and ...

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2012-03-29 15:59:38 - Microsoft Launches Developers'' Day - AllAfrica.com
Microsoft Launches Developers' Day
AllAfrica.com
This time around they are pushing for Platform As A Service PAAS product on the Microsoft Azure platform. In his presentation, Dr Panache Chiurunge explored ways on how developers could take advantage of using the Microsoft platform to host and sell ...

2012-03-29 14:00:43 - Microsoft says scale-out storage not needed for big data - Register
Microsoft says scale-out storage not needed for big data
Register
David Campbell, a Microsoft Technical Fellow in the Data & Storage Platform Group claims personal responsibility for Microsoft's adoption of Hadoop as both an app on the Windows platform and Azure. In conversation with The Register he declared himself ...
Microsoft brings big data to the massesiTWire
Microsoft releases 'pointless' anti-malware for AzureCSO Magazine
Hybrid on-demand business intelligence with SQL Azure ReportingDABCC.com

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2012-03-29 06:25:17 - Microsoft plans to “drive shared hosting to the next level” with project ''Antares'' - The Next Web

The Next Web
Microsoft plans to “drive shared hosting to the next level” with project 'Antares'
The Next Web
Here's the skinny: Microsoft has a project called 'Antares' under construction that is looking to shake up shared hosting. The kicker is that it will work both on Azure, and on-premises solutions. Microsoft is splitting the streams, in other words.

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2012-03-29 04:41:52 - Codename Antares: A new Microsoft hosting platform for Web apps - ZDNet
Codename Antares: A new Microsoft hosting platform for Web apps
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 28, 2012, 12:38pm PDT Summary: At the Microsoft Hosting Summit this week, Microsoft execs are talking up what's coming on the hosting-platform side of the house. Microsoft's Azure App Platform Team — the domain these days of ...

2012-03-29 04:05:50 - Microsoft Open-Sources More ASP.NET Technology - eWeek
Microsoft Open-Sources More ASP.NET Technology
eWeek
We announced a similar open development approach with the Windows Azure SDK last December, and have found it to be a great way to build an even tighter feedback loop with developers – and ultimately deliver even better products as a result.
Microsoft takes ASP.NET MVC into the open with community patches and bug-fixesArs Technica
ASP.NET MVC Now Taking ContributionsInfoQ.com

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2012-03-29 01:52:48 - Microsoft testing malware protection for Azure virtual machines - ZDNet
Microsoft testing malware protection for Azure virtual machines
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 28, 2012, 9:47am PDT Summary: Testers can download for free Microsoft Endpoint Protection for Windows Azure, a new plug-in for VM protection. The MEP tech preview for Windows Azure can be downloaded by anyone for free and ...

2012-03-28 22:28:00 - Microsoft open sources more of its ASP.NET technologies - ZDNet
Microsoft open sources more of its ASP.NET technologies
ZDNet (blog)
We announced a similar open development approach with the Windows Azure SDK last December, and have found it to be a great way to build an even tighter feedback loop with developers – and ultimately deliver even better products as a result.
Microsoft takes ASP.NET MVC into the open with community patches and bug-fixesArs Technica
ASP.NET MVC Now Taking ContributionsInfoQ.com

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2012-03-28 19:16:32 - Windows Azure user group held in Manchester - How Do
Windows Azure user group held in Manchester
How Do
Those working with the Windows Azure cloud platform are being invited to attend a new Manchester-based interest group. Already very running in London, this is the first to take place outside the capital and is free to attend.

2012-03-28 19:07:29 - Digna IT Uses Windows Azure To Get Payments Faster - ArcticStartup
Digna IT Uses Windows Azure To Get Payments Faster
ArcticStartup
"Digna PRO is a payment surveillance system running in Windows Azure. It is easy to implement into use because of the standard interfaces such as Finvoice 1.3. Digna PRO fetches payment information from banks automatically and if a payment is not ...

2012-03-28 14:48:15 - Nimbis Releases Cloud-Based Caedium CFD Accelerator Beta - Ten Links
Nimbis Releases Cloud-Based Caedium CFD Accelerator Beta
Ten Links
Nimbis extends the use of Caedium beyond the desktop to the Windows Azure cloud with on-demand access and pay-as-you-go billing through a convenient and unique ecommerce technical computing marketplace. Examples of CFD models frequently analyzed with ...

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2012-03-28 12:12:48 - Microsoft takes ASP.NET MVC into the open with community patches and bug-fixes - Ars Technica
Microsoft takes ASP.NET MVC into the open with community patches and bug-fixes
Ars Technica
NET MVC, Microsoft has also opened the source and development of two closely related projects: the ASP.NET Web API, and ASP.NET Web Pages v2 (Razor). This is the second project that Microsoft has operated in this way. The Windows Azure SDK for the ...

2012-03-28 11:01:05 - Key Microsoft products showcased in Bahrain - Gulf Daily News

Gulf Daily News
Key Microsoft products showcased in Bahrain
Gulf Daily News
Participants were given a sneak preview of Windows 8, which is not yet retailing. The event also focused on cloud computing, and the benefits that Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure and Windows bring to business and consumers.
Microsoft showcases new products in BahrainTrade Arabia

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2012-03-28 09:57:03 - Movideo migrates to Windows Azure for APAC growth - ARNnet
Movideo migrates to Windows Azure for APAC growth
ARNnet
As part of a four-year agreement with Microsoft, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) online video platform business, Movideo, is migrating its integrated online video platform to Windows Azure to attract business growth across APAC. Movideo is a media-centric ...
Independent Software Vendor Gradatim Migrates to Windows Azure, Helping Reduce ...MarketWatch (press release)
Online Advertising Startup Competes More Effectively, Spends Less On IT With ...Daily Markets (press release)
Invensys announces alliance with Microsoft to accelerate Azure developmentControl Engineering Website
TalkinCloud (blog)
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2012-03-28 09:50:39 - Microsoft Windows Azure Tapped For Movideo Large-Scale Java Cloud Migration - DABCC.com
Microsoft Windows Azure Tapped For Movideo Large-Scale Java Cloud Migration
DABCC.com
Online video provider Movideo has signed a four-year contract (sorry, “strategic agreement”) with Microsoft Windows Azure to move its Java-based platform into the cloud as it attempts to grow its business in the Asia Pacific region.
Independent Software Vendor Gradatim Migrates to Windows Azure, Helping Reduce ...MarketWatch (press release)
Movideo migrates to Windows Azure for APAC growthARNnet
Invensys announces alliance with Microsoft to accelerate Azure developmentControl Engineering Website
Daily Markets (press release)
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2012-03-28 08:45:45 - VSLive: Microsoft Highlights New Build Service and Visual Studio 11 - Redmond Developer News
VSLive: Microsoft Highlights New Build Service and Visual Studio 11
Redmond Developer News
The new Build Service will let developers use a pool of build machines, hosted on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform. By John K. Waters Brian Harry, a Microsoft Technical Fellow in charge of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, ...
Microsoft extends app building to the cloudInfoWorld
Microsoft Shares Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Road Map, Launches TFS Build ServiceeWeek
Revenge of the DevOps: Microsoft Targets Next Visual Studio for Admins TooReadWriteWeb
SDTimes.com
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2012-03-28 06:46:55 - Caedium CFD Accelerator - Scientific Computing
Caedium CFD Accelerator
Scientific Computing
A beta release of the on-demand Caedium CFD Accelerator cloud product, the first of two Caedium-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) service products running on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform, is now available.

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2012-03-28 05:56:13 - Microsoft Unveils ''Cloud Build'' Feature for TFS/Azure - ADT Magazine
Microsoft Unveils 'Cloud Build' Feature for TFS/Azure
ADT Magazine
By John K. Waters Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new cloud-based build service for its upcoming hosted Team Foundation Service. The new service will let developers use a pool of build machines managed on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
Microsoft extends app building to the cloudInfoWorld
Microsoft Shares Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Roadmap, Launches TFS Build ServiceeWeek
Revenge of the DevOps: Microsoft Targets Next Visual Studio for Admins TooReadWriteWeb
SDTimes.com
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2012-03-28 05:20:35 - Live from Visual Studio Live!: Microsoft Announces Cloud Build, Previews ... - Visual Studio Magazine
Live from Visual Studio Live!: Microsoft Announces Cloud Build, Previews ...
Visual Studio Magazine
By John K. Waters Microsoft today unveiled a new cloud-based build service for its upcoming hosted Team Foundation Service. The new service will let developers use a pool of build machines managed on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
Revenge of the DevOps: Microsoft Targets Next Visual Studio for Admins TooReadWriteWeb
Microsoft announces Visual Studio 11 feature pack, 'build-in-the-cloud'SDTimes.com

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2012-03-28 04:18:58 - Microsoft Shares Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Road Map, Launches TFS Build Service - eWeek
Microsoft Shares Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Road Map, Launches TFS Build Service
eWeek
Meanwhile, at Visual Studio Live (VSLive), Brian Harry, technical fellow, Team Foundation Server, announced a Build Service for Team Foundation Service, which is essentially Team Foundation Server hosted on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform.
Microsoft extends app building to the cloudInfoWorld
Live from Visual Studio Live!: Microsoft Announces Cloud Build, Previews ...Visual Studio Magazine
Revenge of the DevOps: Microsoft Targets Next Visual Studio for Admins TooReadWriteWeb
SDTimes.com
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2012-03-28 02:02:53 - NewsGator Continues Growth Track With Global Expansion in Asia-Pacific - MarketWatch
NewsGator Continues Growth Track With Global Expansion in Asia-Pacific
MarketWatch (press release)
NewsGator Social Sites delivers advanced social computing capabilities to Microsoft productivity and collaboration platforms, including SharePoint, Azure, Windows Phone 7, Office 365 and Dynamics. These social capabilities include microblogging, ...

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2012-03-28 00:54:09 - Microsoft adds more features to its cloud-hosted Team Foundation Service - ZDNet
Microsoft adds more features to its cloud-hosted Team Foundation Service
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 27, 2012, 8:52am PDT Summary: Microsoft is adding a new build service to its preview version of its Windows-Azure-hosted version of its application lifecycle management tool. Microsoft is continuing to add more features to the ...
Microsoft extends app building to the cloudInfoWorld

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2012-03-28 00:04:14 - Alliance of Angels: How Yi-Jian Ngo Sifts for Startup Gold - Xconomy
Alliance of Angels: How Yi-Jian Ngo Sifts for Startup Gold
Xconomy
When he worked at Microsoft, Yi-Jian Ngo got to work high-profile projects like the Windows Azure cloud-computing platform and the hosted version of Microsoft Office. But when he left Redmond to dive back into early stage companies, Ngo had to spend ...

2012-03-28 00:00:40 - Microsoft extends app building to the cloud - InfoWorld
Microsoft extends app building to the cloud
InfoWorld
Through an extension planned to the company's Team Foundation Service platform, developers can build source code on the Windows Azure public cloud. Team Foundation Service is basically a cloud-based version of the company's Team Foundation Server ...

2012-03-27 20:01:54 - Invensys announces alliance with Microsoft to accelerate Azure development - Control Engineering Website

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Invensys announces alliance with Microsoft to accelerate Azure development
Control Engineering Website
Invensys Operations Management has announced an alliance with Microsoft for migrating some of its applications to the Windows Azure cloud. It is expected that the alliance will afford end users cloud-based offerings in the manufacturing and ...
Windows Azure Overview Part 2: Pros and ConsSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Independent Software Vendor Gradatim Migrates to Windows Azure, Helping Reduce ...MarketWatch (press release)
Online Advertising Startup Competes More Effectively, Spends Less On IT With ...Daily Markets (press release)
TalkinCloud (blog)
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2012-03-27 17:36:50 - Independent Software Vendor Gradatim Migrates To Windows Azure, Helping Reduce ... - Daily Markets
Independent Software Vendor Gradatim Migrates To Windows Azure, Helping Reduce ...
Daily Markets (press release)
NEW DELHI, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Independent software vendor Gradatim, a specialist in creating technology solutions for businesses that offer microfinance products and services, migrated to the Windows Azure cloud platform to simplify its ...

2012-03-27 17:19:11 - Invensys announces alliance with Microsoft to accelerate Windows Azure development - Control Engineering Website
Invensys announces alliance with Microsoft to accelerate Windows Azure development
Control Engineering Website
Invensys Operations Management has announced an alliance with Microsoft for migrating some of its applications to the Windows Azure cloud. It is expected that the alliance will afford end users cloud-based offerings in the manufacturing and ...

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2012-03-27 10:26:46 - Windows Azure Overview Part 2: Pros and Cons - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Windows Azure Overview Part 2: Pros and Cons
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
By Hovhannes Avoyan In the previous article in the Monitis blog we discussed the design of Windows Azure. In this article we will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of using that design — compared to an on-premises solution.

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2012-03-27 07:16:29 - Microsoft releases ''pointless'' anti-malware for Azure - CSO Magazine
Microsoft releases 'pointless' anti-malware for Azure
CSO Magazine
Microsoft has released a plugin for developers that allow Azure customers to incorporate Microsoft Endpoint Protection (MEP) into Azure, a product that seems to counter the main benefits of running a virtual machine. The odd thing about the MEP Azure ...

2012-03-27 02:19:06 - Microsoft Cloud Essentials, Cloud Accelerate Show Growth - TalkinCloud
Microsoft Cloud Essentials, Cloud Accelerate Show Growth
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Joe Panettieri on The Microsoft (symbol: MSFT) Cloud Essentials and Cloud Accelerate partner programs for Office 365 and Windows Azure are starting to show momentum. Indeed, Cloud Essentials and Cloud Accelerate are experiencing triple-digit growth, ...

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2012-03-27 02:05:36 - PC Magazine Selects Cameyo Among 2012 Best Free Virtualization Software - San Francisco Chronicle
PC Magazine Selects Cameyo Among 2012 Best Free Virtualization Software
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Backed by the Windows Azure cloud infrastructure, this approach allows any user or IT administrator to start using application virtualization within minutes. About Cameyo: Cameyo delivers application virtualization solutions.

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2012-03-26 22:20:48 - Nimbis Releases Caedium CFD Accelerator Beta - HPCwire
Nimbis Releases Caedium CFD Accelerator Beta
HPCwire
MCLEAN, VA, March 26 -- Nimbis Services, Inc. announces the beta release of their on-demand Caedium CFD Accelerator cloud product, the first of two Caedium-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) service products running on Microsoft's Windows Azure ...

2012-03-26 21:09:52 - Microsoft Dynamics ERP Is Bound for Azure Glory - TechNewsWorld
Microsoft Dynamics ERP Is Bound for Azure Glory
TechNewsWorld
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is stepping up its cloud strategy, with the announcement that it will port its Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning software to Windows Azure this year. The company outlined plans for the transition at Convergence ...

2012-03-26 17:38:37 - Movideo to migrate its video platform to Windows Azure - Computer Business Review
Movideo to migrate its video platform to Windows Azure
Computer Business Review
Software as a Service (SaaS) online video platform Movideo has signed a four-year agreement with Microsoft to migrate its integrated online video platform to Windows Azure. The transformation of Movideo's integrated online video platform to Windows ...
Microsoft and Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic AllianceMarketWatch (press release)
Cloud News: Microsoft, HP, Savvis, NimsoftData Center Knowledge

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2012-03-26 17:02:53 - Online Advertising Startup Competes More Effectively, Spends Less on IT With ... - MarketWatch
Online Advertising Startup Competes More Effectively, Spends Less on IT With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Fast-growing Crumbtag adopts Windows Azure to meet its massive data-processing needs without buying costly IT infrastructure. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- To target its customers' online advertising efficiently, ...

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2012-03-25 21:07:42 - Windows RDP Patch, China Windows Phone, Convergence 2012 Marked Microsoft''s Week - eWeek
Windows RDP Patch, China Windows Phone, Convergence 2012 Marked Microsoft's Week
eWeek
By the end of 2012, Microsoft plans to update a sizable portion of its business-solution portfolio. These updates include enabling Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2012 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 for Windows Azure. Microsoft is aiming its Dynamics suit at ...

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2012-03-24 20:17:51 - Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure vs. Rackspace in cloud data transfer speed test - ITworld.com
Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure vs. Rackspace in cloud data transfer speed test
ITworld.com
Nasuni, which provides cloud storage using various public clouds, tested how long it took to transfer the data between Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3), Microsoft Azure and Rackspace. The company used 22 million files of mixed sizes, ...

2012-03-24 00:49:52 - Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on Azure - ITWorld Canada

CloudTimes (blog)
Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on Azure
ITWorld Canada
At last year's Convergence show, Microsoft first discussed intentions to port its four ERP lines to the Azure cloud platform upon the next major release of each product. This will start coming to pass in the fourth quarter of this year, ...
6 Pros And 3 Cons Of Microsoft's Cloud StrategyInformationWeek
Microsoft Reinvents its Cloud StrategiesCloudTimes (blog)
Microsoft Outlines Dynamics 2012 RoadmapCMSWire
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The pros and cons of Virtual Desktop InfrastructureBy: Logan G. Harbaugh (3/23/2012 11:39:00 AM)SAN FRANCISCO -- Many organizations continue to run Windows XP on many or all of their desktop PCs, either because migration typically requires costly .

2012-03-23 22:06:43 - Microsoft does Hadoop, and JavaScript''s the glue - ZDNet
Microsoft does Hadoop, and JavaScript's the glue
ZDNet (blog)
The distribution can be installed on-premises on Windows Server or in the cloud on customers' Windows Azure “roles” (virtual machines). Perhaps the best option, though, is a Web browser-provisioning interface for standing up an entire Hadoop cluster in ...

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2012-03-23 21:54:37 - Report: Apple''s iCloud May Be Running on Windows Azure - The VAR Guy
Report: Apple's iCloud May Be Running on Windows Azure
The VAR Guy
But Apple isn't using OS X Server (or a *nix variant) to host iCloud — it might actually be using Microsoft Windows Azure. Say what?! First, a tip of the hat to Ars Technica for its investigative deep dive. According to its research, Apple provides a ...
Ask Ars: how safe is my data stored in iCloud?Ars Technica

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2012-03-23 21:52:28 - Microsoft builds a Ford Mustang - Fox News

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Microsoft builds a Ford Mustang
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The car is a rolling wireless 4G hotspot tied into the Windows Azure cloud-based system and has been integrated with a Windows Phone app that allows it to be tracked, unlocked and started remotely. Matte black paint and Windows blue LED lights inside ...
Microsoft Builds Windows 8-Powered Ford Mustang With Xbox, KinectPC Magazine
The Geek Dream Car: Project Detroit Brings Windows 8 and Kinect to a MustangPCWorld (blog)
Microsoft teams with customizers on Project Detroit MustangSlashGear
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2012-03-23 21:31:22 - Cloud News: Microsoft, HP, Savvis, Nimsoft - Data Center Knowledge

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Cloud News: Microsoft, HP, Savvis, Nimsoft
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Microsoft and Movideo form cloud alliance. Microsoft (MSFT) and Movideo Pty announced a four-year strategic agreement in which Movideo will migrate its integrated online video platform to Windows Azure to drive business growth across Asia Pacific ...
Microsoft and Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic AllianceMarketWatch (press release)
Movideo migrates video platform to Microsoft's CloudComputerworld Australia
Java-centric video house moves to AzureRegister
ZDNet Asia
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2012-03-23 20:08:20 - Microsoft Announces BizSpark Plus To Push Azure - CRN.in
Microsoft Announces BizSpark Plus To Push Azure
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The program will offer each of their startups up to $60000 of Windows Azure compute and storage over a 24-month period, at no cost. BizSpark Plus is a 'by invitation only' program, and a startup, in addition to being eligible for the foundational ...
Microsoft partners Morpheus, Accel to help startups in IndiaEconomic Times
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2012-03-23 14:05:46 - Movideo migrates video platform to Microsoft''s Cloud - Computerworld Australia

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Movideo migrates video platform to Microsoft's Cloud
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Movideo has inked a four-year agreement, including long-term pricing, technical support and sales and marketing backing, to migrate its online video platform to Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud for its Asia Pacific clients. Movideo says the shift will ...
Microsoft and Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic AllianceMarketWatch (press release)
Java-centric video house moves to AzureRegister
Online video platform eyes scalability with Windows AzureZDNet Asia
Exec Digital (press release)
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2012-03-23 09:05:11 - Java-centric video house moves to Azure - Register

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Java-centric video house moves to Azure
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Movideo, which is part of the ASX listed content company, the MCM Entertainment Group, will migrate its integrated online video platform to Windows Azure with a major Java transition. During the overhaul Movideo is working closely with the Microsoft ...
Microsoft and Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic AllianceMarketWatch (press release)
Online video platform eyes scalability with Windows AzureZDNet Asia
PaperTracer Turns To Microsoft AzureInformation Management
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2012-03-23 03:37:18 - 6 signs Microsoft has got its mojo back - GigaOm

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6 signs Microsoft has got its mojo back
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Since October, the company's worked with Hortonworks to make Hadoop work well with Windows — sacrificing its own Dryad big data framework in the process. Hadoop is already available in beta on Microsoft Windows Azure. (Azure also won a big customer in ...

2012-03-23 03:09:32 - Microsoft Packs Mustang With Windows 8, Kinect, Xbox, More - Tom''s Hardware Guide

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Microsoft Packs Mustang With Windows 8, Kinect, Xbox, More
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"What would it look like if you could take Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Xbox, Kinect, Bing - you name it - and put it all together into one iconic car?" The crew started with a 2012 Mustang and then retrofitted it with Dynacorn's 1967 Mustang ...
Microsoft teams with customizers on Project Detroit MustangSlashGear
How the Mustang would look if Microsoft ran DetroitCNET
Microsoft And West Coast Customs Build Custom MustangMotor Authority
Microsoft - Channel 9 (blog) -GeekWire -4-traders
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2012-03-23 01:21:51 - Movideo To Migrate Integrated Online Video Platform To Windows Azure - NASDAQ
Movideo To Migrate Integrated Online Video Platform To Windows Azure
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(RTTNews.com) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Movideo Pty Ltd. announced a four-year strategic agreement in which Movideo will migrate its integrated online video platform to Windows Azure to drive business growth across Asia Pacific or APAC and beyond.

2012-03-23 01:19:42 - Microsoft to add ''spark'' to its Windows; ties up with incubators - Hindu Business Line

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Microsoft to add 'spark' to its Windows; ties up with incubators
Hindu Business Line
As a part of its BizSpark initiative, Microsoft is planning to leverage this tie-up by increasing its technology footprint such as Windows Azure into the Indian market. For availing this funding, the start-ups have to use technology related to ...
Microsoft Collaborates With Accelerators Morpheus and Accel in India to Give ...PR Newswire (press release)

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2012-03-23 01:05:27 - Microsoft And Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic Alliance - Daily Markets
Microsoft And Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic Alliance
Daily Markets
REDMOND, Wash. and HONG KONG, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. and Movideo Pty Ltd. today announced a four-year strategic agreement in which Movideo will migrate its integrated online video platform to Windows Azure to drive business ...

2012-03-23 01:03:38 - Online video platform eyes scalability with Windows Azure - ZDNet Asia
Online video platform eyes scalability with Windows Azure
ZDNet Asia
SINGAPORE--Australia-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Movideo is migrating its current Java and Linux stack from a "no name" cloud provider to Microsoft's platform-as-a-service Windows Azure in order to speed up product development and ...
Microsoft and Movideo Forge Global Cloud-Based Strategic AllianceMarketWatch (press release)
PaperTracer Turns To Microsoft AzureInformation Management
Invensys Announces Alliance with Microsoft to Help Accelerate Windows Azure ...Process & Control Today
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2012-03-23 00:02:46 - Amazon Web Services fastest in cloud data transfer tests - Consumer Tech

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Amazon Web Services fastest in cloud data transfer tests
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Tech4Biz | 22 Mar 2012 : Cloud data transfers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Microsoft Azure came out on top in a study into of the amount of time it takes to transfer 12TB of data from one cloud to another - and there can be up to a 25 times ...
Data movement from Amazon to rival clouds hits speed bumpArs Technica
Nasuni study pokes holes in OpenStackZDNet UK (blog)
Amazon Comes Out on Top in Cloud Data Transfer Speed TestCIO India
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2012-03-22 21:38:18 - Microsoft teams with customizers on Project Detroit Mustang - SlashGear

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Microsoft teams with customizers on Project Detroit Mustang
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The car will be big on connected services and will incorporate Kindle for Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 itself, Windows 8, Windows Azure, Ford Sync, and can naturally be control using Windows Phone. The project build will be chronicled on Discovery Channel's ...
Microsoft Mustang: Windows 8 Powered Ford packed with Xbox, Kinect Revealed ...International Business Times
Sneak Peek: The ultimate Microsoft machine is a carGeekWire
Microsoft Reveals High-Tech SupercarInfopackets

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2012-03-22 19:17:43 - Amazon Web Services fastest in cloud data transfer speed test - Techworld.com

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Amazon Web Services fastest in cloud data transfer speed test
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By Brandon Butler | Network World US | Published: 10:11, 22 March 2012 Cloud data transfers from Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure came out on top in a study into of the amount of time it takes to transfer 12TB of data from one cloud to another ...
Data movement from Amazon to rival clouds hits speed bumpArs Technica
Nasuni study pokes holes in OpenStackZDNet UK (blog)
Amazon Comes Out on Top in Cloud Data Transfer Speed TestCIO India
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2012-03-22 17:34:40 - Microsoft Collaborates With Accelerators Morpheus and Accel in India to Give ... - PR Newswire
Microsoft Collaborates With Accelerators Morpheus and Accel in India to Give ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Working with the accelerators, the program will offer each of their startups up to US $60000 of Windows Azure compute and storage over a 24-month period, at no cost. Speaking at Microsoft Tech-Ed India 2012, an annual innovation showcase, ...

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2012-03-22 06:07:03 - How the Mustang would look if Microsoft ran Detroit - CNET
How the Mustang would look if Microsoft ran Detroit
CNET
The idea, dubbed Project Detroit by Microsoft, was to create a car that showcases some of the cool things developers can do with Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Xbox, Kinect, and Bing. "We believe coding should be fun," said Jeff Sandquist, ...
Sneak peek: West Coast Customs rolls out the ultimate Microsoft machineGeekWire
The 400 horsepower deviceMicrosoft - Channel 9 (blog)

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2012-03-22 05:40:01 - Microsoft Dynamics ERP Heading to Azure - Enterprise Apps Today

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Microsoft Dynamics ERP Heading to Azure
Enterprise Apps Today
Microsoft's roadmap offers a path to the cloud and updates aplenty. SMBs are the first intended audience for Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics GP 2013 on Windows Azure. Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is heading to Azure, ...
6 Pros And 3 Cons Of Microsoft's Cloud StrategyInformationWeek
Microsoft To Offer Dynamics ERP As A Cloud-Based Service Through AzureTrefis (subscription)

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2012-03-22 03:44:20 - 6 Pros And 3 Cons Of Microsoft''s Cloud Strategy - InformationWeek

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6 Pros And 3 Cons Of Microsoft's Cloud Strategy
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Microsoft strategy is to offer one app that can be run on-premises, on private clouds, or on Microsoft's Azure public cloud -- a strategy that Oracle also espouses with its Fusion software. Microsoft already offers this with Dynamics CRM, ...
Microsoft To Offer Dynamics ERP As A Cloud-Based Service Through AzureTrefis (subscription)

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2012-03-22 02:52:45 - Amazon comes out on top in cloud data transfer speed test - Computerworld
Amazon comes out on top in cloud data transfer speed test
Computerworld
Nasuni, which provides cloud storage using various public clouds, tested how long it took to transfer the data between Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3), Microsoft Azure and Rackspace. The company used 22 million files of mixed sizes, ...

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2012-03-21 23:09:10 - Invensys Announces Alliance with Microsoft to Help Accelerate Windows Azure ... - Technology Newsroom
Invensys Announces Alliance with Microsoft to Help Accelerate Windows Azure ...
Technology Newsroom (press release)
“Working with Microsoft reinforces the strategic alignment between our two companies, with a mutual goal of using Windows Azure technology to bring leading-edge cloud solutions to the industrial market. By offering cloud-based variants of our existing ...

2012-03-21 21:21:44 - Microsoft! scoops! Yahoo!''s big! data! brain! - Register

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Microsoft! scoops! Yahoo!'s big! data! brain!
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STB is home to the Windows Azure and server software that Microsoft has been tuning to work with cloud and big data: Windows Server, Hyper-V and SQL Server. Microsoft is working on integration between SQL Server and Azure and Hadoop, ...
Microsoft snags Yahoo chief scientistGigaOm

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2012-03-21 20:37:44 - Windows 8 on ARM vs iPad: Has Microsoft lost already? - Register
Windows 8 on ARM vs iPad: Has Microsoft lost already?
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Judging by what Microsoft has said about WOA so far, and looking at rumours circulating about the next Office, it is looking increasingly like WOA is losing its edge over the iPad. Meanwhile, with price cuts on Windows Azure and Office 365, ...

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2012-03-21 19:10:35 - Application Building Made Easy Using Packt''s Latest Silverlight and Windows ... - San Francisco Chronicle
Application Building Made Easy Using Packt's Latest Silverlight and Windows ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Packt brings to you Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration, a new book and e-book for developers which shows how to build and run Silverlight Enterprise Applications on Windows Azure. Written by a senior .

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2012-03-21 19:07:19 - Use a tiered cloud strategy to skirt outages - InfoWorld
Use a tiered cloud strategy to skirt outages
InfoWorld
The first event: Cloud outages, such as the recent Microsoft Azure failure, have shown us that no single cloud is infallible. The second event: Google, Amazon.com, and Microsoft have all dropped their cloud services' prices. The second event means you ...
M-Files announces Cloud Vault 2.0eChannelLine
M-Files Demos Cloud Vault 2.0 at Convergence.2012TalkinCloud

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2012-03-21 17:27:55 - Microsoft tosses Simpana Azure salad, feeds it to cloud punters - Register
Microsoft tosses Simpana Azure salad, feeds it to cloud punters
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By Chris Mellor • Get more from this author Microsoft is offering a CommVault Simpana data feed and access portal as an Azure cloud storage bundle. On its side CommVault is now offering its customers cloud compute and storage facilities using Redmond's ...
M-Files announces Cloud Vault 2.0eChannelLine
M-Files Demos Cloud Vault 2.0 at Convergence.2012TalkinCloud

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2012-03-21 11:55:30 - M-Files announces Cloud Vault 2.0 - eChannelLine
M-Files announces Cloud Vault 2.0
eChannelLine
M-Files Cloud Vault is the first ECM solution to run natively on Windows Azure, empowering businesses to take advantage of Microsoft's highly scalable and reliable cloud-based platform and geographically distributed data centers.
M-Files Demos Cloud Vault 2.0 at Convergence.2012TalkinCloud

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2012-03-21 07:19:41 - The Future of Microsoft Windows Azure - StreamingMedia.com
The Future of Microsoft Windows Azure
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A Streaming Media West presentation explains Microsoft's cloud-computing platform and gives a look at where it's headed. By Troy Dreier There's a lot going on with Microsoft's cloud computing platform, Windows Azure. At the recent Streaming Media West ...
HIPAA-Compliant Document Management Solution Expands Into Global Market by ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2012-03-21 03:27:10 - Moving data into Amazon''s cloud is easy—getting it out, not so much - Ars Technica

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Moving data into Amazon's cloud is easy—getting it out, not so much
Ars Technica
The results, announced today, show that moving data out of Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) takes far longer than moving data out of Windows Azure or Rackspace. For example, moving 12TB from Amazon to Azure takes 40 hours, while moving the same ...
Cloud 'lock-in' survey shows not all clouds are alikeGigaOm
Nasuni Test Uncovers Dangers of Cloud Storage Provider Lock-InMarketWatch (press release)
Merciless Cloud will slay storage arrays - Nasuni chiefRegister
IT Business Edge (blog)
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2012-03-21 03:17:04 - Data movement from Amazon to rival clouds hits speed bump - Ars Technica

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Data movement from Amazon to rival clouds hits speed bump
Ars Technica
By Jon Brodkin | Published March 20, 2012 1:10 PM Moving large data volumes from the Amazon storage cloud to rivals Windows Azure and Rackspace takes ten times as long as it does to move data from Azure and Rackspace into Amazon, according to a series ...
Cloud 'lock-in' survey shows not all clouds are alikeGigaOm
Nasuni Test Uncovers Dangers of Cloud Storage Provider Lock-InMarketWatch (press release)
Merciless Cloud will slay storage arrays - Nasuni chiefRegister
IT Business Edge (blog)
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2012-03-21 02:08:14 - Microsoft SQL Server in the Private Cloud: Is it Possible? - SQL Server Pro

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Microsoft SQL Server in the Private Cloud: Is it Possible?
SQL Server Pro
For cloud-based database services, Microsoft has implemented SQL Server in the public cloud with SQL Azure. Most businesses are very hesitant to jump into the public cloud for multiple reasons, including concerns about security, ownership of data, ...

2012-03-21 01:29:19 - Microsoft snags Yahoo chief scientist - GigaOm

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Microsoft snags Yahoo chief scientist
GigaOm
Microsoft announced the news, first reported by AllthingsD, on Tuesday. With his database expertise, Ramakrishan should be an asset for Microsoft's SQL Server and SQL Azure services efforts. He, along with Joannes Gehrke, wrote a popular textbook ...

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2012-03-20 22:32:51 - Neudesic Pulse 3.0 Takes Enterprise Social Software to Next Level - Sacramento Bee

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Neudesic Pulse 3.0 Takes Enterprise Social Software to Next Level
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Neudesic Pulse is available across cloud, on-premise and mobile platforms, and it integrates with Microsoft SharePoint, CRM, Lync and Office 365, as well as legacy applications. "Organizations are increasingly seeking collaboration software that ...
Microsoft Inches Closer To Delivering Cloud-Based ERPInformationWeek
Microsoft plans to debut Dynamics on Azure by end of this yearTechworld.com

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2012-03-20 22:12:40 - Cloud ''lock-in'' survey shows not all clouds are alike - GigaOm
Cloud 'lock-in' survey shows not all clouds are alike
GigaOm
For its Bulk Data Migration in the Cloud report, Nasuni repeatedly transferred 12 TB of data between its top-rated clouds–Amazon's S3, Rackspace and Microsoft Windows Azure. This was not an academic exercise for Nasuni because it manages customers' ...
Nasuni Test Uncovers Dangers of Cloud Storage Provider Lock-InMarketWatch (press release)
Merciless Cloud will slay storage arrays - Nasuni chiefRegister
Shifting SANs: Cloud Storage and the Lightweight InfrastructureIT Business Edge (blog)

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2012-03-20 22:05:14 - HIPAA-Compliant Document Management Solution Expands Into Global Market by ... - MarketWatch
HIPAA-Compliant Document Management Solution Expands Into Global Market by ...
MarketWatch (press release)
PaperTracer attracts international customers by migrating to Windows Azure to store, organize and safeguard its sensitive information in security-enhanced Microsoft global datacenters. REDMOND, Wash., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ...

2012-03-20 21:55:33 - M-Files Demos Cloud Vault 2.0 at Convergence.2012 - TalkinCloud
M-Files Demos Cloud Vault 2.0 at Convergence.2012
TalkinCloud
Enhancements to Cloud Vault 2.0, designed to run natively on Windows Azure, include support for hybrid cloud configurations, stronger backup and recovery, and 100TB storage. “With M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0, companies can leverage the cloud for scalable ...
M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0 Lifts ECM off the Ground and into the CloudSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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2012-03-20 17:28:03 - Rackspace''s open source cocktail: Whiskey on Apache - ComputerWeekly.com

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Rackspace's open source cocktail: Whiskey on Apache
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
Built to compete with VMware's vSphere and Microsoft's Azure, the OpenStack project has seen a list of blue chip vendor names sign up as community members since its launch. As the cloud computing model of service based storage and application ...

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2012-03-20 15:04:36 - Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics on Azure - ComputerworldUK

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Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics on Azure
ComputerworldUK
At last year's Convergence show, Microsoft first discussed intentions to port its four ERP lines to the Azure cloud platform upon the next major release of each product. This will start coming to pass in the fourth quarter of this year, ...
Microsoft Inches Closer To Delivering Cloud-Based ERPInformationWeek
Microsoft Dynamics looks to the cloudBetaNews

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2012-03-20 08:04:58 - Microsoft Dynamics looks to the cloud - BetaNews

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Microsoft Dynamics looks to the cloud
BetaNews
Kirill Tatarinov, president of the company's Business Solutions group, promises that Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics GP 2013, which are separately set to be available in calendar fourth quarter, "will run on Windows Azure in an elastic Microsoft cloud".

2012-03-20 04:22:04 - Through 2012, Microsoft Spreads ERP to Cloud - Information Management
Through 2012, Microsoft Spreads ERP to Cloud
Information Management
Microsoft announced that Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics GP 2013 will be offered on its Azure cloud platform by the end of this year and stated that its next major release of the ERP portfolio will “evolve as an enterprise cloud service ...

2012-03-20 03:02:59 - Microsoft: Our apps are really coming to Azure! Eventually, maybe - GigaOm

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Microsoft: Our apps are really coming to Azure! Eventually, maybe
GigaOm
19, 2012, 10:48am PT 1 Comment As of today, none of Microsoft's major applications are hosted on the company's Windows Azure cloud. On Monday, the company said that the Azure version of its Dynamics NAV enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, ...
Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on the Azure cloudComputerworld
Microsoft Inches Closer To Delivering Cloud-Based ERPInformationWeek

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2012-03-20 02:45:04 - Microsoft Fires Bing Marketing Execs After Investigation
Microsoft Fires Bing Marketing Execs After Investigation (MSFT)
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Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Hey Startups! Announcing Microsoft BizSpark Camp on Azure: New York City, January 28-29 Sign Up Now To Get The Microsoft Investor Newsletter New Microsoft Seinfeld Ad: Also Not Funny, But Cute.

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2012-03-19 23:31:56 - Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on the Azure cloud - Computerworld
Microsoft plans Q4 debut for Dynamics ERP on the Azure cloud
Computerworld
At last year's Convergence show, Microsoft first discussed intentions to port its four ERP lines to the Azure cloud platform upon the next major release of each product. This will start coming to pass in the fourth quarter of this year, ...
Microsoft Inches Closer To Delivering Cloud-Based ERPInformationWeek

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2012-03-19 23:11:07 - Microsoft Dynamics: What''s on tap for 2012? - ZDNet
Microsoft Dynamics: What's on tap for 2012?
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: A beta of NAV 2013 is due in May 2012. The final release is due in Q4 2012. The NAV 2013 update will be available as both an on-premises as well as a Windows Azure-hosted cloud offering. The main target for the product is small ...

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2012-03-19 23:08:15 - Microsoft Dynamics: Translating Customers'' Aspirations Into Reality - Embedded.com
Microsoft Dynamics: Translating Customers' Aspirations Into Reality
Embedded.com
Microsoft also announced that both Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will be cloud-enabled for Windows Azure, optimized for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), and generally available in Q4 of calendar year 2012.

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2012-03-19 23:00:57 - Microsoft Dynamics announces new products, updates - The Seattle Times
Microsoft Dynamics announces new products, updates
The Seattle Times
Dynamics NAV 2013 and Dynamics GP 2013, expected to be generally available in the fourth quarter, will be cloud-enabled for Windows Azure and optimized for small and mid-sized businesses. (The NAV 2013 beta release is expected in May.) ...
ZSL Empowers and Cloud-Mobile-Social Enables Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft ...PR Web (press release)
Microsoft Dynamics: Translating Customers' Aspirations Into RealityMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-03-19 22:04:26 - M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0 Lifts ECM off the Ground and into the Cloud - PR Web
M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0 Lifts ECM off the Ground and into the Cloud
PR Web (press release)
M-Files Cloud Vault is the first ECM solution to run natively on Windows Azure, empowering businesses to take advantage of Microsoft's highly scalable and reliable cloud-based platform and geographically distributed data centers.

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2012-03-19 22:03:35 - Viscount''s Freedom Selected for Department of Homeland Security Agency - MarketWatch
Viscount's Freedom Selected for Department of Homeland Security Agency
MarketWatch (press release)
The Freedom platform is Cloud ready and Microsoft Azure compatible to allow a seamless migration. Finally, physical security at US Government facilities is being driven by the requirement to be compliant with the new FIPS 201 standard and there are ...

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2012-03-19 21:05:59 - ZSL Empowers and Cloud-Mobile-Social Enables Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft ... - Yahoo! Contributors Network
ZSL Empowers and Cloud-Mobile-Social Enables Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft ...
Yahoo! Contributors Network
With availability over Windows Azure cloud, ZSL's SmartPrise Add-on suite ensures scalable, secured and on-demand solutions with minimal configuration and self-service capabilities. “Microsoft believes in offering customers the full power of choice, ...

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2012-03-19 16:02:46 - AssureSign Selects Windows Azure to Provide Cloud-based Electronic Signature - Yahoo! Contributors Network
AssureSign Selects Windows Azure to Provide Cloud-based Electronic Signature
Yahoo! Contributors Network
AssureSign LLC, a leading provider of electronic signature software, today announced that it has selected and has begun porting its flagship application, AssureSign Electronic Signature Software, to Windows Azure. AssureSign will leverage Windows ...

2012-03-18 21:00:38 - Being prepared for when the cloud REALLY fails - ITworld.com
Being prepared for when the cloud REALLY fails
ITworld.com
Consider the Microsoft so-called "Leap year" bug that crippled that company's Azure cloud services last month. Bill Laing, vice president for Microsoft's server and cloud division, described the system failure in a blog post and said that Microsoft ...

2012-03-18 18:34:28 - Microsoft Chooses Israel for ''Cloud'' Accelerator - Arutz Sheva

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Microsoft Chooses Israel for 'Cloud' Accelerator
Arutz Sheva
Microsoft is “up in the clouds” over Israel. The firm's first-ever startup accelerator aims at developing the cloud-based Windows Azure. By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Microsoft is “up in the clouds” over Israel, which has been chosen for its first-ever startup ...

2012-03-18 00:53:03 - Microsoft Apologizing for Azure outage, Refunds Third of February''s Bill - ITProPortal

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Microsoft Apologizing for Azure outage, Refunds Third of February's Bill
ITProPortal
Microsoft is issuing a refund to all customers regardless of whether or not they have been affected by Azure's leap year outage. The leap day has been a hard test for Microsoft's Azure service, the cloud hosting platform being hit by major problems on ...
Windows Azure OverviewSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Exploring the Windows Azure OutageInfoQ.com
Microsoft to Launch Incubator in IsraelWall Street Journal (blog)
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2012-03-17 02:08:26 - Amazon Sees Further Price Drops in Cloud, Pressuring Microsoft - BusinessWeek
Amazon Sees Further Price Drops in Cloud, Pressuring Microsoft
BusinessWeek
Microsoft responded days later with reductions on its rival Azure services. “We expect prices to be lower and lower over time, and load volumes to be higher and higher,” said Adam Selipsky, a vice president at Amazon Web Services.

2012-03-16 22:54:14 - Outages prompt multi-cloud evaluations - GigaOm

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Outages prompt multi-cloud evaluations
GigaOm
Earlier this month, a 12-hour Leap Day Azure outage afflicted Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. With these snafus, business customers are starting to realize that while cloud computing can cut costs, it is no panacea: Clouds run on data centers and data ...
Cloud Computing: HP to Field Public Cloud SoonSYS-CON Media (press release)

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2012-03-16 21:08:20 - Exploring the Windows Azure Outage - InfoQ.com
Exploring the Windows Azure Outage
InfoQ.com
Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform recently suffered a partial service outage due to a leap year bug. As the servers and software that form the service rolled over to 00:00 UST February 29, failures began to occur. The date change exposed a ...

2012-03-16 20:24:49 - Cloud49 Releases Human Capital Management Software Fireweed HCMS on Windows Azure - Business Review USA
Cloud49 Releases Human Capital Management Software Fireweed HCMS on Windows Azure
Business Review USA (press release)
Cloud49 this week announced it released its application, Fireweed HCMS, built on Windows Azure, Microsoft's Cloud Computing platform. ANCHORAGE, AK, March 16, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Cloud49 this week announced it released its application, ...

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2012-03-16 15:53:47 - Top 12 Features of SQL Server 2012 - Microsoft Certified Professional
Top 12 Features of SQL Server 2012
Microsoft Certified Professional
SQL Azure Enhancements -- These don't really go directly with the release of SQL 2012, but Microsoft is making some key enhancements to SQL Azure. Reporting Services for Azure will be available, along with backup to the Windows Azure data store, ...

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2012-03-16 15:40:05 - Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure: Were Price Cuts Wise? - TalkinCloud
Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure: Were Price Cuts Wise?
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Joe Panettieri on What's my reaction to the recent Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure price cuts? That's the question I heard over and over again from VARs, MSPs and cloud services providers (CSPs) during a cloud computing event yesterday in New ...

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2012-03-16 05:34:28 - Real or FUD? ''When the Cloud Really Fails'' - Wired News
Real or FUD? 'When the Cloud Really Fails'
Wired News
He cites Microsoft Azure's leap-day outage as “a certain reminder of how things can — and will — go wrong in cloud services and that each organization is responsible for their own business continuity.” Until recently, that was a concern of David ...

2012-03-15 23:37:13 - Azure Root Cause Analysis: Transparency Wins - DABCC.com
Azure Root Cause Analysis: Transparency Wins
DABCC.com
Late Friday evening, Microsoft released their root cause analysis (RCA) for the Azure Leap Day Bug outage. My last two blog posts chronicled what I heard from Azure customers regarding the outage. I want to share that I was very pleased with the level ...

2012-03-15 20:25:40 - Microsoft to Launch Incubator in Israel - Wall Street Journal
Microsoft to Launch Incubator in Israel
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Nick Clayton Microsoft is to set up its first incubator. The Windows Azure Accelerator will be based at the company's research and development center in Herzliya Pituah, Israel. Globes reports on the Windows Azure Accelerator: The incubator's name ...

2012-03-15 18:22:15 - Six months of solid Office 365 performance

Windows IT Pro (blog)
Six months of solid Office 365 performance (but...)
Windows IT Pro (blog)
Following up on Microsoft's announcement yesterday describing their sheer delight in being able to drop prices for enterprise Office 365 plans by between 13% and 20%, I wanted to write an upbeat note to congratulate Office 365 for delivering a ...
Office 365 & Windows Azure Cloud Pricing: How Low Can It Go?TalkinCloud
Azure Cloud Outage: Microsoft Offers Customer CreditsCRN

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2012-03-15 08:05:10 - Amazon is No. 1. Who''s next in cloud computing? - GigaOm

GigaOm
Amazon is No. 1. Who's next in cloud computing?
GigaOm
Next week, it is expected to announce timing for the first of its ERP products — actually the first of any of its major products — to run on Azure. And, going forward, Microsoft Azure's embrace of Hadoop could attract more of the next-generation ...

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2012-03-15 07:43:11 - Office 365 & Windows Azure Cloud Pricing: How Low Can It Go? - TalkinCloud

Consumer Tech
Office 365 & Windows Azure Cloud Pricing: How Low Can It Go?
TalkinCloud
by Joe Panettieri on Microsoft has cut Office 365 and Windows Azure pricing, the latest potential sign that some channel partners could get caught in a cloud computing price war long before most IT customers have shifted their systems into the cloud.
Azure Cloud Outage: Microsoft Offers Customer CreditsCRN

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2012-03-15 06:46:11 - Be Prepared For When the Cloud Really Fails - PCWorld
Be Prepared For When the Cloud Really Fails
PCWorld
By George V. Hulme, CSO Consider the Microsoft so-called "Leap year" bug that crippled that company's Azure cloud services last month. Bill Laing, vice president for Microsoft's server and cloud division, described the system failure in a blog post and ...

2012-03-15 04:16:52 - Microsoft to Credit Customers for Azure Leap Day Bug - Datamation

TechCrunch
Microsoft to Credit Customers for Azure Leap Day Bug
Datamation
As Microsoft tries to make amends, the company provides an uncharacteristically transparent look into events during the Leap Day outage. Microsoft suffered a widespread outage on its Azure cloud platform on February 29 and it's trying to make amends to ...
To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company's First-Ever Startup ...TechCrunch
Microsoft Azure refunds to compensate for Leap Day outageSlashGear
Microsoft's Azure leap-year bug detailedZDNet Australia
InformationWeek -Techworld.com -ZDNet (blog)
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2012-03-15 00:56:47 - Microsoft launches Windows Azure Accelerator in Israel - CNET
Microsoft launches Windows Azure Accelerator in Israel
CNET
Microsoft is playing nice with startups in its new Windows Azure Accelerator. The company announced recently that the Accelerator, which will rely heavily upon Microsoft's Azure cloud service, will be a four-month program designed for early stage ...
Microsoft Israel launching start up incubatorGlobes

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2012-03-15 00:10:36 - Windows 8 Broken, Ex-Microsoft Worker Says - InformationWeek
Windows 8 Broken, Ex-Microsoft Worker Says
InformationWeek
He's now a user experience designer at Amazon, a company that is moving into competition with Microsoft on a number of fronts. Amazon's AWS cloud services group competes with Microsoft's Azure platform, and Windows 8 touch tablets will go head to head ...

2012-03-14 23:13:35 - Microsoft Israel launching start-up incubator - Globes
Microsoft Israel launching start-up incubator
Globes
Microsoft Israel's R&D center is setting up a start-up incubator - Windows Azure Accelerator. After years of passive support for start-ups, during which Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) provided access to development tools and services, ...

2012-03-14 23:13:35 - Microsoft Israel launching start up incubator - Globes
Microsoft Israel launching start up incubator
Globes
Microsoft Israel's R&D center is setting up a start up incubator - Windows Azure Accelerator. After years of passive support for start ups, during which Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) provided access to development tools and services, ...

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2012-03-14 20:12:44 - Windows 8 applications get a lift from Azure - ZDNet UK
Windows 8 applications get a lift from Azure
ZDNet UK (blog)
The update lets developers use Microsoft's Azure cloud to bring live updates and push notifications to applications built on Windows 8's Metro-style user interface in the operating system. The toolkit's key features include documentation for installing ...

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2012-03-14 20:07:49 - ASU Accelerator Programs Named Microsoft BizSpark Network Partners - Yahoo! Contributors Network

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ASU Accelerator Programs Named Microsoft BizSpark Network Partners
Yahoo! Contributors Network
This partnership will allow ASU to nominate the startups enrolled in their accelerators to receive Microsoft products and services, including Cloud Computing solution, Windows Azure and Windows Phone Platform. “Our focus in the Venture Catalyst and ...

2012-03-14 06:37:59 - Microsoft''s Azure leap-year bug detailed - ZDNet Australia

VentureBeat
Microsoft's Azure leap-year bug detailed
ZDNet Australia
By the numbers: Microsoft could still win mobile Microsoft has detailed the root causes of its Windows Azure service interruption that occurred on 29 February — and I'm not sure whether I'm reading a report from a three-person service desk, ...
To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company's First-Ever Startup ...TechCrunch
Microsoft Azure refunds to compensate for Leap Day outageSlashGear
Microsoft Azure customers given credits for 'Leap Day' outageTechworld.com
ZDNet (blog) -InformationWeek -VentureBeat
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2012-03-14 06:03:58 - To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company''s First-Ever Startup ... - TechCrunch

TechCrunch
To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company's First-Ever Startup ...
TechCrunch
Today, Microsoft is launching the first startup accelerator in the company's history in an effort to encourage more entrepreneurs to build their cloud-based applications using Windows Azure. The program will take place at the Microsoft Israel Research ...
Microsoft Azure refunds to compensate for Leap Day outageSlashGear
Microsoft Azure customers given credits for 'Leap Day' outageTechworld.com
Microsoft to provide Azure users with 33 percent credit for February outageZDNet (blog)
InformationWeek -CRN -PC Magazine
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2012-03-14 03:30:45 - Ariet
Ariett(R) Announces a Complete, New Cloud eProcurement Solution
MarketWatch (press release)
"Ariett's eProcurement cloud solution captures critical information to analyze spending across corporate entities, driving down costs with a powerful single solution backed by the Microsoft(TM) Windows Azure platform," said Glenn Brodie, President of ...

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2012-03-14 00:06:18 - Microsoft Meets Star Trek With Universal Translator - InformationWeek
Microsoft Meets Star Trek With Universal Translator
InformationWeek
Translator Hub relies on a translation engine that resides on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, and input from users. Users start the process by feeding paired documents into the engine that have been already translated from, say, English to French.

2012-03-14 00:01:57 - Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 3: Identifying Your Security Frame - DABCC.com
Windows Azure Security Best Practices – Part 3: Identifying Your Security Frame
DABCC.com
When you are building out your cloud application, security should be front and center in your Windows Azure planning and execution. In this part, I explore how you can examine the architecture of your application. The pattern and practices teams ...

2012-03-13 23:27:18 - Microsoft to provide Azure users with 33 percent credit for February outage - ZDNet
Microsoft to provide Azure users with 33 percent credit for February outage
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 13, 2012, 7:25am PDT Summary: Microsoft officials have posted a detailed analysis of what led to a widespread leap-year-day outage of its Azure public cloud service. Microsoft officials said all customers of its Azure Compute, ...

2012-03-13 13:22:11 - Microsoft Azure refunds to compensate for Leap Day outage - SlashGear

DatacenterDynamics
Microsoft Azure refunds to compensate for Leap Day outage
SlashGear
Microsoft will be offering sweeping refunds for customers of its Azure cloud service, regardless of whether or not their individual service was impacted. The refunds are to compensate for an embarrassing bug that caused some customers to be unable to ...
Azure Outage Caused By False Failure Alarms: MicrosoftInformationWeek
Microsoft to Issue Refunds for Azure 'Leap Day' OutagePC Magazine
Microsoft Offers Credits for 'Leap Day' Azure OutagePCWorld
CRN -Wired News -Register
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2012-03-13 07:08:47 - Microsoft''s Partner Strategy: Jon Roskill On the Record - The VAR Guy
Microsoft's Partner Strategy: Jon Roskill On the Record
The VAR Guy
And that strategy includes the biggest launch cycle in Microsoft's history — including Windows 8 across tablets, desktops and servers; an Office upgrade; and continued advancements with Windows Azure and Office 365. Microsoft also plans to tell the ...

2012-03-13 06:01:08 - Azure Cloud Outage: Microsoft Offers Customer Credits - CRN
Azure Cloud Outage: Microsoft Offers Customer Credits
CRN
By Jack McCarthy, CRN Microsoft, in response to a Leap Year bug that knocked out its Azure cloud services last month, said it is issuing 33 percent credits to Azure customers and overhauling its cloud disaster recovery, testing and customer services.

2012-03-13 04:06:49 - Microsoft Azure customers receive 33% refund - Ubergizmo

Ubergizmo
Microsoft Azure customers receive 33% refund
Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee on 03/12/2012 12:06 PDT If you are a Microsoft Azure customer, then we are pleased to inform you that you would definitely be on the receiving end of a 33% refund for your cloud services where February 2012 is concerned, simply because of ...

2012-03-13 04:03:08 - Microsoft to Issue Refunds for Azure ''Leap Day'' Outage - PC Magazine

TechCrunch
Microsoft to Issue Refunds for Azure 'Leap Day' Outage
PC Magazine
Specifically, Microsoft said it would issue a 33 percent credit to all customers of Windows Azure Compute, Access Control, Service Bus and Caching for the entire affected billing months for these services, regardless of whether or not the customer's ...
To Boost Windows Azure, Microsoft Launches Company's First-Ever Startup ...TechCrunch
Microsoft Offers Credits for 'Leap Day' Azure OutagePCWorld
Microsoft to Credit Customers for Azure Leap Day BugDatamation
InformationWeek -ZDNet (blog) -TalkinCloud
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2012-03-13 03:02:08 - How a tiny leap-day miscalculation trashed Microsoft Azure - Register
How a tiny leap-day miscalculation trashed Microsoft Azure
Register
By Chris Williams • Get more from this author As soon as Microsoft's cloudy platform Azure crashed to Earth, and stayed there for eight hours, on 29 February, every developer who has ever had to handle dates immediately figured it was a leap-day bug.

2012-03-13 02:19:26 - Microsoft Credits Azure Customers For Leap Day Outage - Wired News
Microsoft Credits Azure Customers For Leap Day Outage
Wired News
Does the leap day 'out of service' sign hurt the cloud or just Microsoft? Have your say, below. Photo: Lachlan Hardy/Flickr Microsoft Azure customers will receive a 33 percent refund for their cloud services for February following the leap day outage, ...

2012-03-13 01:53:12 - Microsoft offers credits for ''Leap Day'' Azure outage - Network World
Microsoft offers credits for 'Leap Day' Azure outage
Network World
To make up for a string of outages that were caused by a software bug in its Azure cloud services Microsoft is granting affected customers a 33% credit for the time they were left stranded during the Feb. 29 failure. Some Azure services were unaffected ...

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2012-03-13 01:42:19 - Microsoft''s Azure cloud outage traced to ''leap-year bug'' - DatacenterDynamics

DatacenterDynamics
Microsoft's Azure cloud outage traced to 'leap-year bug'
DatacenterDynamics
A Microsoft ITPAC – the basic infrastructure building block of Windows Azure. Image courtesy of Microsoft Microsoft's public-cloud service Windows Azure experienced a widespread outage at the end of February due to a software bug related to a leap-year ...

2012-03-13 00:03:31 - So what happens to storage…. - GigaOm
So what happens to storage….
GigaOm
12, 2012, 7:59am PT No Comments So far this month, Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft's Azure cut the prices on their cloud storage offerings. These three companies are part of a big change that is sweeping the business world — instead of ...

2012-03-12 23:25:21 - Microsoft Details Azure Outage, Modifications - Information Management
Microsoft Details Azure Outage, Modifications
Information Management
March 12, 2012 – Microsoft will bolster its Azure cloud platform testing, controls and tools, as well as beef up customer communications in response to the “extraordinary nature” of an 18-hour disruption triggered by a Leap Day software bug.

2012-03-12 23:21:25 - Azure Outage Caused By False Failure Alarms: Microsoft - InformationWeek

GigaOm
Azure Outage Caused By False Failure Alarms: Microsoft
InformationWeek
By Charles Babcock InformationWeek A process meant to detect failed hardware in Microsoft's Azure cloud was inadvertently triggered by a Leap Day software bug that set invalid expiration dates for security certificates. The bad certificates caused ...
Microsoft tries to make good on Azure outageGigaOm
Microsoft details leap day bug that took down Azure, refunds customersArs Technica
Microsoft Azure Outage Blamed on Leap YearCloudTweaks News
Data Center Knowledge -Information Management -ZDNet Australia
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2012-03-12 22:53:22 - Microsoft tries to make good on Azure outage - GigaOm

GigaOm
Microsoft tries to make good on Azure outage
GigaOm
12, 2012, 6:37am PT No Comments Microsoft is issuing credits for the recent Leap Day Azure outage. The glitch, which cropped up in on Feb. 29 and persisted well into the next day, was a setback to Microsoft, which is trying to convince businesses and ...
Microsoft Azure Outage Blamed on Leap YearCloudTweaks News
Microsoft Offers Credit for Azure Cloud OutageData Center Knowledge
Microsoft cuts Azure pricingZDNet Australia
CIO India
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2012-03-12 22:47:37 - Microsoft unveils universal translator that converts your voice into another ... - ExtremeTech

ExtremeTech
Microsoft unveils universal translator that converts your voice into another ...
ExtremeTech
Once the training period is out of the way, there's no reason that translation couldn't be performed in real time on a smartphone, or near-real-time if you outsourced the work to a cloud computer cluster, like Microsoft Azure.

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2012-03-12 21:39:48 - Microsoft Offers Credit for Azure Cloud Outage - Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge
Microsoft Offers Credit for Azure Cloud Outage
Data Center Knowledge
Microsoft has offered a service credit for customers of its Windows Azure cloud computing service in the wake of an extended outage on Feb. 29 due to a Leap Year date issue. Microsoft also apologized for problems with its status dashboard for Azure, ...

2012-03-12 20:48:25 - Microsoft Azure Outage Blamed on Leap Year - CloudTweaks News

CloudTweaks News
Microsoft Azure Outage Blamed on Leap Year
CloudTweaks News
Now, it seems that another date problem is to blame for Microsoft's cloud 28 February saw Azure customers facing problems throughout the globe. According to Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet, “Azure problems began with an outage in the Windows Azure Management ...
Microsoft cuts Azure pricingZDNet Australia
Cloud Economics Improving for Users in Wake of Price CutsCIO India

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2012-03-12 19:08:17 - No debate for former Microsoft exec: PC''s time has passed - Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Dispatch
No debate for former Microsoft exec: PC's time has passed
Columbus Dispatch
Ozzie was central in the creation of Microsoft's Azure project — its main push into 'cloud,' or Internet-based, computing — but he left four years later with Microsoft still trailing Amazon.com and Google in web-savvy. “My job there was primarily a ...

2012-03-12 06:34:53 - Microsoft cuts Azure pricing - ZDNet Australia
Microsoft cuts Azure pricing
ZDNet Australia
By Larry Dignan, ZDNet US on March 12th, 2012 (47 mins ago) Microsoft last week cut pricing on its Azure storage-as-you-go-service and its extra-small compute effort. What does it all mean? Cloud computing costs are falling fast for IT buyers and are ...

2012-03-11 22:27:55 - Microsoft SQL Server 2012, OnLive Conflict, Windows Mobile Marked Week - eWeek
Microsoft SQL Server 2012, OnLive Conflict, Windows Mobile Marked Week
eWeek
Microsoft's plans for tackling big data within the enterprise include an Apache Hadoop-based distribution for both Windows Server and Windows Azure. Apache Hadoop is a scalable solution for companies looking to crunch massive amounts of data, ...

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2012-03-10 10:44:24 - Microsoft Readies SQL Server 2012 for April 1 Release - eWeek
Microsoft Readies SQL Server 2012 for April 1 Release
eWeek
Microsoft has been working for years to get more of it software into the data center and cloud infrastructure markets with System Center and the Azure platform, and now it's working its way into the so-called Big Data space. The Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Promises Big Data, Business Intelligence SolutionsCMSWire

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2012-03-10 06:09:04 - Cloud Economics Improving for Users in Wake of Price Cuts - CIO
Cloud Economics Improving for Users in Wake of Price Cuts
CIO
On Friday, Microsoft dropped the price on its Azure Storage Pay-as-you-Go service and lowered the price of its six-month storage plan. The cost to use Azure Extra Small Compute has dropped in half. Earlier this week, Google cut the price of its Cloud ...

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2012-03-10 04:04:49 - Microsoft Trying Hard to Match AWS, Cuts Azure Pricing - ReadWriteWeb
Microsoft Trying Hard to Match AWS, Cuts Azure Pricing
ReadWriteWeb
Just a few days after Amazon announced its 19th price cut, Microsoft is announcing its own price cuts for Azure Storage and Compute. If you're looking at running a smaller instance with a 100MB database, you can now get one for less than $20 a month.

2012-03-10 03:13:09 - Burger Wars? Microsoft Azure Slings New Cloud Price Cuts - Wired News
Burger Wars? Microsoft Azure Slings New Cloud Price Cuts
Wired News
Fresh on the heels of Amazon Web Services and Google announcing a fresh round of cloud price cuts, Microsoft on Friday cut its prices on Azure storage-as-you-go and “XSmall” compute services. Will the cloud price war be like the burger wars?
Cloud's price race to zero: Microsoft cuts Azure pricing, eyes AmazonZDNet (blog)
Cloud computing will create job boom in CanadaEdmonton Journal

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2012-03-09 23:09:17 - Cloud''s price race to zero: Microsoft cuts Azure pricing, eyes Amazon - ZDNet
Cloud's price race to zero: Microsoft cuts Azure pricing, eyes Amazon
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft on Friday cut pricing on its Azure storage as you go service and its extra small compute effort. The move comes just a few days after Amazon Web Services cut its pricing. What's it all mean? Cloud computing costs are falling fast for IT ...

2012-03-09 03:26:52 - Microsoft''s movie Ctrl Alt Compete gets its Canadian debut - Canada.com
Microsoft's movie Ctrl Alt Compete gets its Canadian debut
Canada.com (blog)
Ctrl Alt Compete is more documentary than marketing but before it plays Microsoft makes a 40-minute pitch for its own startup program, BizSpark, and for Windows Azure.. A panel of four local entrepreneurs speak about their experiences with BizSpark and ...

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2012-03-09 02:45:09 - Microsoft Dynamics partners mull their role in an ... - Good Gear Guide
Microsoft Dynamics partners mull their role in an ...
Good Gear Guide
Microsoft will deliver what's expected to be a comprehensive update on its plans to bring the Dynamics line of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software to its Azure cloud service during its Convergence conference, which starts March 18 in Houston.

2012-03-09 02:30:22 - Microsoft Dynamics Partners Mull Their Role in an Azure ERP World - PCWorld
Microsoft Dynamics Partners Mull Their Role in an Azure ERP World
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Microsoft will deliver what's expected to be a comprehensive update on its plans to bring the Dynamics line of ERP (enterprise resource planning) software to its Azure cloud service during its Convergence conference, ...

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2012-03-09 02:23:24 - Infogroup Targeting Solution''s Infoconnect Moves to the Cloud With Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Infogroup Targeting Solution's Infoconnect Moves to the Cloud With Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
OMAHA, Neb., Mar 8, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Infogroup Targeting Solutions, today announced it became a preferred Microsoft partner for the Windows Azure cloud platform to launch Infoconnect, an API solution that provides real-time access to ...

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2012-03-08 23:25:34 - Microsoft previews Windows Embedded 8 - EE Times

EE Times
Microsoft previews Windows Embedded 8
EE Times
Windows Embedded Standard 8 also boasts tools that allow users to access data stored in Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services through their handheld devices. The software provides near-Field Communication support to enable exchange of ...

2012-03-08 23:11:36 - Cloud computing will create job boom in Canada - Edmonton Journal

Windows IT Pro
Cloud computing will create job boom in Canada
Edmonton Journal
Examples include services such as Google Docs and Microsoft's Windows Azure. IDC's research predicts cloud computing will create 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015, including 3700 in Edmonton, by allowing companies of all sizes to devote fewer resources ...
Cloud computing could touch off global job boomVancouver Sun
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in IndiaMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts Will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015Windows IT Pro
NorthumberlandView.ca -Insurance Networking News
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2012-03-08 23:06:15 - Microsoft Windows Embedded 8 Preview Arrives - InformationWeek

ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Windows Embedded 8 Preview Arrives
InformationWeek
Windows Embedded Standard 8 also boasts tools that allow users to access data stored in Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services through their handheld devices. Like most other arenas of computing these days, Microsoft is encountering ...
Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard 8 PreviewRedmond Developer News
Microsoft: Windows 8 bridges work and homeZDNet (blog)

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2012-03-08 22:30:17 - Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2012 - Data Center Knowledge

V3.co.uk
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2012
Data Center Knowledge
Furthering its commitment to connect SQL Server and rich business intelligence tools with unstructured data, Microsoft announced plans to release an additional limited preview of an Apache Hadoop-based service for Windows Azure in the first half of ...
Microsoft to add another preview build, more testers for Hadoop on AzureZDNet (blog)
Microsoft releases SQL Server 2012 to manufacturingeChannelLine
Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Big Data Power IncompleteInformationWeek
Techworld.com -V3.co.uk
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2012-03-08 20:02:05 - Microsoft Azure outage shows clear need for different cloud testing - InfoWorld
Microsoft Azure outage shows clear need for different cloud testing
InfoWorld (blog)
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld Last week, Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service suffered an outage that was later blamed on a leap year issue, a bug that is now fixed. Although this seems like par for the course in the world of software, ...

2012-03-08 18:27:15 - The Cloud''s silver lining - Edmonton Journal

Windows IT Pro
The Cloud's silver lining
Edmonton Journal
Examples include services such as Google Docs and Microsoft's Windows Azure. IDC's research predicts cloud computing will create 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015, including 3700 in Edmonton, by allowing companies of all sizes to devote fewer resources ...
Cloud computing could touch off global job boomVancouver Sun
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in IndiaMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts Will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015Windows IT Pro
NorthumberlandView.ca -Insurance Networking News
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2012-03-08 12:02:31 - Former top Microsoft exec says world is over the PC - Reuters UK
Former top Microsoft exec says world is over the PC
Reuters UK
MICROSOFT'S FUTURE HINGES ON WINDOWS 8 Ozzie was central in the creation of Microsoft's Azure project -- its main push into 'cloud', or internet-based computing -- but he left four years later with Microsoft still trailing Amazon.com and Google in ...

2012-03-08 09:47:57 - Seeing the silver lining inside the Cloud - Edmonton Journal

Windows IT Pro
Seeing the silver lining inside the Cloud
Edmonton Journal
Examples include services such as Google Docs and Microsoft's Windows Azure. IDC's research predicts cloud computing will create 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015, including 3700 in Edmonton, by allowing companies of all sizes to devote fewer resources ...
Cloud computing could touch off global job boomVancouver Sun
Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts Will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015Windows IT Pro
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in IndiaMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
NorthumberlandView.ca -Insurance Networking News
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2012-03-08 08:42:23 - Azure not a slam dunk for Ray Ozzie''s next venture - GigaOm

GigaOm
Azure not a slam dunk for Ray Ozzie's next venture
GigaOm
7, 2012, 3:36pm PT No Comments Ray Ozzie, the former Microsoft executive charged with driving the development of Windows Azure, may not choose the product he helped build for his own stealth startup. Ozzie told attendees of the Geekwire Summit ...
Ray Ozzie's Startup Has Mobility, Communications at CorePCWorld

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2012-03-08 06:16:03 - Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard 8 Preview - Redmond Developer News
Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard 8 Preview
Redmond Developer News
System Center Operations Manager can be used for device monitoring too, according to Microsoft's product description (PDF). Devices using the embedded OS can connect to Microsoft's public cloud services, such as Windows Azure Storage or SQL Azure ...

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2012-03-08 04:55:20 - Microsoft Releases Embedded Version of Windows 8 for CTP - Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Releases Embedded Version of Windows 8 for CTP
Visual Studio Magazine
System Center Operations Manager can be used for device monitoring too, according to Microsoft's product description (PDF). Devices using the embedded OS can connect to Microsoft's public cloud services, such as Windows Azure Storage or SQL Azure ...

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2012-03-08 03:54:02 - Preview of Windows Embedded Standard 8 Now Available - Microsoft Certified Professional
Preview of Windows Embedded Standard 8 Now Available
Microsoft Certified Professional
System Center Operations Manager can be used for device monitoring too, according to Microsoft's product description (PDF). Devices using the embedded OS can connect to Microsoft's public cloud services, such as Windows Azure Storage or SQL Azure ...

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2012-03-08 01:04:06 - Microsoft positions database SQL Server 2012 for the Big Data market - Techworld.com

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Microsoft positions database SQL Server 2012 for the Big Data market
Techworld.com
SQL Server 2012 has been modified to work with Microsoft's Azure-based deployment of Hadoop. Last October, the company launched, as a preview service, a Hadoop service on its Azure cloud. For the SQL Server 2012 release, availability of this Hadoop ...
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2012 to Help Customers Manage "Any Data, Any ...Bradenton Herald
Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Big Data Power IncompleteInformationWeek
Big data deal: Microsoft aiming for Hadoop interoperabilityGCN.com
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2012-03-07 23:27:52 - Microsoft: The World''s Biggest Cloud Software Provider? - TalkinCloud
Microsoft: The World's Biggest Cloud Software Provider?
TalkinCloud (blog)
“If you start to look at revenue through all the related channels — hosters, direct, indirect, Office 365, Azure and more — at some point [Microsoft] will be comfortable to declare ourselves the leader in cloud software,” said Roskill.

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2012-03-07 21:26:48 - Microsoft positions SQL Server 2012 for the Big Data market - Techworld.com

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Microsoft positions SQL Server 2012 for the Big Data market
Techworld.com
SQL Server 2012 has been modified to work with Microsoft's Azure-based deployment of Hadoop. Last October, the company launched, as a preview service, a Hadoop service on its Azure cloud. For the SQL Server 2012 release, availability of this Hadoop ...
Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Big Data Power IncompleteInformationWeek
Big data deal: Microsoft aiming for Hadoop interoperabilityGCN.com
No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools' DayRegister

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2012-03-07 18:56:57 - Cloud computing could touch off global job boom - Vancouver Sun

Windows IT Pro
Cloud computing could touch off global job boom
Vancouver Sun
Cloud systems like Microsoft's Azure offer state-of-the-art computing power through the Internet at a fraction of the cost of an internal system. "People starting businesses have these bright ideas and when they're seeking funding, the people providing ...
Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts Will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015Windows IT Pro
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in IndiaMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
New IDC study says cloud will deliver almost 6000 new Vancouver jobs by 2015 ...NorthumberlandView.ca
Insurance Networking News -eWeek
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2012-03-07 09:18:42 - Cloud computing will touch off global job boom - Vancouver Sun

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Cloud computing will touch off global job boom
Vancouver Sun
Cloud systems like Microsoft's Azure offer state of the art computing power through the Internet at a fraction of the cost of an internal system. “People starting businesses have these bright ideas and when they're seeking funding, the people providing ...
Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts Will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015Windows IT Pro
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in IndiaMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
New IDC study says cloud will deliver almost 6000 new Vancouver jobs by 2015 ...NorthumberlandView.ca
Insurance Networking News -TechWeekEurope UK
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2012-03-07 08:01:47 - Microsoft showcases new Kinect-centric projects at its TechFest research fair - ZDNet
Microsoft showcases new Kinect-centric projects at its TechFest research fair
ZDNet (blog)
There also are a few Azure-based demos, including something Microsoft is describing as “Bing-enabled Azure data services for the enterprise.” This project “identifies key Azure data services that have the potential to be widely useful for enterprises ...

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2012-03-07 06:54:41 - Cloud Technology Wins in NYC Super Bowl Parade - Government Technology

Government Technology
Cloud Technology Wins in NYC Super Bowl Parade
Government Technology
The Big Apple's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) used Microsoft's Azure to handle spikes in Web traffic during a two-hour sweepstakes last month. According to DoITT officials, NYC.gov experienced a demand of 80 ...

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2012-03-07 06:28:25 - Microsoft showcases more Kinect-centric projects at its TechFest research fair - ZDNet
Microsoft showcases more Kinect-centric projects at its TechFest research fair
ZDNet (blog)
There also are a few Azure-based demos, including something Microsoft is describing as “Bing-enabled Azure data services for the enterprise.” This project “identifies key Azure data services that have the potential to be widely useful for enterprises ...

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2012-03-07 06:20:50 - DMTI Announces Location Hub
DMTI Announces Location Hub® for Microsoft SQL Server Data Quality Services
Midland Daily News
DMTI Spatial Inc. (DMTI), Canada's leading provider of Location Intelligence solutions, has announced the release of Location Hub® for Microsoft SQL Server Data Quality Services, which is a part of the Windows Azure Marketplace Data Quality Services ...

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2012-03-07 03:03:41 - Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Big Data Power Incomplete - InformationWeek

GigaOm
Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Big Data Power Incomplete
InformationWeek
Those were announced in October and released late last year along with a preview Hadoop service on Microsoft SQL Azure. It's a decent start in that Microsoft customers can at least move data from SQL Server into Hadoop and bring boiled-down MapReduce ...
Microsoft Courts Big Data Market With SQL Server UpdatePCWorld
No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools' DayRegister

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2012-03-07 03:01:37 - Microsoft Courts Big Data Market With SQL Server Update - PCWorld

BetaNews
Microsoft Courts Big Data Market With SQL Server Update
PCWorld
SQL Server 2012 has been modified to work with Microsoft's Azure-based deployment of Hadoop. Last October, the company launched, as a preview service, a Hadoop service on its Azure cloud. For the SQL Server 2012 release, availability of this Hadoop ...
Microsoft SQL Server 2012: Big Data Power IncompleteInformationWeek
No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools' DayRegister
SQL Server 2012 Hits Metal, Available for EvaluationRedmondmag.com
GigaOm -CRN
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2012-03-07 02:08:22 - No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools'' Day - Register
No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools' Day
Register
Leland also confirmed that the proposed integration with Hadoop on Microsoft's Azure platform would be continuing apace, with a new beta for the system due out in the second half of the year. The company is also widening the range of companies who can ...

2012-03-07 02:03:37 - Microsoft to add another preview build, more testers for Hadoop on Azure - ZDNet
Microsoft to add another preview build, more testers for Hadoop on Azure
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | March 6, 2012, 9:02am PST Summary: Microsoft's coming second technology preview build of Hadoop on Azure may result in the product being released later than March 2012. Microsoft is adding a second, previously undisclosed Community ...

2012-03-07 02:02:50 - Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2012 to Help Customers Manage "Any Data, Any ... - MarketWatch

The Next Web (blog)
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2012 to Help Customers Manage "Any Data, Any ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... on Microsoft's commitment to help customers manage any data, regardless of size, both on-premises and in the cloud, the company today also disclosed additional details regarding its plans to release an Apache Hadoop-based service for Windows Azure.
Tagetik to Take Part in the SQL Server 2012 LaunchPR Newswire (press release)
Microsoft releases SQL Server 2012 to manufacturersThe Next Web (blog)

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2012-03-07 00:44:05 - Amazon Web Services cuts prices to fend off Azure and Rackspace - ComputerworldUK

GigaOm
Amazon Web Services cuts prices to fend off Azure and Rackspace
ComputerworldUK
By Chris Kanaracus | IDG News Service | Published 15:41, 06 March 12 Amazon Web Services has cut its prices for the 19th time in six years in a bid to fend off competition from the likes of Microsoft Azure and Rackspace. "AWS works hard to lower our ...
Amazon Web Services enacts 'significant' price cutGood Gear Guide

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2012-03-07 00:39:27 - Microsoft Azure Leap Day Outage Questions Persist - InformationWeek
Microsoft Azure Leap Day Outage Questions Persist
InformationWeek
Is defective security certificate from a third party to blame for Azure outage? Microsoft won't say yet. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Microsoft continues to do root cause analysis on why its Windows Azure cloud identity management service failed ...

2012-03-07 00:00:35 - Amazon Web Services Enacts ''significant'' Price Cut - PCWorld
Amazon Web Services Enacts 'significant' Price Cut
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Amazon Web Services has cut its prices for the 19th time in six years in a bid to fend off competition from the likes of Microsoft Azure and Rackspace. "AWS works hard to lower our costs so that we can pass those savings ...

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2012-03-06 23:36:58 - Netcraft: Open web platforms the winners - ITworld.com
Netcraft: Open web platforms the winners
ITworld.com
It raises an interesting corollary about the overall status of Microsoft's cloud efforts, because I have to wonder how IIS is faring on Microsoft's own Azure cloud platform, where one would think IIS would have a strong showing.

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2012-03-06 20:57:03 - Microsoft: Windows 8 bridges between work and home - ZDNet
Microsoft: Windows 8 bridges between work and home
ZDNet (blog)
Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET The huge number of businesses using Windows is a tremendous asset for Microsoft, especially given that PCs dovetail with Microsoft's server software such as Exchange and, increasingly, cloud-based services such as Azure.

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2012-03-06 12:16:37 - Microsoft Broadens Apache Hadoop Contributions - Redmond Developer News

ZDNet UK
Microsoft Broadens Apache Hadoop Contributions
Redmond Developer News (blog)
Data Explorer, offered via Microsoft's SQL Azure Labs, accommodates multiple data formats and ties into the Windows Azure Marketplace, which provides data feeds for a price. Data Explorer for SQL Azure provides "capabilities for data curation, ...
Windows Server 8 BetaZDNet UK
Windows Server 8 goes betaGadget

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2012-03-06 07:26:38 - Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Makes Metro Real - InformationWeek
Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Makes Metro Real
InformationWeek
Through Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing service, developers can provide hooks to help users share data, similar to how Apple's iCloud and Dropbox work. The upcoming live beta will allow developers to create Metro-style apps for Windows 7 and Windows ...

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2012-03-06 02:21:31 - Microsoft Furthering Open Source Hadoop Interoperability With Windows - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Furthering Open Source Hadoop Interoperability With Windows
Redmondmag.com
Data Explorer, offered via Microsoft's SQL Azure Labs, accommodates multiple data formats and ties into the Windows Azure Marketplace, which provides data feeds for a price. Data Explorer for SQL Azure provides "capabilities for data curation, ...

and more »
2012-03-06 00:13:04 - Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015 - Windows IT Pro

Moneycontrol.com
Microsoft: Our Cloud Efforts will Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015
Windows IT Pro
And Microsoft's premier cloud computing service, Windows Azure, was last week brought to its knees because of an embarrassing date bug related to the February 29 Leap Day. Too, Apple recently claimed that it had "created or supported” 514000 jobs in ...
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in IndiaMoneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
Cloud powers innovation, spurs sky high job growth in Canada and across the globeCanada NewsWire (press release)

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2012-03-05 22:03:07 - 15 New Rules For IT To Live By - InformationWeek
15 New Rules For IT To Live By
InformationWeek
So instead of using the old approach, Flextronics' IT team deployed the software, which is custom-built on a Microsoft stack, using Microsoft's Azure cloud service. The software runs in Microsoft's data center; the only software needed at the client's ...

2012-03-05 20:15:38 - G-Cloud Completes First Sale - TechWeekEurope UK

TechWeekEurope UK
G-Cloud Completes First Sale
TechWeekEurope UK
The government has completed its first sale through the G-Cloud framework, in spite of availability troubles caused by a Microsoft Azure outage that affected the programme's CloudStore platform last week. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), ...

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2012-03-05 20:08:46 - Learning from the cloud''s failings - InfoWorld
Learning from the cloud's failings
InfoWorld
By Matt Prigge | InfoWorld This past week saw another high-profile cloud infrastructure failure as Microsoft's Azure Compute service experienced an extended service outage. As in previous cases, such as last April's Amazon EC2 outage, this event caused ...

2012-03-05 19:13:08 - Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in India - Business Wire India
Microsoft: Cloud Computing to Create over 2 million Jobs by 2015 in India
Business Wire India (press release)
Office 365, Microsoft's enterprise-class cloud productivity suite and Dynamics CRM Online have been adopted widely by organizations of all sizes across the country. Windows Azure, Microsoft's platform in the cloud, is fostering innovation and ...

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2012-03-05 17:49:42 - Windows Server 8 Beta - ZDNet UK

ZDNet UK
Windows Server 8 Beta
ZDNet UK
By Simon Bisson, ZDNet UK, 5 March, 2012 08:48 You might think that Microsoft's cloud investments were limited to its online services and its cloud platform Azure. But being 'all in' on the cloud is about more than running massive datacentres.

2012-03-04 01:11:11 - Leap Year Gotcha for Azure - iProgrammer
Leap Year Gotcha for Azure
iProgrammer
Although Microsoft responded in a timely manner to an outage of its Azure Compute service last week, it was left having to admit to a software bug that really should not have occurred. In a post on the Windows Azure blog, Microsoft has admitted that ...
Windows Azure Blackout Caused by the Leap-Year BugInfoQ.com

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2012-03-04 00:07:15 - Week in Microsoft: Windows 8 frenzy - Ars Technica
Week in Microsoft: Windows 8 frenzy
Ars Technica
Microsoft released a slew of new product previews from the long-awaited Windows 8 Consumer Preview to the Visual Studio 11 beta. It wasn't all roses though. Microsoft's Azure suffered a leap-day related outage and a beta release of Skype for Windows ...

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2012-03-03 07:02:43 - Partner Says Microsoft Should Offer Credits For Azure Outage - CRN

Christian Science Monitor
Partner Says Microsoft Should Offer Credits For Azure Outage
CRN
“In this case, I would hope that Microsoft does the right thing and provides credits,” said David Geevaratne, president of New Signature, a Washington, DC-based Microsoft partner and provider of cloud and Office 365 services.
Microsoft Windows Azure Downtime Blamed on Leap-Year BugeWeek
IT industry news: Microsoft expanding data centre in DublinComputeach
Leap Year Bug Causes Massive Microsoft Windows Azure OutageTalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-03-03 05:15:14 - Leap Day brings down Microsoft''s Azure cloud service - Digitaltrends.com

Digitaltrends.com
Leap Day brings down Microsoft's Azure cloud service
Digitaltrends.com
Microsoft is touting its Azure services as a reliable cloud platform for enterprises and apps...yet it was thrown for a loop by February 29. Microsoft has been running its Azure cloud services since 2009, touting the technology as a robust and secure ...
Microsoft's Azure cloud leap-day meltdownZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Azure cloud platform back after leap year outageConsumer Tech
Yes, Microsoft Azure Was Downed By Leap-Year BugWired News
eWeek -InformationWeek -CIO India
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2012-03-03 04:11:20 - Why Putting 99.9% of Computing on the Cloud Works for Risk Analytics Firm Axioma - American Banker
Why Putting 99.9% of Computing on the Cloud Works for Risk Analytics Firm Axioma
American Banker
The company puts 99.9% of its computing on the cloud, specifically on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, and has done so for more than three years without incident. Azure is a platform used to build, host and scale web applications through Microsoft ...

2012-03-03 03:45:11 - UK governments Microsoft cloud rains - Fudzilla
UK governments Microsoft cloud rains
Fudzilla
The UK government's newly launched CloudStore, which is a catalogue of approved cloud services and providers for public sector organisations, failed after problems with its hosting provider, Microsoft Azure. A Microsoft spokesperson said at the time ...

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2012-03-03 02:38:56 - Microsoft''s Azure cloud leap-day meltdown - ZDNet

eWeek
Microsoft's Azure cloud leap-day meltdown
ZDNet (blog)
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | March 2, 2012, 9:36am PST Summary: Everyone makes mistakes, but for Microsoft to make a killer leap day blunder with its Azure cloud service is inexcusable. Sometimes, Microsoft can make great programs, Windows 2008 R2 ...
Yes, Microsoft Azure Was Downed By Leap-Year BugWired News
Microsoft Azure Leap Year Glitch: Key Lessons LearnedeWeek
Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn't SootheInformationWeek
PCWorld
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2012-03-02 23:52:59 - WinInfo Short Takes: March 2, 2012 - Windows IT Pro

V3.co.uk
WinInfo Short Takes: March 2, 2012
Windows IT Pro
An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including Microsoft's amazingly successful launch of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Azure falls for the oldest trick in the book, Google's privacy policy change goes live and the world moves ...
Microsoft moves Windows Server 8 into beta phaseV3.co.uk
Microsoft: Nomura's Sherlund Boosts Target; Bullish On Win 8Forbes

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2012-03-02 23:52:59 - WinInfo Short Takes, March 2, 2012 - Windows IT Pro

V3.co.uk
WinInfo Short Takes, March 2, 2012
Windows IT Pro
I'm pretty sure Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud offerings are compelling and futuristic and whatnot, but you have to admit that this is so embarrassing it's almost unspeakable. But when users first in Europe and then North America started complaining ...
Microsoft moves Windows Server 8 into beta phaseV3.co.uk
Microsoft: Nomura's Sherlund Boosts Target; Bullish On Win 8Forbes
Microsoft Has A Mobile FutureSeeking Alpha

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2012-03-02 23:50:24 - Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn''t Soothe - DABCC.com
Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn't Soothe
DABCC.com
Microsoft's Azure cloud outage Wednesday was apparently caused by a glitch related to leap day, according to a post mortem offered by the computer giant. Late Wednesday, the Microsoft Azure team blogged that it had moved quickly once it discovered the ...

2012-03-02 23:25:55 - MICROSOFT CORPORATION : Sundance Looks to StorSimple to Simplify Its Massive ... - 4-traders
MICROSOFT CORPORATION : Sundance Looks to StorSimple to Simplify Its Massive ...
4-traders
March 2, 2012 - StorSimple takes an innovative approach to storage design, betting early on the Windows Azure platform and assembling a first-rate team to make cloud-integrated storage a reality for enterprise companies. Like many other innovations, ...

2012-03-02 22:22:42 - Microsoft woos startups with free software, advice - Computerworld
Microsoft woos startups with free software, advice
Computerworld
"Azure could be worth $100000 if we do well." Kim was referring to the competing Microsoft cloud platform. His company, GIO Software, gets free use of Azure because it is a member of BizSpark, Microsoft's program to foster startups and encourage them ...

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2012-03-02 22:18:32 - Microsoft wooing startups with free software, business advice - InfoWorld
Microsoft wooing startups with free software, business advice
InfoWorld
"Azure could be worth $100000 if we do well." Kim was referring to the competing Microsoft cloud platform. His company, GIO Software, gets free use of Azure because it is a member of BizSpark, Microsoft's program to foster startups and encourage them ...

2012-03-02 20:41:46 - Microsoft woo startups with free software, advice - Computerworld
Microsoft woo startups with free software, advice
Computerworld
"Azure could be worth $100000 if we do well." Kim was referring to the competing Microsoft cloud platform. His company, GIO Software, gets free use of Azure because it is a member of BizSpark, Microsoft's program to foster startups and encourage them ...

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2012-03-02 20:06:23 - Windows Azure Blackout Caused by the Leap-Year Bug - InfoQ.com
Windows Azure Blackout Caused by the Leap-Year Bug
InfoQ.com
Several sub-regions of the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud were affected by the leap-year bug making some of their services unavailable for many customers for 12 to 24 hours. According to Windows Azure Service Dashboard, a number of services were ...

2012-03-02 18:37:33 - Microsoft Azure cloud platform back up after leap year outage - CIO UK
Microsoft Azure cloud platform back up after leap year outage
CIO UK
By Chris Kanaracus | Published: 09:26 GMT, 02 March 12 Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service was apparently running nearly trouble-free on Thursday, following a series of outages on Wednesday that affected multiple aspects of ...

2012-03-02 13:20:21 - Microsoft Wooing Startups to Its Platforms With Free Software, Business Advice - PCWorld
Microsoft Wooing Startups to Its Platforms With Free Software, Business Advice
PCWorld
"Azure could be worth $100000 if we do well." Kim was referring to the competing Microsoft cloud platform. His company, GIO Software, gets free use of Azure because it is a member of BizSpark, Microsoft's program to foster startups and encourage them ...

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2012-03-02 10:18:55 - The Truth About RHEV - Server Watch
The Truth About RHEV
Server Watch
That may be true, but when it comes to the public cloud, the news is all about VMware's vCloud, Microsoft's Azure, the Citrix-sponsored CloudStack, OpenStack and ... very little about RHEV. However it does seem that, finally, Red Hat is starting to ...

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2012-03-02 08:05:05 - Yes, Microsoft Azure Was Downed By Leap-Year Bug - Wired News

eWeek
Yes, Microsoft Azure Was Downed By Leap-Year Bug
Wired News
By Ars Technica Microsoft's Azure cloud service was downed by a bug reminiscent of The Pirates of Penzance. Photo: Thwaites Theatre Photos/Flickr By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica Microsoft has confirmed that Wednesday's Windows Azure outage that left some ...
Microsoft Azure Leap-Year Glitch: Key Lessons LearnedeWeek
Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn't SootheInformationWeek
Microsoft Azure Stabilizes After Leap Year GlitchPCWorld

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2012-03-02 07:53:50 - Microsoft Azure Leap-Year Glitch: Key Lessons Learned - eWeek

eWeek
Microsoft Azure Leap-Year Glitch: Key Lessons Learned
eWeek
Microsoft confirmed late Feb. 29 that a service outage that affected its Azure cloud computing service was caused by a Leap Year bug. The outage apparently was triggered by a key server in Ireland housing a certificate that expired at midnight on Feb.
Microsoft's Azure service toppled by garden-variety leap-year bugArs Technica
Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn't SootheInformationWeek
Microsoft Azure Stabilizes After Leap Year GlitchPCWorld

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2012-03-02 07:41:52 - Microsoft Azure meltdown lessons - Technology Spectator
Microsoft Azure meltdown lessons
Technology Spectator
With Microsoft Windows Azure going into meltdown, I took some time out talking to a handful of Azure customers via phone, email, and Twitter. The conversations have revealed a number of important themes that should be closely considered by both cloud ...

2012-03-02 06:54:40 - Microsoft moves Windows Server 8 into beta phase - V3.co.uk

V3.co.uk
Microsoft moves Windows Server 8 into beta phase
V3.co.uk
Microsoft introduced the platform last year at the Build conference, noting that Server 8 would combine components of its current server platform with elements of the Windows Azure cloud offering. In a company blog post, Microsoft server and cloud ...
Microsoft: Nomura's Sherlund Boosts Target; Bullish On Win 8Forbes

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2012-03-02 06:44:47 - Microsoft''s Azure service toppled by garden-variety leap-year bug - Ars Technica

V3.co.uk
Microsoft's Azure service toppled by garden-variety leap-year bug
Ars Technica
By Dan Goodin | Published March 1, 2012 3:42 PM Microsoft has confirmed that Wednesday's Windows Azure outage that left some customers in the dark for more than 12 hours was the result of a software bug triggered by the February 29 leap-year date that ...
Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn't SootheInformationWeek
Microsoft Azure Stabilizes After Leap Year GlitchPCWorld
Microsoft's Azure cloud service goes darkGCN.com

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2012-03-02 06:22:58 - Microsoft, Adobe, others line up behind MPEG DASH - Communications, Engineering & Design Magazine
Microsoft, Adobe, others line up behind MPEG DASH
Communications, Engineering & Design Magazine
"Given Microsoft's role in chairing the development in ISO/MPEG of the DASH standard, we are excited to see it become available to customers," said Sudheer Sirivara, senior director of media services on the Azure Application Platform Team at Microsoft.

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2012-03-02 05:05:31 - Windows Azure outage: Leap year was to blame, Microsoft says - Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor
Windows Azure outage: Leap year was to blame, Microsoft says
Christian Science Monitor
Windows Azure weathered a series of outages this week, and Microsoft has traced the whole mess back to the wonky 2012 calendar. By Matthew Shaer / March 1, 2012 Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, weathered a series of outages this ...
Leap Year Gotcha for AzureiProgrammer
Azure outage knocks government's CloudStore offlineComputing
Microsoft blames Azure cloud computing outage on leap yearV3.co.uk
InfoQ.com
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2012-03-02 04:01:54 - Azure''s storage cloud was never at stake, insists storage cloud biz - Register
Azure's storage cloud was never at stake, insists storage cloud biz
Register
By Chris Mellor • Get more from this author Microsoft Azure's processing of bits in the cloud fouled up yesterday, but its storage of bits in the cloud was unaffected. Andres Rodriguez, the CEO of cloud storage gateway supplier Nasuni, wants to tell ...

2012-03-02 02:46:14 - Microsoft''s Azure cloud service goes dark - GCN.com
Microsoft's Azure cloud service goes dark
GCN.com
29, or Leap Day 2012, may have actually been the real deal, possibly causing Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform to go dark. Though that is purely speculation at this point. Either way, the cloud service is still in the process of recovering after ...

2012-03-02 02:44:30 - Microsoft Has A Mobile Future - Seeking Alpha
Microsoft Has A Mobile Future
Seeking Alpha
To make things worse, the lead Windows Phone developer left for Amazon (AMZN) and, back at the ranch, its Azure cloud suffered an outage. Microsoft trotted out a possible heir to CEO Steve Ballmer, Steve Sinofsky. Microsoft won important endorsements ...

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2012-03-02 01:48:37 - Connect with us on Facebook - TechFlash
Connect with us on Facebook
TechFlash
A service outage Wednesday at Microsoft Corp.'s Azure cloud computing service was triggered by leap year's additional day, Microsoft says. Forbes reports that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) officials attributed the worldwide Azure outage to "a software bug ...

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2012-03-02 01:41:16 - Leap year trips up Microsoft cloud service - TechFlash
Leap year trips up Microsoft cloud service
TechFlash
A service outage Wednesday at Microsoft Corp.'s Azure cloud computing service was triggered by leap year's additional day, Microsoft says. Forbes reports that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) officials attributed the worldwide Azure outage to "a software bug ...

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2012-03-02 01:26:49 - G-Cloud bigwig says soz for Cloud Store outage - Register

CRN - UK
G-Cloud bigwig says soz for Cloud Store outage
Register
The apps store is hosted on the Azure platform, which was down for eight hours, although the Cloud Store was only out of action for roughly a quarter of that time as Microsoft moved the platform to a different install. Director of G-Cloud Chris Chant ...
Next iteration of government's CloudStore will be open sourcePC Advisor
SME voices concerns about G-CloudComputerworldUK

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2012-03-02 00:50:24 - Microsoft Azure Stabilizes After Leap Year Glitch - PCWorld

V3.co.uk
Microsoft Azure Stabilizes After Leap Year Glitch
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service was apparently running nearly trouble-free on Thursday, following a series of outages on Wednesday that affected multiple aspects of the system.
Microsoft Azure Outage Explanation Doesn't SootheInformationWeek
Microsoft Azure cloud spent eight hours off-line this weekSlashGear

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2012-03-01 23:59:07 - Microsoft Azure Global Outage Continues - CMSWire
Microsoft Azure Global Outage Continues
CMSWire
By Steve Sechrist Mar 1, 2012 If you are a current user of Microsoft's Azure, the infrastructure and software as a service cloud technology, you already know of the worldwide outage that occurred for over eight hours on the Windows Azure Service ...

2012-03-01 22:21:53 - Microsoft Azure cloud spent eight hours off-line this week - SlashGear

VentureBeat
Microsoft Azure cloud spent eight hours off-line this week
SlashGear
Users of Microsoft's Azure cloud service were not happy earlier this week when service was down for roughly 8 hours around the country. Microsoft was working hard to get the Azure cloud service back up and running. Apparently, Microsoft did a decent ...
Leap year bug rains on Microsoft's Azure paradeInquirer
Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Serious OutagePCWorld
Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Hit With Worldwide OutageCRN
InformationWeek -VentureBeat
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2012-03-01 20:04:30 - Cloud opens up for invoice processing - IDM.net.au
Cloud opens up for invoice processing
IDM.net.au
ReadSoft Online is a new web based offering on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform hosted in Europe that digitally processes invoices delivered as email attachments, or scanned and emailed. Requiring no upfront processing hardware or software, ...

2012-03-01 19:18:41 - Leap year bug rains on Microsoft''s Azure parade - Inquirer

VentureBeat
Leap year bug rains on Microsoft's Azure parade
Inquirer
By Robert Jaques SOFTWARE BUG FACTORY Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud operation suffered a leap year outage yesterday that left customers including the UK government without services. Among other customers, Whitehall's Cloudstore market for public ...
Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hoursRegister
Microsoft's Azure cloud suffers serious outagePC Advisor
Microsoft Azure Suffers OutageInformationWeek
CRN -VentureBeat
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2012-03-01 15:09:16 - Q: How do I create a certificate to enable System Center App Controller to ... - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
Q: How do I create a certificate to enable System Center App Controller to ...
Windows IT Pro
A: To manage and deploy to Windows Azure from System Center App Controller, you need to generate a certificate that's at least 2048 bits in length. There are numerous ways to create the certificate and install it, but the easiest way is to use the ...

2012-03-01 12:14:21 - Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Hit With Worldwide Outage - CRN

VentureBeat
Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Hit With Worldwide Outage
CRN
By Jack McCarthy, CRN Microsoft Windows Azure suffered an extensive, worldwide outage that began Tuesday evening Pacific time and wasn't fully addressed until more than 24 hours later. The Azure cloud service went down at 5:45 pm Tuesday and impacted ...
Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hoursRegister
Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Serious OutagePCWorld
Microsoft Azure Suffers OutageInformationWeek
VentureBeat -Ars Technica
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2012-03-01 09:05:51 - Major Outages Hit Windows Azure - Virtualization Review
Major Outages Hit Windows Azure
Virtualization Review
By Gladys Rama Portions of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform are still down in an outage that has lasted several hours and affected users in multiple countries. Azure Service Management has been down worldwide since Tuesday evening, according to ...

2012-02-29 23:56:33 - Microsoft''s Azure cloud suffers serious outage - Computerworld

Computeach
Microsoft's Azure cloud suffers serious outage
Computerworld
By Chris Kanaracus IDG News Service - Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service experienced a serious outage on Wednesday, with the system's service management component going down worldwide starting at 1:45 am GMT.
Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hoursRegister
Microsoft Azure outage hits G-CloudComputer Business Review
Microsoft Azure outage downs G-Cloud's CloudStoreComputerworldUK

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2012-02-29 23:45:04 - StorSimple and Microsoft Extend Partnership for Enterprise Cloud Storage - Virtual-Strategy Magazine
StorSimple and Microsoft Extend Partnership for Enterprise Cloud Storage
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
StorSimple also participates in the Microsoft BizSpark program and was named the Microsoft BizSpark Partner of the Year in 2011. The partnership enables enterprises to deploy Azure for the full spectrum of storage capabilities.

2012-02-29 19:27:02 - Microsoft''s Azure cloud down and out for 8 hours - Register

Computeach
Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hours
Register
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Microsoft's cloudy platform, Windows Azure, is experiencing a major outage: at the time of writing, its service management system had been down for about seven hours worldwide. A customer described the ...
Microsoft flies high on Indian clouds with Windows AzureInformationWeek India
Microsoft grapples with Windows Azure outageZDNet UK (blog)
IT industry news: Microsoft expanding data centre in DublinComputeach

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2012-02-29 18:28:26 - Next iteration of government''s CloudStore will be open source - CIO UK
Next iteration of government's CloudStore will be open source
CIO UK
It was built for free by UK SME SolidSoft on Microsoft's Azure platform in less than four weeks. However, Chant's vision for Version 2.0 of the government's CloudStore is that it will take inspiration from the Government Digital Service's (GDS) single ...

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2012-02-29 13:25:53 - Microsoft flies high on Indian clouds with Windows Azure - InformationWeek India

Computeach
Microsoft flies high on Indian clouds with Windows Azure
InformationWeek India
Nearly two years after Microsoft announced the Windows Azure Platform in India, the software behemoth is reaping the gains of the seeds sown in a country that is attractive on multiple counts. India has a powerful ecosystem of more than 1300 ...
IT industry news: Microsoft expanding data centre in DublinComputeach

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2012-02-28 21:58:17 - Microsoft shows off NUI, Kinect-focused research projects - ZDNet
Microsoft shows off NUI, Kinect-focused research projects
ZDNet (blog)
While Kinect and NUI demos have all the glitz, I think the ChronoZoom project — which was built with Microsoft's SeaDragon “DeepZoom” technology and is now hosted on Windows Azure — is equally interesting. Microsoft and its university partners on the ...

2012-02-28 09:06:00 - Microsoft Contributes Azure-backed Scale Out of Persistent Connection ... - InfoQ.com
Microsoft Contributes Azure-backed Scale Out of Persistent Connection ...
InfoQ.com
In a recent blog post, Clemens Vasters, a Product Manager on the Windows Azure team, described a new GitHub project that that uses the Windows Azure Service Bus to distribute messages bi-directionally between servers and clients.

2012-02-28 05:10:56 - Aditi Technologies Announces Appointment of Steve Marx as Chief Windows Azure ... - Embedded.com
Aditi Technologies Announces Appointment of Steve Marx as Chief Windows Azure ...
Embedded.com
Aditi Technologies, a leading cloud solution provider and Microsoft technology partner, has announced that Steve Marx, former Microsoft Windows Azure evangelist, has joined the company as chief Windows Azure architect. In this role, Marx will report to ...
Microsoft Corporation Azure Gets Film Industry NodStocksandShares.TV

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2012-02-28 02:08:08 - Microsoft''s Hadoop roadmap reveals new big data deliverables - ZDNet
Microsoft's Hadoop roadmap reveals new big data deliverables
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | February 27, 2012, 9:04am PST Summary: A Microsoft roadmap slide sheds some additional details on the scope of the work the company is doing to integrate Hadoop with Windows Azure and Windows Server. When it comes to big data, ...

2012-02-28 00:03:11 - Microsoft Corporation Azure Gets Film Industry Nod - StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation Azure Gets Film Industry Nod
StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Azure has been selected by the film industry for high-capacity business needs. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has selected Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Azure to provide the cloud technology to ...

2012-02-27 18:19:58 - Microsoft''s French connection - Independent Online
Microsoft's French connection
Independent Online
The program will provide selected startups with Windows Azure storage capacity and free access to software offered by Microsoft as services in the Internet “cloud,” according to Lefebvre. French Internet startups with “high growth potential” will be ...

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2012-02-27 14:52:50 - CA Offers New DR-as-a-Service - CIO India
CA Offers New DR-as-a-Service
CIO India
CA Technologies has launched a disaster-recovery software-as-a-service offering that combines on-site data protection with a cloud-based service, using Microsoft Azure's infrastructure. Called ARCserve D2D on Demand, the offering combines on-site and ...
New CA ARCserve D2D On DemandEFYTimes (press release)

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2012-02-27 12:04:12 - Open Door Oman event showcases Microsoft solutions - Oman Tribune
Open Door Oman event showcases Microsoft solutions
Oman Tribune
In addition, Open Door will have special focus on cloud computing as well as the benefits that Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure and Windows bring to businesses and consumers. Other Microsoft solutions that will be showcased at Open Door Oman include ...

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2012-02-27 12:00:57 - ISO Travel Solutions at the ITB 2012 - openPR

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ISO Travel Solutions at the ITB 2012
openPR (press release)
The other highlight at ITB is Emerald – the world's first CRM for tourism available as an application for Microsoft's Azure cloud. The pavilion of ISO Travel Solutions will be in hall 6.1, stand 116, during the ITB in Berlin from 7-11 March 2012.

2012-02-27 03:32:46 - France works with Microsoft to cultivate entrepreneurs, startups - China Post
France works with Microsoft to cultivate entrepreneurs, startups
China Post
The program will provide selected startups with Windows Azure storage capacity and free access to software offered by Microsoft as services in the Internet cloud, according to Lefebvre. French Internet startups with “high growth potential” will be ...

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2012-02-26 19:21:46 - Frances works with Microsoft - Independent Online

Independent Online
Frances works with Microsoft
Independent Online
The program will provide selected startups with Windows Azure storage capacity and free access to software offered by Microsoft as services in the Internet “cloud,” according to Lefebvre. French Internet startups with “high growth potential” will be ...

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2012-02-26 10:08:41 - 26/02/2012France works with Microsoft to cultivate startups - Expatica France
26/02/2012France works with Microsoft to cultivate startups
Expatica France
The program will provide selected startups with Windows Azure storage capacity and free access to software offered by Microsoft as services in the Internet "cloud," according to Lefebvre. French Internet startups with "high growth potential" will be ...

2012-02-26 09:50:00 - France works with Microsoft to cultivate startups - AFP

AFP
France works with Microsoft to cultivate startups
AFP
The program will provide selected startups with Windows Azure storage capacity and free access to software offered by Microsoft as services in the Internet "cloud," according to Lefebvre. French Internet startups with "high growth potential" will be ...

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2012-02-25 06:06:41 - Microsoft Gives Devs a Glance at Visual Studio 11 - TechNewsWorld

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Gives Devs a Glance at Visual Studio 11
TechNewsWorld
It adds support for Windows 8 and Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform. The preview can be run in parallel with Visual Studio 2010. VS 11 is aimed at both professional and non-professional developers. "I think VS 11 adds several useful incremental ...
Microsoft Windows 8, Server 8 Near Beta TestInformationWeek
Microsoft provides sneak peek of next Visual Studio betaZDNet (blog)
Microsoft offers glimpse of Visual Studio 11 betaSDTimes.com
TechWeekEurope UK -eWeek -WinBeta
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2012-02-25 03:38:19 - CA offers new disaster recovery option - Computerworld New Zealand
CA offers new disaster recovery option
Computerworld New Zealand
CA Technologies has launched a disaster-recovery software-as-a-service offering that combines on-site data protection with a cloud-based service, using Microsoft Azure's infrastructure. By Brandon Butler | Framingham | Saturday, 25 February, ...
CA Technologies taps into hybrid cloud marketITBusiness.ca
A Hybrid Approach to Backup and Recovery in the CloudIT Business Edge (blog)
New CA ARCserve D2D On Demand provides cost-effective hybrid data protection ...CTR

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2012-02-25 02:58:52 - CA Offering New Disaster Recovery Option - CFOworld
CA Offering New Disaster Recovery Option
CFOworld
Its software-as-a-service product combines on-site data protection with a cloud-based service, using Microsoft Azure's infrastructure. By Brandon Butler CA Technologies has launched a disaster-recovery software-as-a-service offering that combines ...
CA Technologies taps into hybrid cloud marketITBusiness.ca
A Hybrid Approach to Backup and Recovery in the CloudIT Business Edge (blog)
New CA ARCserve D2D On Demand provides cost-effective hybrid data protection ...CTR
InformationWeek
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2012-02-25 01:56:05 - Microsoft Windows 8, Server 8 Near Beta Test - InformationWeek

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Windows 8, Server 8 Near Beta Test
InformationWeek
Microsoft is positioning the new release as a private cloud platform for organizations that don't wish to move apps and data to the public cloud on Windows Azure. To that end, it supports fully virtualized, multitenant environments, tools that enable ...
Microsoft provides sneak peek of next Visual Studio betaZDNet (blog)
Microsoft offers glimpse of Visual Studio 11 betaSDTimes.com
Microsoft Visual Studio 11 and .NET 4.5 Betas Out Next WeekTechWeekEurope UK
eWeek -WinBeta -4-traders
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2012-02-25 01:36:10 - Amazon Web Services adds workflow support for cloud applications - SearchCloudComputing.com

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Amazon Web Services adds workflow support for cloud applications
SearchCloudComputing.com
Amazon Web Services customers now have the ability to script workflows inside public cloud applications -- a feature delivered in Microsoft Azure last year. Which product is better depends on who you ask. Amazon Web Services (AWS) trotted out a beta ...
Amazon Has Got a Winner in the Form of SWFSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Now Clouds Get IntoThe ActInternet Search Engine Database

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2012-02-25 01:19:46 - Microsoft builds cloud data centre in Dublin - ComputerworldUK

Irish Times
Microsoft builds cloud data centre in Dublin
ComputerworldUK
The expansion is a direct result of increased demand for cloud services such as Office 365, Windows Live, Xbox Live, Bing and Windows Azure in Europe, according to Microsoft. Wikileaks - fearless whistleblowers or irresponsible nuisances?
Microsoft to Expand its Dublin Data CenterMyHostNews.com (press release)
Microsoft Is Building a New Datacenter in DublinPCWorld

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2012-02-25 00:19:43 - Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Selects Microsoft Windows Azure to Handle High ...
Daily Disruption
SAG worked with Microsoft Corp. to port its entire awards site from Linux servers to Windows Azure, to gain greater storage capacity and the ability to handle increased traffic on the site. “Windows Azure is committed to making it easier for customers ...

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2012-02-24 23:06:37 - MICROSOFT CORPORATION : Film Industry Selects Windows Azure for High-Capacity ... - 4-traders
MICROSOFT CORPORATION : Film Industry Selects Windows Azure for High-Capacity ...
4-traders
24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has selected Windows Azure to provide the cloud technology necessary to handle high volumes of traffic to its website during its biggest annual event, the SAG Awards. SAG worked with Microsoft ...

2012-02-24 23:03:51 - Film Industry Selects Windows Azure for High-Capacity Business Needs - MarketWatch
Film Industry Selects Windows Azure for High-Capacity Business Needs
MarketWatch (press release)
SAG worked with Microsoft Corp. to port its entire awards site from Linux servers to Windows Azure, to gain greater storage capacity and the ability to handle increased traffic on the site. "Windows Azure is committed to making it easier for customers ...

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2012-02-24 20:09:51 - CA Technologies taps into hybrid cloud market - ITBusiness.ca
CA Technologies taps into hybrid cloud market
ITBusiness.ca
Islandia, New York-based CA has teamed up with Microsoft Corp.'s Azure cloud service to launch CA ARCServe D2D On Demand. The cloud-based product is available in Canada and the US It's a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product that provides SMBs a ...

2012-02-24 10:18:34 - Panda''s Cloud Antivirus Gets Boost from Windows Azure - eSecurity Planet

eSecurity Planet
Panda's Cloud Antivirus Gets Boost from Windows Azure
eSecurity Planet
With Microsoft's help, Panda is leveraging Azure's massive data centers to scale its Cloud Office Protection service globally. By Pedro Hernandez | February 23, 2012 Panda Security and Microsoft have joined forces to provide antivirus as a service on ...
Microsoft Corporation Working On Cloud Anti-VirusStocksandShares.TV

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2012-02-24 09:32:05 - Microsoft to invest $130m to expand its ''mega data centre'' in Dublin - Irish Times

Irish Times
Microsoft to invest $130m to expand its 'mega data centre' in Dublin
Irish Times
“As customers embrace Microsoft cloud services such as Office 365, Windows Live, Xbox Live, Bing and the Windows Azure platform, we are investing in regional cloud infrastructure to meet their needs,” said Microsoft's chief financial officer Peter ...
Microsoft is building a new datacenter in DublinCFOworld

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2012-02-24 06:20:37 - Microsoft signs up start-up incubators to $60k BizSpark Plus program - StartupSmart
Microsoft signs up start-up incubators to $60k BizSpark Plus program
StartupSmart
The BizSpark Plus initiative is aiming offers at early stage start-ups, the first of which provides up to $60000 worth of Microsoft Windows Azure services over a two-year timeframe. This includes one year of fully subsidised Azure usage, ...

2012-02-24 02:20:13 - Microsoft provides sneak peek of next Visual Studio beta - ZDNet

WinBeta
Microsoft provides sneak peek of next Visual Studio beta
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft officials emphasized that the VS 11 suite will be useful for developing apps beyond Windows client ones. It will also target those developing .Net Framework 4.5 server apps, Windows Azure apps and SharePoint apps. In the Q&A session, ...
Microsoft offers glimpse of Visual Studio 11 betaSDTimes.com
MICROSOFT CORPORATION : 'Visual Studio 11' Beta and .NET Framework 4.5 Beta ...4-traders
Visual Studio 11 Beta sneak peek given by Microsoft, set for release soonWinBeta

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2012-02-24 01:41:56 - CA Unveils Hybrid Data Protection Service For SMBs - InformationWeek
CA Unveils Hybrid Data Protection Service For SMBs
InformationWeek
Called CA ARCserve D2D On Demand, the service pairs CA ARCserve for local data protection with a service into the Windows Azure cloud for disaster recovery. SMBs are an ideal target for the CA service since most businesses with fewer than 1000 ...
New CA ARCserve D2D On Demand Delivers Fast, Cost-Effective Hybrid Data ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2012-02-24 00:01:27 - Microsoft Corporation Working On Cloud Anti-Virus - StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation Working On Cloud Anti-Virus
StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has teamed up with Panda Security to develop Cloud-based Antivirus Security Services on Windows Azure. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has partnered with Panda Security to develop cloud-based antivirus security ...

2012-02-23 23:04:13 - New CA ARCserve D2D On Demand Delivers Fast, Cost-Effective Hybrid Data ... - MarketWatch
New CA ARCserve D2D On Demand Delivers Fast, Cost-Effective Hybrid Data ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Windows Azure offers a compelling value proposition in terms of cost, elasticity, security and reliability," said Walid Abu-Hadba, corporate vice president, Developer & Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft. "CA ARCserve D2D On Demand offers a great ...

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2012-02-23 23:04:12 - Ektron Announces Strong Finish to 2011 with Year-Over-Year Software License ... - MarketWatch
Ektron Announces Strong Finish to 2011 with Year-Over-Year Software License ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Introduced Ektron Azure Edition, allowing customers to rapidly deploy new websites and marketing campaigns through the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. Announced the Digital Experience Hub(TM). The Ektron Digital Experience Hub provides pre-built ...

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2012-02-23 22:27:00 - NewsGator Among KMWorld''s 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management ... - Virtual Press Office
NewsGator Among KMWorld's 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management ...
Virtual Press Office (press release)
NewsGator is the leading enterprise social computing provider for Microsoft and its myriad of office and collaboration platforms, including SharePoint, Azure, Windows Phone 7, Office 365, and Dynamics. Their product, Social Sites 2010, ...
StoredIQ Named to KMWorld's 2012 List of 100 Companies That Matter in ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2012-02-23 22:14:07 - Panda Security, Microsoft team to develop cloud-based antivirus security ... - CTR

ITProPortal
Panda Security, Microsoft team to develop cloud-based antivirus security ...
CTR
Panda Security, a cloud security company, and Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that the two companies have signed a collaboration agreement to develop cloud-based antivirus security services on Windows Azure. Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0 is a ...
Panda Security and Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Cloud-based Antivirus ...MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft offers free Cloud computing to start-upsComputerworld Australia
Breaking : Panda Security To Partner With Microsoft On Cloud-based Antivirus ...ITProPortal

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2012-02-23 19:01:26 - Microsoft Expands Dublin Cloud Computing Hub - Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge
Microsoft Expands Dublin Cloud Computing Hub
Data Center Knowledge
Microsoft will invest $130 million in the expansion, which is driven by the growth of its online services, including Windows Azure, Office365, Bing, Hotmail and Xbox Live. The company expects the additional 112000 square feet of space to come online ...

2012-02-23 18:10:17 - Microsoft Is Building a New Datacenter in Dublin - PCWorld

Irish Times
Microsoft Is Building a New Datacenter in Dublin
PCWorld
The expansion is a direct result of increased demand for cloud services such as Office 365, Windows Live, Xbox Live, Bing and Windows Azure in Europe, according to Microsoft. Microsoft's new datacenter will be next-door to its existing one in Dublin.
$130 million investment in Dublin DC to support growing regional demandConsumer Tech
Microsoft Expands Dublin Cloud Computing HubData Center Knowledge
Microsoft to expand Dublin data centreIrish Times
Irish Examiner
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2012-02-23 08:49:30 - Microsoft offers free Cloud computing to start-ups - Computerworld Australia

ITProPortal
Microsoft offers free Cloud computing to start-ups
Computerworld Australia
Microsoft has launched a new program offering startups access to free Cloud computing using Redmond's Windows Azure offering. The BizSpark Plus program is being offered through selected incubators that partner with Microsoft in its BizSpark program.
Panda Security and Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Cloud-based Antivirus ...MarketWatch (press release)
Breaking : Panda Security To Partner With Microsoft On Cloud-based Antivirus ...ITProPortal

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2012-02-23 01:33:52 - Global Knowledge Launches Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Training - MarketWatch
Global Knowledge Launches Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Training
MarketWatch (press release)
In each of the five-day courses, students will work with the beta version of pre-released SQL Server 2012 software and complete many SQL Azure-enabled lab exercises. Students in Beta: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (M10774) will develop the ...

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2012-02-23 00:29:44 - Big data in the cloud - O''Reilly Radar
Big data in the cloud
O''Reilly Radar
Today's primary providers of such big data platform services are Amazon, Google and Microsoft. You can see their offerings summarized in the table toward the end of this article. Both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure blur the lines between ...

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2012-02-22 22:53:41 - Panda Security and Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Cloud-based Antivirus ... - PR Newswire
Panda Security and Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Cloud-based Antivirus ...
PR Newswire (press release)
22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, and Microsoft have signed a collaboration agreement to develop cloud-based antivirus security services on Windows Azure. Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0 is a cloud-based security ...

2012-02-22 22:09:14 - What''s on tap for Microsoft''s Dynamics CRM ''R9'' update later this year - ZDNet
What's on tap for Microsoft's Dynamics CRM 'R9' update later this year
ZDNet (blog)
One possible update coming in R9 will be a souped-up social-analytics capability that builds on top of Microsoft's “Project Vancouver,” aka the SQL Azure Social Analytics technology. Social Analytics is currently a SQL Azure Labs test project, ...

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2012-02-22 21:09:57 - Breaking : Panda Security To Partner With Microsoft On Cloud-based Antivirus ... - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Breaking : Panda Security To Partner With Microsoft On Cloud-based Antivirus ...
ITProPortal
Panda Security has teamed up with Microsoft to develop cloud-based antivirus security services based on Microsoft's own platform, Windows Azure, one more step away from desktop-bound security solutions towards SaaS ones. The first product based on the ...
Panda Security and Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Cloud-based Antivirus ...PR Urgent (press release)
Fujitsu Launches AppRegion Windows Azure Cloud ManagementTalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-02-22 20:45:04 - Node.js tools: Server-side JavaScript comes of age - ARNnet
Node.js tools: Server-side JavaScript comes of age
ARNnet
Then, after testing it locally, Cloud9 will deploy the code into Heroku, the Joyent Cloud, or Microsoft's Azure (more on these clouds below). The Cloud9 editor is sophisticated, providing more than the basic options available with a <textarea> field.

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2012-02-22 12:25:29 - Microsoft gives Aussie startups a boost to the cloud - PRWire
Microsoft gives Aussie startups a boost to the cloud
PRWire
The enhanced program allows business incubators to offer each of their startups up to $60000 worth of Microsoft Windows Azure compute and storage services over a 24-month period. “According to the World Bank, Australia is a world leader for ease of ...
Cloud vendors adopt Jesuit approachiTWire

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2012-02-22 08:19:20 - Microsoft Exec: If You Hate Microsoft, You Don''t Really Know Us - Business Insider

Business Insider
Microsoft Exec: If You Hate Microsoft, You Don't Really Know Us
Business Insider
That's the job of Microsoft's Tim O'Brien, general manager of Platform Strategy. He's out to convince a new generation of application programmers to come to Microsoft's cloud, Azure. It's been 11 years since Microsoft's Steve Ballmer called Linux a ...
Desire2Learn Forms Alliance with Microsoft To Extend Cloud-Based ProductsCampus Technology

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2012-02-22 03:50:07 - Neudesic marks ten years - OC Metro
Neudesic marks ten years
OC Metro
A designated Microsoft National Systems Integrator & Gold ISV Partner, Neudesic provides a number of software products and services, including Azure, Dynamics CRM, SharePoint and various mobile services. “In the early days after Anthony [Ferry], ...

2012-02-22 03:34:32 - MetraTech''s Metanga to Train ISVs in Microsoft Azure Webinar, Boot Camps - MarketWatch
MetraTech's Metanga to Train ISVs in Microsoft Azure Webinar, Boot Camps
MarketWatch (press release)
... the leading provider of agreements-based billing and compensation solutions, today announced several training opportunities for independent software vendors (ISVs) building applications on the Windows Azure platform. In conjunction with Microsoft's ...

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2012-02-22 02:29:59 - Desire2Learn Forms Alliance with Microsoft To Extend Cloud-Based Products - Campus Technology
Desire2Learn Forms Alliance with Microsoft To Extend Cloud-Based Products
Campus Technology
By Leila Meyer Desire2Learn, a provider of enterprise teaching and learning platforms for K-12 and higher education institutions, has signed a four-year Windows Azure global alliance agreement with Microsoft. Desire2Learn was already a Microsoft Gold ...

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2012-02-21 22:53:55 - Fujitsu Launches AppRegion Windows Azure Cloud Management - TalkinCloud
Fujitsu Launches AppRegion Windows Azure Cloud Management
TalkinCloud (blog)
But what I do understand: Fujitsu AppRegion uses the Windows Azure Management API to deliver “Tenant Management, Application Auto Allocation, Multi-operator system management, Automated Backup, and Autoscale for SaaS operations or applications ...

2012-02-21 20:07:09 - Microsoft reduces SQL Azure prices - ITvoir

SYS-CON Media (press release)
Microsoft reduces SQL Azure prices
ITvoir
In a move that may trigger a price war in competitive database solution business, the tech giant Microsoft has decided to reduce prices of its SQL Azure database platform to make it popular with a wider range of customers looking for a cloud-based ...
Microsoft cuts SQL Azure pricesComputing
Microsoft to cut SQL Azure pricesCIO UK
Cloud Computing: Microsoft Slashes Price of Its Cloud DatabaseSYS-CON Media (press release)

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2012-02-21 18:27:39 - Windows Azure with PHP – Deleting a Table - MicrosoftFeed
Windows Azure with PHP – Deleting a Table
MicrosoftFeed
Don't forget to subscribe to our RSS Feed, Twitter or Facebook page to get notified about news and events related to Microsoft in future. Puja Pramudya is a Device Application Development MVP and Founder of Radya Labs, the pioneer of windows phone ...

2012-02-21 16:23:55 - Microsoft: A Good Addition To A Portfolio Built Around Dividend Stocks - Seeking Alpha
Microsoft: A Good Addition To A Portfolio Built Around Dividend Stocks
Seeking Alpha
Microsoft intends to connect the dots among products such as Kinect, Windows, Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Windows Server and Xbox. They want the transition from one platform to another to be seamless. For Microsoft's quarter ending December 31, 2011, ...

2012-02-21 16:17:52 - G-Cloud open for business - PC Advisor

TechWeekEurope UK
G-Cloud open for business
PC Advisor
The Cloudstore - built by UK SME SolidSoft on Microsoft Windows Azure - will enable public sector organisations to purchase off-the-shelf IT services on a pay-as-you-go basis. As part of the government's transparency agenda, and to encourage ...
Google v Microsoft in the Cloud - round two, seconds outBusinessCloud9
Government's G-Cloud CloudStore Opens For BusinessTechWeekEurope UK
Government launches CloudStoreComputing
UKauthorITy.com -IT PRO
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2012-02-21 04:40:18 - Microsoft Windows logo goes ''Metro'' - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Microsoft Windows logo goes 'Metro'
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Moreau didn't talk about the Windows Azure logo, but it could be seen as a sort of step between the old four-color flag and the Windows 8 blue window. Microsoft just unveiled a Windows 8 logo that matches what the company calls its "complete ...

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2012-02-20 22:21:24 - Microsoft cuts SQL Azure prices - Computing
Microsoft cuts SQL Azure prices
Computing
By Sooraj Shah Microsoft has lowered the price of its SQL Azure database platform in an attempt to lure more customers to the cloud-based system. Microsoft has also released a new 100MB database option, which it said provides the full range of features ...
Microsoft to cut SQL Azure pricesCIO UK

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2012-02-20 18:24:29 - Government CloudStore open for business - IT PRO

IT PRO
Government CloudStore open for business
IT PRO
Naturally enough, CloudStore itself is hosted in the cloud – the site has been built on Microsoft Azure. Karl Deacon, European MD of one of the selected suppliers, Virtustream, said that the G-Cloud would throw open a host of opportunities.
G-Cloud open for businessCIO UK
Google v Microsoft in the Cloud - round two, seconds outBusinessCloud9
Cloud app store launches public sector IT revolutionUKauthorITy.com
CRN - UK -The Guardian
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2012-02-20 06:56:12 - Windows Azure with PHP – Listing a Table in Storage - MicrosoftFeed
Windows Azure with PHP – Listing a Table in Storage
MicrosoftFeed
Don't forget to subscribe to our RSS Feed, Twitter or Facebook page to get notified about news and events related to Microsoft in future. Puja Pramudya is a Device Application Development MVP and Founder of Radya Labs, the pioneer of windows phone ...

2012-02-19 23:10:08 - Google v Microsoft in the Cloud - round two, seconds out - BusinessCloud9
Google v Microsoft in the Cloud - round two, seconds out
BusinessCloud9
Microsoft picked up accreditation in all four lots in the catalogue: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Cloud consulting services. In practical terms that means users can buy from a package of public Cloud services including Windows Azure, Office 365, CRM Online and ...

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2012-02-19 21:59:32 - Pssst, public sector - wanna buy some Cloud? - BusinessCloud9
Pssst, public sector - wanna buy some Cloud?
BusinessCloud9
On first sight, aside from the new breed of SME providers who've made it onto the initial ranking, the big winners are Microsoft – the CloudStore itself has been built on Microsoft Azure – and SAP - whose Business Objects and Business ByDesign ERP ...

2012-02-18 09:03:47 - My Guides, LLC Internet Technologies Expert Speaking at Microsoft Code Camp ... - PR Web
My Guides, LLC Internet Technologies Expert Speaking at Microsoft Code Camp ...
PR Web (press release)
Barkha Herman, Manager of Internet Technologies at My Guides, LLC will be discussing the use of Microsoft Azure, the platform to My Guides, LLC aesthetically-pleasing Smartphone tour-applications and backend infrastructure, at the South Florida Code ...

2012-02-18 08:10:56 - CTS adds Review of Jonas Premier to its Construction Software Selection Kit - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
CTS adds Review of Jonas Premier to its Construction Software Selection Kit
PR Web (press release)
Comprehensive review by CTS President, Sheldon Needle, examines a new construction software solution from Jonas Software, which is built on the highly-scalable Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform. The flexible Windows Azure cloud platform means that ...

2012-02-18 05:11:10 - BMCST hosts Microsoft''s mega meeting - Arab News
BMCST hosts Microsoft's mega meeting
Arab News
Later, technical sessions were delivered on Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Microsoft Opportunities in academic proficiency for university graduates and Web technology by official spokespersons of Microsoft as well as student representatives of Microsoft ...

2012-02-17 23:17:09 - Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Event to Feature Talk by DBSophic''s Ami Levin - MarketWatch
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Event to Feature Talk by DBSophic's Ami Levin
MarketWatch (press release)
It is a developer-oriented event hosted by Microsoft, featuring expert sessions on new developments in SQL Server 2012 including Business Intelligence, Always On, T-SQL, Development Tools, SQL Azure and more. This free event will take place at the ...

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2012-02-17 22:51:46 - Fujitsu releases new operations management service in US - Computer Business Review
Fujitsu releases new operations management service in US
Computer Business Review
The new operations management service provides management functions for systems running on Windows Azure, a Microsoft cloud platform, and ensures operations support. AppRegion offers Tenant Management, Application Auto Allocation, Multi-operator system ...

2012-02-17 21:48:38 - Microsoft to cut SQL Azure prices - Techworld.com

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft to cut SQL Azure prices
Techworld.com
By Antony Savvas | Computerworld UK | Published: 11:30, 17 February 2012 Microsoft is lowering the price of its SQL Azure database platform to help make it popular with a wider range of customers looking for a cloud-based database solution.
Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory plans takes shapeZDNet (blog)
Desire2Learn Signs Windows Azure™ Global Alliance Agreement with MicrosoftExchange Morning Post (press release)
Microsoft in a Unique Position for Cloud Push: AnalystsITProPortal
TechWeekEurope UK -SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
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2012-02-17 20:21:55 - Node.js Native breakthrough: cloudy C++ on steroids - Register
Node.js Native breakthrough: cloudy C++ on steroids
Register
... scripting environment has in less than three years attracted enough coverage to persuade Microsoft, the world's largest software company, that Node.js is worth fine tuning for Windows and its anti-Amazon Azure cloud to win developer converts.

2012-02-17 06:42:20 - Microsoft''s Windows Azure Active Directory plans takes shape - ZDNet

V3.co.uk
Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory plans takes shape
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | February 16, 2012, 1:38pm PST Summary: This year should be a big one for Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory cloud service, yet another piece of its hybrid public/private cloud puzzle. In the coming months, Windows users and ...
Microsoft Upgrades SQL Azure and Office 365Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Extends Windows Azure Cloud Services Offer to SETsquared StartupsSmall Business Trends
Microsoft reduces SQL Azure pricingZDNet UK (blog)
eWeek -CRN -Cloud Pro
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2012-02-17 00:27:59 - Microsoft Upgrades SQL Azure and Office 365 - Visual Studio Magazine

V3.co.uk
Microsoft Upgrades SQL Azure and Office 365
Visual Studio Magazine
In addition, the company continues to tinker with Office 365, offering upgraded storage and support. The 100 MB storage plan offers a new option for customers getting started on SQL Azure, while the new reduced pricing is aimed at providing discounts ...
Microsoft Cuts Prices On SQL Azure Cloud StorageCRN
Analysts see looming cloud push from MicrosoftV3.co.uk
Assessing AzureVirtualization Review (blog)

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2012-02-16 20:02:24 - Microsoft @ DevWeek 2012 - iProgrammer
Microsoft @ DevWeek 2012
iProgrammer
Microsoft isn't supplying the only speakers on these topics. If you want an introduction to developing cloud application Matt Milner has a pre-conference workshop on Windows Azure. David Starr from Pluralsight is providing a tour through Visual Studio ...

2012-02-16 12:26:58 - Putting the Microsoft-Amazon Cloud Deathmatch on Hold for Partner Profit - Redmond Channel Partner

Forbes
Putting the Microsoft-Amazon Cloud Deathmatch on Hold for Partner Profit
Redmond Channel Partner (blog)
Put the terms Microsoft, Amazon and cloud computing together, and the word "deathmatch" comes to mind. After all, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in direct competition with the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. The approaches and capabilities are ...
Get your head in the cloudITProPortal

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2012-02-16 11:57:11 - Fujitsu System Solutions Releases "AppRegion" for the US Market - Japan Corporate News
Fujitsu System Solutions Releases "AppRegion" for the US Market
Japan Corporate News (press release)
AppRegion provides management functions for systems running on Windows Azure, a Microsoft cloud platform, and ensures operations support and work efficiency. Due to the recent growing demand for SaaS applications in the enterprise, a corresponding ...

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2012-02-16 09:34:58 - Selling Data in the Windows Azure Marketplace - Visual Studio Magazine
Selling Data in the Windows Azure Marketplace
Visual Studio Magazine
Learn how to publish data in the Windows Azure Marketplace for a monthly income with just a few hours effort. By Joe Kunk Making your database available for sale on the Microsoft Windows Azure Marketplace is straightforward, especially if you are ...

2012-02-16 05:13:40 - Quark Brand Manager Takes Corporate Marketers to the Cloud - PR Web
Quark Brand Manager Takes Corporate Marketers to the Cloud
PR Web (press release)
Quark Brand Manager runs natively on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform, providing the most sophisticated design capabilities and secure Cloud-based availability and scalability offered by a brand management solution today. “Microsoft Windows Azure ...

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2012-02-16 05:05:57 - Startup Accelerator, Think Big Partners and Microsoft BizSpark, Collaborate to ... - San Francisco Chronicle
Startup Accelerator, Think Big Partners and Microsoft BizSpark, Collaborate to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Think Big Partners has been invited into the Microsoft BizSpark Plus global network and will provide its startups with $60000 worth of cloud services on Windows Azure. Think Big Partners, a technology-focused startup accelerator and mentorship-based ...

2012-02-16 01:47:10 - Microsoft Cuts Prices On SQL Azure Cloud Storage - CRN

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Cuts Prices On SQL Azure Cloud Storage
CRN
By Rick Whiting, CRN Microsoft cut the price of its SQL Azure cloud database in a move the company said would result in cost savings of 48 percent to 75 percent for organizations with databases larger than 1 GB. Microsoft also introduced a 100 MB ...
Microsoft puts money where Azure startup opportunity isCloud Pro
Microsoft reduces SQL Azure pricingZDNet UK (blog)
Startup Accelerator, Think Big Partners and Microsoft BizSpark, Collaborate to ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
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2012-02-16 01:01:52 - Microsoft reduces SQL Azure pricing - ZDNet UK

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Microsoft reduces SQL Azure pricing
ZDNet UK (blog)
By Tom Espiner , 15 February, 2012 16:01 Microsoft has reduced the pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database service by as much as 75 percent, and has introduced a 100MB database option. The price reductions came about as a result of "customer feedback ...
Microsoft Reduces Pricing for SQL Azure, Offers New 100MB Database OptioneWeek
Microsoft Corporation To Cut SQL Azure PricingStocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Reduces SQL Azure Database Pricing And Offers Lower 100MB OptionTechWeekEurope UK
Redmondmag.com -PR Web (press release) -TalkinCloud (blog)
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2012-02-15 23:40:32 - Microsoft Corporation To Cut SQL Azure Pricing - StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation To Cut SQL Azure Pricing
StocksandShares.TV
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has reduced the pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database product. Reports say that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has cut the pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database services, and will also offer new 100MB ...

2012-02-15 23:16:29 - SQL Azure Drops Cloud Database Prices, Introduces 100MB Option - TalkinCloud
SQL Azure Drops Cloud Database Prices, Introduces 100MB Option
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Matthew Weinberger on Microsoft SQL Azure, the cloud database aspect of Redmond's cloud play, is making it easier for prospective users to get started, thanks to a price reduction that could see customers save 48 percent to 75 percent for databases ...

2012-02-15 22:03:15 - Neudesic Celebrates 10 Years of Technological Innovation - MarketWatch
Neudesic Celebrates 10 Years of Technological Innovation
MarketWatch (press release)
The Microsoft National Systems Integrator & Gold ISV Partner has leveraged its expertise in Microsoft's various platforms to become a leading provider of SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, Azure and mobile solutions. Through the years, various industry and ...

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2012-02-15 17:33:20 - Analyzing the PaaS Landscape – Microsoft Windows Azure - SYS-CON Media

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Analyzing the PaaS Landscape – Microsoft Windows Azure
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Microsoft Windows Azure Platform is a Platform as a Service offering from Microsoft. It was announced in 2008 and became available in 2010. Since then Microsoft has been constantly improving the platform by adding new features.

2012-02-15 15:23:37 - Microsoft Reduces SQL Azure Database Pricing And Offers Lower 100MB Option - TechWeekEurope UK

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Reduces SQL Azure Database Pricing And Offers Lower 100MB Option
TechWeekEurope UK
In a Windows Azure team blog post, general manager of Windows Azure Business Planning Steven Martin said Microsoft has lowered the price of SQL Azure and introduced a 100MB database option to meet evolving customer needs “across both ends of the ...

2012-02-15 14:03:54 - No Need to Feel Blue, The Power of the Azure Is Here - Anime News Network

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No Need to Feel Blue, The Power of the Azure Is Here
Anime News Network (press release)
Now is your chance to grab it as a PlayStation®Vita system launch title, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system from Sony Computer Entertainment , or the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft .
No Need to Feel Blue, The Power of the Azure is here!Gamasutra

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2012-02-15 10:42:56 - Analysts see looming cloud push from Microsoft - V3.co.uk

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Analysts see looming cloud push from Microsoft
V3.co.uk
With so many enterprises unsure about making the move, Microsoft's services could provide the perfect bridge. Directions on Microsoft analyst Rob Helm told V3 that between Office 365, Windows Azure and Windows Server, the company could cover both sides ...

2012-02-15 09:13:30 - Microsoft Reduces Pricing for SQL Azure, Offers New 100MB Database Option - eWeek
Microsoft Reduces Pricing for SQL Azure, Offers New 100MB Database Option
eWeek
Microsoft announced a reduction in pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database services, also introducing a new 100MB database option. Microsoft announced a reduction in pricing for its SQL Azure cloud database service. In a Feb.
Microsoft Cuts SQL Azure Storage PricingRedmondmag.com
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2012-02-15 06:08:40 - Microsoft Cuts SQL Azure Storage Pricing - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Cuts SQL Azure Storage Pricing
Redmondmag.com
In other Microsoft cloud services news, Microsoft announced enhancements last week to so-called "kiosk worker" plans in its Office 365 offering. The two cloud offerings -- Office 365 and SQL Azure -- currently are deemed as unrelated platforms.

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2012-02-15 03:26:00 - Assessing Azure - Virtualization Review
Assessing Azure
Virtualization Review (blog)
Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley has just penned (or at least keyed) a new column, "Can Microsoft Save Azure?" I didn't know Azure was nearly toes up, but have learned over the years to never doubt the word of Mary Jo.

2012-02-15 02:59:26 - With WOA, It''s Windows NT All Over Again - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
With WOA, It's Windows NT All Over Again
Windows IT Pro
And ironically, with Dave Cutler off doing mysterious work on the next Xbox after a stint with Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud-based OS, we have a most unusual outsider to thank. In 2010, Apple surprised virtually no one by releasing the iPad, ...

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2012-02-15 00:12:58 - Microsoft Extends Windows Azure Cloud Services Offer to SETsquared startups - RFPConnect.com
Microsoft Extends Windows Azure Cloud Services Offer to SETsquared startups
RFPConnect.com
As a BizSpark Plus Network Partner, SETsquared can extend this generous offer to their member companies, as well as subsequent high-value offers Microsoft will make available. The Windows Azure offer provides $60000 (USD) of free cloud hosting over two ...

2012-02-14 22:03:20 - Nagarro Showcases Cloud Enablement at Cloud Connect 2012 - PR Web
Nagarro Showcases Cloud Enablement at Cloud Connect 2012
PR Web (press release)
Nagarro's cloud enablement experts use cloud technologies including Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, Amazon Web Services and others to create competitive advantage by addressing customers' most critical business challenges.

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2012-02-14 20:12:16 - No Need to Feel Blue, The Power of the Azure is here! - Gamasutra
No Need to Feel Blue, The Power of the Azure is here!
Gamasutra
... the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Packed with a fully revised character cast, all new modes of gameplay, and new story scenarios, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND will quench your thirst for the power of the Azure.

2012-02-14 20:07:09 - Microsoft Leads Vendors in Cloud Partnership - Channelnomics
Microsoft Leads Vendors in Cloud Partnership
Channelnomics
The closest rival to Microsoft is Google, which is plying the channel with its Google Apps and infrastructure services in competition with Microsoft's Office 365 and Windows Azure. Google earned 22.1 percent share of the survey responses.

2012-02-14 19:49:26 - Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games - iProgrammer
Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games
iProgrammer
The toolkit was originally launched last July in the hope we'd all go off and build social games using Windows Azure. Microsoft has now released version 1.2.2, which you can download as a self-extracting package, or in a source code version.

2012-02-14 02:58:00 - SQL Server 2012, cloud, ''big data'' driving momentum in 2012 - SearchSQLServer.com
SQL Server 2012, cloud, 'big data' driving momentum in 2012
SearchSQLServer.com
For example, SQL Azure, the cloud-based version of Microsoft SQL Server, will likely “receive lots of great updates that will make it better,” Godinho said. For one thing, the cloud version will offer users a way to test high-availability features.

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2012-02-14 00:03:05 - Checking in on the Microsoft Labs - ZDNet
Checking in on the Microsoft Labs
ZDNet (blog)
A few of the original group of Microsoft Labs remain, shells of their former selves, with almost no active projects left. But at the same time, a few newer labs have sprung up, like FUSE Labs, the Garage and the surprisingly active SQL Azure Labs.

2012-02-13 23:55:12 - Craig Burton Strongly Recommends the Blackbird Management Suite in a New ... - DigitalJournal.com
Craig Burton Strongly Recommends the Blackbird Management Suite in a New ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Its unique integrated approach, which now includes Microsoft Azure cloud support, simplifies real-time auditing, compliance reporting, continuous recovery of Active Directory, Windows event management, and access entitlement management.

2012-02-13 23:32:10 - Multi-Tenant Data Strategies for Windows Azure – Part 1 - BusinessCloud9
Multi-Tenant Data Strategies for Windows Azure – Part 1
BusinessCloud9
Chances are, it's a relational database and if you're going to have an easy time of it, hopefully it's Microsoft's SQL Server. I'm going to consider data isolation in SQL Azure to host relational data within a multi-tenant environment.

2012-02-13 23:03:49 - MetraTech''s Metanga to Monetize Cloud Banking Application for Temenos - MarketWatch
MetraTech's Metanga to Monetize Cloud Banking Application for Temenos
MarketWatch (press release)
"Billing management is a key function for software companies in the cloud," said Kim Akers, general manager for ISV partners at Microsoft Corp /quotes/zigman/20493/quotes/nls/msft MSFT -0.89% . "Having Metanga and Temenos both use Windows Azure while ...

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2012-02-13 19:31:37 - Step-by-Step Guide to Amazon DynamoDB for .NET Developers - SYS-CON Media

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Step-by-Step Guide to Amazon DynamoDB for .NET Developers
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As the Cloud Specialist at GetCloudReady.com, he offers strategic training and consulting on Cloud Computing platforms including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Windows Azure. Janakiram is one of the first few Microsoft Certified Professionals on ...

2012-02-13 16:03:32 - Kofax Announces Results for the Quarter and Six Months Ended December 31, 2011 - MarketWatch
Kofax Announces Results for the Quarter and Six Months Ended December 31, 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
... our VRS software, the de facto standard for image enhancement and perfection in document scanning applications, and a cloud based service hosted on Microsoft Azure, to extend capture enabled BPM capabilities to smartphones and tablet computers.

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2012-02-11 21:30:53 - Windows Azure with PHP – Creating a Table - MicrosoftFeed
Windows Azure with PHP – Creating a Table
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Don't forget to subscribe to our RSS Feed, Twitter or Facebook page to get notified about news and events related to Microsoft in future. Puja Pramudya is a Device Application Development MVP and Founder of Radya Labs, the pioneer of windows phone ...

2012-02-11 06:15:23 - Don''t look now but Microsoft Azure is a kick-butt cloud - GigaOm

GigaOm
Don't look now but Microsoft Azure is a kick-butt cloud
GigaOm
10, 2012, 1:14pm PT No Comments Microsoft's ambitious Windows Azure cloud is many things — it's a full-fledged platform as a service (PaaS) for developers. But beneath all that, it is also a huge pool of foundational compute and storage infrastructure ...

2012-02-11 04:09:07 - Cloud Success Stories In Spotlight At Coud Connect - InformationWeek
Cloud Success Stories In Spotlight At Coud Connect
InformationWeek
He plans to address how legacy mainframe data can be integrated with real-time flight data in Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud, according to Steve Wylie, Cloud Connect general manager. Easter's session is titled, "Azure Delivers On-Time Data: How ...

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2012-02-10 00:03:15 - Microsoft''s plan to bring its ERP users slowly but surely to the cloud - ZDNet
Microsoft's plan to bring its ERP users slowly but surely to the cloud
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | February 9, 2012, 7:02am PST Summary: Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to host its ERP products on Azure, but isn't rushing users to make the jump. As the annual Microsoft Convergence conference approaches, the Softies are ...

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2012-02-09 21:36:30 - So Now You Can''t Give Microsoft Away? - TheStreet.com

TheStreet.com
So Now You Can't Give Microsoft Away?
TheStreet.com
Now its high-priced Azure Web development package is also gratis. To get a feeling for the value proposition for the newly improved BizSpark, my colleague Anthony and I gave the program a whirl. We applied as a firm for membership to BizSpark and, ...

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2012-02-09 20:59:24 - Microsoft Ireland and CJ Fallon to offer schoolbooks through the cloud - Siliconrepublic.com

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Microsoft Ireland and CJ Fallon to offer schoolbooks through the cloud
Siliconrepublic.com
Educational publisher CJ Fallon will offer its schoolbooks through the cloud on the Windows Azure Programme, claiming it will save parents up to 25pc of the cost of textbooks per student. As part of the new deal between CJ Fallon and Microsoft Ireland, ...
4 Microsoft Vrtualization, Cloud Products That MatterVirtualization Review
Seminar held on 'cloud computing'The Hindu

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2012-02-09 17:26:28 - Tips for replicating data in the cloud - GCN.com
Tips for replicating data in the cloud
GCN.com
Susie Adams, CTO of Microsoft's federal civilian business, said having a firm grasps on the type of data you want to replicate — whether it is structured or unstructured or within a relational database — is key. Microsoft's Azure cloud platform ...

2012-02-09 09:41:53 - 4 Microsoft Vrtualization, Cloud Products That Matter - Virtualization Review
4 Microsoft Vrtualization, Cloud Products That Matter
Virtualization Review
Windows Azure: Microsoft's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud offering matters because enables users to develop, run and replicate their applications in Microsoft datacenters around the world. It also acts as a counterpoint to VMware's Cloud Foundry, ...
Seminar held on 'cloud computing'The Hindu

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2012-02-09 04:13:37 - M-Files Continues to Experience Phenomenal Growth During 2011 - PR Web
M-Files Continues to Experience Phenomenal Growth During 2011
PR Web (press release)
M-Files Cloud Vault on Windows Azure: M-Files Cloud Vault was the first professional document management solution to run natively on Windows Azure, providing businesses with an opportunity to take advantage of Microsoft's highly-scalable and reliable ...

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2012-02-09 00:53:47 - 6 universities to teach cloud computing, mobile tech - Times of India
6 universities to teach cloud computing, mobile tech
Times of India
The technology, part of Microsoft's Azure for Cloud computing, will be included in the July and August curriculum of the universities, and is intended to give an edge to students from the region looking to make a career in this burgeoning field.

2012-02-09 00:23:15 - Seminar held on ''cloud computing'' - The Hindu
Seminar held on 'cloud computing'
The Hindu
He was addressing students of Sri Vasavi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nandamuru, as part of a day-long seminar on 'Cloud computing, Azure and Windows Phone 7' on Tuesday. He said the Microsoft company had set up its branches at Delhi, ...

2012-02-09 00:05:35 - Amazon''s Cloud Comes To Windows Phone - iProgrammer

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Amazon's Cloud Comes To Windows Phone
iProgrammer
Even so it represents the dilemma that Microsoft has - support other cloud architectures or promote only Azure. As well as a Getting Started Guide downloadable as a pdf, there are also Channel 9 videos for Getting Started, and sample walkthoughs for ...
Microsoft Loses Key Windows Phone Exec To AmazonCRN

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2012-02-08 21:52:31 - JavaScript on the server: The rise of Node.js - Techworld.com
JavaScript on the server: The rise of Node.js
Techworld.com
Microsoft is backing Node.js as a development language on the company's Windows Azure cloud platform. The company offers its Windows Azure SDK for Node.js. "Over the next couple of weeks, you're going to see basically us round out all of the features ...

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2012-02-08 16:41:01 - Cadac Group renews Microsoft Partner Network status - iTWire
Cadac Group renews Microsoft Partner Network status
iTWire (press release)
Next to offering IT solutions, Cadac Group is an Independent Software Vendor developing on-premise and cloud-based solutions and applications on Microsoft SharePoint and Windows Azure. The Cadac Organice Suite is a suite of solutions for Engineering ...

2012-02-08 01:56:20 - HP provides more picks and shovels to cloud miners - ZDNet
HP provides more picks and shovels to cloud miners
ZDNet (blog)
The strategy lessens the potential for conflict that other cloud providers such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com and VMware can face (no mention yet of Microsoft Azure). And it makes HP more amenable as a supplier to those public clouds, ...

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2012-02-07 23:56:51 - Microsoft Loses Key Windows Phone Exec To Amazon - CRN

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Microsoft Loses Key Windows Phone Exec To Amazon
CRN
Watson began work at Microsoft in May 2008, working on the launch team for the Azure cloud platform before joining the Windows Phone operation in April 2010. Before joining Microsoft Watson was CEO of IMSafer and before that was product management ...
Microsoft Wants Windows Phone To Succeed So Badly, It's Tapping Amazon UsersBusiness Insider
Windows Phone Executive Migrates To AmazonTechWeekEurope UK

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2012-02-07 20:06:47 - The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server - InfoWorld
The rise of Node.js: JavaScript graduates to the server
InfoWorld
Microsoft is backing Node.js as a development language on the company's Windows Azure cloud platform. The company offers its Windows Azure SDK for Node.js. "Over the next couple of weeks, you're going to see basically us round out all of the features ...

2012-02-07 05:15:06 - Armored-truck company entrusts tracking software to Windows Azure cloud - Network World
Armored-truck company entrusts tracking software to Windows Azure cloud
Network World
By Tim Greene, Network World UK-based cash-transport firm G4S is trusting the security of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service to keep safe the application that tracks where the money is as it travels to and from customers and the company's vaults ...

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2012-02-07 03:07:06 - Microsoft CRM Embraces iPhone, iPad, Android - InformationWeek

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Microsoft CRM Embraces iPhone, iPad, Android
InformationWeek
That's not exactly new news to customers, but cross-platform support is something Microsoft has only slowly--and fairly recently--embraced as it has moved into broad cloud computing services such as Azure and Microsoft Office 365.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Q2 2012 Service Update Will Add Mobile Platform, Cross ...MSDynamicsWorld.com (registration)

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2012-02-07 02:04:21 - Windows Phone Executive Moves To Amazon - TechWeekEurope UK

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Windows Phone Executive Moves To Amazon
TechWeekEurope UK
Prior to this recent role, Watson ran technical marketing for the Server and Tools business at Microsoft, specifically focusing on developer platforms, including Azure and .NET. Before rejoining Microsoft in 2008, Watson spent nearly a decade on Wall ...
Microsoft Wants Windows Phone To Succeed So Badly, It's Tapping Amazon UsersBusiness Insider

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2012-02-07 02:04:21 - Windows Phone Executive Migrates To Amazon - TechWeekEurope UK

Business Insider
Windows Phone Executive Migrates To Amazon
TechWeekEurope UK
Prior to this recent role, Watson ran technical marketing for the Server and Tools business at Microsoft, specifically focusing on developer platforms, including Azure and .NET. Before rejoining Microsoft in 2008, Watson spent nearly a decade on Wall ...
Microsoft Wants Windows Phone To Succeed So Badly, It's Tapping Amazon UsersBusiness Insider

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2012-02-07 00:46:53 - Why SaaS and ISVs Clash - SYS-CON Media

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Why SaaS and ISVs Clash
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It may be tempting to choose a cloud infrastructure provider such as Salesforce Force.com or Microsoft Azure in order to keep from absorbing expensive new burdens related to data center maintenance, but these platforms are outside of your control.

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2012-02-06 00:11:29 - Who''s Taking the Lead in Utility Cloud Computing? - DailyFinance
Who's Taking the Lead in Utility Cloud Computing?
DailyFinance
Microsoft and salesforce.com (NYS: CRM) both work this way, though developers have more freedom on Microsoft's Azure than on Force.com, the Salesforce platform. Microsoft has been acting more like Amazon by offering infrastructure-style options within ...

2012-02-05 03:06:52 - CA continues improving ERwin accessibility with two new solutions - eChannelLine
CA continues improving ERwin accessibility with two new solutions
eChannelLine
CA ERwin Data Modeler for SQL Azure, the other new solution, helps customers manage and integrate their Microsoft SQL Azure cloud database environments. "R8 put PowerPoint on top of it," Burbank said. "The Web Portal provides a whole new paradigm on ...
CA Adds Cloud Database Support To ERwin Modeling ToolCRN
New Product News – February 2, 2012Information Management (blog)
CA ERwin - Getting reacquainted with an old friendComputing (blog)

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2012-02-04 07:45:25 - Microsoft Wants Windows Phone To Succeed So Badly, It''s Tapping Amazon Users - Business Insider

Business Insider
Microsoft Wants Windows Phone To Succeed So Badly, It's Tapping Amazon Users
Business Insider
Here's a surprise: Microsoft today released tools that lets Windows Phone 7 apps be built and hosted on Amazon's cloud. Microsoft has its own cloud, Azure. Naturally, those making WP7 apps are encouraged to use Azure. But ignoring Amazon also meant ...

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2012-02-04 01:26:07 - Get In Touch With Ramon Bosch Smit At Microsoft Open Door Events - MicrosoftFeed
Get In Touch With Ramon Bosch Smit At Microsoft Open Door Events
MicrosoftFeed
This session takes a look at the Window Azure platform and asks the hard questions that everybody is thinking but nobody wants to ask. Is Windows Azure right for me? Should this application be migrated to Azure? Will Azure save me money?

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2012-02-03 08:23:42 - 4 ways Microsoft can make Azure better for startups - GeekWire
4 ways Microsoft can make Azure better for startups
GeekWire
Guest Commentary: This week Microsoft made a big announcement by providing TechStars startups up to $60000 worth of Windows Azure services for two years. That's huge. I have never seen Amazon or any other cloud provider, or any other provider of ...
Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)StocksandShares.TV

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2012-02-03 05:28:47 - CA Adds Cloud Database Support To ERwin Modeling Tool - CRN
CA Adds Cloud Database Support To ERwin Modeling Tool
CRN
By Rick Whiting, CRN CA Technologies is adding support for Microsoft's SQL Azure cloud database to its CA ERwin data modeling tools in a move that will make it easier for businesses to integrate data residing in on-premise and cloud systems.
CA Takes Data Model to the CloudInformation Management
CA Technologies unveils new ERwin data model toolsComputer Business Review
Cloud News: enStratus, CA Technologies, InterxionData Center Knowledge

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2012-02-02 19:08:42 - CA Technologies unveils new ERwin data model tools - Computer Business Review
CA Technologies unveils new ERwin data model tools
Computer Business Review
The new CA ERwin products and releases include: CA ERwin Data Modeler for SQL Azure; CA ERwin Web Portal; and CA ERwin Data Modeler r8.2. CA ERwin Data Modeler for SQL Azure helps customers manage and integrate their Microsoft SQL Azure cloud database ...
CA Takes Data Model to the CloudInformation Management

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2012-02-02 18:14:50 - Microsoft readies its Azure push - TechEye

TechEye
Microsoft readies its Azure push
TechEye
Software giant Microsoft has been trying to work out a way to make its Azure cloud plans more acceptable to the known world. Redmond.mag claims that Microsoft has been quietly working behind the scenes to come up with a Cloud platform that can knock ...
Azure: 10 Things You Need to KnowInformation Management (blog)
Microsoft Launches SQL Azure Testing ServiceRedmond Channel Partner

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2012-02-02 05:39:03 - Network Automation Launches AutoMate 9 - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro (blog)
Network Automation Launches AutoMate 9
Windows IT Pro (blog)
The release marks the expansion of the no-code platform's enhanced offerings, including fully enabled cloud-storage automation via Microsoft's Azure Storage Services; automation of a wide range of entity data management activities within the Microsoft ...

2012-02-02 01:58:04 - Microsoft Launches SQL Azure Testing Service - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Launches SQL Azure Testing Service
Redmond Channel Partner
By Kurt Mackie Microsoft is offering a free trial app of a new test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud. The app, code-named "SQL Azure Security Services," is available through ...

2012-02-02 00:25:59 - 13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about - Computerworld

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13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about
Computerworld
Microsoft's more mature cloud offering, called Windows Azure, has the robust security features that companies require. Verdict: Offering slick integration between phones, tablets and computers, the enhanced SkyDrive is a plus for home users.
Microsoft delivers developer kit for linking Amazon web services to Windows PhoneZDNet (blog)
Microsoft links WP7 to Amazon cloudRethink Wireless

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2012-02-01 23:54:55 - Microsoft Celebrates 20 Years of Certification - iProgrammer
Microsoft Celebrates 20 Years of Certification
iProgrammer
The first is to take one of seven qualifying exams from a list which includes Windows Azure Developer 970-583) and Designing and Developing Windows Phone Applications (70-599) - register between now and April 15 and Microsoft will donate an exam ...

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2012-02-01 20:06:58 - A tour of Microsoft System Center 2012 - InfoWorld
A tour of Microsoft System Center 2012
InfoWorld
That "public cloud" claim is a stretch, though, as it means only resources hosted in Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud, not in competing public clouds. Also new in the 2012 version is System Center 2012's ability to manage Android, iOS, Symbian, ...

2012-02-01 18:03:02 - Can Microsoft Save Windows Azure? - Redmondmag.com
Can Microsoft Save Windows Azure?
Redmondmag.com
By Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is slowly but surely working to make its Windows Azure cloud platform more palatable to the masses -- though without the benefit of roadmap leaks, it would be hard for most customers to know this.

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2012-02-01 10:49:40 - Microsoft Rolls Out Test Security Service for SQL Azure - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Rolls Out Test Security Service for SQL Azure
Redmondmag.com
By Kurt Mackie Microsoft this month described a test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud. Code-named "SQL Azure Security Services," it's offered as a free trial app through the ...

2012-02-01 09:45:12 - Microsoft and TechStars Team Up; Giving Away Free Cloud Services to Fledgling ... - Network World

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Microsoft and TechStars Team Up; Giving Away Free Cloud Services to Fledgling ...
Network World
Startup accelerator TechStars and the Microsoft BizSpark Team have joined forces to offer startups up to $60000 in Cloud Services on Windows Azure. By Marco Chiappetta on Tue, 01/31/12 - 7:19pm. Microsoft and TechStars, a prominent startup accelerator ...
Microsoft entices startups with Azure cloud promotional offerZDNet (blog)
Redknee Expands Cloud Offering With Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
While Amazon courts enterprises, Microsoft eyes startupsGigaOm
San Jose Mercury News -eMoneyDaily -TechWeekEurope UK
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2012-01-31 23:05:00 - Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status Renewed by DMTI Spatial Inc. - PR Web
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status Renewed by DMTI Spatial Inc.
PR Web (press release)
The competency achieved recognizes DMTI's continued development of custom web development solutions, such as Location Hub®, which runs on Microsoft's Cloud Services Platform, Windows Azure. DMTI leverages Azure to quickly scale up its software to meet ...

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2012-01-31 22:50:53 - Windows Azure with PHP – Table Storage - MicrosoftFeed
Windows Azure with PHP – Table Storage
MicrosoftFeed
Don't forget to subscribe to our RSS Feed, Twitter or Facebook page to get notified about news and events related to Microsoft in future. Puja Pramudya is a Device Application Development MVP and Founder of Radya Labs, the pioneer of windows phone ...

2012-01-31 22:31:45 - Microsoft partners with Euclid Opportunities - Bobsguide
Microsoft partners with Euclid Opportunities
Bobsguide (press release)
The new Microsoft initiative, BizSpark Plus, offers companies in Euclid's portfolio a full range of Microsoft development tools, technical training and professional support resources complemented by access to the Windows Azure Cloud Computing Platform.

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2012-01-31 22:03:49 - Viscount Achieves Compliance on Microsoft Azure
Viscount Achieves Compliance on Microsoft Azure (Cloud) Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
QB) a leading edge high technology supplier of security systems and software today announced it will launch a new version of its application, Freedom, that works with Microsoft Windows Azure to offer customers enhanced security, as well as innovative ...

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2012-01-31 21:03:22 - Redknee Expands Cloud Offering With Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Redknee Expands Cloud Offering With Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
The integration of Redknee's real-time converged billing platform to Windows Azure will reinforce the commitment by Redknee and Microsoft to develop solutions that deliver greater scalability and agility while reducing capital expenditure for ...

2012-01-31 18:34:04 - Microsoft links WP7 to Amazon cloud - Rethink Wireless

PanARMENIAN.Net
Microsoft links WP7 to Amazon cloud
Rethink Wireless
Signs of that approach have been seen in deepening Android and iOS integration for Azure, 365 and other cloud products. But as the Nokia deal puts new momentum behind WP7, Microsoft is making the reverse move, integrating its mobile OS with third party ...
Microsoft delivers developer kit for linking Amazon web services to Windows PhoneZDNet (blog)

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2012-01-31 18:30:31 - Microsoft Brings Startup Accelerator To UK - TechWeekEurope UK

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Brings Startup Accelerator To UK
TechWeekEurope UK
“Tech startups around the world are building products and services in the cloud, Himanshu Singh, a senior product manager on the Windows Azure marketing team, said in a 30 January post on Microsoft's Windows Azure blog. “Cloud applications and smart ...

2012-01-31 17:24:21 - Analyzing the PaaS Landscape – Force.com - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Analyzing the PaaS Landscape – Force.com
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As the Cloud Specialist at GetCloudReady.com, he offers strategic training and consulting on Cloud Computing platforms including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Windows Azure. Janakiram is one of the first few Microsoft Certified Professionals on ...

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2012-01-31 10:13:09 - Salary Study Measures Cloud, Virtualization Impact - Virtualization Review
Salary Study Measures Cloud, Virtualization Impact
Virtualization Review (blog)
According to the 2012-2011 Annual Salary Survey by Dice.com, on average, if you are skilled in Azure, you can make the big bucks--$102510 per annum, to be exact. Given Microsoft's claims that there are tens of thousands of Azure installations around ...

2012-01-31 08:19:27 - System Center Advisor Service Now Available - Redmondmag.com
System Center Advisor Service Now Available
Redmondmag.com
It works with SQL Server 2008 and up, Windows Server 2008 and up and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, as well as Active Directory, according to Microsoft's description. The Advisor service runs off Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud-computing platform, ...

2012-01-31 07:34:47 - Microsoft Offers $60K in Azure Cloud Services to Startups, Launches BizSpark Plus - eWeek

GigaOm
Microsoft Offers $60K in Azure Cloud Services to Startups, Launches BizSpark Plus
eWeek
“The enhanced relationship with Microsoft will allow us to provide our founders with even more valuable support and services. Access to technologies such as Windows Azure and other software and services from Microsoft through the BizSpark Plus program ...
Microsoft entices startups with Azure cloud promotional offerZDNet (blog)
Microsoft offers startups $60K in Windows Azure cloud servicesTechFlash
While Amazon courts enterprises, Microsoft eyes startupsGigaOm
MarketWatch (press release) -The Next Web
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2012-01-31 07:00:36 - Microsoft delivers developer kit for linking Amazon web services to Windows Phone - ZDNet
Microsoft delivers developer kit for linking Amazon web services to Windows Phone
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft has been looking to win mobile developers over to its own cloud platform, Windows Azure, with Azure toolkits for Windows Phone, iOS and Android. While the Amazon SDK for Windows Phone offers developers a non-Microsoft cloud-storage option, ...

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2012-01-31 06:26:24 - the case for pre-built EJB components - Java World
the case for pre-built EJB components
Java World
Pre-built components would give customers something to work with as they investigate the business model of going with Java over Azure in the cloud build-out. Microsoft will be forced to retaliate, but they do not have an industry that has committed to ...

2012-01-31 06:16:19 - Microsoft offers $60000 in cloud services perks to participants of Boulder''s ... - Daily Camera
Microsoft offers $60000 in cloud services perks to participants of Boulder's ...
Daily Camera
By Alicia Wallace, Camera Business Writer Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced it plans to offer $60000 worth of its Windows Azure cloud services to companies participating in the Boulder-based TechStars startup accelerator program.

2012-01-31 06:15:15 - Microsoft entices startups with Azure cloud promotional offer - ZDNet

The Next Web
Microsoft entices startups with Azure cloud promotional offer
ZDNet (blog)
Startup business incubator TechStars has forged a partnership with Microsoft intended to entice certain members of its accelerator programs around the United States to use Azure cloud computing and storage capacity. The deal is an extension to the ...
Microsoft offers startups $60K in Windows Azure cloud servicesTechFlash
Microsoft to give TechStars' startups up to $60000 each in Azure creditsThe Next Web
While Amazon courts enterprises, Microsoft eyes startupsGigaOm
MarketWatch (press release)
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2012-01-31 05:42:13 - RIM finally launches closer link to Office 365 - ITWorld Canada

Windows IT Pro (blog)
RIM finally launches closer link to Office 365
ITWorld Canada
s cloud-based Office 365 service can now access some of the messaging applications through Research In Motion's BlackBerry smart phones. RIM said Monday that BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Office 365 is now in production after a four-month test ...
BlackBerry cloud services go live on Office 365Register
RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365MarketWatch (press release)
RIM bundles management tools with Office 365ZDNet UK
Windows IT Pro (blog) -Windows 7 News
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2012-01-31 05:03:20 - While Amazon courts enterprises, Microsoft eyes startups - GigaOm

GigaOm
While Amazon courts enterprises, Microsoft eyes startups
GigaOm
The deal will provide a year of hosting on Microsoft's Azure platform as a service for existing and former TechStars participants, and the second year at half off, for up to $60000. It also extends to the more than 300 startups that are part of ...
Microsoft Offers $60K in Azure Cloud Services to Startups, Launches BizSpark PluseWeek
Microsoft entices startups with Azure cloud promotional offerZDNet (blog)
TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark Team Up to Offer Startups $60000 in Cloud ...MarketWatch (press release)
TechFlash -San Jose Mercury News
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2012-01-31 03:40:23 - TechStars offers free cloud services via Microsoft''s BizSpark Plus - Digital Media Wire
TechStars offers free cloud services via Microsoft's BizSpark Plus
Digital Media Wire
TechStars will be offering each of its startups up to $60000 of Windows Azure cloud computing and storage services at no cost. The offer is for a 24-month period and is being extended to TechStars accelerators in Boston, New York, Seattle, Texas, ...

2012-01-31 03:40:13 - Microsoft offers startups $60K in Windows Azure cloud services - TechFlash

The Next Web
Microsoft offers startups $60K in Windows Azure cloud services
TechFlash
BizSpark Plus, an extension of the Microsoft BizSpark program, allows TechStars accelerators in Seattle, Boulder, Colo.; Boston; New York; and Texas to offer each of their startups up to $60000 of Windows Azure compute and storage over a two-year ...
Microsoft to give TechStars' startups up to $60000 each in Azure creditsThe Next Web
TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark Team Up to Offer Startups $60000 in Cloud ...MarketWatch (press release)
TechStars offers free cloud services via Microsoft's BizSpark PlusDigital Media Wire

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2012-01-31 02:49:33 - BlackBerry cloud services go live on Office 365 - Register

N4BB
BlackBerry cloud services go live on Office 365
Register
After three months of beta testing, RIM has confirmed that its BlackBerry Business Cloud Services have gone live on Microsoft's Office 365. The free download allows wireless synching of RIM devices with Exchange Online, and includes BlackBerry Balance, ...
RIM bundles management tools with Office 365ZDNet UK
RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365MarketWatch (press release)
RIM launches BlackBerry service for Office 365 usersWindows IT Pro (blog)
Windows 7 News -N4BB
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2012-01-31 02:02:29 - Latest TechStars perk: Free cloud services from Microsoft''s Windows Azure - GeekWire

GeekWire
Latest TechStars perk: Free cloud services from Microsoft's Windows Azure
GeekWire
As part of an alliance today, Microsoft said that it will offer both graduates and current enrollees of the three-month long startup bootcamp up to $60000 of free Windows Azure services over a 24 month period. “We are excited at the opportunity to work ...

2012-01-31 01:47:37 - TechStars, Microsoft Offer $60K In Cloud Services To Startups - techrockies.com

GeekWire
TechStars, Microsoft Offer $60K In Cloud Services To Startups
techrockies.com
Boulder-based venture accelerator TechStars and software giant Microsoft have teamed together to give startups $60000 worth of cloud services on Microsoft's cloud program, Windows Azure, the two said today. The two said the move--part of Microsoft's ...
Latest TechStars perk: Free cloud services from Microsoft's Windows AzureGeekWire
TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark Team Up to Offer Startups $60000 in Cloud ...MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft to give TechStars' startups up to $60000 each in Azure creditsThe Next Web

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2012-01-31 01:39:51 - Pixar''s Cloud Computing Reignites the Debate: Art Versus Commerce - CloudTweaks News

CloudTweaks News
Pixar's Cloud Computing Reignites the Debate: Art Versus Commerce
CloudTweaks News
Currently available on Microsoft Azure, and soon to be accessible via Linux later this year, Renderman On Demand is a seminal step forward in the integration of the cloud into both arts and entertainment. Producing animation in 3D is a potentially ...

2012-01-31 00:51:44 - TechStars, Microsoft offering startups $60K in Windows Azure cloud services - TechJournal South

TechJournal South
TechStars, Microsoft offering startups $60K in Windows Azure cloud services
TechJournal South
The enhanced relationship with Microsoft will allow us to provide our founders with even more valuable support and services,” said David Cohen, founder and CEO of TechStars. “Access to technologies such as Windows Azure and other software and services ...

2012-01-30 23:04:33 - TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark Team Up to Offer Startups $60000 in Cloud ... - MarketWatch
TechStars and Microsoft BizSpark Team Up to Offer Startups $60000 in Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The enhanced relationship with Microsoft will allow us to provide our founders with even more valuable support and services," said David Cohen, founder and CEO of TechStars. "Access to technologies such as Windows Azure and other software and services ...

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2012-01-30 20:32:49 - Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software - Wired News
Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software
Wired News
As more and more applications move from local data centers to “cloud” services such as Amazon Web Services and, yes, Microsoft Azure, the economics of software are shifting. In the past, businesses paid companies like Microsoft for software and loaded ...

2012-01-30 20:07:18 - Underwriters Laboratory is now using Office 365 Cloud services - Windows 7 News
Underwriters Laboratory is now using Office 365 Cloud services
Windows 7 News
They have begun deploying Microsoft Office 365, powered by Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lync Online, to its 50 offices worldwide, Microsoft Corp. announced today. UL, a global independent safety science company, ...

2012-01-30 17:36:43 - Is VMware the new Microsoft in the PaaS World? - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Is VMware the new Microsoft in the PaaS World?
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As the Cloud Specialist at GetCloudReady.com, he offers strategic training and consulting on Cloud Computing platforms including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Windows Azure. Janakiram is one of the first few Microsoft Certified Professionals on ...

2012-01-30 02:06:08 - Microsoft''s Week: MIX Conference Nixed, Nokia Windows Phone Sales - eWeek
Microsoft's Week: MIX Conference Nixed, Nokia Windows Phone Sales
eWeek
24 posting on The Official Microsoft Blog. “There will be no MIX 2012.” In its place, Microsoft will host another developer event later in the year, which could take a deep dive into Windows 8, Windows Phone, and the Windows Azure cloud platform.

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2012-01-29 21:07:36 - ''Cloud Burst'' Trend Benefits Public Clouds First - Seeking Alpha
'Cloud Burst' Trend Benefits Public Clouds First
Seeking Alpha
An example is Renderman on Demand, a system for quickly rendering complex screen images using Pixar's Renderman, a cloudbursting technology called GreenButton, and the Microsoft (MSFT) Azure cloud. Cloud bursting gives big organizations an incentive to ...

2012-01-28 23:34:43 - Penguin Poised for Windows Azure as Microsoft Seeks Linux Expert - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Penguin Poised for Windows Azure as Microsoft Seeks Linux Expert
ITProPortal
It seems like Microsoft is slowly approaching its goal to make Linux available on its flagship cloud platform, Windows Azure, according to a new report. The report on ZDNet revealed that Microsoft is all set to allow customers to have persistent ...
Linux on the Microsoft Azure CloudWindows 7 News
Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on AzureZDNet (blog)
More Evidence That Microsoft Is Reaching Out to Linux with AzureOStatic (blog)
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2012-01-28 19:12:57 - Microsoft to become a gaming powerhouse - MyBroadband
Microsoft to become a gaming powerhouse
MyBroadband
Microsoft Office seems to be going strong, but they haven't made any notable innovation there since Office 2007. On the server front, Windows Server and IIS share is dwarfed by that of Linux and Apache. Windows Azure has put up very little fight ...

2012-01-28 14:43:04 - Happy Data Privacy Day, Punk! - Redmondmag.com
Happy Data Privacy Day, Punk!
Redmondmag.com
This issue is huge one for Microsoft, with the success of its Office 365 and Windows Azure services riding on greater flexibility about where data are stored. Microsoft proposes "self-regulation" for ensuring privacy, rather than an EU certification ...

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2012-01-28 05:45:05 - HP-Microsoft Alliance Renewed In The Cloud - Seeking Alpha
HP-Microsoft Alliance Renewed In The Cloud
Seeking Alpha
Microsoft has been telling its customers (and HP will doubtless echo this theme) that they need to "own" the cloud, that private clouds are the only security. But those customers have not been shifting to Microsoft's Azure cloud, ...

2012-01-28 01:34:22 - Pixar Animates Cloud Computing - IT Business Edge
Pixar Animates Cloud Computing
IT Business Edge (blog)
For example, Pixar has announced that it is partnering with GreenButton and Microsoft to deliver a new rendering service in the cloud that will be managed by GreenButton using its namesake cloud management software running on the Microsoft Azure cloud ...
Rendering the cloud ready for HollywoodTelecomTV (registration)

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2012-01-27 23:34:24 - Microsoft''s Roadmap for 2012 Charted by Analyst Firm - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft's Roadmap for 2012 Charted by Analyst Firm
Redmondmag.com
For instance, Helm noted that Office 365 (a collection of hosted Microsoft applications) does not currently run on Windows Azure. Another case is Microsoft Dynamics NAV, an enterprise resource planning application. Helm predicted that Dynamics NAV ...

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2012-01-27 21:41:43 - Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure - ZDNet
Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | January 26, 2012, 7:14am PST Summary: Microsoft is moving steadily ahead with its plan to enable Linux to run on its Windows Azure cloud platform. For those still doubting this is on the Microsoft roadmap, I've got a new piece of ...

2012-01-27 09:20:50 - Guthrie Talks Node.js and Azure at Cloud Event - ADT Magazine
Guthrie Talks Node.js and Azure at Cloud Event
ADT Magazine
During Microsoft's presentation at the event, Microsoft VP Scott Guthrie demoed the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js, which the Redmond software maker launched in December. Node.js -- often referred to simply as "Node" -- has been called "the new Ruby on ...

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2012-01-27 09:20:50 - Cloud9 Launches Documentation Site for Node.js Devs - ADT Magazine
Cloud9 Launches Documentation Site for Node.js Devs
ADT Magazine
By John K. Waters Cloud9, makers of a Web-based integrated development environment (IDE) for Javascript and HTML 5 applications, was in the spotlight at this week's Node Summit because of its support of Microsoft's Azure cloud.

2012-01-26 18:32:46 - Microsoft''s magic bullet for Azure: Red Hat Linux - Register
Microsoft's magic bullet for Azure: Red Hat Linux
Register
By Gavin Clarke • Get more from this author Analysis If Microsoft loves money, and it does, then making Linux publicly available on its proprietary Azure cloud can't come soon enough. Last June Microsoft ran a build of Linux on its Windows Azure ...
NEWS ROUND-UP: Top news from Sage, OpenText, and NetAppARNnet

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2012-01-26 09:53:47 - Brainware Significantly Outpaces Industry Growth Trend, Triples Average ... - MarketWatch
Brainware Significantly Outpaces Industry Growth Trend, Triples Average ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... yielded a benchmark case study that validated Brainware's ability to capture header and line-item data from more than 5 million documents a day, as well as delivery of Distiller's capabilities to the cloud via Microsoft's Azure platform.

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2012-01-26 07:12:12 - Microsoft Enables Online Voting For Overseas Citizens - WebProNews
Microsoft Enables Online Voting For Overseas Citizens
WebProNews
LiveBallot, based on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing system and developed by Democracy Live, allows voters who are overseas the chance to vote in a simple and easy way. The system has been in use since December for soldiers who are overseas, ...
Three States Roll Out Electronic BallotsDiscovery News

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2012-01-26 00:21:34 - MICROSOFT CORPORATION: echoecho: Solving the ''Where Are You?'' Problem - 4-traders
MICROSOFT CORPORATION: echoecho: Solving the 'Where Are You?' Problem
4-traders (press release)
"Luckily, before we chose a hosted server solution, we discovered Microsoft SQL Azure." With more BizSpark facilitation, echoecho embarked on a migration to SQL Azure simultaneously with its client-side development. Thanks to the robust tools and rapid ...

2012-01-26 00:13:41 - States Allow Voting Via Cloud For Citizens Overseas - InformationWeek
States Allow Voting Via Cloud For Citizens Overseas
InformationWeek
Florida, Virginia, and California are using LiveBallot, based on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, for US 2012 primary elections. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek Several states are using an online balloting website based on Microsoft's ...
Three States Roll Out Electronic BallotsDiscovery News

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2012-01-25 23:55:48 - Windows Azure with PHP – Blob Storage Stream Wrapper - MicrosoftFeed
Windows Azure with PHP – Blob Storage Stream Wrapper
MicrosoftFeed
Azure SDK for PHP provides support to register a blob storage client as a file stream wrapper. Blob storage stream wrapper supports standard file operations directly to Windows Azure Blob Storage. For example accessing a file using fopen.

2012-01-25 23:15:22 - Three States Roll Out Electronic Ballots - Discovery News
Three States Roll Out Electronic Ballots
Discovery News
Microsoft is providing the cloud-based platform, called Azure, that Democracy Live's suite runs on. Nelson said the platform as a service model lends itself better to situations like ballots, which are seasonal and have heavy demand for short periods.

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2012-01-25 22:18:34 - Microsoft Azure Support Comes To Cloud9 IDE Developers - TechWeekEurope UK

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Azure Support Comes To Cloud9 IDE Developers
TechWeekEurope UK
The integration offers Node.js developers the advantages of a cloud-based development environment paired with the scalability and interoperability of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform. Cloud9 IDE runs in Web browsers and enables ...
Cloud9 IDE Now Supporting Windows Azure for Node.js AppsTalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-01-25 11:20:55 - A CTO''s take on cloud - GigaOm

GigaOm
A CTO's take on cloud
GigaOm
Azure's been a bit of a disappointment,” he said. “When Microsoft briefed us on it years ago, all the national [systems integrators] were chomping at the bit. But then it stumbled.” “Then the message was the software would only run on Azure.

2012-01-25 09:45:45 - NEWS ROUND-UP: Top news from Sage, OpenText, and NetApp - Australian Techworld
NEWS ROUND-UP: Top news from Sage, OpenText, and NetApp
Australian Techworld
Business solutions provider, OpenText, has expanded its global alliance agreement with Microsoft Corporation to include wider support for Microsoft cloud computing initiatives. OpenText, having added support for Windows Azure with records management ...
OpenText Brings Business Process Solutions to Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)
OpenText Places New Business Processes on AzureCMSWire

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2012-01-25 06:30:25 - LiveBallot gets overseas votes to the polls on time - GCN.com
LiveBallot gets overseas votes to the polls on time
GCN.com
LiveBallot is deployed and hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. In the past, many overseas voters have not received an absentee ballot in time for it to be filled out, returned, and counted. Others have been relegated to only casting ...

2012-01-25 05:19:48 - Microsoft''s MIX, CES Pullouts Hint at Broader Strategy - eWeek
Microsoft's MIX, CES Pullouts Hint at Broader Strategy
eWeek
24 posting on The Official Microsoft Blog. “There will be no MIX 2012.” That upcoming developer event will likely feature not only a deep dive into Windows 8, but also Windows Phone and the Windows Azure cloud platform. MIX's elimination comes barely a ...

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2012-01-25 05:18:03 - Xiimo Brings New Marketing Tools to the Small Business Owner - PR Newswire
Xiimo Brings New Marketing Tools to the Small Business Owner
PR Newswire (press release)
Our platform is built on Microsoft's Azure platform with front-end apps built using HTML5. This gives us a huge advantage in terms of deployment, upgrades and maintenance." says Aristidas. Xiimo is currently a bootstrapped operation with some ...

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2012-01-25 02:30:18 - Microsoft Nixes MIX for New Dev Conference - eWeek
Microsoft Nixes MIX for New Dev Conference
eWeek
But that remains an ongoing initiative for Microsoft. The next Microsoft developer event will take that message further and will purportedly include messaging about developing for the Windows Phone and Windows Azure cloud platform.

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2012-01-25 02:09:04 - OpenText Places New Business Processes on Azure - CMSWire
OpenText Places New Business Processes on Azure
CMSWire
This week's announcement sees OpenText adding a list of process and case management solutions to the Azure platform. The relationship between OpenText and Microsoft has been well documented before, and OpenText already placed its records management and ...
OpenText Brings Business Process Solutions to Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-25 01:11:46 - Document Mgt Roll-up: OpenText''s Azure Offerings, SharePoint and Document Security - CMSWire
Document Mgt Roll-up: OpenText's Azure Offerings, SharePoint and Document Security
CMSWire
OpenText this week extended its alliance with Microsoft, this time through the newly formed Business Process Solutions (BPS) group, by placing a whole pile of processes on Azure. This is not the first time by any means that OpenText has offered ...
OpenText Brings Business Process Solutions to Windows AzureMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-24 23:12:12 - Hot Stock Research for Microsoft, Research In Motion, Seagate, Minefinders ... - MarketWatch
Hot Stock Research for Microsoft, Research In Motion, Seagate, Minefinders ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Based on this deal, Geminare will deliver its RaaS Solution Suite through Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud. Microsoft Corporation reached US$29.73 for 0.07% up in the last trading session. Want to trace the activities of company insiders from now on?

2012-01-24 22:48:32 - Cloud9 Delivers Cloud-based IDE Support for Windows Azure - eWeek
Cloud9 Delivers Cloud-based IDE Support for Windows Azure
eWeek
Cloud9 IDE has launched a support for developing and deploying Microsoft Windows Azure applications from the Cloud9 cloud-based IDE. Cloud9 IDE provider of the like-named cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) for web and mobile ...
Cloud9 IDE to Offer Windows Azure DeploymentMarketWatch (press release)
Cloud9 supports Node.js community, teams with MicrosoftThe H
Google's Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of The FutureWired News

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2012-01-24 22:35:18 - Cloud9 IDE to Offer Windows Azure Deployment - Sacramento Bee
Cloud9 IDE to Offer Windows Azure Deployment
Sacramento Bee
Windows Azure is an open cloud platform that enables users to manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. The integration offers Node.js developers the advantages of a comprehensive cloud-based development environment, ...
Cloud9 supports Node.js community, teams with MicrosoftThe H
Google's Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of The FutureWired News

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2012-01-24 22:04:21 - Cloud9 supports Node.js community, teams with Microsoft - The H
Cloud9 supports Node.js community, teams with Microsoft
The H
Cloud9, makers of the Cloud9 IDE, have announced that they will be working with Microsoft to allow Node.js applications created in the Cloud9 IDE to be deployed to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The open source, event-driven, ...
Cloud9 IDE to Offer Windows Azure DeploymentMarketWatch (press release)
Google's Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of The FutureWired News

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2012-01-24 17:05:27 - ReadSoft''s Platinum Partner BCSYS and ReadSoft France launches invoice ... - CisionWire
ReadSoft's Platinum Partner BCSYS and ReadSoft France launches invoice ...
CisionWire (press release)
The first part of the process is ensured by ReadSoft's product INVOICES either on premise or on the cloud (SaaS) with ReadSoft Online, which is using Microsoft's Azure platform. The processed invoices can be stored within Office 365, SharePoint or ...

2012-01-24 10:09:25 - Microsoft-Focused Firm To Release Quarterly Update On Microsoft Product Roadmap - RTT News
Microsoft-Focused Firm To Release Quarterly Update On Microsoft Product Roadmap
RTT News
... for 100+ versions of Microsoft enterprise products, including: Windows Server, Windows Client, SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange, Systems Center, Lync Server, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Office 365, Azure, Visual Studio and more for 2012 and beyond.

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2012-01-24 06:04:06 - Microsoft Product Roadmap for 2012 - MarketWatch
Microsoft Product Roadmap for 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
... for 100+ versions of Microsoft enterprise products, including: Windows Server, Windows Client, SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange, Systems Center, Lync Server, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Office 365, Azure, Visual Studio and more for 2012 and beyond.

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2012-01-24 05:33:32 - States Choose Cloud-based Ballots for Voters Around the Globe - MarketWatch
States Choose Cloud-based Ballots for Voters Around the Globe
MarketWatch (press release)
Since voting began, over 1200 Florida voters from 40 countries have accessed their ballot using LiveBallot, a technology developed by Democracy Live and deployed and hosted on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. On Friday, January 20, overseas voters ...

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2012-01-24 05:11:10 - Google''s Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of The Future - Wired News
Google's Chrome Browser Sprouts Programming Kit of The Future
Wired News
At Yahoo!, Node underpins “Manhattan,” a fledgling online service for building and hosting mobile applications. Microsoft is offering Node atop Windows Azure, its online service for building and hosting a much beefier breed of business application.

2012-01-24 03:06:20 - Microsoft releases expected student turnout for Imagine Cup 2012 - ZDNet
Microsoft releases expected student turnout for Imagine Cup 2012
ZDNet (blog)
... opted for Azure software. The Kinect Fun Labs Challenge is the first time Microsoft has used Xbox 360 Kinect technology in the competition, and competing students have been asked to consider how to use this technology in relation to the 2012 theme.

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2012-01-24 01:01:59 - Network Automation Announces Q2 FY12 Results, Revenues up 13.6% Over Previous ... - MarketWatch
Network Automation Announces Q2 FY12 Results, Revenues up 13.6% Over Previous ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The new versions support popular Microsoft technologies including CRM Dynamics and the Azure PaaS Cloud Service. Additionally, version 9 has been localized by offering fully functional development and management of automation in six native languages ...

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2012-01-23 23:16:50 - OpenText Brings Business Process Solutions to Windows Azure - MarketWatch
OpenText Brings Business Process Solutions to Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are excited to see Windows Azure incorporated into OpenText's Business Process Solutions," said Walid Abu-Hadba, Corporate Vice President, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corp. "Together, Microsoft and OpenText are committed to helping ...

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2012-01-22 22:46:09 - More Companies Enter Azure – Office 365 - Windows 7 News
More Companies Enter Azure – Office 365
Windows 7 News
Office 365 continues to grow in business circles. According to Microsoft over 90 percent of their Office 365 customers have less than 50 employees. Now a new group of companies have entered into the Azure/Office 365 fold. These are JetBlue, Patagonia, ...

2012-01-22 13:14:33 - Geminare Forms Strategic Alliance with Microsoft - TechFinance
Geminare Forms Strategic Alliance with Microsoft
TechFinance
Geminare, a provider of Recovery as a Service (RaaS) solutions, has formed a strategic alliance agreement with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) whereby Geminare will deliver its RaaS Solution Suite through the Windows Azure cloud from Microsoft. ...

2012-01-22 03:53:47 - Windows 8 and Kinect Challenges in Imagine Cup - iProgrammer
Windows 8 and Kinect Challenges in Imagine Cup
iProgrammer
This year, in addition to the main competitions that have regional heats and culminate in the Worldwide Finals in Sydney, Australia, in July 2012, Microsoft is including extra Challenges that are run and judged online. The Windows Azure Challenge and ...

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2012-01-21 22:03:02 - Microsoft''s Mixed Q2 and Its ''Philosophy Problem'' - TechNewsWorld

The Guardian
Microsoft's Mixed Q2 and Its 'Philosophy Problem'
TechNewsWorld
"As for its Azure cloud computing line -- when you say cloud computing, do you think of Microsoft?" asked DiDio. "Probably not." There obvious gaps are in its strategy, DiDio maintained. "They need a tablet strategy and a more coherent mobile phone ...
Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler, father of Windows NT, now working on XboxZDNet (blog)
Amazon EC2 Reaches Out To Windows DevelopersNetworkComputing.com
Dave Cutler moves to the Xbox: What he brings to the jobCNET
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2012-01-21 19:43:29 - Windows Azure with PHP – Make A Blob Accessible For Public - MicrosoftFeed
Windows Azure with PHP – Make A Blob Accessible For Public
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Don't forget to subscribe to our RSS Feed, Twitter or Facebook page to get notified about news and events related to Microsoft in future. Puja Pramudya is a Device Application Development MVP and Founder of Radya Labs, the pioneer of windows phone ...

2012-01-21 08:16:23 - Health Care in Your Convertible - Nextgov
Health Care in Your Convertible
Nextgov
Ford announced partnerships with Microsoft HealthVault, Windows Azure and Healthrageous Inc. to develop a prototype system that works with "compatible biometric measurement devices." Sync "provides easy, voice-controlled access to mobile devices such ...

2012-01-21 01:36:06 - CRM data integration provider Scribe boosts cloud offering with GUI ... - ZDNet
CRM data integration provider Scribe boosts cloud offering with GUI ...
ZDNet (blog)
Scribe then, has developed its cloud offerings, built on Microsoft Azure and released last year, to make the instantiation of CRM data from as many sources as makes sense a function of the cloud, as well as on-premises. Such a hybrid approach to data ...

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2012-01-20 22:03:46 - Megaupload''s demise: What happens to your files when a cloud service dies? - ExtremeTech

ExtremeTech
Megaupload's demise: What happens to your files when a cloud service dies?
ExtremeTech
If you're an enterprise customer using Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS, you should probably be given help to migrate your data to another provider. In the case of a federal indictment, though, I don't think any cloud provider really offers a way out ...

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2012-01-20 06:07:25 - Microsoft Enterprise Software Roadmap for 2012 - MarketWatch
Microsoft Enterprise Software Roadmap for 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
... for 100+ versions of Microsoft enterprise products, including: Windows Server, Windows Client, SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange, Systems Center, Lync Server, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Office 365, Azure, Visual Studio and more for 2012 and beyond. ...

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2012-01-20 03:38:32 - Cost, proliferation power rise of SQL Server data warehousing - SearchSQLServer.com

TechEye
Cost, proliferation power rise of SQL Server data warehousing
SearchSQLServer.com
... Microsoft has jumped into the big data pool. The company recently announced it would hook its upcoming SQL Server 2012 into distributed computing framework Hadoop, and it has big-data plans for Windows Server and its cloud platform Azure as well. ...
Microsoft Enterprise Software Roadmap for 2012MarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-20 02:53:46 - Amazon EC2 Reaches Out To Windows Developers - NetworkComputing.com
Amazon EC2 Reaches Out To Windows Developers
NetworkComputing.com
Amazon EC2 is upping the ante with Microsoft's competitive cloud platform, Azure, by matching its free offer of up to 750 hours per month, for up to a year, of developer time for Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2 editions. ...

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2012-01-20 02:40:03 - Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM Kindel to advise FreePriceAlerts; Amazon gets a ... - GeekWire

GeekWire
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft GM Kindel to advise FreePriceAlerts; Amazon gets a ...
GeekWire
Microsoft's Dave Cutler, described as the “father of Windows NT,” has shifted from the Azure team to a new role on the Xbox team. ZDNET's Mary Jo Foley first reported on the news, writing that Cutler is so well regarded inside the software company that ...

2012-01-20 02:18:36 - Ford Shows ''Car That Cares'' At CES - InformationWeek
Ford Shows 'Car That Cares' At CES
InformationWeek
Ford owners also will be able to upload data from Healthrageous coaching and other compatible medical devices and apps to Microsoft's HealthVault personal health records platform or to the Windows Azure cloud. Strumolo reiterated his promise that ...

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2012-01-20 00:17:38 - From SOPA to speech: Seven tech trends to monitor - O''Reilly Radar
From SOPA to speech: Seven tech trends to monitor
O''Reilly Radar
So it's never wise to count Microsoft out. Starting with Windows 8, with a possibly revolutionary new interface design, continuing with the release of new Windows Mobile phones from Nokia, continuing to push more developers to Azure — this is clearly ...

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2012-01-19 23:06:46 - Geminare Announces a Strategic Alliance With Microsoft to Bring Recovery as a ... - MarketWatch
Geminare Announces a Strategic Alliance With Microsoft to Bring Recovery as a ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Morency added, "The Geminare and Microsoft Strategic Alliance does just that. Geminare's RaaS portfolio delivered from the Windows Azure cloud eliminates the barriers to entry to the emerging RaaS market for resellers worldwide, setting the stage for ...

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2012-01-19 05:55:32 - Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler, father of NT, now working on Xbox - ZDNet
Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler, father of NT, now working on Xbox
ZDNet (blog)
Four years ago, Microsoft assembled a team, many with killer Windows pedigrees, to build Microsoft's public-cloud operating system, Windows Azure (codenamed “Red Dog.”) On the all-star roster were folks like Dave Cutler, the father of Windows NT, ...

2012-01-19 05:55:32 - Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler, father of Windows NT, now working on Xbox - ZDNet

Business Insider
Microsoft confirms Dave Cutler, father of Windows NT, now working on Xbox
ZDNet (blog)
Four years ago, Microsoft assembled a team, many with killer Windows pedigrees, to build Microsoft's public-cloud operating system, Windows Azure (codenamed “Red Dog.”) On the all-star roster were folks like Dave Cutler, the father of Windows NT, ...
Microsoft Just Put One Of Its Hardcore Technical Geniuses On Xbox (MSFT)San Francisco Chronicle

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2012-01-19 05:12:12 - Fujitsu Offers ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management in a Cloud Environment - The Complete Managed Services Resource
Fujitsu Offers ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management in a Cloud Environment
The Complete Managed Services Resource
"Because the Fujitsu Retail Suite runs on the Microsoft (News - Alert) software platform with Microsoft .NET, putting components into Windows Azure was a natural way to make that happen. ValueCENTER software in the cloud is the fastest and most ...

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2012-01-19 01:36:29 - For SQL Server shops testing Azure cloud, it''s all about integrating data - SearchSQLServer.com
For SQL Server shops testing Azure cloud, it's all about integrating data
SearchSQLServer.com
Despite all the hoopla around cloud computing, Microsoft's SQL Azure cloud platform will likely co-exist with on-premises SQL Server installations for some time. The hybrid deployment scenario means integrating data will present challenges to ...

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2012-01-18 22:23:18 - Amazon Unveils Windows Server Free Trial - InformationWeek
Amazon Unveils Windows Server Free Trial
InformationWeek
By making EC2 Windows-friendly, Amazon can entice businesses that might otherwise have chosen to deploy their cloud-based systems on Microsoft's Azure platform. "It's a logical step," said Gartner analyst Ray Valdes. "There are companies that are ...
5 Cloud Services To Watch In 2012HostReview.com (press release) (blog)
Retalix 10 Store Suite now available in the cloudMobile Payments Today

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2012-01-18 21:21:55 - 5 Cloud Services To Watch In 2012 - HostReview.com
5 Cloud Services To Watch In 2012
HostReview.com (press release) (blog)
Microsoft's Windows Azure Platform is structured in such a manner in order to host and scale up web applications of business enterprises. In competition with other cloud providers, Microsoft too has excelled in the field. A brief description on its ...
Retalix 10 Store Suite now available in the cloudMobile Payments Today

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2012-01-18 18:21:54 - Fujitsu Announces ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management In A - Retail Solutions Online
Fujitsu Announces ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management In A
Retail Solutions Online (press release)
"Because the Fujitsu Retail Suite runs on the Microsoft software platform with Microsoft .NET, putting components into Windows Azure was a natural way to make that happen. ValueCENTER software in the cloud is the fastest and most cost-effective ...

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2012-01-18 15:51:03 - Boulder startup SendGrid raises $21M, nets Microsoft deal - Daily Camera

VentureBeat
Boulder startup SendGrid raises $21M, nets Microsoft deal
Daily Camera
Separately on Tuesday, the Boulder firm also announced that Microsoft Corp. would provide SendGrid's services to customers of its Windows Azure cloud-based development offering. When new Azure users sign up for the service, the developers will receive ...
SendGrid Launches on Windows Azure Enterprise Cloud PlatformMarketWatch (press release)
SendGrid raises $21M in VC; Microsoft to partnerBizjournals.com
SendGrid raises $21M from Bessemer, Foundry, others to make automated e-mails ...VentureBeat
TheHostingNews.com (press release) -TechCrunch -Econsultancy (blog)
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2012-01-18 11:57:30 - Retalix 10 Store Suite now available in the cloud - Mobile Payments Today
Retalix 10 Store Suite now available in the cloud
Mobile Payments Today
Retalix has worked with Microsoft to use Windows Azure, which provides an open and flexible Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted through Microsoft data centers, automating IT infrastructure through a platform designed for high availability and ...

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2012-01-18 06:59:30 - Management in Multi-Hypervisor Environments - IT Business Edge
Management in Multi-Hypervisor Environments
IT Business Edge (blog)
Under the platform, enterprises will be able to coordinate pools of compute, storage and network resources across internal and external cloud architectures, and will most likely boost interest in Microsoft's Azure platform for PaaS and IaaS ...

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2012-01-18 06:04:15 - SendGrid raises $21M in VC; Microsoft to partner - Bizjournals.com

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SendGrid raises $21M in VC; Microsoft to partner
Bizjournals.com
Its new partnership with Seattle-based Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) means that customers of Microsoft's Azure cloud computing service will automatically have 25000 email messages a month managed by SendGrid's technology. The partnership should bring ...
SendGrid Launches on Windows Azure Enterprise Cloud PlatformMarketWatch (press release)
SendGrid raises $21M from Bessemer, Foundry, others to make automated e-mails ...VentureBeat
Boulder startup SendGrid, of TechStars, lands $21M and deal with MicrosoftDaily Camera
TheHostingNews.com (press release) -TechCrunch -GigaOm
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2012-01-18 05:30:58 - Amazon Web Services Has Last Laugh By Giving Windows Users A Free Year - Business Insider

ITProPortal
Amazon Web Services Has Last Laugh By Giving Windows Users A Free Year
Business Insider
Everyone wants a piece of Amazon's cloud provider pie, including Microsoft. Later this year, Microsoft will let Linux run on its Azure cloud -- a big leap for the company that makes Windows. Microsoft has also opened up Azure to let application ...
Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developersComputing
Amazon floats free Windows Server cloudsRegister
Amazon's Cloud Now Offers Free Microsoft WIndows ServerITProPortal
ZDNet Asia -Cloud Pro -GigaOm
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2012-01-18 05:25:56 - Microsoft Makes Cloud Management Move On VMware - InformationWeek

SYS-CON Media
Microsoft Makes Cloud Management Move On VMware
InformationWeek
It will be a prospective, hybrid cloud system manager, capable of moving virtual machines from the data center to Azure and back again. Even more than the Big Four, Microsoft is lining up to butt heads with VMware, which is mounting its own challenge ...
Microsoft Takes a New Approach to the CloudeWeek
Microsoft SC 2012 to Support Multi-Hypervisor Private Cloud for a Flat FeeReadWriteWeb
Microsoft pitches private cloud to IT with System Center 2012Ars Technica
PCWorld -NetworkComputing.com
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2012-01-18 02:43:37 - Microsoft Takes a New Approach to the Cloud - eWeek

V3.co.uk
Microsoft Takes a New Approach to the Cloud
eWeek
“Cloud” was the big word at Microsoft's recent Private Cloud Reviewers' Workshop here. There were many other words uttered, such as System Center 2012, Windows Azure, Hyper-V and so forth, but “cloud” seemed to be spoken the most. ...
Microsoft SC 2012 to Support Multi-Hypervisor Private Cloud for a Flat FeeReadWriteWeb
Microsoft pitches private cloud to IT with System Center 2012Ars Technica
Microsoft's System Center 2012: Building A Private CloudNetworkComputing.com
MarketWatch (press release)
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2012-01-18 01:36:34 - Microsoft pitches private cloud to IT with System Center 2012 - Ars Technica
Microsoft pitches private cloud to IT with System Center 2012
Ars Technica
In terms of public clouds, System Center 2012 only officially supports Microsoft's own Azure, creating integration between in-house and external resources. But even with the pre-2012 version, customers are using System Center to manage virtual servers ...
Microsoft SC 2012 to Support Multi-Hypervisor Private Cloud for a Flat FeeReadWriteWeb
Microsoft Brings the Cloud Down to Earth for EnterprisesMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-18 01:10:24 - Boulder startup SendGrid, of TechStars, lands $21M and deal with Microsoft - Daily Camera

VentureBeat
Boulder startup SendGrid, of TechStars, lands $21M and deal with Microsoft
Daily Camera
Separately on Tuesday, the Boulder firm also announced that Microsoft Corp. would provide SendGrid's services to customers of its Windows Azure cloud-based development offering. When new Azure users sign up for the service, they'll receive 25000 free ...
SendGrid Launches on Windows Azure Enterprise Cloud PlatformMarketWatch (press release)
SendGrid raises $21M from Bessemer, Foundry, others to make automated e-mails ...VentureBeat
Bessemer Leads $21M Round In Cloud-Based Email Delivery And Management Service ...TechCrunch
GigaOm -VatorNews
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2012-01-18 00:50:01 - Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developers - Computing

ITProPortal
Amazon opens up Free Usage Tier to Windows Server developers
Computing
This keeps Amazon in competition with Microsoft's Azure cloud when attracting developers. "It's an ongoing competition between Microsoft and Amazon, and Amazon is doing incremental things to remain in the race."
Amazon floats free Windows Server cloudsRegister
Amazon's Cloud Now Offers Free Microsoft WIndows ServerITProPortal
Free Windows servers float onto Amazon's cloudZDNet Asia
Cloud Pro -GigaOm
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2012-01-17 23:32:13 - Apprenda Snags Microsoft Cloud Leader Rakesh Malhotra for VP of Products - MarketWatch
Apprenda Snags Microsoft Cloud Leader Rakesh Malhotra for VP of Products
MarketWatch (press release)
... including Windows Server Hyper-V and Windows Azure. Before Microsoft, Malhotra was a managing architect at MediaServ for its Enterprise Solutions Practice where he led the engineering team to build web-based IT systems for the financial industry. ...

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2012-01-17 23:08:47 - SendGrid raises $21M from Bessemer, Foundry, others to make automated e-mails ... - VentureBeat

VentureBeat
SendGrid raises $21M from Bessemer, Foundry, others to make automated e-mails ...
VentureBeat
E-mail infrastructure startup SendGrid has raised $21 million in its second round of funding and created a partnership with Microsoft's Windows Azure platform to convince more enterprises to use its e-mail delivery solutions, the company announced ...
SendGrid Launches on Windows Azure Enterprise Cloud PlatformMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-17 22:04:22 - Retalix 10 Store Suite is Available as a Service From the Cloud - MarketWatch
Retalix 10 Store Suite is Available as a Service From the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
Retalix has worked with Microsoft to use Windows Azure, which provides an open and flexible Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted through Microsoft data centers, automating IT infrastructure through a platform designed for high availability and ...

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2012-01-17 17:21:03 - Cloud Trading Technologies Expands into Asia to support demand for Cloud ... - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
Cloud Trading Technologies Expands into Asia to support demand for Cloud ...
PR Web (press release)
Cloud Trading Technologies, a leading provider in the development and delivery of online trading and risk management solutions via the Microsoft Azure Cloud, has appointed Omer Hevlin as Business Development Executive for the Asian region. ...

2012-01-17 04:08:29 - Just Ask: Joyent Finds a Node.js Partner in Microsoft - ProgrammableWeb

ProgrammableWeb (blog)
Just Ask: Joyent Finds a Node.js Partner in Microsoft
ProgrammableWeb (blog)
They have committed to providing a Node.js runtime on their platform as a service (PaaS) offering, Azure. When I asked Hoffman about approaching Microsoft he reflected on the typical aversion of the open source community to working with the dominant ...

2012-01-16 23:52:46 - 6 Soon-to-be-published Microsoft Silverlight Books and eBooks - Announced by ... - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
6 Soon-to-be-published Microsoft Silverlight Books and eBooks - Announced by ...
PR Web (press release)
These titles include: Microsoft Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards, Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration, and the Silverlight 5 update to the best selling: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook. ...

2012-01-16 23:33:13 - Amazon floats free Windows Server clouds - Register

CNET
Amazon floats free Windows Server clouds
Register
Microsoft's Windows Azure compute fabric is based on Windows Server 2008 R2 but it is not identical. Microsoft has promised Virtual Machine Roles that would let .NET developers deploy what Redmond calls a "custom" Windows Server image on the Windows ...
AWS offers free Windows on EC2 (kind of)GigaOm
Free Windows servers float onto Amazon's cloudCNET

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2012-01-16 22:38:31 - AWS offers free Windows on EC2

GigaOm
AWS offers free Windows on EC2 (kind of)
GigaOm
Amazon's popular infrastructure-as-a-service and Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service are increasingly competing with Amazon adding more PaaS-like capabilities and Microsoft [MISSING WORD?] working on IaaS tools. Both companies plan web briefings ...

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2012-01-16 22:02:39 - Fujitsu Announces ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management in a Cloud Environment - MarketWatch
Fujitsu Announces ValueCENTER Stored Value Card Management in a Cloud Environment
MarketWatch (press release)
"Because the Fujitsu Retail Suite runs on the Microsoft software platform with Microsoft .NET, putting components into Windows Azure was a natural way to make that happen. ValueCENTER software in the cloud is the fastest and most cost-effective ...

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2012-01-16 21:10:54 - NetCOBOL for .NET 4.2 Puts COBOL in the Cloud - DigitalJournal.com
NetCOBOL for .NET 4.2 Puts COBOL in the Cloud
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
"Windows Azure has unmatched elasticity, power, storage and security. With NetCOBOL 4.2 and Windows Azure, our customers can take advantage of the latest technology Microsoft® has to offer." With NetCOBOL for .NET 4.2, users can run COBOL applications ...

2012-01-16 13:34:14 - Control Your Code, Control Your Costs And Destiny - IT Jungle
Control Your Code, Control Your Costs And Destiny
IT Jungle
You still need to know too much to use Microsoft Azure or VMware Cloud Foundry. But even after you do that, you need to pay some smart programmers a lot of money to create innovative applications. To encode your business and then recode it. ...

2012-01-14 00:10:46 - The future of Exchange administration - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro (blog)
The future of Exchange administration
Windows IT Pro (blog)
Of course, Microsoft is hugely interested in automated operations because they need Windows to run as smoothly and as cheaply as possible in the datacenters that support their cloud offerings such as Azure and Office 365. ...

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2012-01-13 12:40:23 - Azure Ups Open Source Volume - Dr. Dobb''s
Azure Ups Open Source Volume
Dr. Dobb''s
By Adrian Bridgwater, January 12, 2012 Microsoft was quietly turning up the open source volume (no pun intended) inside Windows Azure over the holiday period. As well ramping up the OSS gauge, the company also addressed SQL Azure Database improvements ...
Microsoft Selects Hitachi Consulting for Exclusive Windows Azure Inner Circle ...PR Web (press release)
Pariveda Solutions Becomes Newest Microsoft Windows Azure Circle PartnerTalkinCloud (blog)
Pariveda Solutions Selected by Microsoft as Windows Azure Circle PartnerSacramento Bee
ReadWriteWeb
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2012-01-13 05:38:15 - Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Turns 10: What''s Next - InformationWeek
Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Turns 10: What's Next
InformationWeek
10 years after Bill Gates famously declared a security emergency within Microsoft, the stakes are much higher. 'TWC Next' will include a focus on cloud services such as Azure. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Microsoft is marking the 10th anniversary ...

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2012-01-13 04:09:40 - Ford collaborates with Microsoft for in-car health and wellness research - PhysOrg.com

mobihealthnews
Ford collaborates with Microsoft for in-car health and wellness research
PhysOrg.com
The data received from the driver are then uploaded into the HealthVault cloud, at which point they are transferred to Windows Azure. The information is processed with other health data, which are used to create graphical reports the driver can access ...
Ford wants to monitor your health while you driveTG Daily
Microsoft, Healthrageous join Ford to research in-car health monitoringmobihealthnews
Fords of the future could monitor your healthAutos.ca
PCWorld
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2012-01-13 02:22:18 - Ford wants to monitor your health while you drive - TG Daily

mobihealthnews
Ford wants to monitor your health while you drive
TG Daily
BlueMetal is already working on prototype hardware and using the Ford Sync platform, which will allow voice interaction with existing services like HealthVault by Microsoft, Windows Azure, and the interactive services that Healthrageous provides using ...
Microsoft, Healthrageous join Ford to research in-car health monitoringmobihealthnews
Fords of the future could monitor your healthAutos.ca
Ford Wants Vehicles to Monitor Your HealthPCWorld
MarketWatch (press release)
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2012-01-13 00:36:00 - Datacenter win for SUSE Linux - ZDNet
Datacenter win for SUSE Linux
ZDNet (blog)
While Dell is an early supporter and provider of the Microsoft Azure cloud service, their adoption of VMware solutions to virtualize SUSE Linux gives them a bunch broader customer range, appealing to both existing VMware and SUSE customers as well as ...

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2012-01-13 00:08:05 - Fraternity brothers develop field service software program - Purdue Exponent
Fraternity brothers develop field service software program
Purdue Exponent
2011, provides software hosted by Microsoft Azure Cloud, a service that allows files to be accessed from a variety of devices. The Cloud system allows FoundOPS to coordinate client order information and create the most efficient route for field service ...

2012-01-12 23:33:12 - Microsoft sharpening axe for marketing heads - report - Register
Microsoft sharpening axe for marketing heads - report
Register
In 2010, Microsoft shakes up its server and tools business to turn its Windows Azure cloud into a rain-maker while also protecting the Windows Server biz. The explanation for this latest change is standard boilerplate: to help Microsoft respond to the ...

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2012-01-12 23:02:43 - Windows Azure system administration: Geared for the system-impaired - DABCC.com
Windows Azure system administration: Geared for the system-impaired
DABCC.com
This kind of manageability is coupled with Azure's high availability, as Microsoft administrates failover management without much intervention needed on the developer's part. By understanding a few key components to Windows Azure, any developer can ...

2012-01-12 22:50:39 - Pariveda Solutions Becomes Newest Microsoft Windows Azure Circle Partner - TalkinCloud
Pariveda Solutions Becomes Newest Microsoft Windows Azure Circle Partner
TalkinCloud (blog)
by Matthew Weinberger on Dallas-based cloud service provider Pariveda Solutions has become the latest Microsoft partner to score an invite to the Windows Azure Circle Program, giving it a voice in the future of the platform-as-a-service. ...
Pariveda Solutions Selected by Microsoft as Windows Azure Circle PartnerSacramento Bee
Does Microsoft Remain a "Cloud Player" in 2012?ReadWriteWeb
Windows Azure system administration: Geared for the system-impairedDABCC.com
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
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2012-01-12 18:34:17 - Visual''s S-Edition will be major milestone for fashion PLM - Fibre2fashion.com

Fibre2fashion.com
Visual's S-Edition will be major milestone for fashion PLM
Fibre2fashion.com
Representing the fifth major release of the popular software, the S-Edition raises the bar for user experience and responsiveness as the first fashion PLM solution to fully leverage the new Microsoft Silverlight 5 development tools and Windows Azure ...

2012-01-12 18:30:30 - Microsoft, Healthrageous join Ford to research in-car health monitoring - mobihealthnews

mobihealthnews
Microsoft, Healthrageous join Ford to research in-car health monitoring
mobihealthnews
As part of the newly announced partnership, Ford owners will be able to upload data from in-vehicle monitors and Healthrageous coaching to Microsoft's HealthVault personal health records platform or the Windows Azure cloud. ...
Ford Collaborates with Microsoft, Healthrageous and BlueMetal Architects for ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-12 11:02:51 - Developers will flock to public cloud in 2012 - GigaOm

GigaOm
Developers will flock to public cloud in 2012
GigaOm
And, of those going that route, 30 percent named Amazon Web Services as their public cloud of choice; 28 percent did not yet know which cloud they would use; 10 percent named Rackspace; and 6 percent cited Microsoft Azure. ”Other” public clouds came in ...

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2012-01-12 06:17:35 - Apple vs. Microsoft Redux: A Rematch for the Ages - IT Business Edge
Apple vs. Microsoft Redux: A Rematch for the Ages
IT Business Edge (blog)
So far, things look pretty bad for Microsoft. But as analyst Stephen Simpson points out on seekinglapha.com, Microsoft is not without options. For one, it still has a significant presence in back office operations, where the Azure platform can be more ...

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2012-01-12 05:03:02 - Ford Collaborates with Microsoft, Healthrageous and BlueMetal Architects for ... - MarketWatch
Ford Collaborates with Microsoft, Healthrageous and BlueMetal Architects for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The data received from the driver are then uploaded into the HealthVault cloud, at which point they are transferred to Windows Azure. The information is processed with other health data, which are used to create graphical reports the driver can access ...

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2012-01-12 04:26:23 - Does Microsoft Remain a "Cloud Player" in 2012? - ReadWriteWeb
Does Microsoft Remain a "Cloud Player" in 2012?
ReadWriteWeb
It's almost impossible to believe now, but when Microsoft premiered its Windows Azure service back in October 2008, there was genuine speculation over whether the company would try to muscle its way into the cloud the way it did with Internet Explorer ...
Microsoft Selects Hitachi Consulting for Exclusive Windows Azure Inner Circle ...PR Web (press release)
Pariveda Solutions Selected by Microsoft as Windows Azure Circle PartnerPR Newswire (press release)
Pariveda Solutions Becomes Newest Microsoft Windows Azure Circle PartnerTalkinCloud (blog)

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2012-01-11 22:09:49 - Pariveda Solutions Selected by Microsoft as Windows Azure Circle Partner - PR Newswire
Pariveda Solutions Selected by Microsoft as Windows Azure Circle Partner
PR Newswire (press release)
11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Pariveda Solutions is pleased to announce Microsoft's selection of Pariveda to the Windows Azure Circle Program. As a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Advanced Gold Competency partner, Pariveda was selected by ...

2012-01-11 17:37:31 - ZSL Joins the Microsoft''s Platform Modernization Alliance - openPR
ZSL Joins the Microsoft's Platform Modernization Alliance
openPR (press release)
“Our collaboration with Microsoft will enable our customers to make their business processes more agile and address the time to market pressure effectively by leveraging our tools based modernization process and the power of Windows Azure and SQL ...

2012-01-11 08:08:41 - Microsoft''s SQL Azure: Its place in the cloud strategy - DABCC.com
Microsoft's SQL Azure: Its place in the cloud strategy
DABCC.com
I began using the product at its inception, right around the time when Microsoft first broke off from the Sybase code base, with its preeminent SQL Server 7.0 release. However, it wasn't until SQL Server 2000 came out that I came to realize its true ...

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2012-01-11 07:41:36 - AT&T Is Going To Try To Blow Away Amazon''s Cloud - Business Insider

Business Insider
AT&T Is Going To Try To Blow Away Amazon's Cloud
Business Insider
That's what Amazon's Web Services does, as does Microsoft Azure, IBM's SmartCloud, Red Hat's OpenShift and countless others. AT&T has promised that it's new cloud will support multiple flavors of Linux (CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat) as well as ...

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2012-01-11 04:36:07 - Fonality Hires Second CEO in Two Years - Channel Partners

Bradenton Herald
Fonality Hires Second CEO in Two Years
Channel Partners
But, the company is counting on Scult's experience in the tech world -- namely as general manager of Microsoft Office 365 -- "to support Fonality's upward trajectory," said Paul Weinstein, a Fonality board member and general partner at investor Azure ...
Fonality Appoints Former Microsoft Exec David Scult as Chief Executive OfficerMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-11 00:38:53 - Microsoft Server And Tools Exec To Exit - CRN
Microsoft Server And Tools Exec To Exit
CRN
Most recently he led the Connected Systems Division, which includes Microsoft's Windows Application Server, BizTalk Server, .Net Framework technologies, .Net Services within the Azure Services Platform and Microsoft's new modeling system. ...
Microsoft's veteran server and tools chief punches ejectRegister

all 4 news articles »
2012-01-10 23:03:45 - Freelancer.com Fast 50 Job Trends for Q4 2011 Shows the Technology Industry In ... - PR Newswire
Freelancer.com Fast 50 Job Trends for Q4 2011 Shows the Technology Industry In ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Amazon AWS grows strongly but from a small base and no-one seems to care about Google App Engine, or even less, Microsoft Azure. SYDNEY, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace, ...

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2012-01-10 22:16:40 - Fonality Appoints Former Microsoft Exec David Scult as Chief Executive Officer - MarketWatch
Fonality Appoints Former Microsoft Exec David Scult as Chief Executive Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
"David is a seasoned executive whose proven expertise with both large and small firms will be an incredible asset to support Fonality's upward trajectory," said Paul Weinstein, general partner, Azure Capital Partners and Fonality board member. ...

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2012-01-10 17:33:59 - Visual 2000 Sets New Standard for PLM Usability with Visual PLM.net
Visual 2000 Sets New Standard for PLM Usability with Visual PLM.net® S Edition
PR Web (press release)
Representing the fifth major release of the popular software, the S-Edition raises the bar for user experience and responsiveness as the first fashion PLM solution to fully leverage the new Microsoft® Silverlight® 5 development tools and Windows Azure ...

2012-01-10 11:28:45 - Nurturing the market for Data Markets - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Nurturing the market for Data Markets
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
From Microsoft's Azure Data Marketplace to the eponymous DataMarket, or InfoChimps, Factual, and Kasabi, there's resurgent interest in the venerable business of collecting, curating, and commercialising data created by others. ...

2012-01-10 04:22:44 - AT&T shows off coming new Windows Phones - ZDNet
AT&T shows off coming new Windows Phones
ZDNet (blog)
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 7.5 already share the same Metro-style interface, the same HTML5 Internet Explorer browser, integration with Windows Live and Azure, and a common HTML5/XAML experience, Ballmer said. He stopped short of saying anything about ...

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2012-01-10 04:22:44 - AT&T shows off coming new Windows Phones at CES - ZDNet
AT&T shows off coming new Windows Phones at CES
ZDNet (blog)
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 7.5 already share the same Metro-style interface, the same HTML5 Internet Explorer browser, integration with Windows Live and Azure, and a common HTML5/XAML experience, Ballmer said. He stopped short of saying anything about ...

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2012-01-10 04:11:09 - Nginx Edges Microsoft in Server Battle - Infoboom
Nginx Edges Microsoft in Server Battle
Infoboom
Larger IT vendors such as Microsoft and Oracle have noted the developments, partnering or developing technologies in this area as well. Oracle, for instance, announced a NoSQL product last year. In addition, Microsoft Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud ...

2012-01-10 03:57:45 - Microsoft in 2012: two screens and a question mark - ZDNet
Microsoft in 2012: two screens and a question mark
ZDNet (blog)
On the business side, Office 365 is holding its own with Google Apps, and Windows Azure continues to grow, slowly. But those cloud strategies assumes a world where customers remain loyal to Microsoft on all three of those screens.

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2012-01-10 01:08:55 - KTL Solutions Adds Acumatica, Award-Winning Cloud ERP - San Francisco Chronicle
KTL Solutions Adds Acumatica, Award-Winning Cloud ERP
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Deployment options include on-premises installation or software as a service (SaaS) running in the Microsoft Windows Azure datacenters. "Acumatica is recognized for bringing the benefits of cloud technology to mid-sized organizations through fully ...

2012-01-09 23:34:45 - Hadoop CTP for Azure - iProgrammer
Hadoop CTP for Azure
iProgrammer
The new Hadoop on Azure service, which is now available as a community technology preview (CTP), is being described as 'all Metro - that is a Metro UI with a Live Tile implementation.' Metro is the design language that Microsoft first showed for ...

2012-01-09 20:00:22 - Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Microsoft is finally making good products -- but ... - Computerworld
Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Microsoft is finally making good products -- but ...
Computerworld
Now that Microsoft is finally making good server and desktop operating systems and programs, we're moving to the cloud, smartphones and tablets. Yes, Microsoft has Azure for the cloud, but it's only one of many cloud platforms, and there's nothing ...

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2012-01-09 19:50:43 - Microsoft''s veteran server and tools chief punches eject - Register
Microsoft's veteran server and tools chief punches eject
Register
Microsoft's $15bn Server and Tools group is also home to Microsoft's cloud effort, Windows Azure. There was no word on why Wahbe is leaving or where he's going, while it's reported here he is being replaced by Office product management group corporate ...
Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Microsoft is finally making good products -- but ...Computerworld

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2012-01-09 17:11:20 - EventTracker Enterprise Enhances Focus on Monitoring of MS Windows Devices ... - PR Web
EventTracker Enterprise Enhances Focus on Monitoring of MS Windows Devices ...
PR Web (press release)
"The Silver ISV status provides us access to the full range of Microsoft products and enables support for upcoming releases including Windows 8 and Azure.” EventTracker has a long-standing focus on providing complete monitoring of Windows applications, ...

2012-01-09 16:12:15 - LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-Jan-2012 - LXer
LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-Jan-2012
LXer (press release)
Linux Coming to Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud?: Plenty of pundits say the cloud runs on Linux. Heck, even Microsoft appears to be gearing up to support Linux in the cloud — sort of. The specifics: Microsoft is preparing to “enable” Linux to run on ...

2012-01-08 14:24:43 - Cloud Computing - Youngstown Vindicator
Cloud Computing
Youngstown Vindicator
John Lurtz, chief executive officer of Alaritas and workshop presenter, will discuss how Alaritas moves web applications and e-commerce solutions to the Internet and how new small businesses can get a free trial of Microsoft Azure with a Microsoft ...

2012-01-07 05:27:40 - AppFog Promotes Paas - Virtualization Review
AppFog Promotes Paas
Virtualization Review (blog)
Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Service Elastic Beanstock, Google Apps, and Force.com PaaS from Salesforce.com are all, of course, prominent players. Currently, when People think about PaaS, they associate it with the Web development community, ...

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2012-01-07 05:06:16 - Oracle Developers Playing in the Microsoft Sandbox? Indeed. - Redmond Developer News
Oracle Developers Playing in the Microsoft Sandbox? Indeed.
Redmond Developer News (blog)
As Microsoft continues to make news about opening up its developer technologies (the latest being opening its Windows Azure cloud platform to Linux servers), it's easy to forget how the process works both ways. Witness last week's under-the-radar ...

2012-01-07 04:06:49 - Apprenda 3.0 Brings Private PaaS to .NET Developers - eWeek
Apprenda 3.0 Brings Private PaaS to .NET Developers
eWeek
With the exception of Microsoft's own Azure service, most of the PaaS focus has been aimed away from Microsoft's .NET framework and its corresponding stack. Recently, however, this situation has been changing, with the emergence of . ...

2012-01-07 02:10:41 - The cloud market in 2012: Through the eyes of experts - SearchCloudComputing.com
The cloud market in 2012: Through the eyes of experts
SearchCloudComputing.com
Microsoft's SQL Azure Labs also released a private CTP of Codename Data Explorer, which is designed to discover syndicated big data sets from the Widows Azure Marketplace Datamarket, formerly codenamed “Dallas.” Data Explorer lets analysts link ...

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2012-01-07 01:35:34 - Microsoft Previews Windows Azure Application Integration Services - InfoQ.com
Microsoft Previews Windows Azure Application Integration Services
InfoQ.com
To create these transformations that run in Windows Azure, Microsoft is providing a visual XSLT mapping tool that is reminiscent of a similar tool that ships with Microsoft's BizTalk Server integration product. However, this new XSLT mapper has a ...

2012-01-06 09:20:56 - Microsoft Execs To Talk ''Private Cloud'' on January 17 - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Execs To Talk 'Private Cloud' on January 17
Redmondmag.com
By "private cloud," Microsoft means datacenter infrastructure built around its Server and Tools software products, which include Windows Server, SQL Server and Windows Azure. Of course, Windows Azure is Microsoft's platform-as-a-service offering, ...

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2012-01-06 06:06:02 - Ray Ozzie Gathering Ex-Microsoft Colleagues for New Start-Up, Cocomo - All Things Digital

CNET
Ray Ozzie Gathering Ex-Microsoft Colleagues for New Start-Up, Cocomo
All Things Digital
During his time there he helped re-direct Microsoft from focusing on software that ran on a server or desktop toward Internet-delivered services. While his vision can be seen in products like Office 365, Windows Azure and Windows Live, ...
Ray Ozzie starts to emerge from stealth modeGigaOm
Ray Ozzie's Next Big Thing: CocomoXconomy

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2012-01-05 10:45:14 - Ray Ozzie starts to emerge from stealth mode - GigaOm

GigaOm
Ray Ozzie starts to emerge from stealth mode
GigaOm
4, 2012, 5:42pm PT No Comments Ozzie, the former chief software architect for Microsoft — and the force behind Windows Azure — is looking for a lead UX/UI designer according to a job posting spotted on Facebook Wednesday night. ...

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2012-01-05 06:26:40 - Microsoft Turns Good Engineers Into Bad Managers, Says Ex-Employee
Microsoft Turns Good Engineers Into Bad Managers, Says Ex-Employee (MSFT)
San Francisco Chronicle
Rely less on advertising and rely on developers to evangelize your products, particularly with Windows Azure (which will only win if techies start using it for their companies). Stick with things longer. Microsoft seems to have "shiny new object" ...

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2012-01-05 02:56:01 - Linux in the Azure Cloud - iProgrammer
Linux in the Azure Cloud
iProgrammer
According to Foley, one of her contacts described this lack of persistence as “a deal breaker for a number of business users who were unwilling to consider Azure until Microsoft added this support.” Customers have also been requesting the means to run ...

2012-01-05 02:38:24 - 13 Most Important Microsoft Product Lines - Redmondmag.com
13 Most Important Microsoft Product Lines
Redmondmag.com
Visual Studio The latest release, Visual Studio 2010, has enabled thousands of developers to target Microsoft's latest platforms, including Windows 7, Windows Azure, and Windows Phone 7, as well as the forthcoming Windows 8. "Visual Studio 11" is now ...

2012-01-04 23:41:41 - Microsoft Azure In 2012: Watch Out Amazon? - InformationWeek

ITProPortal
Microsoft Azure In 2012: Watch Out Amazon?
InformationWeek
Look for Linux and Hadoop twists as Microsoft bolsters its cloud platform. Some observers say the changes could move Azure into more direct competition with Amazon Web Services. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Microsoft plans to bolster Windows Azure ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Enables Linux on Azure, Offers Emergency .NET FixDABCC.com
Microsoft's Azure Platform Gets Persistant VMITProPortal
Server Watch -eWeek -Technorati
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2012-01-04 23:05:05 - Delphi MyF
Delphi MyFi(TM) Systems Connect With Safety and Provide Access to Online ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Delphi selected Windows Azure for its agility, efficiency and global reach. With Azure, Microsoft manages content storage and delivery, while Delphi provides the unique convenience features of its cloud-based solution. "Windows Azure allows us to ...

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2012-01-04 22:27:22 - Microsoft Enables Linux on Azure, Offers Emergency .NET Fix - DABCC.com
Microsoft Enables Linux on Azure, Offers Emergency .NET Fix
DABCC.com
Microsoft has recently announced that it is enabling Linux on Windows Azure, and working on allowing its customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on its Windows Azure platform. This means that users will be able to create virtual Linux ...

2012-01-04 18:14:43 - Microsoft To Open Azure Cloud Platform to Linux VMs - Server Watch

ITProPortal
Microsoft To Open Azure Cloud Platform to Linux VMs
Server Watch
This means Customers who want to run Windows or Linux (without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so. "This headline is not an error. I didn't have one too many craft brews over the New Year's ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft's Azure Platform Gets Persistant VMITProPortal
Microsoft Prepping for Linux on Windows Azure: ReporteWeek
Technorati -Ars Technica
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2012-01-04 17:46:22 - Boot up: GCHQ ''offers bonuses to prevent staff leaving'', Google+ US visits hit ... - The Guardian

The Guardian (blog)
Boot up: GCHQ 'offers bonuses to prevent staff leaving', Google+ US visits hit ...
The Guardian (blog)
Customers who want to run Windows or Linux "durably" (ie, without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so. Microsoft is planning to launch a Community Technology Preview (CTP) test-build of the ...

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2012-01-04 16:30:52 - Azure in education - ComputerworldUK
Azure in education
ComputerworldUK (blog)
I thought the fashion for Netbooks (tantalisingly mostly Linux at that time) would wane, Postgres would become the de-facto database, Creative Commons would become the licence model of choice and Microsoft's Azure would dominate the school's SaaS ...

2012-01-04 10:59:01 - Microsoft''s Azure Platform Gets Persistant VM - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Microsoft's Azure Platform Gets Persistant VM
ITProPortal
The ZDNet sources further state that for such technical reasons, customers were reluctant to run SharePoint on the existing Azure VM role. It is important to note here that until now, Microsoft was shrugging off the growing demands from its customers ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Prepping for Linux on Windows Azure: ReporteWeek
Microsoft Enabling Linux on its Azure Cloud in 2012Technorati
Ars Technica -Virtualization Review
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2012-01-04 08:11:25 - Report: Microsoft To Open Its Cloud Platform to Linux Servers - Virtualization Review
Report: Microsoft To Open Its Cloud Platform to Linux Servers
Virtualization Review
By Jeffrey Schwartz A report published Monday by longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley cited several sources who said customers of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform will be able to run Linux servers on the service starting this spring, ...

2012-01-04 07:31:33 - Azure Cloud Services - Windows 7 News
Azure Cloud Services
Windows 7 News
That operations software is Azure, their Cloud service. Two days ago, I wrote about Microsoft's plans for a persistent virtual machine that would allow Linux and SharePoint, and Sql Server to run virtually on Azure. But that is not all…here are some ...

2012-01-04 07:10:42 - Why Enterprise Software Will Never Be the Same - PCWorld
Why Enterprise Software Will Never Be the Same
PCWorld
In April, Microsoft announced that all four of its Dynamics ERP suites would be offered on its Azure cloud service. Microsoft "planting a flag in SaaS ERP validates players already in the field," such as NetSuite and SAP's Business ByDesign, ...

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2012-01-04 04:32:15 - Microsoft Gears Up For Linux On Windows Azure - TechWeekEurope UK

TechWeekEurope UK
Microsoft Gears Up For Linux On Windows Azure
TechWeekEurope UK
The post goes on to say, “Customers who want to run Windows or Linux 'durably' (ie, without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so.” In addition, according to the report: “The new persistent VM ...

2012-01-04 01:28:19 - Microsoft will add Linux virtual machines to Windows Azure - Ars Technica

Business Insider
Microsoft will add Linux virtual machines to Windows Azure
Ars Technica
Customers who want to run Windows or Linux 'durably' (ie, without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so," Foley wrote yesterday. "The new persistent VM support also will allow customers to run ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Prepping for Linux on Windows Azure: ReporteWeek
Microsoft Enabling Linux on its Azure Cloud in 2012Technorati
Business Insider -Digit
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2012-01-04 01:13:47 - Microsoft Prepping for Linux on Windows Azure: Report - eWeek

Business Insider
Microsoft Prepping for Linux on Windows Azure: Report
eWeek
The post goes on to say, "Customers who want to run Windows or Linux 'durably' (ie, without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so." In addition, according to the report: "The new persistent VM ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft will add Linux virtual machines to Windows AzureArs Technica
Microsoft Enabling Linux on its Azure Cloud in 2012Technorati
Business Insider -Galaxy Stocks -ZDNet UK (blog)
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2012-01-04 01:03:23 - Microsoft lets Linux onto its cloud - TechEye

TechEye
Microsoft lets Linux onto its cloud
TechEye
Anyway, the rumour, reported on Technorati, is that Microsoft is allowing its customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on Windows Azure. The current VM role when rebooted or randomly recycled by the Azure platform loses any data stored. ...

2012-01-04 00:11:31 - The Bitbag''s Top Tech Stories Of 2011 - Bitbag
The Bitbag's Top Tech Stories Of 2011
Bitbag
Cloud computing made headlines with Apple (iCloud, iTunes Match), Google (Android, Chrome, expanded Docs support), Amazon (expanded EC2 services, Kindle Fire, Silk), Microsoft (Azure, Windows Live) and others using independent web-based services for ...

2012-01-04 00:09:49 - Microsoft Is Being Forced To Love Its Enemy - Business Insider

Business Insider
Microsoft Is Being Forced To Love Its Enemy
Business Insider
Image: AP 2012 may be the year Microsoft transforms itself into a company with a future beyond the Windows desktop. Later this year, Microsoft will add technology to its cloud service, Azure, that will let users run Linux applications on Azure, ...

2012-01-03 22:32:06 - Microsoft Enabling Linux on its Azure Cloud in 2012 - Technorati

Technorati
Microsoft Enabling Linux on its Azure Cloud in 2012
Technorati
Microsoft is working on allowing its customers to make "virtual machines (VMs) persistent on its Windows Azure," according to news reports from "anonymous" company tipsters. Though Windows Azure already has support for a VM role, it's not efficient at ...
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012ZDNet (blog)
Linux to Debut on Windows Azure cloud in 2012Galaxy Stocks
Linux heads to Windows Azure in springZDNet UK (blog)
TalkinCloud (blog) -OStatic (blog) -Windows 7 News
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2012-01-03 22:06:37 - War of the cloud services: iCloud vs. Google, Do.com vs. Microsoft Sharepoint - ITworld.com
War of the cloud services: iCloud vs. Google, Do.com vs. Microsoft Sharepoint
ITworld.com
SharePoint can easily be run on Azure-based services, and Alfresco is easily installed on Amazon Web Service Linux-based machines. When it comes to collaboration as a service, however, things get more scarce. One new entrant to this field will most ...

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2012-01-03 21:41:49 - Microsoft''s cloud roadmap for 2012: What''s on tap - ZDNet
Microsoft's cloud roadmap for 2012: What's on tap
ZDNet (blog)
Here Microsoft hasn't been willing to share publicly its roadmaps for its Windows Azure and Office 365 cloud offerings for the past year-plus. But it seems the Softies have been sharing some details privately with a select few. ...

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2012-01-03 21:15:54 - Linux heads to Windows Azure in spring - ZDNet UK
Linux heads to Windows Azure in spring
ZDNet UK (blog)
Microsoft is preparing to let customers run the Linux operating system within a virtual machine on Windows Azure, sources have told ZDNet UK's sister site ZDNet.com. The change, made possible by a technology that supports persistent virtual machines ...

2012-01-03 21:06:08 - CRM Watchlist 2012 Winners Pt 1A - The Big Guns - ZDNet
CRM Watchlist 2012 Winners Pt 1A - The Big Guns
ZDNet (blog)
... on Rails commitments; situating their platform as a service as just that a Platform as as Service (PaaS) - not as a competitor to Microsoft Azure and Amazon's EC2 - which they (Peter Coffee in particular) see as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). ...

2012-01-03 17:45:29 - Panda Updates Cloud-based Security Software - T.H.E. Journal
Panda Updates Cloud-based Security Software
T.H.E. Journal
The new version resides on Windows Azure, Microsoft's enterprise-grade cloud services platform. Panda Cloud Office Protection is intended to provide cloud-based endpoint protection of files, email, HTTP/FTP downloads, and instant messaging against ...

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2012-01-03 01:40:31 - Is Microsoft Reaching Out to Linux with Windows Azure? - OStatic
Is Microsoft Reaching Out to Linux with Windows Azure?
OStatic (blog)
Customers who want to run Windows or Linux “durably” (ie, without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so...The new persistent VM support also will allow customers to run SQL Server or SharePoint ...

2012-01-02 22:49:00 - Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012 - ZDNet
Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012
ZDNet (blog)
Customers who want to run Windows or Linux “durably” (ie, without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft's Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so. Microsoft is planning to launch a Community Technology Preview (CTP) test-build of the ...

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2012-01-02 00:45:04 - Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts - GeekWire

GeekWire
Microsoft and Google: Comparing their top 10 official blog posts
GeekWire
Microsoft struck a chord with its “vision” pieces (future of the living room and productivity). There is product news on the Microsoft list: Xbox entertainment expansion, Windows Azure toolkits and the Kinect for Windows SDK. But notably, two of those ...

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2012-01-01 08:54:19 - Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and Hadoop - Network World
Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and Hadoop
Network World
Microsoft has already taken some efforts to embed Hadoop in its ecosystem. The company has released a Hadoop connector for SQL Server. It also offers connectivity to an instance of Hadoop on its Azure cloud service, currently as a developer preview.

2012-01-01 08:27:23 - Big Data and SQL Server: Disruption or Harmony? - Redmond Developer News

Network World
Big Data and SQL Server: Disruption or Harmony?
Redmond Developer News
I can't be sure yet, but I think that's what Microsoft has done, and it has enhanced the value of Windows Azure in the process. With code name "Project Isotope," Microsoft has taken the step of implementing Hadoop on Windows. It's a no-slouch effort, ...
SQL Server 2012 Coming on March 7Network World

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2012-01-01 08:02:52 - Rivers, Microsoft push for technology to address national issues - The Nation
Rivers, Microsoft push for technology to address national issues
The Nation
... Windows metro style app challenge; Windows azure challenge; and Windows phone challenge. According to Microsoft, in addition to the vast opportunities presented from competing on the world stage at the premier student technology competition, ...
Imagine Cup 2012: Microsoft begins search for contestantsVanguard

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2012-01-01 07:31:04 - 4 Cloud Computing Pain Points That Still Hurt - InformationWeek
4 Cloud Computing Pain Points That Still Hurt
InformationWeek
VMware claims on its Web site that neither Citrix nor Microsoft can do this from inside their virtualization management systems. Phillip Easter, director of mobile applications for American Airlines, described how he used Microsoft's Azure cloud to ...

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2012-01-01 07:13:53 - Microsoft''s Azure cloud platform down for more than half a day - VentureBeat

VentureBeat
Microsoft's Azure cloud platform down for more than half a day
VentureBeat
Microsoft's Azure cloud platform suffered a serious outage Tuesday evening and many customers are still without full access, according to the Azure Service Dashboard. Azure is used by many companies to host and build web applications through ...

2012-01-01 07:10:41 - Microsoft ''committed'' to Hyper-V OpenStack Support - PCWorld
Microsoft 'committed' to Hyper-V OpenStack Support
PCWorld
For instance, the people at Microsoft who championed the idea may have moved into a different group at the company and no one else picked it up. However, Microsoft may have also decided instead to focus on its own Azure platform for use in public and ...

2012-01-01 07:07:39 - Nevatech Extends Sentinet with Advanced SOA and API Management Capabilities ... - PR Web
Nevatech Extends Sentinet with Advanced SOA and API Management Capabilities ...
PR Web (press release)
“Sentinet 2.2 adds seamless integration with the Windows Azure cloud platform, Windows Azure Access Control Service, and Windows Azure Service Bus. This integration extends to SOA enablement of Windows Azure asynchronous messaging via queues, ...

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2012-01-01 06:07:16 - Quest Announces Updated Cloud-Based Migration Solutions to MIcrosoft 365 and ... - The Complete Managed Services Resource
Quest Announces Updated Cloud-Based Migration Solutions to MIcrosoft 365 and ...
The Complete Managed Services Resource
By Laura Stotler Quest Software, Inc. has announced Quest OnDemand Migration for Email, which simplifies migration to Microsoft Office 365 and hosted Exchange with a cloud-based migration solution built on Microsoft's Azure platform.
Quest Software Elevates Its Leadership in Cloud MigrationsMarketWatch (press release)
Quest Reveals Office 365 Migration ToolsRedmond Channel Partner

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2012-01-01 05:23:19 - Intel Outlines Its New Vision For Smartphones - PCWorld
Intel Outlines Its New Vision For Smartphones
PCWorld
Microsoft: Windows 8 Beta Should Be Compelling for Enterprises When Windows 8's beta version becomes available for download on Wednesday, Microsoft expects many enterprises to jump at the chance to give the new operating... Microsoft's Azure Cloud ...

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2012-01-01 04:38:38 - Microsoft Azure outage leaves customers in the dark for more than 12 hours - Ars Technica
Microsoft Azure outage leaves customers in the dark for more than 12 hours
Ars Technica
By Dan Goodin | Published February 29, 2012 1:36 PM Microsoft's Azure cloud platform suffered a serious outage on Tuesday, leaving many customers unable to access core parts of the service for more than 12 hours. Data Center Knowledge and other ...

2012-01-01 04:33:12 - Agility Web CMS Gets Image Editing and An Azure-based CDN - CMSWire

CMSWire
Agility Web CMS Gets Image Editing and An Azure-based CDN
CMSWire
Not only does the document management system have a new look, but new Agility customers will be able to take advantage of the Microsoft Azure platform for easy, fast website builds. Gone from Agility's Media and Documents tab is the Documents section, ...

2012-01-01 04:30:37 - Microsoft Talks Up Windows Azure''s Node.js Ties - Virtualization Review
Microsoft Talks Up Windows Azure's Node.js Ties
Virtualization Review
By John K. Waters Microsoft spotlighted the Windows Azure SDK for Node.js, which the company launched in December, with a demo at the recent Node Summit in San Francisco. During his keynote presentation at the event, Microsoft vice president Scott ...

2012-01-01 04:21:30 - Microsoft Azure Suffers Outage - InformationWeek

GigaOm
Microsoft Azure Suffers Outage
InformationWeek
Microsoft Azure cloud services dashboard shows access problem in three regions; most users back online within eight hours. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services suffered an outage early Wednesday morning at its ...
Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hoursRegister
Microsoft Azure outage leaves customers in the dark for more than 12 hoursArs Technica
Microsoft's Windows Azure has a meltdownZDNet (blog)
GigaOm -The Guardian -PCWorld
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2012-01-01 04:07:04 - Karmasphere Expands Big Data Analytics on Hadoop in the Enterprise - SunHerald.com
Karmasphere Expands Big Data Analytics on Hadoop in the Enterprise
SunHerald.com
Karmasphere™, a Big Data Intelligence company, today announced they are working with Microsoft Corp. (NASD:MSFT) and HortonWorks to provide Big Data Analytics on Microsoft's Hadoop for Windows Server and Windows Azure. Through this collaboration ...

2012-01-01 03:28:53 - Microsoft''s ''Casablanca'': Taking C++ to the cloud - ZDNet
Microsoft's 'Casablanca': Taking C++ to the cloud
ZDNet (blog)
There's a Visual Studio extension SDK to help devs write C++ HTTP client side code in Windows 8 Metro-Style apps, and promised support for writing native-code REST for Azure, with Visual Studio integration. (The VS11 Azure supportisn't there yet.) ...
GoingNative 8: Introducing Casablanca - A Modern C++ API for Connected ComputingMicrosoft - Channel 9

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2012-01-01 03:04:31 - Microsoft Calls on the Amazon Cloud - Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Calls on the Amazon Cloud
Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft also provides Windows Phone developers with the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone and source code, which is available under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) on CodePlex. It supports Windows Azure storage services, membership-based ...

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2012-01-01 02:09:05 - HStreaming Brings Real-Time Analytics to Microsoft''s Hadoop-Based Services for ... - DigitalJournal.com
HStreaming Brings Real-Time Analytics to Microsoft's Hadoop-Based Services for ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
HStreaming and Microsoft have been working in a strategic relationship to deliver real-time analytics capabilities to Microsoft's Hadoop-based services for Windows Azure and Windows Server. HStreaming addresses the challenge of analyzing large data ...

2012-01-01 02:07:02 - Datameer to Bring Hadoop Analytics to Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Datameer to Bring Hadoop Analytics to Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Datameer, Inc. ( www.datameer.com ) today announced a relationship with Microsoft Corporation to support Datameer on the Apache Hadoop-based service on Windows Azure. Datameer and Microsoft share the goal of making ...

2012-01-01 01:45:16 - TCS solution for media cos - The Hindu

TelecomTiger
TCS solution for media cos
The Hindu
... and integrates Microsoft Outlook and other databases to simplify editors' daily lives,” the release said. The ECP solution was developed by TCS' Digital Media Group and works with Microsoft SharePoint, SharePoint Online and windows Azure platforms.
TCS unveils new solution for media cosHindu Business Line
TCS Launches New Editorial Collaboration Platform for Media CompaniesMarketWatch (press release)

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2012-01-01 01:23:57 - CloudStore taken offline by Microsoft Azure outage - The Guardian
CloudStore taken offline by Microsoft Azure outage
The Guardian
CloudStore, the public sector's online marketplace for cloud services, has been taken offline due to an outage with its hosting platform, Microsoft's Azure. CloudStore was officially launched earlier this month as a front end through which public ...

2012-01-01 01:22:33 - Ellison''s Oracle cloud lives as hype winds down - Register
Ellison's Oracle cloud lives as hype winds down
Register
Microsoft's Azure crash, which took with it the British government's prestigious G-Cloud Cloudstore, will have helped nudge cloud a little further. “Not a great start” tweeted one predictably unimpressed Cloudstore watcher here.

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2012-01-01 01:16:45 - Microsoft Details Online Backup Service for Windows Server 8 - Windows 8 Beta
Microsoft Details Online Backup Service for Windows Server 8
Windows 8 Beta
It uses the Windows Azure platform specifically Windows Azure blob storage for storing customer data. Simple configuration and management. The backup service integrates with the familiar Windows Server Backup utility in order to provide a seamless ...

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2011-12-31 04:56:32 - 2011 in Review: Tablets and the Cloud Take Center Stage - PC Magazine
2011 in Review: Tablets and the Cloud Take Center Stage
PC Magazine
I've been impressed by the number of companies that seem to be adopting Box and Dropbox as alternatives, but the "platform-as-a-service concept pushed by Microsoft Azure, Google AppEngine and others seems to be slow in taking off. ...

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2011-12-30 03:04:57 - A look ahead: 2012 is Microsoft''s turning point - Ars Technica

eWeek
A look ahead: 2012 is Microsoft's turning point
Ars Technica
Microsoft has started to roll it out to Web properties—even those that aren't consumer-facing, such as its Windows Azure site—management interfaces for server applications, and more. The design will become a unifying element across the company's ...
Microsoft 2011 from A to ZThe Seattle Times
Windows Phone, Kinect, Cloud, Windows 8 Prep: Microsoft's 2011eWeek
Look what 2011 washed in: Microsoft's cloud foundationSDTimes.com
ReadWriteWeb
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2011-12-30 01:28:34 - The 10 sexiest Microsoft business teases for 2012 - ZDNet
The 10 sexiest Microsoft business teases for 2012
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft made available the preview bits for the Hadoop distribution for Windows Azure in December 2011. The final release is slated for March 2012. (Microsoft and partner Hortonworks are also working on an on-premises Hadoop on Windows Server ...

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2011-12-29 20:59:39 - The One Reason To Avoid Microsoft Now And When To Know It''s A Buy - Seeking Alpha
The One Reason To Avoid Microsoft Now And When To Know It's A Buy
Seeking Alpha
So what can Microsoft do? Can it overcome the myriad of challenges facing the company? It is doable, in our opinion. Microsoft has been investing into its Windows Azure platform for cloud computing. It has launched Office 365, taking the premier ...

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2011-12-29 18:02:55 - Eye on Earth network goes live - Trade Arabia
Eye on Earth network goes live
Trade Arabia
Built using Esri's ArcGIS Online cloud services along with Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure, Eye on Earth provides a central location for organisations to manage their geospatial content in a security-enhanced environment. ...

2011-12-29 06:13:01 - Windows Phone, Kinect, Cloud, Windows 8 Prep: Microsoft''s 2011 - eWeek

eWeek
Windows Phone, Kinect, Cloud, Windows 8 Prep: Microsoft's 2011
eWeek
Throughout the year, Microsoft also prodded adoption of Windows Azure, including a wide range of updates in December. As part of a wide-ranging collaboration between the two companies, Microsoft integrated a number of Facebook's social networking ...
A look back at Microsoft's busy yearThe Seattle Times
Issues for 2012 #2: Is Windows 8 Too Late?ReadWriteWeb

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2011-12-29 00:38:34 - First Eagle Global Is Latest Firm to Express Conviction on Tech Stocks: CSCO ... - GuruFocus.com
First Eagle Global Is Latest Firm to Express Conviction on Tech Stocks: CSCO ...
GuruFocus.com
It is thus working on developing cloud infrastructure, platforms and applications, including products: Microsoft Dynamics Online, Microsoft SQL Azure, Office 365, Windows Azure, Windows Intune and Windows Server. To view First Eagle's entire portfolio, ...

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2011-12-28 22:40:11 - Look what 2011 washed in: Microsoft''s cloud foundation - SDTimes.com
Look what 2011 washed in: Microsoft's cloud foundation
SDTimes.com
Enhancements to the Windows Azure cloud platform included an AppFabric Service Bus, which provides connectivity between the cloud and back-end, on-premise databases; and AppFabric Application Developer Tools, which includes a composition model that ...

2011-12-28 14:34:49 - HP Showcases new Application Services for Microsoft Windows Azure Platform - Siliconindia.com
HP Showcases new Application Services for Microsoft Windows Azure Platform
Siliconindia.com
By SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 21:36 Hrs The global tech-house, HP has unveiled an array of application services on the Windows Azure cloud platform. Transformation of your applications to cloud compatibility gets easier with the new ...

2011-12-28 07:05:00 - After a Decade of Stagnation, Is This Tech Titan a Buy, Sell, or Hold? - Motley Fool
After a Decade of Stagnation, Is This Tech Titan a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Motley Fool
Its cloud-based Office 365, which is based on a subscription model, responds to Google's productivity apps. The Redmond giant's cloud-hosting Azure platform will compete with Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN ) Elastic Compute Cloud, or EC2, and Mr. Softy is ...

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2011-12-28 06:15:34 - Best of 2011: Top Microsoft Dynamics AX Stories of the Year - MSDynamicsWorld.com
Best of 2011: Top Microsoft Dynamics AX Stories of the Year
MSDynamicsWorld.com (registration)
... pin down the big story of 2011 in the Microsoft Dynamics AX world - that would be the release of Dynamics AX 2012 and all the planning, preparation, and positioning that went along with it. Dynamics AX is not first in line for the Azure treatment, ...
Microsoft And Nissan Dealer Management SystemWindows 7 News

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2011-12-28 02:08:50 - 5 things HP must do in 2012 - GigaOm

GigaOm
5 things HP must do in 2012
GigaOm
Still MIA is HP's promised Microsoft Azure-based Platform-as-a-Service. There are other question marks as well. Last year Apotheker seemed to indicate that HP would build its own PaaS and app stores (for both the enterprise and consumers.) ...

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2011-12-27 23:24:34 - Microsoft And Nissan Dealer Management System - Windows 7 News
Microsoft And Nissan Dealer Management System
Windows 7 News
The last part of the solution is to include the Windows Azure platform. This will take advantage of the economies of scale and the flexibility offered by Microsoft's public cloud offerings. For Microsoft, it will be an opportunity to master this ...

2011-12-27 04:49:15 - Microsoft 2011 from A to Z - The Seattle Times
Microsoft 2011 from A to Z
The Seattle Times
Video from YouTube user ProZak60) The year 2011 has been eventful for Microsoft, from its partnership with Nokia to the purchase of Skype and the first peek at Windows 8. Here's Microsoft's year, from A to Z. A= Azure. On Feb. 1, Microsoft marked the ...

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2011-12-27 04:19:05 - A look back at Microsoft''s busy year - The Seattle Times

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A look back at Microsoft's busy year
The Seattle Times
In addition to marking Azure's anniversary, this year Microsoft launched Windows Intune, Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online 2011, and Dynamics AX 2012 — all cloud products. It also introduced iPhone and Windows phone mobile apps for SkyDrive, its ...
Microsoft: Five things to look for in 2012CNET

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2011-12-27 01:22:40 - CLOUD COMPUTING DISRUPTS THE VENDOR LANDSCAPE [Network World] - Insurance News Net
CLOUD COMPUTING DISRUPTS THE VENDOR LANDSCAPE [Network World]
Insurance News Net (press release)
Microsoft's Azure and Google's App Engine are leaders in this category. Subramanian says. The hot startups are CloudBees and Engine Yard, he adds. And Subramanian believes VMware's CloudFoundry shouldn't be counted out, as the field shakes out over the ...

2011-12-26 10:02:01 - A look back at Microsoft''s busy year, A to Z - The Seattle Times
A look back at Microsoft's busy year, A to Z
The Seattle Times
In addition to marking Azure's anniversary, this year Microsoft launched Windows Intune, Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online 2011, and Dynamics AX 2012 — all cloud products. It also introduced iPhone and Windows phone mobile apps for SkyDrive, its ...

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2011-12-23 22:43:43 - Panda Security releases beta version of Cloud Office Protection 6.0 - Computer Business Review

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Panda Security releases beta version of Cloud Office Protection 6.0
Computer Business Review
The new version is hosted in Windows Azure, a cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centres. Windows Azure uses a set of privacy and security controls that ensure maximum protection of its hosted data and applications, ensuring maximum ...
Panda Security Launches Beta Version of Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0 ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-12-23 12:01:19 - HP Services to Develop and Migrate Apps to Microsoft Azure - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
HP Services to Develop and Migrate Apps to Microsoft Azure
ITProPortal
Hewlet Packard has announced a whole new set of services aimed at accelerating the migration and building of applications to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. With these new services, the traditional means of application development and deployment are ...
Microsoft, the anti-Google?ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Selects Slalom Consulting to Join the Windows Azure Circle ProgramMarketWatch (press release)
Is Microsoft Leading a Data Revolution?Microsoft Certified Professional
PR Web (press release) -CIOL -Moneycontrol.com
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2011-12-23 02:20:10 - Microsoft, the anti-Google? - ZDNet
Microsoft, the anti-Google?
ZDNet (blog)
The Redmond giant has made a lot of progress in building and offering Windows Azure over the past year, but for some reason can't get its full message heard above the cacophony of noise about cloud. Microsoft's challenge is this: its bread-and-butter ...
Microsoft Selects Slalom Consulting to Join the Windows Azure Circle ProgramMarketWatch (press release)
Is Microsoft Leading a Data Revolution?Microsoft Certified Professional
HP Services To Accelerate Building, Migration Of Apps To AzureMoneycontrol.com
CIOL -PR Web (press release)
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2011-12-22 10:05:00 - Some big thoughts on big data and cloud for 2012 - GigaOm

GigaOm
Some big thoughts on big data and cloud for 2012
GigaOm
Microsoft Azure, Salesforce.com's Heroku and Red Hat's OpenShift all promise multi-language support, but they're facing an array of spunky upstarts in the forms of AppFog, StandingCloud, EngineYard and DotCloud, among others. The founder of one Silicon ...

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2011-12-22 07:34:02 - Slalom joins Microsoft Azure Circle; Varolii gives back - TechFlash
Slalom joins Microsoft Azure Circle; Varolii gives back
TechFlash (blog)
Slalom Consulting was chosen by Microsoft to join the Microsoft Azure Circle program. The program gives Slalom additional business and technical resources, such as custom application development.

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2011-12-22 07:03:21 - Election Results Websites Heading to the Cloud - Government Technology

Government Technology
Election Results Websites Heading to the Cloud
Government Technology
Microsoft's Azure is one of the major cloud platforms that states are considering for hosting election results websites. Pitman said the company has partnered with BPro Inc. to combine the latter's Central Election Night Reporting System with Azure. ...

2011-12-22 05:40:31 - Is Microsoft Leading a Data Revolution? - Microsoft Certified Professional
Is Microsoft Leading a Data Revolution?
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft's direction of integrating its Azure marketplace right into analytical tools foreshadows the coming convenience of access to data." Indeed, from the "dozens of feeds" I discovered in my initial exploration of Dallas, Windows Azure Marketplace ...

2011-12-22 02:03:37 - Microsoft Selects Slalom Consulting to Join the Windows Azure Circle Program - MarketWatch
Microsoft Selects Slalom Consulting to Join the Windows Azure Circle Program
MarketWatch (press release)
21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Slalom Consulting today announced that it has been selected to join the Microsoft Windows Azure Circle program. The achievement, awarded to only a select number of Microsoft partners, demonstrates Microsoft's ...
Alchemy is First with Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Platform Rehosting OptionPR Web (press release)

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2011-12-21 22:08:19 - MongoDB Extends Leadership in NoSQL - MarketWatch
MongoDB Extends Leadership in NoSQL
MarketWatch (press release)
Additionally, MongoDB partnered with top cloud service providers Amazon Web Services, Joyent Cloud, Microsoft Windows Azure, Rackspace Cloud, Red Hat OpenShift and VMware Cloud Foundry. -- 300% percent increase in Fortune 500 enterprise customers, ...

2011-12-21 17:40:06 - Alchemy is First with Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Platform Rehosting Option - PR Web
Alchemy is First with Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Platform Rehosting Option
PR Web (press release)
The report, titled Alchemy is First with Microsoft Windows® Azure™ Cloud Platform Rehosting Option, reviews the latest mainframe-to-cloud migration tool from Alchemy Solutions. It was published on November 2, 2011. NetCOBOL for . ...

2011-12-21 05:38:27 - Microsoft in 2012: All Eyes on Windows 8 - CIO
Microsoft in 2012: All Eyes on Windows 8
CIO
To that end, Microsoft is making progress with cloud services like Office 365, Dynamic CRM Online and Windows Azure. It is also making Office apps like OneNote and Lync available on iPads and iPhones. The success of these cloud services should keep the ...

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2011-12-21 03:46:20 - ''Roswell'': Another key component of Microsoft''s cloud strategy - ZDNet
'Roswell': Another key component of Microsoft's cloud strategy
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | December 20, 2011, 10:43am PST Summary: Microsoft is building a new Azure-based service, codenamed Roswell, to enable information workers to help them find and publish data and applications inside their own businesses. ...

2011-12-21 01:10:44 - Top cloud computing news even the Mayans couldn''t predict - SearchServerVirtualization.com
Top cloud computing news even the Mayans couldn't predict
SearchServerVirtualization.com
Other additions to vCD 1.5 include support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2005, as well as support for vSphere 5.0. Even though it's more a 2012 event, Microsoft revealed it will redouble its cloud efforts with tighter integration between its Azure ...

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2011-12-21 01:09:07 - Understanding Microsoft''s big-picture plans for Hadoop and Project Isotope - ZDNet
Understanding Microsoft's big-picture plans for Hadoop and Project Isotope
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | December 20, 2011, 8:07am PST Summary: With codename “Project Isotope,” Microsoft is packaging up analytics tools and services for its coming Hadoop on Windows Azure and Windows Server distributions and making them available to users ...

2011-12-20 21:24:57 - E-invoicing news: Microsoft Empowers Ariett''s AP Automation Solution | Welsh ... - EEI Platform
E-invoicing news: Microsoft Empowers Ariett's AP Automation Solution | Welsh ...
EEI Platform
Time for a quote: “By using Microsoft Windows Azure, Ariett's AP Invoice Automation Solution offers our customers critical levels of scalability with low capital expenditures and operational costs,” said Glenn Brodie, president of Ariett. ...

2011-12-20 15:37:40 - Microsoft Azure To Rival Amazon EC2 Through Open Source Adoption - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Microsoft Azure To Rival Amazon EC2 Through Open Source Adoption
ITProPortal
Redmond based software maker Microsoft Corp. is taking shelter in open source technology to go head on against Amazon's public cloud platform with its Azure. As a part of the new plan, Microsoft is increasingly relying on open source technologies such ...
Microsoft Azure Cloud Castle Scaled By Open SourceSeeking Alpha
Microsoft`s Windows Azure Cloud: 8 Recent UpgradeseWeek
Microsoft's Scott Guthrie and his impact on Azure: A six month report cardZDNet (blog)
Cloud Pro -iProgrammer -CMSWire
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2011-12-20 02:47:53 - Open Source Cloud Tier 3 Enters Market, Competes with Azure - CMSWire
Open Source Cloud Tier 3 Enters Market, Competes with Azure
CMSWire
By Josette Rigsby (@techielicous) Dec 19, 2011 Microsoft has been taking big steps to make its cloud platform, Windows Azure, more attractive. Just last week the company announced support for several popular open source development tools including ...

2011-12-20 01:50:18 - Microsoft Azure Cloud Castle Scaled By Open Source - Seeking Alpha

eWeek
Microsoft Azure Cloud Castle Scaled By Open Source
Seeking Alpha
The idea behind Microsoft's (MSFT) Azure cloud was that it would be wholly Windows-proprietary, locking-in Microsoft's key customers to its software as far as the eye could see. Pressed by customer demand, Microsoft has been increasing its support of ...
Microsoft`s Windows Azure Cloud: 8 Recent UpgradeseWeek
Microsoft's Scott Guthrie and his impact on Azure: A six month report cardZDNet (blog)
Microsoft polishes Azure, but are users convinced?Cloud Pro
iProgrammer -SYS-CON Media (press release)
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2011-12-19 23:52:09 - Azure Supports Open Source - iProgrammer
Azure Supports Open Source
iProgrammer
In a move that would have seemed unthinkable a couple of years ago, Microsoft has announced that it is adding support for Node.js to Azure, making Java applications work and integrating Hadoop. So much open source technology on Azure is something new. ...

2011-12-19 22:40:31 - Microsoft''s Scott Guthrie and his impact on Azure: A six month report card - ZDNet
Microsoft's Scott Guthrie and his impact on Azure: A six month report card
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | December 19, 2011, 5:39am PST Summary: What has Microsoft's Scott Guthrie done over the past six months in his new job as head of the Azure Application Platform? One of the first things Microsoft Corporate Vice President Scott ...
Microsoft polishes Azure, but are users convinced?Cloud Pro

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2011-12-19 20:26:40 - Microsoft polishes Azure, but are users convinced? - Cloud Pro
Microsoft polishes Azure, but are users convinced?
Cloud Pro
But what do both of these camps really think of Microsoft's most recent efforts with Azure? Shrewd observers will notice Microsoft's latest Azure enhancements all fall into what we might label as the core operational mechanics of the platform ie the ...

2011-12-18 04:57:23 - Microsoft won''t be grounded in the race to the cloud - The Verge
Microsoft won't be grounded in the race to the cloud
The Verge
DelBene and Nadella are doing what they can to further develop established products like the online productivity suite Office 365 and the cloud application development platform Windows Azure respectively, a task that requires balancing the company's ...

2011-12-17 00:25:09 - Microsoft will beat Linux clouds at their own game - with open source - Register

SYS-CON Media
Microsoft will beat Linux clouds at their own game - with open source
Register
This, of course, sharply contradicts with just about every other analyst report on cloud adoption (such as Morgan Stanley Research's cloud adoption report - warning: PDF), as does the finding that Microsoft Azure is tops among those deploying to the ...
Tier 3 Takes on Microsoft in the Cloud with an Open Source PlatformOStatic (blog)
Five Companies That Came To Win This WeekCRN
OSIATIS : WITH WINDOWS AZURE, OSIATIS ADDS A PAAS SOLUTION TO ITS CLOUD ...4-traders (press release)

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2011-12-16 23:27:55 - Cloud Computing: Microsoft Tries Hadoop on Azure - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cloud Computing: Microsoft Tries Hadoop on Azure
SYS-CON Media (press release)
It's for creating and scaling web apps that run on the Azure Windows Server. The added language support means Microsoft wants Azure to appeal to developers beyond the .NET walled garden. With the SDK Microsoft says Azure can integrate with other open ...

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2011-12-16 20:02:44 - Microsoft Azure gets an open source rival - InfoWorld
Microsoft Azure gets an open source rival
InfoWorld (blog)
By Savio Rodrigues | InfoWorld With Microsoft's Windows Azure striving for greater relevance and adoption, a relatively unknown vendor, Tier 3, is providing a cloud alternative for Microsoft .Net applications. Tier 3 is using EMC VMware's open source ...

2011-12-16 05:21:37 - Take BI up a notch with SQL Azure Reporting - SearchSQLServer.com
Take BI up a notch with SQL Azure Reporting
SearchSQLServer.com
The primary difference between the two, other than one being a cloud-based service as opposed to a desktop application, is that SQL Azure Reporting can use only Microsoft SQL Azure databases for its data sources. When you host your reports on the ...

2011-12-16 04:29:46 - Hey Microsoft: If You''re REALLY Serious About The Cloud, Show Us The Numbers ... - San Francisco Chronicle

Business Insider
Hey Microsoft: If You're REALLY Serious About The Cloud, Show Us The Numbers ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Steve Ballmer and COO Kevin Turner have been telling the world that Microsoft is "all in" on the cloud for a couple of years now. They've marketed the heck out of cloud products like Windows Azure (which competes against Amazon Web Services) and Office ...
OSIATIS : WITH WINDOWS AZURE, OSIATIS ADDS A PAAS SOLUTION TO ITS CLOUD ...4-traders (press release)

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2011-12-16 03:12:22 - GreenButton opening Seattle office after Azure alliance deal - TechFlash
GreenButton opening Seattle office after Azure alliance deal
TechFlash
GreenButton recently signed a Windows Azure alliance agreement with Microsoft. GreenButton said the deal “formalizes a strategic partnership that will see GreenButton's cloud enabling technology promoted worldwide through Microsoft's Windows Azure ...
GreenButton Opens Offices in USA to Support Increased Demand for High ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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2011-12-16 01:08:21 - Hey Microsoft: If You''re REALLY Serious About The Cloud, Show Us The Numbers - Business Insider

Business Insider
Hey Microsoft: If You're REALLY Serious About The Cloud, Show Us The Numbers
Business Insider
They've marketed the heck out of cloud products like Windows Azure (which competes against Amazon Web Services) and Office 365 (which competes most obviously against Google Apps). Yesterday, Wired profiled two top Microsoft execs leading those ...
Microsoft: Yes, Virginia, We Are a Cloud CompanyWired News

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2011-12-16 00:22:48 - The New Microsoft-Hadoop Hosting Deal - Infoboom
The New Microsoft-Hadoop Hosting Deal
Infoboom
A Microsoft-Hadoop hosting arrangement is the latest bid to place the big data-oriented software framework in the cloud. On December 12, Microsoft disclosed a "limited preview" of Hadoop-based services for Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, ...

2011-12-15 23:10:03 - VMware Partners Uhuru, Tier 3 Take .NET to the Cloud - eWeek

Business Insider
VMware Partners Uhuru, Tier 3 Take .NET to the Cloud
eWeek
NET applications with ease.” Khaki said he believes there is a large pent up demand for a solution such as Uhuru's to take .NET apps to the cloud. Fitzgerald says this is because Microsoft's Azure has failed. “Azure has failed to catch on with . ...
Microsoft's .NET Lands on VMware Code CloudWired News
VMware Is Trying To Steal Some Of Microsoft's Most Loyal Customers With This MoveBusiness Insider
.NET comes to Cloud FoundryGigaOm
SYS-CON Media (press release) -InfoQ.com -Network World
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2011-12-15 12:48:51 - Microsoft Updates Azure-Hosted Team Foundation Service - Dr. Dobb''s
Microsoft Updates Azure-Hosted Team Foundation Service
Dr. Dobb''s
Microsoft has rolled out what it has called its first major update to the Windows Azure-hosted Team Foundation Service (TFS).First announced at the company's BUILD developer symposium in September of this year, ...

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2011-12-15 10:51:26 - Microsoft''s .NET Lands on VMware Code Cloud - Wired News

Business Insider
Microsoft's .NET Lands on VMware Code Cloud
Wired News
Microsoft offers a similar developer cloud or platform cloud with Microsoft Azure, while Google offers its App Engine. But neither company has opened sourced the code behind these services. In adding .NET to Cloud Foundry, Tier 3 is providing a new ...
VMware Is Trying To Steal Some Of Microsoft's Most Loyal Customers With This MoveBusiness Insider
Will PaaS Finally Bring Open Source Love to the Enterprise?SYS-CON Media (press release)

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2011-12-15 06:20:39 - Amazon Wins Cloud Storage Shootout, Microsoft Places Second - Redmondmag.com

ITProPortal
Amazon Wins Cloud Storage Shootout, Microsoft Places Second
Redmondmag.com (blog)
The company's Simple Storage Service (S3) was one of only six that made the cut, with Microsoft's Windows Azure coming in second. The tests were conducted by Nasuni, a provider of premises-based network attached storage (NAS) gear that uses cloud ...
Study Puts Amazon S3 at Top Spot, Microsoft Azure SecondITProPortal
Real Estate Social Network RESAAS Announces Completion of Transition to ...Broadcast Newsroom
Cloud Storage Providers: The Most ReliableChannel Insider
InfoWorld
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2011-12-15 04:11:03 - Microsoft: Yes, Virginia, We Are a Cloud Company - Wired News
Microsoft: Yes, Virginia, We Are a Cloud Company
Wired News
It's been more than a year since DelBene's division unveiled Office 365, a web-based version of Microsoft's venerable suite of business applications, and it's been nearly two since Nadella's Server and Tools biz took the wraps off Windows Azure, ...

2011-12-15 03:22:20 - VMware Is Trying To Steal Some Of Microsoft''s Most Loyal Customers With This Move - Business Insider

Business Insider
VMware Is Trying To Steal Some Of Microsoft's Most Loyal Customers With This Move
Business Insider
NET tend to have staked their careers, and often their companies, on Microsoft. They are the least likely to risk Microsoft's wrath by using something other than Microsoft's cloud, Azure. Microsoft isn't sitting idly by. It has responded by doing ...

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2011-12-15 02:28:16 - SQL Azure security terrifies IT, but loss of control might be real fear - SearchSQLServer.com
SQL Azure security terrifies IT, but loss of control might be real fear
SearchSQLServer.com
And some would-be users of Microsoft's SQL Azure cloud-based database service are still holding back, but not because of any gaps in SQL Azure security. Rather, they're nervous about surrendering control over their database environments, according to ...

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2011-12-15 00:15:29 - Sensible Cloud Announces Public Beta of controlmycloud.com Apps - MarketWatch
Sensible Cloud Announces Public Beta of controlmycloud.com Apps
MarketWatch (press release)
... delivered via an easy-to-use secure web interface, that empower SMEs, developers in larger organizations and Amazon AWS users to manage and control the cloud operations of their Amazon EC2 environment (and in the future VMware, Microsoft Azure, ...

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2011-12-14 23:04:47 - Latrobe turns to Azure cloud for contract management - IDM.net.au
Latrobe turns to Azure cloud for contract management
IDM.net.au
Latrobe City Council has become the first Victorian Local Government organisation to acquire Open Windows eTender Management, Contract Management, Grant & Procurement Management Systems on the Microsoft Windows Azure Contracts Cloud. ...

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2011-12-14 16:01:54 - Microsoft Spring Cleans Windows Azure - Dr. Dobb''s

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Microsoft Spring Cleans Windows Azure
Dr. Dobb''s
Although not quite the right time of year for spring cleaning, Microsoft has chosen this December period to freshen up the Windows Azure cloud computing portal and platform with new open source capabilities, ...
Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source AppsPCWorld
Microsoft updates Azure, adjusts pricesiTWire
Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...eWeek
TalkinCloud (blog) -V3.co.uk
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2011-12-14 12:02:41 - Nissan and Microsoft enter into agreement for dealer management system - Rush Lane

Rush Lane
Nissan and Microsoft enter into agreement for dealer management system
Rush Lane
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Software would be used to develop tools by which Nissan can keep in touch with customers and sales across the globe. Microsoft Windows Azure along with cloud computing would enable Nissan to keep in direct contact with their ...
Microsoft, Nissan in cloud partnershipNashville Business Journal
Microsoft and Nissan launch cloud partnershipFinancial Times
Nissan aims to shift gear with Microsoft cloud computing dealComputerworldUK
On Cars India -Automotive Business Review
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2011-12-14 09:20:52 - Microsoft updates Azure, adjusts prices - iTWire

GigaOm
Microsoft updates Azure, adjusts prices
iTWire
Microsoft has rolled out a number of changes to its Windows Azure platform, including a "truly free" 90-day trial plus new price caps on large databases. Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, has been updated technically and commercially. ...
Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source AppsPCWorld
Microsoft Boosts Azure Developer Scalability, Cuts CostsTalkinCloud (blog)
Microsoft updates Azure with database, developer and cost improvementsV3.co.uk
eWeek -Register
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2011-12-14 04:26:59 - Microsoft Allows Open Source Apps in the Windows 8 App Store - CMSWire
Microsoft Allows Open Source Apps in the Windows 8 App Store
CMSWire
By Josette Rigsby (@techielicous) Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is continuing to earn its open source stripes. The company's latest Windows Azure updates added support for several open source tools. The open source love isn't stopping with Azure though: ...

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2011-12-14 04:11:36 - Cloud Skirmishes: Microsoft Releases iOS Version of Skydrive - Gotta Be Mobile

Gotta Be Mobile
Cloud Skirmishes: Microsoft Releases iOS Version of Skydrive
Gotta Be Mobile
If you ask me, Apple is taking too long to with its iCloud strategy leaving openings like this to be exploited. Another interesting tidbit here. According to Mary Jo Foley, it is believed that Apple's iCloud runs partly on Microsoft Azure, but Skydrive ...

2011-12-14 01:30:39 - Windows Azure Adds Node.js Support, Hadoop Preview - ReadWriteWeb
Windows Azure Adds Node.js Support, Hadoop Preview
ReadWriteWeb
When Windows Azure was launched in 2008, it was with the intention, Microsoft said, of running .NET Framework applications from the cloud. What ended up happening was that the PaaS market matured much faster than anyone in 2008 could have anticipated, ...

2011-12-14 01:15:35 - Microsoft cloud platform visualizes environmental data - ZDNet
Microsoft cloud platform visualizes environmental data
ZDNet (blog)
Called Eye on Earth, the network combines the Esri ArcGIS cloud service with Microsoft's Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure to provide a way to transform complex scientific data into interactive maps that provide visual context. ...

2011-12-14 00:37:19 - Azure price cuts, bigger databases, now with node.js and MongoDB support ... - Ars Technica

GigaOm
Azure price cuts, bigger databases, now with node.js and MongoDB support ...
Ars Technica
The software giant continues to work to improve the experience of Java developers on Azure, too. The Azure plugin for Eclipse has been upgraded, with new features including the ability to remotely debug Java applications running within Azure. Microsoft ...
Microsoft Is Wooing The People Who Hate It Most To Try And Beat Amazon (MSFT ...San Francisco Chronicle
Microsoft Spring Cleans Windows AzureDr. Dobb''s
Windows Azure Adds Node.js Support, Hadoop PreviewReadWriteWeb
V3.co.uk -InfoWorld -TalkinCloud (blog)
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2011-12-13 23:28:38 - .NET comes to Cloud Foundry - GigaOm
.NET comes to Cloud Foundry
GigaOm
Presently, Microsoft Windows Azure is the only PaaS offering touting strong .NET support, but it's hindered in part by the platform's usability, and in part because it's only a public cloud. Iron Foundry, Tier3′ Cloud Foundry implementation, ...
.NET Framework Support for Cloud Foundry Through Open Source Contribution From ...InfoQ.com

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2011-12-13 22:43:05 - Study Puts Amazon S3 at Top Spot, Microsoft Azure Second - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Study Puts Amazon S3 at Top Spot, Microsoft Azure Second
ITProPortal
Amazon S3 has been declared the best cloud storage platform by an independent study, which puts Microsoft Windows Azure on the second spot. Enterprise storage company Nasuni conducted a 26-month long stress test on 16 major cloud computing service ...
Microsoft Eyes Amazon in Big SQL Azure UpdateInfoboom
Amazon Wins Cloud Storage Shootout, Microsoft Places SecondRedmondmag.com (blog)
Cloud Storage Providers: The Most ReliableChannel Insider
Broadcast Newsroom
all 20 news articles »
2011-12-13 22:11:36 - Microsoft, Nissan in cloud partnership - Nashville Business Journal

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Microsoft, Nissan in cloud partnership
Nashville Business Journal
Nissan will use cloud technology from Microsoft Corp. to create a dealer management system to be used to sell the automaker's cars. Nissan will use Microsoft's Dynamics CRM software and Windows Azure cloud platform to "help Nissan develop a stronger ...
Microsoft and Nissan launch cloud partnershipFinancial Times
Nissan aims to shift gear with Microsoft cloud computing dealComputerworldUK
Microsoft and Nissan Establish strategic relationshipZigwheels.com
AutomotiveIT International -Sacramento Bee
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2011-12-13 21:00:07 - Microsoft updates Azure with database, developer and cost improvements - V3.co.uk

GigaOm
Microsoft updates Azure with database, developer and cost improvements
V3.co.uk
Microsoft has updated its Azure cloud computing platform with upgrades to the SQL Azure database service, simplified billing and management, plus support for the Node.JS server-side JavaScript environment. ...
Microsoft updates Azure with SDK and Hadoop previewRegister
Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source AppsPCWorld
Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...eWeek
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2011-12-13 18:07:23 - Microsoft Updates Windows Azure, Improves Open Source Interoperability - Server Watch

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Microsoft Updates Windows Azure, Improves Open Source Interoperability
Server Watch
By ServerWatch Staff (Send Email) Microsoft recently rolled out its fourth-quarter service release of Windows Azure, offering open source interoperability improvements, expanded database capacity and simplified pricing. As reported on Redmondmag.com, ...
Microsoft updates Azure with SDK and Hadoop previewRegister
Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source AppsPCWorld
Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...eWeek
CRN -CMSWire
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2011-12-13 14:15:15 - Kenya: Cloud Computing Offers Big Gains and Challenges to Firms - AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Cloud Computing Offers Big Gains and Challenges to Firms
AllAfrica.com
... of the cloud as a cost-cutting measure and opportunity for growth," observes Mr Asiola, a founding member and operations officer of My GlobalPay Ltd. The company uses a universal mobile money platform that runs on a Microsoft Azure cloud service. ...

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2011-12-13 12:26:33 - Microsoft offers Hadoop preview on Azure - iT News

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Microsoft offers Hadoop preview on Azure
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Microsoft has begun offering a "service preview" of Apache Hadoop for its Windows Azure cloud as part of the computing giant's big data roadmap, unveiled in October. The company promised the capability will be made available to customers that sign up ...
Microsoft updates Azure with SDK and Hadoop previewRegister
Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source AppsPCWorld
Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...eWeek
CRN -CMSWire
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2011-12-13 10:04:16 - Windows Azure Updated With Open Source Improvements - Redmondmag.com
Windows Azure Updated With Open Source Improvements
Redmondmag.com
In addition to news about Windows Azure, Microsoft will present an all-day streaming educational session on Windows Azure on Tuesday. The Tuesday Microsoft Channel 9 event, extending from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time, will feature prominent ...

2011-12-13 08:10:46 - SQL Azure Gets Tune-Up - Redmond Developer News
SQL Azure Gets Tune-Up
Redmond Developer News (blog)
There were a few database-related goodies in Microsoft's announcement today about multiple Windows Azure updates, including a new Metro-like UI for the management portal, SQL Azure Federation, increased database size and lower cost-per-gigabyte for the ...

2011-12-13 07:27:42 - Microsoft Updates Azure As It Readies To Compete with Amazon - Wall Street Journal

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Microsoft Updates Azure As It Readies To Compete with Amazon
Wall Street Journal
The changes to the JavaScript capacity also move Microsoft's Azure service into a better competitive position with the Elastic Cloud offerings of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), said David Smith of Gartner Group. With the additional features, Azure is "inching ...
Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure top dogs in cloud storageGigaOm
Amazon bests Microsoft, all other contenders in cloud storage testArs Technica
Who's the best cloud provider? Amazon beats Microsoft by a hairComputerworld (blog)
MarketWatch (press release) -Wall St. Cheat Sheet
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2011-12-13 07:14:35 - Who''s the best cloud provider? Amazon beats Microsoft by a hair - Computerworld

GigaOm
Who's the best cloud provider? Amazon beats Microsoft by a hair
Computerworld (blog)
Though Nirvanix was 17 percent faster than Amazon S3 for reading large files, and Microsoft Azure was 12 percent faster when it comes to writing files, no other vendor posted the kind of consistently fast service across all file types as did Amazon S3. ...
Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure top dogs in cloud storageGigaOm
Only Six Cloud Storage Providers Pass Nasuni Stress Tests for Performance ...MarketWatch (press release)
Amazon bests Microsoft, all other contenders in cloud storage testArs Technica
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
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2011-12-13 05:30:51 - Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source Apps - PCWorld

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Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source Apps
PCWorld
Making good on an announcement made earlier this year, Microsoft has installed a version of Apache Hadoop on its Azure cloud service. The company now offers a limited preview version of the open-source data analysis platform, ...
Microsoft Enhances Windows Azure, Reduces Data Transfer CostsCRN
Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...eWeek
Microsoft updates Azure with SDK and Hadoop previewRegister
CMSWire -Cloud Pro
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2011-12-13 05:03:08 - Microsoft Enhances Windows Azure, Reduces Data Transfer Costs - CRN
Microsoft Enhances Windows Azure, Reduces Data Transfer Costs
CRN
The new Apache Hadoop-based distribution for Windows Azure will boost Azure's ability to handle "big data." The software, currently available only as a limited preview, lets organizations run Hadoop projects on Azure. For SQL Azure Microsoft is ...

2011-12-13 05:02:48 - Microsoft Azure Embraces Open Source Technologies - CMSWire
Microsoft Azure Embraces Open Source Technologies
CMSWire
Several of the recently announced updates improve support for open source development on Azure. Microsoft is in an ultra-competitive battle to be one of the top major infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service vendors. ...

2011-12-13 04:49:10 - Microsoft appoints sales manager for cloud - TechDay.co.nz

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Microsoft appoints sales manager for cloud
TechDay.co.nz
By Contributor, Tuesday, 13th December, 2011 Microsoft New Zealand has appointed former CRM manager Paul Bowkett as a dedicated cloud sales manager, responsible for promoting online services such as Office 365 and Windows Azure to SMB customers. ...

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2011-12-13 03:54:35 - Microsoft updates Azure with SDK and Hadoop preview - Register

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Microsoft updates Azure with SDK and Hadoop preview
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Microsoft has updated Azure in time for Christmas, with new tools for developers, reduced storage and operation costs for SQL, and Redmond's promised integration with Hadoop as a limited preview for those who've been not naughty but nice. ...
Microsoft Azure Hosts Hadoop, Other Open-source AppsPCWorld
Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...eWeek
Microsoft Enhances Windows Azure, Reduces Data Transfer CostsCRN
CMSWire -San Francisco Chronicle
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2011-12-13 03:48:58 - Amazon bests Microsoft, all other contenders in cloud storage test - Ars Technica

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Amazon bests Microsoft, all other contenders in cloud storage test
Ars Technica
As in most cases, Amazon S3 and Microsoft's Azure were the top two performers in the scalability test, with Amazon's error rate at "effectively zero" and Microsoft close to it. The tests were divided into five categories. Nasuni began by looking at API ...
Microsoft Updates Azure As It Readies To Compete with AmazonWall Street Journal
Study Puts Amazon S3 at Top Spot, Microsoft Azure SecondITProPortal
Only Six Cloud Storage Providers Pass Nasuni Stress Tests for Performance ...MarketWatch (press release)
Redmondmag.com (blog) -Web Host Industry Review -Channel Insider
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2011-12-13 02:59:56 - Microsoft group doubles, aims for "intelligent systems" - The Seattle Times

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Microsoft group doubles, aims for "intelligent systems"
The Seattle Times (blog)
That data may be stored and crunched in Microsoft's Azure cloud service, while the applications and embedded computers are managed like a corporate fleet of PCs, using Microsoft's System Center orchestration server. This explains why the embedded team ...
Strong Upside For Oracle And MicrosoftSeeking Alpha

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2011-12-13 02:20:55 - Microsoft Windows Azure''s New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ... - eWeek

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Microsoft Windows Azure's New Open Source, Other Options Enhance Developer ...
eWeek
There will also be an Apache Hadoop based service for Windows Azure and a number of impactful usability and functional enhancements to Java capabilities. In a Dec. 12 blog post, Bob Kelly, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Windows Azure ...
What's in (and missing from) Microsoft's latest batch of Azure cloud updatesZDNet (blog)
Microsoft revamps Windows AzureCloud Pro
It's official: Windows Azure supports Node.jsGigaOm
ZDNet UK (blog) -Middle East North Africa Financial Network
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2011-12-13 02:18:44 - What''s in
What's in (and missing from) Microsoft's latest batch of Azure cloud updates
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Microsoft has delivered a number of new quarterly updates to its Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud platforms. But some promised pieces still are missing in action. The updates include final ...

2011-12-13 02:13:26 - Microsoft delivers its latest batch of Azure cloud updates - ZDNet
Microsoft delivers its latest batch of Azure cloud updates
ZDNet (blog)
By Mary Jo Foley | December 12, 2011, 9:13am PST Summary: Microsoft has delivered a number of new quarterly updates to its Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud platforms. But some promised pieces still are missing in action. The updates include final ...
Learn Windows Azure free on December 13ZDNet UK (blog)

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2011-12-13 01:26:52 - : Organizations Solving the World''s Toughest Problems Turn to Windows Azure - Middle East North Africa Financial Network
: Organizations Solving the World's Toughest Problems Turn to Windows Azure
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Here are two examples of how academics, scientists and humanitarian organizations are using Windows Azure and the power of the cloud to make an impact around the world. (Today, Microsoft is improving Windows Azure with a series of updates to its ...

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2011-12-13 00:08:09 - Ariett Business Solutions Inc., Leading Provider of Purchase and Expense ... - Marketwire
Ariett Business Solutions Inc., Leading Provider of Purchase and Expense ...
Marketwire (press release)
Ariett's cloud-based solutions powered by the Microsoft Windows Azure™ platform surpass customers demand for scalability, security and reliable access. AP Invoice incorporates features that allow it to meet complex customer requirements with no ...

2011-12-12 23:02:17 - Nexiant Announces New Cloud-Based Suite to Manage MRO - PR Newswire
Nexiant Announces New Cloud-Based Suite to Manage MRO
PR Newswire (press release)
Nexiant 8 will be delivered on Microsoft® Windows Azure™. Windows Azure is Microsoft's on-demand platform for cloud computing hosted at Microsoft's data centers. Adopting this platform will provide Nexiant customers and partners with ultimate ...

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2011-12-12 22:55:01 - Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure top dogs in cloud storage - GigaOm

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Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure top dogs in cloud storage
GigaOm
12, 2011, 5:50am PT No Comments When it comes to the best-performing cloud service providers (CSPs), the winners are Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, according to a suite of performance and scalability tests performed over the last two years by Nasuni. ...
Only Six Cloud Storage Providers Pass Nasuni Stress Tests for Performance ...MarketWatch (press release)
Learn Windows Azure free on December 13ZDNet UK (blog)

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2011-12-12 19:14:57 - Microsoft and Nissan launch cloud partnership - Financial Times

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Microsoft and Nissan launch cloud partnership
Financial Times
The system will use Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, and take advantage of the US technology company's public cloud offerings to allow Nissan to connect with its customers. Nissan said that the new system would initially be rolled out at Nissan's ...
Microsoft and Nissan Establish Strategic Relationship for Next-Generation ...MarketWatch (press release)
Nissan to Collaborate With Microsoft for Next-Generation Dealer Management SystemINAUTONEWS

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2011-12-12 16:57:41 - Nissan to Collaborate With Microsoft for Next-Generation Dealer Management System - INAUTONEWS

INAUTONEWS
Nissan to Collaborate With Microsoft for Next-Generation Dealer Management System
INAUTONEWS
The solution will then utilize the Windows Azure platform, taking advantage of the economies of scale and flexibility offered by Microsoft's public cloud offerings. When it will be ready, the new system will be rolled out to Nissan's dealership ...
Microsoft and Nissan Establish Strategic Relationship for Next-Generation ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-12-12 16:01:41 - Microsoft and Nissan Establish Strategic Relationship for Next-Generation ... - MarketWatch
Microsoft and Nissan Establish Strategic Relationship for Next-Generation ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The solution will then utilize the Windows Azure platform, taking advantage of the economies of scale and flexibility offered by Microsoft's public cloud offerings. "Customer loyalty and retention are essential to the success of any business. ...

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2011-12-11 22:52:18 - Windows 8 App Store, Xbox Revamp, HP Agreement Marked Microsoft Week - eWeek

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Windows 8 App Store, Xbox Revamp, HP Agreement Marked Microsoft Week
eWeek
Microsoft has been making its own determined cloud push, with services including Office 365 and Windows Azure, as part of an overall attempt to expand its revenue base beyond traditional, desktop-bound software such as Windows and Office. ...
Microsoft Lync mobile clients for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone ...ZDNet (blog)
Strong Upside For Oracle And MicrosoftSeeking Alpha
5 Technology Upgrades Your Business Should Consider in 2012South Florida Caribbean News
The Next Web (blog)
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2011-12-10 08:40:44 - Microsoft Hints at BizTalk Server 2010 R2 Plans - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Hints at BizTalk Server 2010 R2 Plans
Redmond Channel Partner
The R2 product will facilitate IBM DB2 client connections with Microsoft SQL Server. In addition, the R2 product will enable adapter connections to "IBM Informix V11 and IBM IMS/DB V11." Improved integration with the Windows Azure Service Bus is being ...

2011-12-10 03:29:37 - Strong Upside For Oracle And Microsoft - Seeking Alpha

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Strong Upside For Oracle And Microsoft
Seeking Alpha
Windows Azure is yet another catalyst for the firm and gives clients the ability to build new applications and branch them into the private cloud. Finally, the company is developing Windows 8, which should help to win customers from Apple, ...
Microsoft Allows Open Source Apps in the Windows 8 App StoreCMSWire

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2011-12-10 01:59:27 - Amazon, Microsoft Top Short List Of Cloud Storage Providers: Study - CRN
Amazon, Microsoft Top Short List Of Cloud Storage Providers: Study
CRN
And Amazon S3 and Microsoft Windows Azure came out the big winners. "Two CSPs emerged as top performers in the Nasuni study: Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, with Amazon S3 being the standout across all evaluation areas," Nasuni wrote in the study. ...
Amazon, Microsoft Shine in the Cloud, Others Don'tBusinessWeek

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2011-12-09 23:04:03 - Microsoft Windows Azure Inner Circle Grows with Neudesic - TalkinCloud
Microsoft Windows Azure Inner Circle Grows with Neudesic
TalkinCloud (blog)
Much like previous circle entrant Nimbo, Neudesic is claiming to have plenty of experience in developing cloud solutions designed to meet specific customer needs, all hosted from the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud. Its most-hyped offering is the Cloud ...

2011-12-09 22:11:38 - Amazon, Microsoft Shine in the Cloud, Others Don''t - BusinessWeek
Amazon, Microsoft Shine in the Cloud, Others Don't
BusinessWeek
The top performers were Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, the study found. The other services to pass the test were from AT&T, Nirvanix, Peer 1 Hosting and Rackspace. Which 10 failed? Nasuni spared those names, and for good reason. ...

2011-12-09 08:48:44 - Microsoft Discloses BizTalk Server 2010 R2 Plans - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Discloses BizTalk Server 2010 R2 Plans
Redmondmag.com
The R2 product will facilitate IBM DB2 client connections with Microsoft SQL Server. In addition, the R2 product will enable adapter connections to "IBM Informix V11 and IBM IMS/DB V11." Improved integration with the Windows Azure Service Bus is being ...

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2011-12-09 07:35:19 - First big upgrade of cloud-hosted TFS: better performance, easier project ... - Ars Technica
First big upgrade of cloud-hosted TFS: better performance, easier project ...
Ars Technica
TFS 11 will be available as both traditional on-premises software and an online version hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The online version has been available as an invitation-only preview since Microsoft's BUILD conference earlier in the ...
Team Foundation Service gets first major updateSDTimes.com

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2011-12-08 20:00:47 - IT shops scrutinize Office 365 while clutching on-premises apps - SearchCloudComputing.com
IT shops scrutinize Office 365 while clutching on-premises apps
SearchCloudComputing.com
Despite Microsoft's recent announcement to add 30 features to improve the capabilities to Office 365, its cloud-based communication and collaboration suite, IT shops still have reservations about making the leap from on-premises applications. ...
Who Won Our Microsoft Azure Competition?Gizmodo Australia

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2011-12-08 18:31:21 - MICROSOFT: Azure "Hits A Sweet Spot" With More And More Customers - Business Insider

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MICROSOFT: Azure "Hits A Sweet Spot" With More And More Customers
Business Insider
In turn, a big part of the Microsoft stack that these startups turn to is Azure, Microsoft's suite of cloud services, which competes with Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine. After Lewin rattled off the many cool things Microsoft does for ...

2011-12-08 09:26:17 - HP Floats Raft of Cloud Computing Options - Server Watch

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HP Floats Raft of Cloud Computing Options
Server Watch
... Resource Planning software in a virtual private cloud, and Cloud Applications Services for Windows Azure is designed to help accelerate the development or migration of applications to the Microsoft Windows Azure platform-as-a-service offering. ...
HP Hybrid Cloud to Enable Telcos and Service ProvidersSYS-CON Media (press release)

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2011-12-08 07:17:32 - Who Won Our Microsoft Azure Competition? - Gizmodo Australia
Who Won Our Microsoft Azure Competition?
Gizmodo Australia
You've asked some great questions about Windows Azure and Microsoft has answered them. But who won our prize pack of Office Home and Business 2010, an Arc keyboard and a Torch mouse? Congratulations to Dozza, whose question about where Office 365 ends ...
VisibleBrands Chooses Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure for Its Moment of ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-12-08 05:14:08 - Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Public Beta for February - Tom''s Hardware Guide

THINQ.co.uk
Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 Public Beta for February
Tom''s Hardware Guide
Winning developers will not only get a front-row seat on opening day, but a Samsung Windows Developer Preview PC from the BUILD conference, a year of Windows Azure, and a two-year subscription to the Store. The deadline for submitting a Metro app to ...
Windows 8 App Store to Open with Rich Developer IncentivesWired (blog)
Microsoft seeks to woo developers with Windows 8 storeRegister
Windows Store to Launch as Part of Windows 8 Beta in Feb, 2012Maximum PC
Geek.com -THINQ.co.uk -Ubergizmo
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2011-12-08 03:16:51 - Windows 8 App Store to Open with Rich Developer Incentives - Wired

THINQ.co.uk
Windows 8 App Store to Open with Rich Developer Incentives
Wired (blog)
However, Microsoft is holding a contest for developers to be among the first inside the store. Besides early store entry, Winners will get a free developer tablet (like the one that was given out at Microsoft's Build Conference), and free Azure hosting ...
Microsoft seeks to woo developers with Windows 8 storeRegister
Windows Store to Launch as Part of Windows 8 Beta in Feb, 2012Maximum PC
Developers offered 80 percent cut of Windows Store app salesGeek.com
THINQ.co.uk -Ubergizmo
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2011-12-08 00:01:35 - Ideaca Wins Dynamics ERP Partner of the Year and Windows Azure Platform SI ... - MarketWatch
Ideaca Wins Dynamics ERP Partner of the Year and Windows Azure Platform SI ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are very pleased to be recognized as the leading Microsoft Dynamics ERP and Windows Azure Platform SI partner in Canada," said Mike Alkier, Managing Partner, Ideaca. "This is the seventh time that Ideaca has won an IMPACT award(s), which speaks to ...

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2011-12-07 23:06:17 - VisibleBrands Chooses Microsoft Corp.''s Windows Azure for Its Moment of ... - MarketWatch
VisibleBrands Chooses Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure for Its Moment of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
KIRKLAND, WA, Dec 07, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- VisibleBrands announced today that the company is working with Microsoft Corp. to use Windows Azure for hosting its emerging media network. This cloud-based network will connect advertisers and ...

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2011-12-07 22:07:33 - 10gen Announces Final Speaker and Sponsor Line-Up for MongoSV 2011; Additions ... - MarketWatch
10gen Announces Final Speaker and Sponsor Line-Up for MongoSV 2011; Additions ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Eduard Koller, program manager at Microsoft, will present on deploying MongoDB on Windows Azure. -- Cooper Bethea of foursquare, will share how to deploy MongoDB on AWS. -- Patrick Chanezon, senior director of developer relations at VMware, ...

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2011-12-07 18:04:58 - Business Cloud Summit 2011: G4S and the Cloud - BusinessCloud9
Business Cloud Summit 2011: G4S and the Cloud
BusinessCloud9
Adopting Microsoft's Azure Cloud platform has enabled G4S to meet its expansion ambitions and save money. Key for Wallace, however, is the fact that the end users have not noticed any difference in the service. Although Wallace is clear of the benefits ...

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2011-12-07 17:16:15 - Codemasters International, LLC Announces Provision of Custom Software ... - PR.com
Codemasters International, LLC Announces Provision of Custom Software ...
PR.com (press release)
We are happy to expand our clientele and look forward to join our forces with Full Scale 180 in delivering scalable software solutions built using the Microsoft Windows Azure platform,” said Alex Koval, founder and President of Codemasters ...

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2011-12-07 11:06:43 - Microsoft seeks to woo developers with Windows 8 store - Register
Microsoft seeks to woo developers with Windows 8 store
Register
Microsoft also is running a competition among developers for the best apps for the launch, and the winning authors will get top placement on the site, a tablet running Windows 8 (like those handed out at this year's Build), a year of Azure hosting and ...

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2011-12-07 08:39:47 - Cisco continues expanding its cloud universe - InfoWorld
Cisco continues expanding its cloud universe
InfoWorld
CloudVerse isn't a cloud platform like Microsoft Azure or Hadoop. Rather, Cisco's clear intent remains to apply its network expertise to provide a framework with which companies can roll out cloud-based services to customers or seamlessly stitch ...

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2011-12-07 05:00:34 - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release)
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The revamped Azure Migration feature in MAP 6.5 provides more in-depth analysis of the suitability of migrating on-premises applications to the Windows Azure platform. Additional new features in MAP 6.5 include the discovery of active Windows devices, ...

2011-12-07 04:58:31 - GIS Cloud Featured at Eye on Earth Summit - MarketWatch
GIS Cloud Featured at Eye on Earth Summit
MarketWatch (press release)
Esri's ArcGIS Online technology, coupled with Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure, allows EEA to host and maintain the platform, create database and business process management systems, and integrate security constraints. ...

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2011-12-07 01:02:05 - Network Automation Launches AutoMate 9; Automates Microsoft Dynamics and Azure ... - MarketWatch
Network Automation Launches AutoMate 9; Automates Microsoft Dynamics and Azure ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Extending AutoMate 9's Cloud automation to Azure allows our customers additional IaaS platform choices. The rate of uptake in our Amazon Web Services automation exceeded 20% of our install base in under a year. Adding to this success with new Azure ...

2011-12-06 21:54:11 - Microsoft Launches Green Cloud Platform Eye on Earth - eWEEK Europe UK

eWEEK Europe UK
Microsoft Launches Green Cloud Platform Eye on Earth
eWEEK Europe UK
The platform was first announced in 2008 and uses Esri's ArcGIS Online cloud services and Microsoft Azure to host and manage environmental data from various sources. According to a statement by Microsoft, Eye on Earth is a community-based cloud ...
Eye on Earth Enables Cloud-Based Environmental Data SharingGISuser.com (press release)

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2011-12-06 21:52:17 - The Cloud is Here
The Cloud is Here (and Not Going Anywhere)
CloudTweaks News
... survey from Canada, which found that 19 per cent of those who indicated they are not currently using cloud services were in fact leveraging cloud computing solutions and services like Microsoft Web Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure. ...

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2011-12-06 07:49:14 - Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 streamlines cloud migrations - Ars Technica
Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 streamlines cloud migrations
Ars Technica
These developments are in turn making sense of Steve Ballmer's oft-repeated claim that Microsoft is "all-in" on the cloud. Cloud offerings such as Office 365 and Azure are not some mere afterthought: they're central parts of Microsoft's platform ...

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2011-12-06 02:21:32 - Cloud integrators offer assessment, integration and ongoing support - SearchNetworkingChannel.com
Cloud integrators offer assessment, integration and ongoing support
SearchNetworkingChannel.com
The company works with Microsoft Azure to develop early prototype line-of-business applications, as well as mobility, application development for cloud and Dynamics CRM that can be offered both online and on-premise. “In my practice more than 90 ...

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2011-12-05 15:11:30 - Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape - Computerworld Australia
Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape
Computerworld Australia
Microsoft's Azure and Google's App Engine are leaders in this category, Subramanian says. The hot start-ups are CloudBees and Engine Yard, he adds. And Subramanian believes VMware's CloudFoundry shouldn't be counted out, as the field shakes out over ...

2011-12-05 08:25:31 - Microsoft Answers Your Azure Questions - Gizmodo Australia
Microsoft Answers Your Azure Questions
Gizmodo Australia
What can Azure do for a small business that Office 365 can't? We have a small consultancy that uses Sharepoint, Outlook and Lync from Office 365. I'm really glad to hear that you're using Office 365! It's a great way for organisations to use the ...

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2011-12-03 01:06:17 - MediaValet Wins Partner of the Year Award in Emerging Technologies and ... - MarketWatch
MediaValet Wins Partner of the Year Award in Emerging Technologies and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"A big thank you goes out to Microsoft for creating the Windows Azure cloud platform that enabled us to create MediaValet, to the Microsoft teams in Canada and the US that have done such a tremendous job in supporting us over the past year, ...

2011-12-02 22:23:36 - Benioff''s Dream: Toppling Microsoft, Oracle, And SAP - InformationWeek

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Benioff's Dream: Toppling Microsoft, Oracle, And SAP
InformationWeek
Asked about the threat of Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform, Benioff quips that Microsoft has tablets and mobile phones, too. "They have a lot of them somewhere in a warehouse... but they've lost their relevancy," he says. ...
Benioff: Oracle 'Drawing Straws,' Microsoft 'Irrelevant'CRN
Marc Benioff Still Loves Oracle And Microsoft BatingeWEEK Europe UK

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2011-12-02 17:54:43 - Test before you tread
Test before you tread (on a cloud)
Cloud Pro
Microsoft has been vocal on this subject of late, logically pointing to its 'Local Azure' emulator, which exists as part of the Windows Azure SDK. This service is designed to enable software programmers to test on their machine, rather than having to ...

2011-12-02 08:48:26 - Microsoft Lync Showing Growth - Redmondmag.com

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Microsoft Lync Showing Growth
Redmondmag.com
Microsoft offers Lync Servers in Standard and Enterprise editions, with the Enterprise version promising greater scalability. This "appliance" partner model has also been seen with Microsoft's Azure Platform Appliance. While partners such as Fujitsu, ...
Microsoft upgrades Office 365 and SkyDriveZDNet UK (blog)
U.K.-Based Outsourcery Newest Microsoft Cloud ChampionTalkinCloud (blog)

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2011-12-02 06:03:04 - Benioff: Oracle ''Drawing Straws,'' Microsoft ''Irrelevant'' - CRN
Benioff: Oracle 'Drawing Straws,' Microsoft 'Irrelevant'
CRN
Along with taking Oracle to the mat, Benioff also rekindled his flame war with Microsoft. In response to a question regarding whether Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform has proven stiff competition for Salesforce, Benioff chuckled, ...

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2011-12-02 03:35:54 - Microsoft cloud to power environmental big data - GigaOm
Microsoft cloud to power environmental big data
GigaOm
The community uses Esri's cloud services and Microsoft Azure to create a online site and group of services for scientists, researchers, policy makers to upload, share, and analyze environmental and geospatial data. While the Eye on Earth network has ...
Eye on Earth Enables Cloud-Based Environmental Data SharingSacramento Bee

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2011-12-02 01:10:07 - Microsoft Partners with Enterprise Mobile Solutions Provider - Redmond Developer News

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Microsoft Partners with Enterprise Mobile Solutions Provider
Redmond Developer News
The licensed protocols will enable iPhone and Blackberry interoperability with Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services, Windows Azure, Active Directory in Windows and SharePoint. By Kurt Mackie Microsoft inked a protocol licensing agreement with enterprise ...
Deal could bring Microsoft-compatible apps to iOS, AndroidAustralian Macworld

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2011-12-01 21:34:56 - Microsoft''s Rock Paper Azure Challenge is Back - iProgrammer
Microsoft's Rock Paper Azure Challenge is Back
iProgrammer
The weekly online challenge where holders of Azure accounts can win up to $5000 is running again from now till mid December. The Rock, Paper, Azure Challenge is open to Azure developers in the USA, and as with earlier versions of the game, ...

2011-12-01 16:01:55 - Eye on Earth Enables Cloud-Based Environmental Data Sharing - PR Newswire
Eye on Earth Enables Cloud-Based Environmental Data Sharing
PR Newswire (press release)
It uses Esri's ArcGIS Online cloud services coupled with Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure, and it hosts the data in the Environmental Data Store. The network's user interface enables the easy creation and sharing of map-based services, ...

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2011-12-01 12:52:48 - Enhanced QuarkPromote.com Adds Mac Support - What They Think
Enhanced QuarkPromote.com Adds Mac Support
What They Think
Built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, QuarkPromote.com offers entreprenuers and small business owners across a broad range of industries highly-designed templates for marketing material that can be accessed anytime from any Web browser. ...

2011-12-01 09:49:54 - Microsoft Inks Licensing Deal With AgreeYa Mobility - Redmondmag.com

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Microsoft Inks Licensing Deal With AgreeYa Mobility
Redmondmag.com
The licensed protocols will enable interoperability with Microsoft's "Remote Desktop Services, Windows Azure, Active Directory [in Windows] and SharePoint," according to an announcement issued by Microsoft on Tuesday. Financial terms weren't disclosed. ...
Protocol Deal to Bring Compatible Microsoft Apps to IOS, AndroidPCWorld
AgreeYa Mobility licences Microsoft's patented protocolsiTWire
Microsoft and AgreeYa Mobility reach agreement designed to address IT ...The Seattle Times
MarketWatch -eWEEK Europe UK
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2011-11-30 23:09:21 - Efficient Data Management With Microsoft Hadoop For Windows Azure - HostReview.com
Efficient Data Management With Microsoft Hadoop For Windows Azure
HostReview.com (press release) (blog)
Microsoft is extending its support to Apache Hadoop by developing its own hadoop distributions for its windows azure server for better management of Big Data. Not only data explosion, but data complexity also makes it difficult for the users to utilize ...

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2011-11-30 22:04:00 - Polish Ministry of Sport and Tourism Is the First to Gain Benefits from a BI ... - MarketWatch
Polish Ministry of Sport and Tourism Is the First to Gain Benefits from a BI ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Its business intelligence tool is integrated with Microsoft's Azure platform, so the solution can be scaled up to meet business needs. Necto allows Ministry staff to identify and analyze data trends in real time. Improved data and reporting gives the ...

2011-11-30 10:45:13 - RIM, Microsoft open up enterprise systems to Android and iOS - Digitaltrends.com

Digitaltrends.com
RIM, Microsoft open up enterprise systems to Android and iOS
Digitaltrends.com
RIM is embracing Android and iOS device management with BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, while Microsoft has licensed out tech so iOS and Android apps could work with things like SharePoint, Azure, and Remote Desktop. Both Canada's Research in Motion and ...

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2011-11-30 05:43:33 - Microsoft working to bring its Office apps to iPad, Mac OS X Lion - Apple Insider
Microsoft working to bring its Office apps to iPad, Mac OS X Lion
Apple Insider
Microsoft also just announced a deal to license its enterprise protocols involved with Remote Desktop Services, Windows Azure, Active Directory and SharePoint, to third party developer Agreeya Mobility, which plans to build apps for Apple's iOS as well ...

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2011-11-30 02:27:45 - 4 Azure milestones Microsoft must hit — and soon - GigaOm

GigaOm
4 Azure milestones Microsoft must hit — and soon
GigaOm
29, 2011, 9:24am PT No Comments Next year could be a very big year for Windows Azure, Microsoft's nearly two-year-old Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). And, it better be, given the investment in man-power and dollars Microsoft poured into the effort which ...
Microsoft Brings Cloud Integrator Nimbo into Azure's Inner CircleTalkinCloud (blog)
Windows to the cloud from EktronKMWorld Magazine
Best Practices For Cloud DevelopmentLifehacker Australia

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2011-11-30 00:05:10 - Clerity Unveils Legacy Transformation Software for Microsoft Application Platform - MarketWatch
Clerity Unveils Legacy Transformation Software for Microsoft Application Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
Clerity TEA objects can also be used in the creation of customized workflows leveraging Microsoft BizTalk Server to build composite applications for the Windows Azure cloud. For organizations looking to create composite business services from multiple ...

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2011-11-29 22:57:55 - Microsoft Brings Cloud Integrator Nimbo into Azure''s Inner Circle - TalkinCloud
Microsoft Brings Cloud Integrator Nimbo into Azure's Inner Circle
TalkinCloud (blog)
Apparently, Nimbo has been a huge channel proponent of Microsoft Windows Azure and very proactive about promoting it to clients. In the press release, Nimbo said it's been responsible for moving plenty of its enterprise customers to Azure-based ...
Windows to the cloud from EktronKMWorld Magazine
Best Practices For Cloud DevelopmentLifehacker Australia

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2011-11-29 22:03:31 - 360SmartView: New Offering From HELP Incorporated Empowers Enforcement Officials - MarketWatch
360SmartView: New Offering From HELP Incorporated Empowers Enforcement Officials
MarketWatch (press release)
360SmartView has been developed for HELP by ACS, a Xerox Company, and was selected as one of six projects nationally for Microsoft's Azure TAP program. The core system can be integrated with other roadside hardware including laser dimensioning, ...

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2011-11-29 21:18:34 - Guide to cloud formations – Why PaaS up a good opportunity? - Computing

Computing
Guide to cloud formations – Why PaaS up a good opportunity?
Computing
Dan West, IT director for online fashion retailer Asos, has completed writing an application programming interface (API) into Microsoft's Azure platform. The API is being used in a mobile application the company released this summer. ...

2011-11-29 20:10:19 - Protocol Deal to Bring Compatible Microsoft Apps to IOS, Android - PCWorld

Moneycontrol.com
Protocol Deal to Bring Compatible Microsoft Apps to IOS, Android
PCWorld
Agreeya Mobility will develop a suite of mobile applications that will be compatible with Microsoft products such as Remote Desktop Services, Windows Azure, Active Directory and SharePoint. The goal with the applications is to make it easier for ...
Microsoft and AgreeYa in license accordMarketWatch
Microsoft and AgreeYa Mobility Announce Protocol Licensing AgreementSacramento Bee

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2011-11-29 17:32:07 - Microsoft and AgreeYa in license accord - MarketWatch
Microsoft and AgreeYa in license accord
MarketWatch
AgreeYa Mobility, a unit of AgreeYa Solutions, will use protocols licensed from Microsoft to create products that connect to Microsoft products like Windows Azure and SharePoint, Microsoft said.
Microsoft and AgreeYa Mobility Announce Protocol Licensing AgreementSacramento Bee

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2011-11-29 17:12:00 - Microsoft and AgreeYa Mobility Announce Protocol Licensing Agreement - MarketWatch
Microsoft and AgreeYa Mobility Announce Protocol Licensing Agreement
MarketWatch (press release)
AgreeYa Mobility will use the protocols licensed from Microsoft to create mobile solutions that connect to Remote Desktop Services, Windows Azure, Active Directory and SharePoint. AgreeYa Mobility, a subsidiary of AgreeYa Solutions, ...

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2011-11-29 16:09:29 - Heroku Launches Postgres as a Standalone Service. - InfoQ.com
Heroku Launches Postgres as a Standalone Service.
InfoQ.com
Apps can connect from Heroku, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Foundry, EC2, or from your local computer. Matthew Soldo explained: With measured service uptime of four nines (99.99%), and designed data durability of eleven nines ...

2011-11-29 10:38:34 - Cloud Computing is Misunderstood, But Maybe it Doesn''t Matter - Forbes

Forbes
Cloud Computing is Misunderstood, But Maybe it Doesn't Matter
Forbes
... leveraging cloud computing solutions and services — since it was a survey conducted by Microsoft, it was pointed out that people aren't identifying services such as Microsoft Web Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure as “cloud” services. ...

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2011-11-29 07:04:32 - SQL Server ODBC Driver Released for Red Hat Linux - Redmondmag.com
SQL Server ODBC Driver Released for Red Hat Linux
Redmondmag.com
Microsoft has explained that its decision to shift to ODBC was based on customer feedback and its view that it will better facilitate tapping cloud databases, such as Microsoft SQL Azure. Microsoft plans to support SQL Azure connections in an "upcoming ...

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2011-11-29 06:45:30 - What Does Windows 8 Mean for Silverlight''s Future? - Visual Studio Magazine
What Does Windows 8 Mean for Silverlight's Future?
Visual Studio Magazine (blog)
But Scott Guthrie, the "father" and champion of the technology, left the Developer Division of Microsoft months ago to work on the Windows Azure team, and he took his people with him. John Papa, who was a very influential Redmond-based evangelist for ...

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2011-11-29 00:12:38 - Windows to the cloud from Ektron - KMWorld Magazine
Windows to the cloud from Ektron
KMWorld Magazine
Ektron has premiered Windows Azure Edition, which allows companies to quickly launch new Web sites and marketing initiatives through the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. Ektron explains Windows Azure is a highly scalable cloud services platform hosted ...
MediaValet Selected as Finalist for Coveted Microsoft AwardMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-11-28 23:21:04 - VMware''s Cloud Foundry Ranked Top Developer Platform - InformationWeek
VMware's Cloud Foundry Ranked Top Developer Platform
InformationWeek
Surprisingly, Microsoft's Azure registered only 2100, slightly behind Salesforce.com's Force.com at 2115. Evans Data surveys historically have been addressed to a body of independent, non-vendor-specific developers who rarely score Microsoft tools or ...

2011-11-28 21:36:32 - Microsoft releases Juneau CTP4 - iProgrammer
Microsoft releases Juneau CTP4
iProgrammer
This is intended partially for developing against SQL Azure databases. The way it works is that while connected, you run a wizard that creates scripts that you can then run to create a local copy of the data structures you're programming against. ...

2011-11-28 20:04:08 - MediaValet Selected as Finalist for Coveted Microsoft Award - MarketWatch
MediaValet Selected as Finalist for Coveted Microsoft Award
MarketWatch (press release)
This was no small feat and it wouldn't have been possible with Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform. Today, MediaValet is able to quickly scale to meet the digital asset management needs of any company, no matter their size, number of employees or ...

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2011-11-28 17:43:23 - Microsoft representative to deliver seminars in Yerevan - PanARMENIAN.Net

PanARMENIAN.Net
Microsoft representative to deliver seminars in Yerevan
PanARMENIAN.Net
... Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia will host workshop sessions by DPE technical Lead for CEE and Multi-Country Karl Davies-Barrett, who will deliver series of seminars titled “Developing your next great app on Windows Azure” and “Agile Software ...

2011-11-26 18:49:24 - Extra Challenges in Imagine Cup 2012 - iProgrammer
Extra Challenges in Imagine Cup 2012
iProgrammer
Microsoft has announced two additional challenges for Imagine Cup 2012, Windows Azure Challenge and Windows Phone Challenge, which will be run and judged online. Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems. and changed the ...

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2011-11-26 04:42:05 - New Microsoft Study Shows Canadian Firms Unclear About Cloud Computing - Web Host Industry Review

Canadian Reviewer
New Microsoft Study Shows Canadian Firms Unclear About Cloud Computing
Web Host Industry Review
... executives across all sectors and found that 19 percent of those who indicated they are not currently using cloud services were in fact using cloud computing solutions and services like Microsoft Web Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure. ...
Businesses using cloud computing services unknowinglyCBC.ca
Microsoft Survey: Canadian businesses unclear about Cloud ComputingCanadian Reviewer

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2011-11-25 23:16:04 - Businesses using cloud computing services unknowingly - CBC.ca

CBC.ca
Businesses using cloud computing services unknowingly
CBC.ca
However, among the rest, one in five indicated that they used services like Microsoft Web Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure, which are, in fact, cloud computing services. "One of the things that really stuck out in our eyes was that 19 per ...
Canadian businesses unclear when it comes to cloud computingCanada NewsWire (press release)
Microsoft Survey: Canadian businesses unclear about Cloud ComputingCanadian Reviewer

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2011-11-25 23:14:18 - Consultants in the Cloud - New York Times
Consultants in the Cloud
New York Times (blog)
And of course Microsoft is trying to get there too with Windows Azure. If the annuity-based payment model underpinning most “software as a service” products on the cloud also holds for these new consultants, and they gain ground, the big companies may ...

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2011-11-25 02:37:57 - Aditi Tech buys cloud computing start up - EE Times India
Aditi Tech buys cloud computing start up
EE Times India
The company is cloud services provider focused on helping customers build, operate and manage solutions on Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud platforms like Microsoft's Windows Azure. The company's clients list includes enterprises like Ford, ...

2011-11-25 02:11:46 - 19 per cent of Canadian businesses who thought they weren''t using cloud ... - NorthumberlandView.ca
19 per cent of Canadian businesses who thought they weren't using cloud ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
... across all sectors and found that 19 per cent of those who indicated they are not currently using cloud services were in fact leveraging cloud computing solutions and services like Microsoft Web Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure. ...

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2011-11-24 21:24:20 - Lease it to own it, eventually - BusinessCloud9
Lease it to own it, eventually
BusinessCloud9
The obvious sufferers here are businesses already committed to Microsoft, and while it can be assumed that many of them will be seriously considering Azure, that does have perceived weak points in terms of the security possible with widely shared ...

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2011-11-24 21:04:51 - Canadian businesses unclear when it comes to cloud computing - DigitalJournal.com
Canadian businesses unclear when it comes to cloud computing
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... across all sectors and found that 19 per cent of those who indicated they are not currently using cloud services were in fact leveraging cloud computing solutions and services like Microsoft Web Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Azure. ...

2011-11-24 17:09:29 - Microsoft Welcomes Nimbo Into Windows Azure Circle Program - PR.com
Microsoft Welcomes Nimbo Into Windows Azure Circle Program
PR.com (press release)
Microsoft's Windows Azure Platform is gaining substantial traction in the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) corner of the cloud market. Nimbo works closely with Microsoft in a partnership to design business solutions leveraging a fully cloud-based solution ...

2011-11-24 01:39:18 - Microsoft preparing Kinect to work with Windows PC - TechFlash
Microsoft preparing Kinect to work with Windows PC
TechFlash (blog)
Aircraft giant Boeing is using the software giant's technology to create a virtual tour of the next-generation Boeing 737 plane, using Kinect, Silverlight Deep Zoom, and Windows 7 Touch and Azure. Eisler also said that Microsoft also has launched the ...

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2011-11-23 22:28:37 - Aditi Technologies Acquires Cloud Computing Start up Cumulux - EFYTimes
Aditi Technologies Acquires Cloud Computing Start up Cumulux
EFYTimes (press release)
“Cumulux and Aditi have demonstrated credibility and excellence in building solutions on Windows Azure for Microsoft's ISV and enterprise customers,” said Jenni Flinders, Vice President for the US Partner Group at Microsoft. ...

2011-11-23 00:57:49 - Microsoft Offers Windows Sounds Voiced by Eri Kitamura - Anime News Network
Microsoft Offers Windows Sounds Voiced by Eri Kitamura
Anime News Network
The software maker Microsoft celebrated the birthday of Claudia Madobe, the official mascot character of its Windows Azure cloud services, by offering a Windows system sound and wallpaper pack on Sunday. Voice actress Eri Kitamura gave "Cloud Girl" her ...

2011-11-22 21:03:53 - 2BrightSparks Release SyncBackPro Version 6 - a Powerful Solution to Data Loss - San Francisco Chronicle
2BrightSparks Release SyncBackPro Version 6 - a Powerful Solution to Data Loss
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The newly-released version 6 of the software includes full support for Amazon S3, Google Storage and Microsoft Azure, POP3 and IMAP4 backup support, backup to CD/DVD/Blu-ray and a total of over 120 new features. 2BrightSparks understand that every user ...

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2011-11-22 20:58:13 - Hadoop for Windows - iProgrammer
Hadoop for Windows
iProgrammer
Microsoft has dropped its own big data project to concentrate on Hadoop and is working with Hortonworks to develop distribution of Hadoop for Azure and for Windows Server. Microsoft had been working on its own project, LINQ to HPC, codenamed Dryad, ...
Microsoft Focuses Big Data Efforts on HadoopSmart Data Collective

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2011-11-22 20:58:12 - Cloud burst will boost server demand - Times of India

Los Angeles Times
Cloud burst will boost server demand
Times of India
For cloud, you have the Azure application development platform, and you recently launched Office 365 that puts many of your business productivity applications on the cloud. What's the larger cloud strategy? Our objective is to cloud-optimize every ...
The IT of business - why the cloud is a not new ideaBizcommunity.com

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2011-11-22 20:27:52 - Cork becoming a global hub for cloud services - Siliconrepublic.com

Siliconrepublic.com
Cork becoming a global hub for cloud services
Siliconrepublic.com
As well as being home to the operations of major computing and cloud giants like EMC, VMware, IBM and Apple, Cork Internet eXchange (CIX), which serves 20000 homes and business, plans to take on the might of Amazon and Microsoft's Azure. ...

2011-11-22 14:25:42 - Kicking the Tires on Windows 8 Server - Server Watch
Kicking the Tires on Windows 8 Server
Server Watch
A key point here is Microsoft's recognition of the need to connect to any cloud, not just its Azure offering. At the same reviewer's event, Bill Laing stated that Microsoft wants to bring every app available on the platform to any cloud. ...

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2011-11-22 05:56:36 - Microsoft announces two individual... - Neowin
Microsoft announces two individual...
Neowin
More than 30 percent of teams at the Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals integrated Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing service, into their technology designs. By using the cloud, Imagine Cup students have already changed the way education ...

2011-11-22 05:56:36 - Microsoft announces two individual challenges for Imagine Cup 2012 - Neowin
Microsoft announces two individual challenges for Imagine Cup 2012
Neowin
More than 30 percent of teams at the Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals integrated Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing service, into their technology designs. By using the cloud, Imagine Cup students have already changed the way education ...

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2011-11-22 03:53:12 - Microsoft Focuses Big Data Efforts on Hadoop - Smart Data Collective
Microsoft Focuses Big Data Efforts on Hadoop
Smart Data Collective
Instead, they are focusing their efforts on developing Hadoop distributions for Windows Servers and Azure, a platform for building, hosting, and scaling applications in Microsoft datacenters. Hadoop has emerged as a great platform for analyzing ...

2011-11-21 23:12:18 - Software is a complex beast: Microsoft''s Rabellino - Livemint
Software is a complex beast: Microsoft's Rabellino
Livemint
I am happy to say we are having more and more people reaching out to us – as an example they want to run their workloads on Azure (Microsoft's cloud offering) — and the acceptance of our contributions has been pretty high, such as contributions to ...

2011-11-21 22:37:24 - 2011 CRM Forecast: A Look Back. How''d I Do, Vox Populi? - ZDNet
2011 CRM Forecast: A Look Back. How'd I Do, Vox Populi?
ZDNet (blog)
(8) Microsoft Azure emerges as a true cloud provider at the level of Amazon as cloud computing considers its rise to becoming a primary technology infrastructure. Screw me. Totally wrong on this one. Though the weird upside to it is that Microsoft is ...

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2011-11-21 19:08:57 - Aditi Technologies Announces Acquisition of Cumulux, Microsoft Cloud Partner ... - Sacramento Bee
Aditi Technologies Announces Acquisition of Cumulux, Microsoft Cloud Partner ...
Sacramento Bee
"Cumulux and Aditi have demonstrated credibility and excellence in building solutions on Windows Azure for Microsoft's ISV and enterprise customers," said Jenni Flinders, Vice President for the US Partner Group at Microsoft. ...
Aditi Tech acquires cloud computing start up CumuluxEconomic Times
Cloud Computing startup Cumulux acquired by Aditi TechnologiesSiliconindia.com

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2011-11-21 11:58:31 - Metier Software Solutions P Limited Releases its Time and Attendance Online ... - openPR
Metier Software Solutions P Limited Releases its Time and Attendance Online ...
openPR (press release)
(openPR) - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA — 19th November 2011 — Metier Software Solutions P Limited today announced it will launch a new version of its application, Metier TAO, which works with Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform to offer customers ...

2011-11-21 08:10:55 - Aditi Tech acquires cloud computing start up Cumulux - Economic Times
Aditi Tech acquires cloud computing start up Cumulux
Economic Times
Cloud expert Ravi Gururaj said Aditi has, since its inception, strongly aligned itself almost exclusively with Microsoft. "So this acquisition of Cumulux, which itself was a leading partner to the Microsoft Azure cloud business unit, seems like a very ...

2011-11-19 09:25:44 - Microsoft Windows GM Named Washington State CIO - San Leandro India West

San Leandro India West
Microsoft Windows GM Named Washington State CIO
San Leandro India West
Bharat Shyam, who worked at Microsoft's headquarters for almost two decades and helped developed the company's cloud computing platform Windows Azure, was named Washington state's Chief Information Officer Nov. 14. Shyam began serving in his new role ...

2011-11-19 08:26:18 - Man Survives Steve Ballmer''s Flying Chair To Build ''21st Century Linux'' - Wired News
Man Survives Steve Ballmer's Flying Chair To Build '21st Century Linux'
Wired News
Whereas Google App Engine — and to a lesser extent Microsoft Azure — restrain the tools you can use, Cloud Foundry seeks to provide the same rapid scaling without those restrictions. It runs a wide of array of development languages and frameworks, ...

2011-11-19 05:01:33 - ''Cloud'' Stocks With Less Risk - Wall Street Journal
'Cloud' Stocks With Less Risk
Wall Street Journal (blog)
But the company has launched its own cloud-computing platform called Azure; has tailored its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system to work better on tablet computers; and has launched Office 365, a cloud-based version of its lucrative productivity ...

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2011-11-18 22:42:01 - Microsoft Cloud Exec Is New Washington State CIO - InformationWeek
Microsoft Cloud Exec Is New Washington State CIO
InformationWeek
At Microsoft, Shyam was most recently a general manager for Windows Azure, Microsoft's platform-as-a-service offering. In that role, he led strategic and engineering planning, and developer and IT-facing functionality for Azure. ...

2011-11-18 18:44:49 - Microsoft Dryad trampled in Hadoop stampede - Register

TechEye
Microsoft Dryad trampled in Hadoop stampede
Register
Microsoft will instead make Hadoop - an open-source project represented by a cartoon yellow elephant - run better on Windows Sever and Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud architecture, the company said. The company in October announced it would integrate ...
Microsoft Ditches Dryad, Focuses On HadoopInformationWeek
Microsoft Kills Own Big Data Project In Favor of Open SourceWired News
Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on HadoopZDNet (blog)
ITProPortal -TechEye
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2011-11-18 17:23:28 - Fujitsu offers Hybrid Cloud Services to Microsoft Windows Azure - Computer Business Review
Fujitsu offers Hybrid Cloud Services to Microsoft Windows Azure
Computer Business Review
Fujitsu has launched Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure to enable government and enterprise customers to benefit from hybrid cloud offerings, achieving operating cost reductions of typically 30% or more. Fujitsu's Hybrid Cloud Services ...
Fujitsu Bundles Microsoft's Azure Services for Hybrid Cloud OfferingVirtualization Review

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2011-11-18 11:02:54 - Microsoft Kills Own Big Data Project In Favor of Open Source - Wired News

TechEye
Microsoft Kills Own Big Data Project In Favor of Open Source
Wired News
In early October, Microsoft announced that it would integrate Hadoop with future versions of its relational database, SQL Server, as well as Windows Azure. Hadoop was built for Linux, so the platform must first be ported to Windows. ...
Microsoft Ditches Dryad, Focuses On HadoopInformationWeek
Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on HadoopZDNet (blog)
Microsoft backs open source big data projectTechEye

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2011-11-18 07:00:59 - Intergen wins at Microsoft Partner Awards - Voxy

TechDay.co.nz
Intergen wins at Microsoft Partner Awards
Voxy
Tony Stewart, Intergen's Managing Director says: "Intergen has more than 10 years' experience delivering business solutions based on Microsoft platforms and we are enormously proud to be recognised as a leader in in Windows Azure by Microsoft with this ...
Microsoft Partner Awards winners namedTechDay.co.nz

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2011-11-18 05:47:22 - Fujitsu Bundles Microsoft''s Azure Services for Hybrid Cloud Offering - Virtualization Review
Fujitsu Bundles Microsoft's Azure Services for Hybrid Cloud Offering
Virtualization Review
Fujitsu this week launched a hybrid cloud offering that lets enterprises tie apps running on-premises to those running on Microsoft's Windows Azure service. Based on a combination of bundling, consulting services and software ...

2011-11-18 03:41:50 - Microsoft Ditches Dryad, Focuses On Hadoop - InformationWeek

The Guardian
Microsoft Ditches Dryad, Focuses On Hadoop
InformationWeek
Microsoft drops LINQ to HPC big-data processing project, in favor of Apache's open source Hadoop platform. By Doug Henschen InformationWeek Just one month after announcing plans to release Windows Azure- and Windows Server-based implementations of open ...
Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on HadoopZDNet (blog)

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2011-11-17 20:52:00 - Ubuntu loses HP cloud crown status - Register
Ubuntu loses HP cloud crown status
Register
A set of "limited production release" Azure cloud appliances running on hardware from HP, Dell and Fujitsu were promised by Microsoft. The Windows Azure platform appliance was due "late in 2010" and would combine Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure ...

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2011-11-17 10:29:11 - Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on Hadoop - ZDNet

PR Web
Microsoft drops Dryad; puts its big-data bets on Hadoop
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Microsoft is dropping its 'Dryad' big-data processing work and focusing, instead, on developing a Windows Azure and Windows Server implementation of Hadoop. Just a month after insisting there ...
Microsoft's 'big data' push targets familiar products, new capabilitiesSearchSQLServer.com

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2011-11-17 02:31:37 - Windows Azure SDK 1.6 Streamlines Azure Development in Visual Studio - InfoQ.com
Windows Azure SDK 1.6 Streamlines Azure Development in Visual Studio
InfoQ.com
Microsoft has released the Windows Azure SDK 1.6, which includes updates to the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure Libraries for .NET, in addition to other fixes and performance improvements. Microsoft's goal with this update ...

2011-11-17 01:24:18 - Microsoft''s ''big data'' push targets familiar products, new capabilities - SearchSQLServer.com
Microsoft's 'big data' push targets familiar products, new capabilities
SearchSQLServer.com
He also chats about other newsmaking features from the PASS Summit -- new self-service business intelligence tools and improvements to SQL Azure, Microsoft's cloud database service. There are a lot of vendors, particularly big ones like IBM, ...

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2011-11-16 23:46:15 - Fujitsu Adds Microsoft Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud Services - TalkinCloud
Fujitsu Adds Microsoft Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud Services
TalkinCloud (blog)
Fujitsu is expanding its unique role as a Microsoft Windows Azure platform-as-a-service (PaaS) hosting partner with the addition of hybrid cloud capabilities to its portfolio. With the so-called Hybrid Cloud Services for ...
Fujitsu Launches Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure(TM) CustomersMarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft Working on Integrating Azure Cloud Platform for GamingPiki Geek
Fujitsu offers services to implement hybrid cloud securelyV3.co.uk
Virtualization Review (blog)
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2011-11-16 23:03:08 - AboutOne Partners with Microsoft and Previews New Software Release at Wine ... - MarketWatch
AboutOne Partners with Microsoft and Previews New Software Release at Wine ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Partnering with Microsoft and using the Azure Platform as a Service has enabled us to quickly develop the new release of our service and offer the scalability, security, and performance our customers need and want in an online organizer that's fast, ...

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2011-11-16 22:04:07 - Fujitsu Launches Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azur
Fujitsu Launches Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure(TM) Customers
MarketWatch (press release)
SUNNYVALE, CA, Nov 16, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Fujitsu announced today Hybrid Cloud Services for Microsoft Windows Azure, an extension of its global cloud portfolio and its relationship with Microsoft. The offering enables government and ...

2011-11-16 15:54:26 - Microsoft moving embedded systems to Windows 8 - Register

Macworld UK
Microsoft moving embedded systems to Windows 8
Register
All of these sensors need back-end support, and so Microsoft is making the operating systems compatible with Systems Center 2012, via an embedded device manager. The data collected will also be available for processing on Microsoft's Azure platform. ®
Windows Embedded Girds Microsoft's Big Data PlansInformationWeek
Microsoft Outlines Next-Gen Windows Embedded RoadmapRedmondmag.com

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2011-11-16 12:40:09 - Stuck stock price hangs over Microsoft meeting - The Seattle Times
Stuck stock price hangs over Microsoft meeting
The Seattle Times
Businesses are increasingly moving to the cloud, he noted, and Microsoft is investing in that with its Office 365 and Windows Azure offerings, as well as with the forthcoming Windows Server 8, which Ballmer said got an enthusiastic reception at a ...

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2011-11-16 12:40:09 - Sluggish stock price overshadows Ballmer''s message at Microsoft meeting - The Seattle Times

haveeruonline
Sluggish stock price overshadows Ballmer's message at Microsoft meeting
The Seattle Times
Businesses are increasingly moving to the cloud, he noted, and Microsoft is investing in that with its Office 365 and Windows Azure offerings, as well as with the forthcoming Windows Server 8, which Ballmer said got an enthusiastic reception at a ...
Mary Jo Foley Grilled on 'Future of IT' at Canadian BorderRedmondmag.com

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2011-11-16 10:50:36 - Mary Jo Foley Grilled on ''Future of IT'' at Canadian Border - Redmondmag.com

New York Times
Mary Jo Foley Grilled on 'Future of IT' at Canadian Border
Redmondmag.com
Microsoft has signaled its seriousness on its cloud front of late by moving executive Scott Guthrie to his current position as corporate vice president in Microsoft's Server and Tools Business division overseeing .NET and Windows Azure. ...
Ballmer optimistic, some shareholders grumble at Microsoft's annual meetingThe Seattle Times

all 226 news articles »
2011-11-16 10:04:42 - CSIRO to mesh Azure Cloud with HPC infrastructure - Australian Techworld
CSIRO to mesh Azure Cloud with HPC infrastructure
Australian Techworld
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced plans to integrate Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud with its high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. CSIRO eResearch director, Dr John Taylor, ...
Windows opens the door to speedy scienceEnvironmental Expert (press release)

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2011-11-16 08:47:07 - Former Windows Azure GM Named CIO of Washington State - Redmond Channel Partner

GeekWire
Former Windows Azure GM Named CIO of Washington State
Redmond Channel Partner
Most recently, Shyam served as general manager of developer platform and engineering planning for Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform. He held this role from 2009 until his departure from the company this past September. ...
Bharat Shyam Named State CIO of WashingtonGovernment Technology
Former Microsoft GM Bharat Shyam named state CIOThe Seattle Times
Washington gets new state CIOCivSource
Puget Sound Business Journal -GeekWire
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2011-11-16 06:04:08 - Bharat Shyam Named State CIO of Washington - Government Technology

GeekWire
Bharat Shyam Named State CIO of Washington
Government Technology
Chris Gregoire has appointed former Microsoft software engineer Bharat Shyam to lead the state's evolving IT organization. Shyam, who was named state CIO on Monday, Nov. 14, was most recently the general manager of Windows Azure, a Microsoft cloud ...
Former Microsoft GM Bharat Shyam named state CIOThe Seattle Times
Washington gets new state CIOCivSource
Gregoire names former Microsoft exec Bharat Shyam new state CIOPuget Sound Business Journal
GeekWire
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2011-11-16 04:31:08 - Ballmer optimistic, some shareholders grumble at Microsoft''s annual meeting - The Seattle Times
Ballmer optimistic, some shareholders grumble at Microsoft's annual meeting
The Seattle Times
He talked about the company's investments in the cloud, with its Office 365, Windows Server and Windows Azure services, saying the "incredibly enthusiastic" response to Windows Server 8 was "perhaps more unexpected than anything else. ...

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2011-11-16 03:12:40 - Microsoft Working on Integrating Azure Cloud Platform for Gaming - Piki Geek
Microsoft Working on Integrating Azure Cloud Platform for Gaming
Piki Geek
Microsoft has spent billions of dollars developing their Azure cloud service, attempting to capture some of the market share from Amazon's domination of the cloud marketplace while fending off competitors like IBM, Verizon, and Rackspace. ...
Terrace Software Selected by Microsoft to Join Windows Azure Circle ProgramPR Web (press release)
Ask About Azure And Win A Microsoft Home Office KitGizmodo Australia

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2011-11-16 02:44:02 - Microsoft holds its annual shareholder meeting - The Seattle Times
Microsoft holds its annual shareholder meeting
The Seattle Times
He talked about the company's investments in the cloud, with its Office 365, Windows Server and Windows Azure services, saying the "incredibly enthusiastic" response to Windows Server 8 was "perhaps more unexpected than anything else. ...

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2011-11-16 02:19:20 - Microsoft Working to Integrate Azure Cloud Platform with Xbox - Piki Geek

DeviceMAG
Microsoft Working to Integrate Azure Cloud Platform with Xbox
Piki Geek
During the past few years, Microsoft has been spending billions of dollars developing their Azure cloud service in an attempt to capture market share from Amazon.com's dominant AWS while fending off competitors like IBM, Verizon, and Rackspace. ...
GDC China: Microsoft's Price Talks Cloud On Social Platforms, ConsolesGamasutra
Cloud Gaming Coming to the Xbox?VGChartz
Microsoft Believes Cloud Gaming is the Distant FutureDeviceMAG
Examiner.com -THINQ.co.uk -Fudzilla
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2011-11-16 02:14:06 - Microsoft Releases System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC - Redmond Developer News
Microsoft Releases System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC
Redmond Developer News (blog)
NET and Java Enterprise Edition Web apps, including those supported by Microsoft's Windows Azure public cloud. By Kurt Mackie Microsoft made a release candidate (RC) of System Center Operations Manager 2012 available to testers on Thursday. ...

2011-11-16 01:01:07 - Windows Embedded Girds Microsoft''s Big Data Plans - InformationWeek

Macworld UK
Windows Embedded Girds Microsoft's Big Data Plans
InformationWeek
"We look at this as an opportunity to take some of the traditional Microsoft competitive advantages to this new industry," said Edson. One platform Microsoft is counting on to make it a leader in the intelligent device systems market is Windows Azure, ...
Microsoft Outlines Next-Gen Windows Embedded RoadmapRedmondmag.com

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2011-11-15 23:47:45 - Former Microsoft GM Bharat Shyam named state CIO - The Seattle Times

GeekWire
Former Microsoft GM Bharat Shyam named state CIO
The Seattle Times
Chris Gregoire has appointed Bharat Shyam, who has served as a general manager of Windows and Windows Azure, as the state's new chief information officer. As state CIO, Shyam is responsible for creating clarity and alignment for the state's information ...
Gregoire names former Microsoft exec Bharat Shyam new state CIOPuget Sound Business Journal
New WA tech chief comes from Microsoft, with cloud credGeekWire

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2011-11-15 22:33:05 - Red Hat: Let OpenShift cloud compile your Java apps - Register
Red Hat: Let OpenShift cloud compile your Java apps
Register
OpenShift is the platform-as-a-service cloud that Red Hat announced back in May to compete against Microsoft's Azure and Google's App Engine. OpenShift Express, which is the base version of the platform cloud, supports Ruby, PHP, ...
Red Hat automates Java dev in OpenShift PaaSGigaOm
Red Hat's OpenShift Adds Full Java Lifecycle OfferingTechCrunch

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2011-11-15 22:00:55 - Red Hat automates Java dev in OpenShift PaaS - GigaOm
Red Hat automates Java dev in OpenShift PaaS
GigaOm
There's a foot race among Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) players like OpenShift, launched last May, Salesforce.com's Heroku, VMware's Cloud Foundry and Microsoft Azure to provide full multi-language support and more automation to software developers. ...

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2011-11-15 14:30:41 - Apprenda Updates Software for Private PaaS - PCWorld
Apprenda Updates Software for Private PaaS
PCWorld
With the software in place, developers in a business log into the PaaS via a Web-based console and use it just like they might use Microsoft's own Azure PaaS. By running an internal PaaS, businesses can dramatically speed up the time to launch new ...

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2011-11-15 14:06:11 - Ask About Azure And Win A Microsoft Home Office Kit - Lifehacker Australia
Ask About Azure And Win A Microsoft Home Office Kit
Lifehacker Australia
We've been inviting questions about Azure in our recent series of posts looking at the Windows cloud platform and what it can do for you if you decide to try it out. Microsoft will answer those questions directly, and now here's an additional incentive ...

2011-11-15 11:18:43 - Microsoft Outlines Next-Gen Windows Embedded Roadmap - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Outlines Next-Gen Windows Embedded Roadmap
Redmondmag.com
These intelligent systems can also tap Microsoft's cloud-based services, such as Office 365, Windows Azure and SQL Azure, Microsoft claims. As part of these intelligent systems efforts, Microsoft organized its Windows Embedded segment under the ...

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2011-11-15 09:10:10 - Gregoire names former Microsoft exec Bharat Shyam new state CIO - Puget Sound Business Journal

GeekWire
Gregoire names former Microsoft exec Bharat Shyam new state CIO
Puget Sound Business Journal
And he was a creator of the billing system for several services offered by Microsoft – including XBOX Live. He most recently served as General Manager for Windows Azure. According to his LinkedIn profile, Shyam left Microsoft in September. ...
New WA tech chief comes from Microsoft, with cloud credGeekWire

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2011-11-15 05:09:50 - Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand teaches pilot how to fly - The Australian
Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand teaches pilot how to fly
The Australian
Earlier this year, Fujitsu undertook a pilot of the self-service data application development tool Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011, which runs on Windows Azure. "We knew we had an issue and then, because the solutions centre people talk to ...

2011-11-15 01:59:12 - Microsoft Rolls Out System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Rolls Out System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC
Redmond Channel Partner
NET and JEE Web apps, as well as apps supported by Microsoft's Windows Azure public cloud. Microsoft claims that Operations Manager 2012 works across various operating systems, such as Windows, Linux and Unix. New to Operations Manager 2012 RC is the ...

2011-11-15 01:31:32 - RSA SecurID Securely Locks Down Microsoft''s Cloud Services - TalkinCloud
RSA SecurID Securely Locks Down Microsoft's Cloud Services
TalkinCloud (blog)
is bringing its trademark SecurID two-factor authentication system to Microsoft Windows Azure platform-as-a-service cloud and Microsoft Office 365 cloud productivity suite. The way the RSA SecurID integration works, as is the case with many ...

2011-11-15 01:16:09 - HP Cloud Beta Service Embraces Open Source with VMware Cloud Foundry - Web Host Industry Review

Web Host Industry Review
HP Cloud Beta Service Embraces Open Source with VMware Cloud Foundry
Web Host Industry Review
A year and a half ago, HP announced that it would offer its cloud service atop Microsoft's Windows Azure. According to the report, VMware's Cloud Foundry is the open source alternative to Azure and HP will make the platform part of its cloud service ...
HP hints at Cloud Foundry for public cloud launchCloud Pro

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2011-11-15 01:16:09 - HP Cloud Service Beta Embraces Open Source with VMware Cloud Foundry - Web Host Industry Review

Web Host Industry Review
HP Cloud Service Beta Embraces Open Source with VMware Cloud Foundry
Web Host Industry Review
A year and a half ago, HP announced that it would offer its cloud service atop Microsoft's Windows Azure. According to the report, VMware's Cloud Foundry is the open source alternative to Azure and HP will make the platform part of its cloud service ...
HP hints at Cloud Foundry for public cloud launchCloud Pro

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2011-11-14 23:01:30 - Microsoft Riding Windows Embedded to Big Data Payoff - eWeek
Microsoft Riding Windows Embedded to Big Data Payoff
eWeek
The team is also working closely with Windows Azure to ensure customers can seamlessly include cloud computing in their intelligent systems. "What sits on top of this, across the device and your cloud architecture, is Visual Studio," Dallas said. ...

2011-11-14 22:35:42 - Microsoft to give business social edge with consumer technology - The Australian
Microsoft to give business social edge with consumer technology
The Australian
Microsoft has yet to match major enterprise software providers, including SAP and Oracle, that dominate business for market share. Its main business products include the Azure cloud platform and the Microsoft Dynamics software for CRM and ERP. ...

2011-11-14 14:25:33 - GDC China: Microsoft''s Price Talks Cloud On Social Platforms, Consoles - Gamasutra
GDC China: Microsoft's Price Talks Cloud On Social Platforms, Consoles
Gamasutra
Price, of course, advocates using Microsoft's new Azure SDK, which he says can easily allow developers to save game states, allowing players to resume playing games across devices, from console, to iOS, to the browser. The Windows Azure SDK is ...

2011-11-13 20:07:36 - The New Software Pricing Model: Can the Older Giants Compete? - Motley Fool
The New Software Pricing Model: Can the Older Giants Compete?
Motley Fool
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) already offers subscription versions of its software under its Azure cloud computing brand, and in June the company launched Office 365, an online version of its Office software suite. Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE ) has plans to offer ...
Cloud computing leads to complicated software marketThe News Journal

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2011-11-13 19:40:53 - Cloud computing leads to complicated software market - The News Journal
Cloud computing leads to complicated software market
The News Journal
Microsoft already offers subscription versions of its software under its Azure cloud-computing brand, and in June, the company launched Office 365, an online version of its Office software suite. Adobe has plans to offer Photoshop and the other ...
The New Software Pricing Model: Can the Older Giants Compete?Motley Fool

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2011-11-13 18:09:04 - Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook by Packt Publishing Available on ... - San Francisco Chronicle
Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook by Packt Publishing Available on ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Packt Publishing, a world leader in books and eBooks on Microsoft technologies announces that Microsoft Windows Azure Development Cookbook is now available on Amazon's Kindle. Authored by, Neil Mackenzie - Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure, ...

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2011-11-12 16:20:08 - Axceleon To Present At HP-CAST 17: Opportunities And Challenges For Image ... - openPR

openPR (press release)
Axceleon To Present At HP-CAST 17: Opportunities And Challenges For Image ...
openPR (press release)
CloudFuzion bridges internal computing resources with cloud based computing resources, such as Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure, worldwide. CloudFuzion with EC2 and Azure provides "elastic rendering™" within the cloud and changes the economics of ...

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2011-11-12 08:54:04 - Microsoft Transferring Commerce Server Business to Ascentium - Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Transferring Commerce Server Business to Ascentium
Wall Street Journal (India)
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will transfer future development of its online retailing software to privately held Ascentium Inc. as the technology company turns away from e-commerce to focus on its Azure cloud service. ...

2011-11-12 04:37:05 - Is Microsoft Too Big to Fail? - CIO

CIO (blog)
Is Microsoft Too Big to Fail?
CIO (blog)
To that end, Redmond is making inroads with cloud services like Office 365, Dynamic CRM Online and Windows Azure. The success of these cloud services should keep the company balanced in the challenging years ahead. The conclusion of ITWorld's slideshow ...

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2011-11-12 03:25:37 - Nokia ''Champagne,'' Xbox dashboard preview and more Microsoft news of the week - ZDNet
Nokia 'Champagne,' Xbox dashboard preview and more Microsoft news of the week
ZDNet (blog)
I learned another new Microsoft codename this week, too: The SQL Azure Labs “Data Explorer” tool that allows users to find, combine and publish daatasets? Its codename is “Montego” for all you other codename-curious folks out there. ...

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2011-11-11 23:56:51 - RSA Adds SecurID Two-Factor Authentication to Microsoft Azure Cloud - eWeek
RSA Adds SecurID Two-Factor Authentication to Microsoft Azure Cloud
eWeek
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services now supports RSA SecurID token authentication to secure Office 365 applications, Microsoft Exchange, and Azure Cloud. Organizations can now use their SecurID two-factor authentication deployments to secure ...
RSA Announces More Secure Access To Microsoft Cloud Services, AppsMoneycontrol.com

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2011-11-11 21:12:26 - Exclusive: HP Runs VMware''s Open Source ''Cloud OS'' - Wired News
Exclusive: HP Runs VMware's Open Source 'Cloud OS'
Wired News
Now run by ex-IBM man Zorawar “Biri” Singh, the HP cloud services group is not only embracing open source projects that take a more egalitarian approach than cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, or even Amazon Web Services. ...

2011-11-11 11:42:03 - Microsoft Issues System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Issues System Center Operations Manager 2012 RC
Redmondmag.com
NET and JEE Web apps, as well as apps supported by Microsoft's Windows Azure public cloud. Microsoft claims that Operations Manager 2012 works across various operating systems, such as Windows, Linux and Unix. New to Operations Manager 2012 RC is the ...

2011-11-11 05:08:58 - As PaaS funding winds down, Standing Cloud raises $3M - GigaOm
As PaaS funding winds down, Standing Cloud raises $3M
GigaOm
Unlike more-popular PaaS options such as Heroku or Microsoft Windows Azure, Standing Cloud isn't so much about automation and scalability as it is about choice. Developers choose the infrastructure cloud on which they want to deploy (you name it, ...

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2011-11-10 23:40:26 - Former Microsoftie Charlie Kindel Joins Mobile Madness NW—And Says Apps Are Dead - Xconomy

Xconomy
Former Microsoftie Charlie Kindel Joins Mobile Madness NW—And Says Apps Are Dead
Xconomy
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and the Facebook Platform are all examples of this critical type of service. There's plenty more where that came from, and I'm psyched to have Kindel joining us for Mobile Madness Northwest. ...

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2011-11-10 23:05:40 - QLogitek an Application Integration Finalist in the 2011 Microsoft Partner ... - MarketWatch
QLogitek an Application Integration Finalist in the 2011 Microsoft Partner ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Since the natural platform progression from BizTalk is to Windows Azure, QLogitek has gained the flexibility to expand its offerings into the public cloud. "We are pleased to receive this recognition for technology integration, as this is at the core ...

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2011-11-10 02:21:04 - RSA announces more secure user access to Microsoft Cloud services - DigitalIDNews

Consumer Tech
RSA announces more secure user access to Microsoft Cloud services
DigitalIDNews
This will enable organizations to provide secure user access to Office 365 cloud-based Web applications such as Microsoft Exchange technology. Many corporation's have deployed critical services on the Windows Azure cloud platform. ...
Microsoft Cloud Applications Secured with RSA SecurIDITProPortal

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2011-11-10 02:17:20 - Where are All the Azure-Hosted Content Management Systems? - CMSWire
Where are All the Azure-Hosted Content Management Systems?
CMSWire
Microsoft hopes that at least a portion of this growing market will select Azure to power their deployments. Will they? Microsoft officially entered the cloud computing market early in 2010 with its platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, Windows Azure. ...
Scribe Extends Lead in CRM Data Integration With More Than 250 New Customers ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-11-09 22:07:03 - Scribe Extends Lead in CRM Data Integration With More Than 250 New Customers ... - MarketWatch
Scribe Extends Lead in CRM Data Integration With More Than 250 New Customers ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In Q3, Scribe announced a Scribe Online program for Microsoft independent software vendors (ISVs) that are developing and moving applications to the Windows Azure platform. Scribe Online enables Microsoft ISVs to quickly and easily integrate data ...

2011-11-09 17:13:01 - Avtex and Insite Software Partner to Offer B2B Ecommerce Solutions for ... - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
Avtex and Insite Software Partner to Offer B2B Ecommerce Solutions for ...
PR Web (press release)
Insite Software's enterprise ecommerce platform is widely recognized for its B2B ecommerce capabilities and is one of the first B2B ecommerce platforms to be certified for Microsoft Azure. “Our enterprise customers were looking for new ways to expand ...

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2011-11-09 10:13:12 - Hop into cloud databases with Toad - iTWire
Hop into cloud databases with Toad
iTWire
The product supports Apache Hive, Apache HBase, Apache Cassandra, MongoDB, Amazon SimpleDB, Microsoft Azure Table Services, Microsoft SQL Azure, and all ODBC-enabled relational databases including Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and DB2. ...

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2011-11-09 09:04:08 - Microsoft: Cloud ''Much Smaller'' Than Server Business - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft: Cloud 'Much Smaller' Than Server Business
Redmondmag.com
Windows Azure, by contrast, is Microsoft's "public cloud." Microsoft went "all-in" for the cloud in March 2010, announcing a major business shift at that time. However, Di Bona admitted in his talk that new technologies, such as Windows Azure, ...

2011-11-09 07:13:24 - Panorama''s Selected as a Finalist for 2011 Microsoft IMPACT Awards - Sacramento Bee
Panorama's Selected as a Finalist for 2011 Microsoft IMPACT Awards
Sacramento Bee
"Necto is one of the first socially-enabled BI solutions to integrate with both the Azure and Denali platforms, and we envision a long partnership with Microsoft as we work to develop the latest advances in business intelligence. ...

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2011-11-09 05:15:43 - Will there be a Silverlight 6
Will there be a Silverlight 6 (and does it matter)?
ZDNet (blog)
... Silverlight 5 may simply be due to Microsoft's increasing information lockdown on futures and roadmaps. It's also worth noting that Guthrie is, as of earlier this year, focusing on Windows Azure app development and not leading the Silverlight team. ...
Silverlight's coming 5th version could be its lastThe Next Web (blog)

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2011-11-09 01:00:17 - Microsoft, Joyent deliver ''first stable build'' of Node.js on Windows - ZDNet
Microsoft, Joyent deliver 'first stable build' of Node.js on Windows
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft and Joyent said their plan is to create an official binary node.exe release on Nodejs.org, “which will work on Windows Azure and other Windows versions as far back as (Windows Server) 2003.” The pair declined to provide a timetable as when ...

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2011-11-09 00:03:07 - Bentley Announces Relationship With Microsoft for Azure-cloud-based ... - MarketWatch
Bentley Announces Relationship With Microsoft for Azure-cloud-based ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Through its commitment to the Microsoft Azure Platform partner program, Bentley is bringing a broad range of Azure-cloud-based services for sustaining infrastructure to architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) worldwide at an ...

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2011-11-08 20:51:18 - SecurID Brings Two-Factor Authentication To MS Cloud Apps - InformationWeek

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SecurID Brings Two-Factor Authentication To MS Cloud Apps
InformationWeek
Integrating EMC-owned RSA's SecurID with Microsoft's ADFS will provide users of cloud applications built on Office 365--including Microsoft Exchange services--and Microsoft Azure with more secure, two-factor authentication, including centralized user ...
RSA to integrate SecurID tokens with Microsoft cloud, Citrix virtual desktopsNetwork World
RSA Extends Reach Of SecurID To Microsoft CloudCRN
RSA and McAfee add cloud security offeringsComputerworld
Sacramento Bee -StocksandShares.TV
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2011-11-08 08:02:35 - How Azure Can Help Your IT Career - Lifehacker Australia
How Azure Can Help Your IT Career
Lifehacker Australia
So why do you need to learn Azure skills? After all, you could hit the books and do courses on other virtualisation and cloud solutions. Microsoft's Azure solution includes the data centres, virtualised environments and developer tools. ...

2011-11-08 05:29:43 - RSA to integrate SecurID tokens with Microsoft cloud, Citrix virtual desktops - Network World
RSA to integrate SecurID tokens with Microsoft cloud, Citrix virtual desktops
Network World
SecurID to integrate with Microsoft's single-sign on tool for access to Office 365, Azure and third-party cloud services. By Microsoft Subnet on Mon, 11/07/11 - 6:15pm. If you want to use single sign-on with Microsoft's clouds, the go-to method is a ...
RSA Announces More Secure User Access to Microsoft Cloud Services and ApplicationsSacramento Bee
RSA and McAfee add cloud security offeringsComputerworld

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2011-11-08 02:03:05 - Ektron Announces Ektron Windows Azure Edition - MarketWatch
Ektron Announces Ektron Windows Azure Edition
MarketWatch (press release)
This new release allows companies to rapidly deploy new websites and marketing campaigns through the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted through Microsoft data centers, and it includes a ...

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2011-11-08 00:06:58 - Google, IBM, Oracle want piece of big data in the cloud - SearchCloudComputing.com
Google, IBM, Oracle want piece of big data in the cloud
SearchCloudComputing.com
At the PASS conference in October 2011, Microsoft promised to release a Hadoop-based service for Windows Azure by the end of 2011; company vice president Ted Kummert said a community technical preview (CTP) for Windows Server would follow in 2012. ...

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2011-11-07 23:52:51 - RSA and McAfee add cloud security offerings - Computerworld
RSA and McAfee add cloud security offerings
Computerworld
These could include those built on the Windows Azure platform as well as secure access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud-based Web applications, according to RSA. "In terms of virtualization and the cloud, this means you can take these islands of ...
RSA Announces More Secure User Access to Microsoft Cloud Services and ApplicationsMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-11-07 21:07:33 - Microsoft''s server roadmaps: Windows Server, SQL Server, Office 365 and more - ZDNet
Microsoft's server roadmaps: Windows Server, SQL Server, Office 365 and more
ZDNet (blog)
In just about an hour, I whipped through the roadmaps I've been able to assemble for a wide variety of Microsoft product families, including Windows Server, Windows Azure, SQL Server, SQL Azure, Office 365, the coming Office 15 servers, System Center ...

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2011-11-07 21:01:32 - Why not aim high? Peer 1 adds new cloud service. - GigaOm
Why not aim high? Peer 1 adds new cloud service.
GigaOm
The company also offers auto scaling, a feature more common in Platforms as a Service such as VMware's Cloud Foundry, Microsoft's Azure or Heroku. However, the service is pay as you go and deployed on demand. It includes a dashboard that functions as a ...

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2011-11-05 05:30:21 - Cloud-based Platinum PayOne Launched by CDC Software - TMC Net
Cloud-based Platinum PayOne Launched by CDC Software
TMC Net
According to Edmund Lau who is the senior vice president of Greater China for CDC Software, the strong cooperation between CDC Software and Microsoft in advancing cloud technology has been illustrated by this latest launch of another Microsoft Azure ...

2011-11-03 22:32:39 - "Betcha Didn''t Know" WhooGoo Partners With Privo to Launch Fun and Safe Beta ... - MarketWatch
"Betcha Didn't Know" WhooGoo Partners With Privo to Launch Fun and Safe Beta ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WhooGoo(TM) is proud to announce that this website is built on Microsoft Windows Azure. "By building its website on Windows Azure, a cloud platform that allows for scalability and flexibility, WhooGoo is enabling its game to easily adapt to usage ...

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2011-11-03 17:12:42 - An Early Look at Windows Server 8 - Server Watch

StorageReview.com
An Early Look at Windows Server 8
Server Watch
This work began with Windows Azure. "Microsoft has identified four key areas of advance in Server 8--virtualization, centralized server management, modern workforce, and a new app platform--and while that all fits very nicely on a PowerPoint slide, ...
Windows Server "8" Preview (Unedited, Complete Version)Paul Thurrott''s SuperSite for Windows

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2011-11-02 21:06:32 - Cloudability offers cloud cost-tracking APIs, free beer - GigaOm
Cloudability offers cloud cost-tracking APIs, free beer
GigaOm
... cloud cost-tracking service, Cloudability is making APIs available to let customers access their own billing and usage information from popular cloud providers including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, and Heroku. ...

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2011-11-02 19:18:44 - IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS - Network World
IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS
Network World
For example, Microsoft's Windows Azure gives you tools to develop mobile apps, social apps, websites, games and more. You build these things, but you use the APIs and tools to hook them into the Azure environment and run them there.

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2011-11-02 13:33:47 - The Easy Way To Try Out Windows Azure - Lifehacker Australia
The Easy Way To Try Out Windows Azure
Lifehacker Australia
There was no chance that Microsoft was going to be caught napping at the cloud revolution and so Azure was born. Azure is Microsoft's online server, software and developer platform. It's important to recognise that Azure isn'ta product per se. ...

2011-11-02 13:32:37 - Microsoft and iLink to Present a Half-Day Event on Latest Microsoft Technology ... - The Open Press
Microsoft and iLink to Present a Half-Day Event on Latest Microsoft Technology ...
The Open Press (press release)
Attending this event will help oneself understand Microsoft latest technology stack including SQL Server Denali, SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010, Azure, BPOS, FAST and Dynamics CRM etc. At this event one can find how iLink's 30+ frameworks can be ...

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2011-11-02 06:32:36 - Microsoft Considers Making Cloud Sales Required for Gold Competencies - Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft Considers Making Cloud Sales Required for Gold Competencies
Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft has a bevy of cloud-based services with partner programs to support them, including Office 365, Windows Intune, the Azure platform and Dynamics CRM Online. Cloud-based versions of Microsoft's other Dynamics ERP offerings are expected to come ...

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2011-11-02 03:10:10 - Inside Windows 8: What You Need To Know - Redmondmag.com
Inside Windows 8: What You Need To Know
Redmondmag.com
Windows 8 will have strong ties to Windows Azure. Microsoft released its Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8, enabling developers to build cloud-based services for Metro apps. With Metro, Microsoft is establishing an all-new interface for IT, ...
Windows 8: Times Are Changing for DevelopersRedmond Developer News

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2011-11-02 00:22:00 - Free Databases in the Window Azure Marketplace - Visual Studio Magazine
Free Databases in the Window Azure Marketplace
Visual Studio Magazine
The Windows Azure Marketplace has a hidden jewel: a host of free and nearly free databases ready for monetization. By Joe Kunk During the second day keynote of the Microsoft BUILD conference in September, Satya Nadella, president of the Microsoft ...

2011-11-01 22:02:23 - CDC Software Launches Cloud Compensation and Benefits Solution on Microsoft ... - MarketWatch
CDC Software Launches Cloud Compensation and Benefits Solution on Microsoft ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"This latest launch of another cloud solution supporting Microsoft Azure illustrates the strong cooperation between CDC Software and Microsoft in advancing cloud technology," said Edmund Lau, senior vice president of Greater China for CDC Software. ...

2011-10-31 23:21:41 - DMTI Spatial Inc. Named Windows Azure Platform ISV Partner of the Year ... - DigitalJournal.com
DMTI Spatial Inc. Named Windows Azure Platform ISV Partner of the Year ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
DMTI Spatial Inc. (DMTI) announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the Windows Azure Platform ISV Partner of the Year category for the 2011 Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards. The ninth annual IMPACT Awards recognize excellence within ...

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2011-10-31 18:11:01 - CompuSight Becomes a "Front Runner" With the Release of eSign365 Solution for ... - San Francisco Chronicle
CompuSight Becomes a "Front Runner" With the Release of eSign365 Solution for ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"Through the technical and marketing support provided by the Front Runner program, we are excited to see the innovative solutions built on the Windows Azure platform by the ISV community," said Doug Hauger, general manager for Windows Azure Microsoft ...

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2011-10-31 16:27:19 - CompuSight Becomes a “Front Runner” With the Release of eSign365 Solution for ... - PR Web
CompuSight Becomes a “Front Runner” With the Release of eSign365 Solution for ...
PR Web (press release)
“Through the technical and marketing support provided by the Front Runner program, we are excited to see the innovative solutions built on the Windows Azure platform by the ISV community,” said Doug Hauger, general manager for Windows Azure Microsoft ...

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2011-10-31 05:08:23 - Azure storage prices meet Amazon S3 - iT News
Azure storage prices meet Amazon S3
iT News
For example, storing 500 TB on Amazon S3 would cost US$55000 per month for US customers, while Microsoft would charge US$56000 per month. Customers that hit the one to five petabyte (PB) bracket on Microsoft Azure will receive 39.3 per cent discount on ...

2011-10-30 19:38:48 - Microsoft to eat its own cloud dog food with Photosynth - ZDNet
Microsoft to eat its own cloud dog food with Photosynth
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Microsoft has begun moving new and existing Photosynths to Windows Azure and its Azure CDN. The company also is cutting the price of Azure storage. Microsoft has started moving the 40 terabytes ...

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2011-10-29 08:48:39 - Microsoft cuts Azure storage pricing - Register
Microsoft cuts Azure storage pricing
Register
Microsoft has announced a series of changes in the pricing of its Azure storage service, with a tiny cut for everyone and big discounts for volume customers. Redmond has announced a general price cut of one cent per gigabyte, from 15 to 14 cents per ...
Azure updates may leave Windows shops wanting moreSearchCloudComputing.com

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2011-10-28 21:53:10 - Azure updates may leave Windows shops wanting more - SearchCloudComputing.com
Azure updates may leave Windows shops wanting more
SearchCloudComputing.com
Windows shops taking the plunge into cloud computing can have faith in its more mature Azure Platform as a Service, but should keep an eye on unexpected costs. Microsoft's goal is to mirror what it does in Azure in the on-premises products, ...

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2011-10-28 14:31:28 - Red Gate Software Acquires Web Tools Developer - Cerebrata - DealCurry
Red Gate Software Acquires Web Tools Developer - Cerebrata
DealCurry
Founded in 2008 by Gaurav Mantri, Cerebrata creates tools for developers working on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. It has a team of seven full time programmers. Cerebrate has planned releases of three new products in the near future. ...

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2011-10-28 13:31:20 - Modernizing Mainframe Migration To Cloud - Dr. Dobb''s
Modernizing Mainframe Migration To Cloud
Dr. Dobb''s
Aiming to serve companies moving legacy apps to the Microsoft Azure cloud application platform, Clerity claims to offer a route to cost savings as high as 70 percent — although the company does not detail the precise (or even approximate) mechanics of ...

2011-10-28 05:12:22 - Microsoft US SMB Open Revenues: Up 30 Percent? - The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy
Microsoft US SMB Open Revenues: Up 30 Percent?
The VAR Guy
She noted that Microsoft's cloud efforts are gaining momentum, with 12000 ISVs embracing Windows Azure and 10000 customers on Microsoft Online Services. (Side note: The VAR Guy is somewhat skeptical of those numbers, especially in the Windows Azure ...

2011-10-28 02:24:11 - Microsoft: Undervalued With Catalysts For Outperformance - Seeking Alpha
Microsoft: Undervalued With Catalysts For Outperformance
Seeking Alpha
At the initial pass Microsoft can seem as a company that has stagnated in the last decade. However, objectively scrutinizing the current technology Microsoft has on offer paints a different picture: Windows Azure & SQL Azure: The technology, ...

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2011-10-27 20:06:09 - What Oracle Fusion CRM in the Cloud Means for Salesforce and Siebel Customers - Enterprise Apps Today
What Oracle Fusion CRM in the Cloud Means for Salesforce and Siebel Customers
Enterprise Apps Today
Microsoft seems to agree with Salesforce, as its Windows Azure model applies tenancy at the application level as well, he added. A big selling point for Oracle could be that the same Fusion middleware software sold on-premises is available in the cloud ...

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2011-10-27 16:23:13 - 360 Visibility Inc. Wins A Pair of Prestigious Prizes In One Week - PR Web

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360 Visibility Inc. Wins A Pair of Prestigious Prizes In One Week
PR Web (press release)
Our expertise includes Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Licensing, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, VoIP Communications Systems and technology infrastructure. The Toronto-based firm concentrates its practice ...

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2011-10-26 21:43:20 - Red Gate continues diversification with new acquisition - Cabume - Cambridge technology news
Red Gate continues diversification with new acquisition
Cabume - Cambridge technology news
The Cambridge provider of software tools has purchased Cerebrata, an Indian-based company creating tools for developers working on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform, in what it says is a big step for the company. The Azure platform is a cloud-based ...
Red Gate Acquires CerebrataMarketWatch (press release)
Red Gate Acquires Microsoft Partner And BizSpark Company CerebrataTechCrunch

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2011-10-26 18:06:03 - Red Gate acquires Microsoft partner and BizSpark company Cerebrata - eu.techcrunch
Red Gate acquires Microsoft partner and BizSpark company Cerebrata
eu.techcrunch
Red Gate this morning announced that it has acquired Cerebrata, an India-based maker of tools that helps developers build applications that run on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. In fact, Cerebrate is not only a Microsoft partner ...

2011-10-26 05:22:07 - Microsoft Dynamics CRM Updates Aim Square at Salesforce - eWeek
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Updates Aim Square at Salesforce
eWeek
Microsoft Dynamics CRM interoperates with Windows Azure, boasts certain contextual capabilities with SharePoint and gives users access to the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace. The new social aspects in this service update, however, suggest that Microsoft ...

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2011-10-26 05:22:07 - Microsoft Dynamics CRM Updates Aim Squarely at Salesforce - eWeek
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Updates Aim Squarely at Salesforce
eWeek
Microsoft Dynamics CRM interoperates with Windows Azure, boasts certain contextual capabilities with SharePoint and gives users access to the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace. The new social aspects in this service update, however, suggest that Microsoft ...

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2011-10-26 01:16:07 - AppFog gets
AppFog gets (more) multilingual with Java support
GigaOm
Full, multi-language support is becoming table stakes in the PaaS world where players like Heroku, DotCloud and Microsoft Windows Azure now give users a broad choice of programming languages to work with. AppFog (once known as PHP Fog) recently added ...

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2011-10-25 23:51:17 - IBM Beats Oracle, Microsoft With Big Data Leap - InformationWeek

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IBM Beats Oracle, Microsoft With Big Data Leap
InformationWeek
Microsoft announced October 12 that it, too, will release an Apache Hadoop-based software distribution (expected some time in 2012, though no quarter was specified). It also announced it will launch a beta Hadoop service on its SQL Azure cloud ...
IBM doing Hadoop as a service in its cloudGigaOm
IBM Cloud Harnesses Hadoop ElephantWired News
IBM to offer Hadoop in its cloudThe H

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2011-10-25 03:56:15 - Microsoft Stabs At Oracle''s Bread And Butter With Hadoop - Forbes
Microsoft Stabs At Oracle's Bread And Butter With Hadoop
Forbes
Microsoft announced that it will be adding support for the Hadoop framework to the upcoming versions of SQL Server 2012 and Azure, Microsoft's cloud service, at the SQL Pass 2011 conference. [1] Hadoop is a very popular framework which supports data ...

2011-10-24 13:10:39 - Clerity Update Will Migrate Mainframe Apps to Azure Cloud - Integration Developers

Integration Developers
Clerity Update Will Migrate Mainframe Apps to Azure Cloud
Integration Developers
Clerity's solution is based on UniKix technology, Veryant's vCOBOL Enterprise software, and Microsoft Visual Studio. It will be released in two phases, starting Q4 2011. “Enabling customers to take full advantage of the .NET Framework and Windows Azure ...

2011-10-21 22:05:47 - Microsoft Q1 Earnings Meet Expectations but Vague on Cloud - TalkinCloud

RTT News
Microsoft Q1 Earnings Meet Expectations but Vague on Cloud
TalkinCloud (blog)
Far more telling than that generic, throwaway comment is the fact that even when highlighting just how much further the Microsoft Server and Tools Business has come this quarter, there's no mention of the Microsoft Windows Azure PaaS solution, ...
Microsoft reports record first quarter financialsInquirer
Microsoft cloud offerings delivering revenue growthMicroScope (blog)
Microsoft Management Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha
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2011-10-21 20:06:44 - ''Denali'' No More: SQL Server 2012 Announced, Focuses on BI and Big Data - InfoQ.com
'Denali' No More: SQL Server 2012 Announced, Focuses on BI and Big Data
InfoQ.com
Microsoft plans to offer an Azure-based Hadoop service by the end of 2011, and a Windows-based distribution sometime in 2012. (The Hadoop Connectors for SQL Server 2008 R2 were released earlier this month.) On the BI front, Microsoft demonstrated the ...

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2011-10-21 19:02:36 - Visual Studio 2011: Developers'' first reactions - InfoWorld
Visual Studio 2011: Developers' first reactions
InfoWorld
Visual Studio 11, available as a developer preview since last month, is set to feature accommodations for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, as well as the Windows Azure cloud computing platform, along with capabilities such as code cloning and enhanced unit ...

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2011-10-21 06:41:12 - Microsoft Q1 2012 by the numbers: $17.37B revenue, $5.7B profit - BetaNews

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Microsoft Q1 2012 by the numbers: $17.37B revenue, $5.7B profit
BetaNews
"We had another strong quarter for Office, SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync, and saw growing demand for our public and private cloud services including Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online, and Windows Azure" Microsoft COO Kevin Turner says. ...
Microsoft Profit Rises 6%RTT News
Microsoft Quarter Shows Continued GrowthPCWorld

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2011-10-21 06:20:32 - Microsoft Profit Rises 6% - RTT News

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Microsoft Profit Rises 6%
RTT News
... first quarter from $3.86 billion in the first quarter of last year, the sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth. The division's offerings include Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Azure. Microsoft - MSFT - 102011 . jpg.
Microsoft Quarter Shows Continued GrowthPCWorld
Microsoft reports best ever first quarter results; revenue of $17.37 billionBGR
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Updates Cloud ServiceseMoneyDaily
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2011-10-21 05:24:49 - Microsoft Updates Windows Intune Cloud Service - Redmond Developer News
Microsoft Updates Windows Intune Cloud Service
Redmond Developer News
Software distribution across a network of PCs via the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud is now available with Windows Intune. By Kurt Mackie Microsoft released a major update to Windows Intune, a PC management and security service aimed at mid-size ...

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2011-10-20 18:34:16 - Social gaming with Windows Phone, Azure - Memeburn
Social gaming with Windows Phone, Azure
Memeburn
By Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed. Cloud computing brings unique opportunities to social gaming and Windows Azure can provide efficient tools when building Windows Phone 7 games. Daron Yondem, Microsoft Regional Director for the Middle East, ...

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2011-10-20 18:02:01 - SQL Azure CTPs released - iProgrammer
SQL Azure CTPs released
iProgrammer
Two new preview releases of utilities for use with SQL Azure have been announced by Microsoft. The first gives a way to synchronize SQL Azure databases across multiple locations, while the second is an improved version of SQL Azure Reporting that you ...
SolidQ Launches Business Intelligence Center of Excellence, Hires One of ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-20 16:15:38 - Terrace Software Moves San Francisco Office; New Space to Service Expanding ... - PR Web
Terrace Software Moves San Francisco Office; New Space to Service Expanding ...
PR Web (press release)
“In addition to strengthening Terrace's commitment to its existing clients, the move is also part of a long-term strategy to focus on and invest in world-class cloud computing solutions for our customers using Microsoft's Windows Azure platform,” said ...

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2011-10-20 10:31:37 - Getting Started with Microsoft''s Windows Azure Cloud: The Lay of the Land - Dr. Dobb''s
Getting Started with Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud: The Lay of the Land
Dr. Dobb''s
The core benefits of the cloud were obvious from the start, but when I joined the Windows Azure team in 2007, the cloud was primarily seen as a way to provision virtual machines on demand. Today, I'm excited to see that the idea of a platform as a ...
Infosys and Microsoft tie up to provide cloud-based services to clientsEconomic Times
Infosys kicks off its cloud drive with Microsoft partnershipComputerWeekly.com
Microsoft, Infosys Partner to Bring Cloud to EnterprisesCMSWire
CloudTweaks News -CIOL
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2011-10-20 03:04:55 - Blackbird Extends Support for Microsoft''s Azure Platform - TMC Net
Blackbird Extends Support for Microsoft's Azure Platform
TMC Net
This decision to support Microsoft Azure comes after Blackbird recognized that its customers would want to benefit from Microsoft's investment in cloud-based services. “Now our customers, large and small, can more easily leverage the benefits of cloud ...

2011-10-19 22:05:22 - MindTree Introduces mPromo Trade Promotion Solution on Microsoft Azure - Marketwire
MindTree Introduces mPromo Trade Promotion Solution on Microsoft Azure
Marketwire (press release)
WARREN, NJ--(Marketwire - Oct 19, 2011) - MindTree Limited ( NSE : MINDTREE), a global IT and Product Engineering Services Company, today announced the availability of mPromo, a trade promotion solution on the Microsoft Azure platform for Consumer ...

2011-10-19 19:44:22 - Announcements from PASS 2011 - iProgrammer
Announcements from PASS 2011
iProgrammer
The final element demoed was Data Explorer, a new component for Microsoft's Azure MarketPlace that will give a way to work with public data. Data Explorer is intended to give people a way to discover data no matter where it is located, either inside or ...

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2011-10-19 17:31:55 - Microsoft Tech.Days 2011 opens in Vietnam - Vietnam Investment Review

Vietnam Investment Review
Microsoft Tech.Days 2011 opens in Vietnam
Vietnam Investment Review
NET on PC and server to new application platform nowadays like Microsoft Windows Azure Platform as a Service (Paas), Windows Phone Mango, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 application platform have been offering an opportunity to create modern application ...
Clerity Plans UniKix Enhancements for Microsoft Application PlatformMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-19 15:53:45 - Infosys kicks off its cloud drive with Microsoft partnership - ComputerWeekly.com
Infosys kicks off its cloud drive with Microsoft partnership
ComputerWeekly.com
The partnership, under which Infosys will combine its understanding of what businesses want with Microsoft's technology, will typify how cloud ecosystems will begin. Microsoft will underpin the services with its Azure cloud technology, ...
Infosys and Microsoft tie up to provide cloud-based services to clientsEconomic Times

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2011-10-19 01:04:23 - Clerity Plans UniKix Enhancements for Microsoft Application Platform - MarketWatch
Clerity Plans UniKix Enhancements for Microsoft Application Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
It will include migrating mainframe applications to the Windows Azure(TM) cloud. This new solution will help businesses dramatically lower costs and simplify operations when moving legacy applications to the Microsoft application platform. ...

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2011-10-18 21:14:35 - SQL Server 2008 SP3 and HP Database Enterprise Appliance - ASP Free
SQL Server 2008 SP3 and HP Database Enterprise Appliance
ASP Free
A Windows-specific distribution of Hadoop will become available in the future, as well as Microsoft's SQL Azure Hadoop and SQL Azure Federation cloud-based database services. Both Azure services will reportedly be released before 2012. ...

2011-10-18 19:26:46 - Microsoft, Infosys Deepen Cloud Relationship with Office 365 - TalkinCloud

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Microsoft, Infosys Deepen Cloud Relationship with Office 365
TalkinCloud (blog)
Moreover, Infosys handles professional services around Microsoft Office 365, and employs a team of 500 Microsoft experts to handle Microsoft Private Cloud and Windows Azure services. In fact, Infosys was a finalist for Microsoft Windows Azure Partner ...
Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365, Windows 8Memeburn
Google Apps and 365: Cloud Face-OffCloudTweaks News
Microsoft unveils Cloud for SAGadget
CenterBeam -IT News Africa -ZDNet (blog)
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2011-10-18 18:02:58 - Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft: A look at the stacks - ZDNet

Gadget
Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft: A look at the stacks
ZDNet (blog)
Advantage: Microsoft and Google. Apple's iTunes looks crowbarred into Gartner's presentation. On platform as a service, Apple is unknown; Microsoft has Azure; and Google has App Engine. Advantage: Microsoft. On infrastructure as a service, ...
Case study: UK-based firm adopts Azure cloud platform for critical cash ...ComputerWeekly.com
Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365 and Windows 8Memeburn
Microsoft's Tech-Ed is in full swingIT News Africa
Gadget -Seeking Alpha -Siliconrepublic.com
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2011-10-18 15:34:40 - Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365, Windows 8 - Memeburn

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Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365, Windows 8
Memeburn
Zander's keynote addressed those two broad areas with a developer demonstration of the Windows Azure platform as well as Office 365. Azure is planned for release between March and May 2012 in South Africa. Office 365 will be commercially available in ...
Google Apps and 365: Cloud Face-OffCloudTweaks News
Microsoft unveils Cloud for SAGadget
Companies should be prepared in the cloudCenterBeam
IT News Africa -ZDNet (blog)
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2011-10-18 12:42:13 - Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365 and Windows 8 - Memeburn

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Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365 and Windows 8
Memeburn
Zander's keynote addressed those two broad areas with a developer demonstration of the Windows Azure platform as well as Office 365. Azure is planned for release between March and May 2012 in South Africa. Office 365 will be commercially available in ...
Microsoft unveils Cloud for SAGadget
Companies should be prepared in the cloudCenterBeam
Microsoft's Tech-Ed is in full swingIT News Africa

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2011-10-18 07:46:56 - Big Data Updates to SQL Azure Cloud Service Expected in Q4 - Redmond Developer News
Big Data Updates to SQL Azure Cloud Service Expected in Q4
Redmond Developer News (blog)
SQL Server 2012 users will be able to back up data to Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. The cost details, if any, associated with this feature weren't described. Microsoft plans to improve some management capabilities in the next SQL Azure service ...
Microsoft's plan for bringing its BI tools to iOS, Android, and Windows 8 devicesZDNet (blog)

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2011-10-18 07:13:39 - Putting the "BI" in Big Data - Redmond Developer News
Putting the "BI" in Big Data
Redmond Developer News (blog)
Microsoft's banner headline announcement: it is developing of a version of Apache Hadoop that will run on Windows Server and Windows Azure. Hadoop is the open source implementation of Google's proprietary MapReduce parallel computation engine and ...
Microsoft's plan for bringing its BI tools to iOS, Android, and Windows 8 devicesZDNet (blog)

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2011-10-18 03:42:56 - Microsoft updates Intune to patch cloud pitch - Register
Microsoft updates Intune to patch cloud pitch
Register
MSP files, with trial users getting 2GB of Azure cloud storage to store updates or applications. The software's ability to account for code-licensing monitoring has also been updated. The new management console also sets up remote tasks such as malware ...

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2011-10-18 02:51:33 - Microsoft''s plan for bringing its BI tools to iOS, Android, and Windows 8 devices - ZDNet
Microsoft's plan for bringing its BI tools to iOS, Android, and Windows 8 devices
ZDNet (blog)
(I'm thinking roadmap Item 2 is a reference to Power View and maybe also Data Explorer — a SQL Azure Lab tool for mashing up Azure Marketplace data with other data sources.) There are also a couple of other interesting tidbits regarding Microsoft's ...

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2011-10-18 02:23:28 - Windows Intune 2.0: Four New Features - CIO

Computing
Windows Intune 2.0: Four New Features
CIO
By Shane O'Neill CIO — Windows Intune, Microsoft's Web-based PC management and security platform, may not get the same level of attention as cloud services like Office 365 or Windows Azure, but Microsoft is betting big on Intune to be the cloud ...
Microsoft Upgrades Windows Intune on ScheduleeWeek

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2011-10-17 23:47:20 - Case study: UK-based firm adopts Azure cloud platform for critical cash ... - ComputerWeekly.com
Case study: UK-based firm adopts Azure cloud platform for critical cash ...
ComputerWeekly.com
UK-based security firm G4S is moving its mission-critical cash management division's E-Viper application onto Microsoft's Azure platform for greater independence and agility. The company is currently testing its E-Viper track-and-trace application for ...

2011-10-17 22:51:11 - Microsoft unveils Cloud for SA - Gadget

Gadget
Microsoft unveils Cloud for SA
Gadget
Microsoft has announced the imminent South African release of its cloud offerings, including the Azure platform and the Office version for use online, Office 365. It also lifted the lid on the Windows Phone Mango platform. Microsoft has stepped up its ...

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2011-10-17 19:32:22 - Alchemy Solutions Launches NeoKicks and CICS on Windows Azure - MarketWatch
Alchemy Solutions Launches NeoKicks and CICS on Windows Azure
MarketWatch (press release)
Windows Azure is Microsoft's premiere public and private cloud computing platform. It features full scalability, automatic backup and disaster recovery and includes professional IT services. The platform offers nearly unlimited performance and storage ...

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2011-10-17 14:19:34 - The sky is the limit with cloud - Siliconrepublic.com

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The sky is the limit with cloud
Siliconrepublic.com
One of the key platforms Microsoft has developed for the cloud is Windows Azure, which is enabling thousands of companies around the world to create products and sell them globally. As well as this, more than 500 local firms have signed up for the ...
Frbiz.com: W8 Will Help Companies Save Costs And Manage DataACN Newswire (press release)

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2011-10-17 14:04:16 - Blackbird Group Extends Cloud Support Leveraging Microsoft''s Azure Platform - MarketWatch
Blackbird Group Extends Cloud Support Leveraging Microsoft's Azure Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today at The Experts Conference (TEC) 2011 Europe, where it is a gold sponsor, the Blackbird Group announced support for the Microsoft Azure platform in its Event Vault log consolidation ...

2011-10-17 08:01:31 - Find your way through the terms of the cloud - The Guardian
Find your way through the terms of the cloud
The Guardian
Well known cloud platforms include Microsoft Azure and Amazon EC2 and Force.com. Typically organisations will use more than one cloud deployment type depending on their needs. The most common deployment types are: Public clouds are intended to be used ...

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2011-10-17 08:01:31 - Cloud computing: A bright light for business - The Guardian

The Guardian
Cloud computing: A bright light for business
The Guardian
In the public sector, the UK Police crime maps use a combination of Amazon and Google Maps, while Transport for London (TfL) is a high-profile user of Microsoft's Azure platform. TfL uses Azure to host its data feeds, which allows developers to create ...

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2011-10-17 01:33:40 - Microsoft''s Skype Deal, Windows Phone Trash Talk Marked Week - eWeek
Microsoft's Skype Deal, Windows Phone Trash Talk Marked Week
eWeek
Speaking of partnerships, Microsoft also announced that it would include pairing with Hortonworks to augment Windows Server and Windows Azure with Apache Hadoop, a scalable solution for companies looking to crunch massive amounts of data, ...

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2011-10-15 22:37:05 - Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation
Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)
StocksandShares.TV
At the event, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will preview Office 365, its first cloud application platform for the region called Azure, the next generation Microsoft Surface device, the Samsung SUR40 and a new range of Windows Phone 7 handsets ...

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2011-10-15 01:25:02 - Microsoft Office 365 and SQL Azure updates: What''s on tap - ZDNet
Microsoft Office 365 and SQL Azure updates: What's on tap
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Microsoft is set to begin rolling out new updates to its Office 365, SQL Azure and Dynamics CRM Online services in the coming weeks/months. As opposed to most Microsoft software, the company's ...

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2011-10-15 00:46:08 - Microsoft Counters Exadata With SQL Server Appliance - InformationWeek
Microsoft Counters Exadata With SQL Server Appliance
InformationWeek
The consolidation appliance was announced at Microsoft's Pass Summit 2011, where the company also announced plans for a Windows-specific distribution of Hadoop and a series of new SQL Azure cloud-based database services. SQL Azure Hadoop and SQL Azure ...
Microsoft Highlights Cloud Features of SQL Server 2012TalkinCloud (blog)
Day 2 at SQL PASS Summit – SQL Server and the Private CloudNetwork World

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2011-10-15 00:03:11 - Hadoop: A Linux even Microsoft likes - Register
Hadoop: A Linux even Microsoft likes
Register
Microsoft never could do the same with Linux, because Linux is a direct substitute for its Windows desktop and server businesses. But Hadoop is a significant complement to Microsoft's SQL Server and Azure products. Hadoop seems to be the industry's ...

2011-10-14 23:56:39 - Microsoft expected to post Q1 gains despite languishing PC sales - Total Telecom

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Microsoft expected to post Q1 gains despite languishing PC sales
Total Telecom
Microsoft has been trying to find new sources of revenue to replace the growth its traditional products had provided. The company is doubling the processing capacity of its Azure cloud-computing platform every four months to keep up with demand. ...
Ballmer: We're Building Windows Server 8 Around CloudCRN
Dell World 2011: Ballmer and Benioff exchange cloudy blowsIT PRO

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2011-10-14 23:42:06 - Microsoft CEO Says ''Reimagining'' Both Windows And Entire Company - Wall Street Journal

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Microsoft CEO Says 'Reimagining' Both Windows And Entire Company
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft has been trying to find new sources of revenue to replace the growth its traditional PC products provided. The company is doubling the processing capacity of its Azure cloud-computing platform every four months to keep up with demand. ...
Dell World 2011: Ballmer and Benioff exchange cloudy blowsIT PRO

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2011-10-14 23:07:05 - Synnex Launches Cloud Services Platform For VARs - CRN
Synnex Launches Cloud Services Platform For VARs
CRN
The CloudSolv platform, powered by Microsoft Azure, lets VARs and ISVs to market and sell cloud services as well as the ability to provision, bill and manage disparate cloud services. "As a key component of our cloud strategy, Synnex is delivering on ...
SYNNEX Corporation Officially Launches CLOUDSolv Cloud Services Automation ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-14 22:29:33 - Microsoft Highlights Cloud Features of SQL Server 2012 - TalkinCloud

The VAR Guy
Microsoft Highlights Cloud Features of SQL Server 2012
TalkinCloud (blog)
And down the line, Microsoft is promising new features such as SQL Azure Federation, which would let developers build and scale out applications across multiple databases; an increase in SQL Azure size to 150GB; and SQL Server 2012 backups directly to ...
Day 2 at SQL PASS Summit – SQL Server and the Private CloudNetwork World
SQL Server 2012: Microsoft's Quentin Clark on Data You Can TouchReadWriteWeb

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2011-10-14 17:48:13 - Riverbed expands cloud storage ecosystem to give organisations unparalleled ... - ITWeb
Riverbed expands cloud storage ecosystem to give organisations unparalleled ...
ITWeb (blog)
Riverbed Whitewater improves data protection options in the public cloud with addition of support for Microsoft Azure, Rackspace and OpenStack cloud storage solutions and data protection applications from CommVault, HP and Veeam. ...

2011-10-14 17:08:05 - Attunity launches cloud data replication software - istockAnalyst.com
Attunity launches cloud data replication software
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
(Source: Datamonitor)Attunity Ltd., a provider of real-time data integration software, has launched Attunity Replicate, a data replication software with click-2-replicate design, that supports loading data to Microsoft SQL Azure, helping organizations ...

2011-10-14 10:45:19 - Google, Apple Play Catch-Up to Microsoft
Google, Apple Play Catch-Up to Microsoft (for a change)
Redmond Developer News (blog)
I'm no Microsoft fanboi, but I noticed an interesting tidbit when I recently wrote a news article about Google Cloud SQL, which adds a MySQL database service to the company's App Engine development stack. "Microsoft has had SQL Azure for ages so why ...

2011-10-14 05:18:36 - First Azure-hosted Microsoft ERP service due in Fall 2012 - ZDNet
First Azure-hosted Microsoft ERP service due in Fall 2012
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: The next version of Microsoft's Dynamics NAV ERP product, which will be available as an Azure-hosted service, is due out in the Fall of 2012. Microsoft officials shared more specifics on the ...
Microsoft launches new business applicationTrade Arabia
Microsoft Plans Fall 2012 Release of Dynamics NAV 7MSDynamicsWorld.com (registration)

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2011-10-14 01:03:17 - Microsoft Announces New Database Consolidation Appliance, Enhances Cloud Offerings - PR Newswire
Microsoft Announces New Database Consolidation Appliance, Enhances Cloud Offerings
PR Newswire (press release)
Further tightening the connection between SQL Server and SQL Azure, Microsoft also shared that SQL Server 2012 will enable customers to easily back up their SQL Server databases directly to the Windows Azure platform, providing customers with ...

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2011-10-13 23:46:33 - Microsoft launches new business application - Trade Arabia
Microsoft launches new business application
Trade Arabia
We are equally excited by the Windows Azure-based cloud services, such as Rapid Start, Payment and Commerce services, which are directly accessible from within the Dynamics AX 2012 enabling companies to realise the benefits of public cloud services ...
Microsoft Plans Fall 2012 Release of Dynamics NAV 7MSDynamicsWorld.com (registration)

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2011-10-13 23:06:02 - Microsoft ''Vancouver'' social-analytics services close to debut - ZDNet
Microsoft 'Vancouver' social-analytics services close to debut
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Microsoft is close to debuting a build of its “Project Vancouver” social-analytics services built on SQL Azure. “Project Vancouver” — a codename I added to my Microsoft Codetracker earlier this ...

2011-10-13 20:09:52 - Microsoft not perturbed by rival PaaS offerings - ZDNet Asia
Microsoft not perturbed by rival PaaS offerings
ZDNet Asia
Despite the competition, he noted that there was "strong growth" in the number of customers signing up for Microsoft's own PaaS offering, Azure. This growth reflected the conversion of businesses that signed up as trial users to full-fledged commercial ...

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2011-10-13 10:14:04 - Azure tops survey of cloud service providers - Computerworld New Zealand
Azure tops survey of cloud service providers
Computerworld New Zealand
“We know that distance, routing and peering play an important role in determining website performance, and it is clear that some providers, such as Microsoft Azure-Chicago, have effectively mastered the combination. “Organisations need to understand ...

2011-10-13 07:08:40 - Microsoft Embraces Elephant of Open Source - Wired News

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Microsoft Embraces Elephant of Open Source
Wired News
In essence, Microsoft's Hadoop port will run on its Windows Server operating system alongside SQL Server, and the company is providing “connectors” for moving data between the two. On Azure, Microsoft will provide its Hadoop port as a service to ...
Microsoft 'Denali' Set for 2012 DeliveryDatabase Journal

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2011-10-13 05:51:05 - Microsoft''s Windows Azure, Server Will Leverage Apache Hadoop - eWeek

The VAR Guy
Microsoft's Windows Azure, Server Will Leverage Apache Hadoop
eWeek
Microsoft's Windows Azure and Windows Server will leverage Apache Hadoop in the service of big data crunching. Microsoft's plans for tackling big data within the enterprise include an Apache Hadoop-based distribution for Windows Server and Windows ...
Microsoft to develop Hadoop distributions for Windows Server and AzureZDNet (blog)
Microsoft makes its move with Hadoop on Azure and Windows ServerArs Technica
Microsoft Adds Big Data To SQL Server 2012InformationWeek
The Next Web (blog) -Computerworld -Middle East North Africa Financial Network
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2011-10-13 03:53:46 - Microsoft makes its move with Hadoop on Azure and Windows Server - Ars Technica
Microsoft makes its move with Hadoop on Azure and Windows Server
Ars Technica
The addition of Hadoop-based data analysis will allow Microsoft customers to process and analyze large quantities of unstructured data, both within and outside the enterprise. It's also part of Microsoft's larger strategy with its Windows Azure ...

2011-10-13 03:28:21 - Microsoft bringing Hadoop to Azure, Windows Server - The Next Web
Microsoft bringing Hadoop to Azure, Windows Server
The Next Web (blog)
Microsoft today made it clear that it is working on bringing Hadoop, which is rising in both popularity and usage, to its Azure, and Windows Server products. The company is building its own deliverables of the Hadoop stack for its products. ...

2011-10-13 01:07:39 - Microsoft, Hortonworks to Integrate Hadoop with Windows Server - ReadWriteWeb

Network World
Microsoft, Hortonworks to Integrate Hadoop with Windows Server
ReadWriteWeb
Hortonworks is now coalescing with Microsoft to distribute a new Hadoop distribution for Windows Server and a Hadoop service for Windows Azure. This news from the PASS Summit for SQL Server in Seattle. "Hadoop has grown to be a compelling platform for ...
Hortonworks to Extend Apache Hadoop to Windows UsersMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-13 01:07:30 - Microsoft pops Hadoop into SQL Server and Azure - Register
Microsoft pops Hadoop into SQL Server and Azure
Register
PASS Summit Microsoft has announced that it will integrate Hadoop into its forthcoming SQL Server 2012 release and Azure platforms, and has committed to full compatibility with the Apache code base. The news was announced in the opening keynote of ...

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2011-10-13 01:05:40 - Microsoft to develop Hadoop distributions for Windows Server and Azure - ZDNet
Microsoft to develop Hadoop distributions for Windows Server and Azure
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft officials also showed off at SQL PASS today a new technology codenamed “Data Explorer.” Data Explorer will plug into Microsoft's Windows Azure Marketplace and allow developers to create richer data sets that can be published and made ...
Sogeti Expands Relationship with Microsoft Through Windows Azure SolutionsPR Newswire (press release)
Sogeti renews partnership with MicrosoftDayton Daily News
Misunderstanding Server Application Virtualization Made SimpleSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
MarketWatch (press release) -PR Web (press release)
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2011-10-12 23:54:17 - Microsoft, Toyota Motor Collaboration to Deliver Telematics Apps on Windows ... - TMC Net
Microsoft, Toyota Motor Collaboration to Deliver Telematics Apps on Windows ...
TMC Net
As per this report, the two companies will jointly develop and deploy telematics applications on the Windows Azure platform, which includes Windows Azure and Microsoft (News - Alert) SQL Azure. Initially, the telematics apps are being aimed at TMC's ...

2011-10-12 19:46:24 - CA Technologies offers new data modelling solution for Microsoft SQL Azure - Middle East North Africa Financial Network
CA Technologies offers new data modelling solution for Microsoft SQL Azure
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Oct 12, 2011 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- IT management software and solutions company CA Technologies CA announced on Tuesday the release of CA ERwin Data Modeler for Microsoft SQL Azure. This new solution is designed to help users manage and ...
Attunity Introduces Cloud Data Replication Software for Loading Data to ...PR Newswire (press release)
Attunity Introduces Cloud Data Replication Software for Loading Data to ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-12 15:50:17 - Marlabs hosts “ReImagine” - India Infoline.com
Marlabs hosts “ReImagine”
India Infoline.com
Titled “ReImagine”, the internalworkshop will focus on updating participantson the latest developments in Microsoft technologies includingMicrosoft Cloud Services (Azure), Windows 8 Runtime (WinRT) and Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) Development. ...

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2011-10-12 08:33:04 - Riverbed extends archiving to Azure, OpenStack clouds - Register
Riverbed extends archiving to Azure, OpenStack clouds
Register
With the current round of announcements, Riverbed is putting Microsoft's Azure cloud and Rackspace Hosting's Cloud Files on the cloudy back-ends, as well as any storage cloud based on the OpenStack Object Storage, also known as Swift. On the front-end, ...
Riverbed Expands Cloud Storage Ecosystem to Give Organizations Unparalleled ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-12 05:26:02 - Windows Azure: Checking in on Microsoft''s public cloud promises - ZDNet

TechEye
Windows Azure: Checking in on Microsoft's public cloud promises
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Microsoft isn't sharing its public-cloud roadmaps like it used to. Last year, the Windows Azure team outlined its delivery plans in detail. Here's a look at what's there and what's still missing. ...
Microsoft Hopes to Lure Developers to Azure with WebMatrix 2.0HTML Goodies
Attunity Introduces Cloud Data Replication Software for Loading Data to ...PR Newswire (press release)
Can Microsoft Web Matrix 2.0 lure developers to Azure?GigaOm
Network World -The Next Web
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2011-10-12 05:06:43 - Google offers "premier" support for App Engine—just don''t call on weekends - Ars Technica
Google offers "premier" support for App Engine—just don't call on weekends
Ars Technica
Microsoft's Windows Azure service-level agreement also uses the five-minute interval to define downtime, and offers a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee, less than Google's. But Microsoft does offer 24/7 phone support for Azure. Google now offers 24/7 phone ...

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2011-10-12 02:54:23 - The Tale of Ballmer''s Bonus - InformationWeek

MarketWatch
The Tale of Ballmer's Bonus
InformationWeek
Early this summer Microsoft announced big data-as-a-service running on Azure in what it dubbed Project Daytona using MapReduce. Last month The Register reported that Apple's iCloud was running across Microsoft Azure and Amazon's cloud service. ...
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) To Focus On CloudStocksandShares.TV

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2011-10-12 02:16:07 - TMC, Microsoft collab delivers modern telematics apps - Eetasia.com
TMC, Microsoft collab delivers modern telematics apps
Eetasia.com (subscription)
The two companies aim to help develop and deploy telematics applications on the Windows Azure platform, which includes Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure, starting with TMC's electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2012. TMC's goal is to establish a ...

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2011-10-11 23:35:14 - Smartronix Makes Strategic Investment in Synteractive - MarketWatch
Smartronix Makes Strategic Investment in Synteractive
MarketWatch (press release)
Smartronix and Synteractive are Microsoft Certified Gold Partners and dedicate a significant portion of their business to providing industry-leading solutions around Microsoft technologies, specifically Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, Azure, ...

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2011-10-11 23:25:45 - Sogeti renews partnership with Microsoft - Dayton Daily News
Sogeti renews partnership with Microsoft
Dayton Daily News
Technology services provider Sogeti, whose American arm is based in Centerville, said today that it will sign with Microsoft a second consecutive “memo of understanding” targeting Windows Azure Solutions. During the next year, Sogeti will “collaborate ...
Sogeti Expands Relationship with Microsoft Through Windows Azure SolutionsPR Newswire (press release)
Sogeti Expands Relationship with Microsoft Through Windows Azure SolutionsMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-11 22:33:35 - CA Technologies to Deliver ERwin Data Modeling Solution for SQL Azure - PR Newswire
CA Technologies to Deliver ERwin Data Modeling Solution for SQL Azure
PR Newswire (press release)
"CA ERwin Data Modeler for SQL Azure is the latest example of CA Technologies commitment to helping customers fully capitalize on the cloud without needing special resources or skill sets," said Kim Akers, general manager for ISV partners, Microsoft ...

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2011-10-11 22:10:51 - Microsoft and Oracle part ways over multitenancy in the cloud - ZDNet
Microsoft and Oracle part ways over multitenancy in the cloud
ZDNet (blog)
Office 365, SQL Azure, Windows Intune and other Microsoft-cloud enabled apps (like Dynamics CRM Online) are its SaaS play. So far, none of Microsoft's cloud-enabled apps is running on Windows Azure; they're running in Microsoft datacenters but not ...

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2011-10-11 22:08:06 - Riverbed Expands Cloud Storage Ecosystem to Give Organizations Unparalleled ... - MarketWatch
Riverbed Expands Cloud Storage Ecosystem to Give Organizations Unparalleled ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Microsoft is working with Riverbed to help organizations take advantage of Microsoft's cloud platform, Windows Azure," said Prashant Ketkar, director of product marketing, Windows Azure. "Customers turn to providers like Riverbed for their public ...

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2011-10-11 21:18:58 - Sogeti Expands Relationship with Microsoft Through Windows Azure Solutions - MarketWatch
Sogeti Expands Relationship with Microsoft Through Windows Azure Solutions
MarketWatch (press release)
We believe this expanded relationship differentiates Sogeti and allows us to offer best-in-class Microsoft Windows Azure services and solutions to our clients." Building a Team of the Most Highly Trained Global Windows Azure Consultants Sogeti is ...
Sogeti Expands Relationship with Microsoft Through Windows Azure SolutionsPR Newswire (press release)

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2011-10-11 19:15:33 - Microsoft Hopes to Lure Developers to Azure with WebMatrix 2.0 - HTML Goodies
Microsoft Hopes to Lure Developers to Azure with WebMatrix 2.0
HTML Goodies
By HTMLGoodies Staff Microsoft recently announced the release of its WebMatrix 2.0 beta, with the hope that web developers will be encouraged to utilize Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform-as-a-service (PaaS) along with it. ...
Can Microsoft Web Matrix 2.0 lure developers to Azure?GigaOm
GMA launches new website built on SharePoint 2010 and hosted in Windows AzurePR Web (press release)

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2011-10-11 19:07:21 - Attunity Introduces Cloud Data Replication Software for Loading Data to ... - MarketWatch
Attunity Introduces Cloud Data Replication Software for Loading Data to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Attunity will present Attunity Replicate with support for SQL Azure at the PASS Summit, the premier conference for SQL Server professionals, October 11-14, in Seattle, WA. Microsoft SQL Azure is a highly available and scalable cloud database service ...

2011-10-11 03:05:52 - Develop Applications in Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch using Packt''s New ... - San Francisco Chronicle
Develop Applications in Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch using Packt's New ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
NET technologies and Microsoft platforms. The primary data storage supports Microsoft SQL Server Express, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Azure. LightSwitch also supports other data sources including Microsoft SharePoint. ...

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2011-10-11 02:37:35 - Can Microsoft Web Matrix 2.0 lure developers to Azure? - GigaOm
Can Microsoft Web Matrix 2.0 lure developers to Azure?
GigaOm
Microsoft hopes to use the company's Web Matrix 2.0 tool–now in beta–to lure new-age web developers to Azure, its cloud-computing Platform-as-a-Service. While the Azure PaaS has a potentially huge ...

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2011-10-11 00:23:31 - StrongAuth Secures Data In Public Clouds - Dark Reading
StrongAuth Secures Data In Public Clouds
Dark Reading
... an open-source Java library/web-service that helps software developers leverage cloud-storage by automatically encrypting files and transferring them to public cloud storage services such as Amazon's S3, Microsoft's Azure and Eucalyptus Walrusm ...

2011-10-11 00:13:00 - Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source ''inevitable'' for Microsoft, others - Network World
Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source 'inevitable' for Microsoft, others
Network World
He already sees the change happening at Microsoft. "If you look at who's working at Azure these days, it's a bunch of people who are very close to open source, from Satya Nadella as president (who came over the from the search division and has ...

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2011-10-10 23:09:30 - Microsoft Azure Named Top Cloud Performer - InformationWeek
Microsoft Azure Named Top Cloud Performer
InformationWeek
Microsoft's Azure leads the pack in cloud performance after 12 months of testing, according to CloudSleuth, one of the few monitoring services that's assembled a year's worth of data on cloud providers. ...
Microsoft Windows Azure tops Cloud speed testsAustralian Techworld

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2011-10-10 22:57:34 - Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) To Focus On Cloud
StocksandShares.TV
At the event, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will preview Office 365, its first cloud application platform for the region called Azure, the next generation Microsoft Surface device, the Samsung SUR40 and a new range of Windows Phone 7 handsets ...

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2011-10-10 17:39:12 - GMA launches new website built on SharePoint 2010 and hosted in Windows Azure - PR Web
GMA launches new website built on SharePoint 2010 and hosted in Windows Azure
PR Web (press release)
GMA Consulting is a leader in advanced Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure solutions. GMA is pleased to announce the launch of its new website which is built on SharePoint and hosted in Azure. “By building our website using SharePoint and ...

2011-10-10 14:00:40 - Microsoft Windows Azure tops Cloud speed tests - Australian Techworld
Microsoft Windows Azure tops Cloud speed tests
Australian Techworld
Microsoft's Windows Azure has come out on top in a year's worth of Cloud speed tests, beating Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, Rackspace and 20 others. Performance management software company Compuware today released one-year average performance results ...

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2011-10-10 07:31:15 - Public/private Aus social networking site launches - Register
Public/private Aus social networking site launches
Register
By Natalie Apostolou • Get more from this author Microsoft is using a fledgling Gold Coast based social media site targeting families as the poster-child for its Azure software platform. Queensland couple, Jase and Brooke Farmer, officially launch ...

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2011-10-09 16:45:39 - Microsoft to focus on cloud at Gitex - Trade Arabia
Microsoft to focus on cloud at Gitex
Trade Arabia
Microsoft will also preview its first cloud application platform for the region called Azure, at Gitex. Microsoft SQL Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage services to host, scale, and manage Web applications on the internet ...

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2011-10-09 00:40:19 - Week in IT: Etsy''s poor choices, botnets, and carbon-neutral data centers - Ars Technica
Week in IT: Etsy's poor choices, botnets, and carbon-neutral data centers
Ars Technica
Windows Azure beats Amazon EC2, Google App Engine in cloud speed test: Microsoft's Windows Azure beat all competitors in a year's worth of cloud speed tests, coming out ahead of Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, Rackspace and a dozen others. ...

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2011-10-08 00:23:59 - Microsoft Windows Azure Tops CloudSleuth Speed Test Charts - ITProPortal
Microsoft Windows Azure Tops CloudSleuth Speed Test Charts
ITProPortal
Software giant Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform has beaten rivals Amazon EC2 and Google App Engine in terms of speeds. Azure managed to beat each and every rival in the cloud computing domain in a massive round of speed tests. ...
Azure beats Google and Rackspace in cloud performance benchmarkComputerWeekly.com
Good news for Windows 8: Microsoft beats Amazon, Google in cloud speed testGeek.com
Windows Azure tops cloud provider leagueCloud Pro
Geekosystem
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2011-10-07 20:50:19 - Azure beats Google and Rackspace in cloud performance benchmark - ComputerWeekly.com
Azure beats Google and Rackspace in cloud performance benchmark
ComputerWeekly.com
Microsoft's Azure has topped the charts in terms of cloud application performance, according to tests conducted by Compuware. Microsoft Windows Azure tops the list with the best performance, followed by Google App Engine ranking second, GoGrid in third ...
Windows Azure tops cloud provider leagueCloud Pro

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2011-10-07 08:36:52 - MYOB beams more to the cloud - iTWire
MYOB beams more to the cloud
iTWire
... which will allow businesses to decide when they fire up their computer in the morning whether they want to use a locally installed accounting app or run off MYOB's cloud – which will be hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform in Singapore. ...

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2011-10-06 22:08:00 - Windows Azure beats Amazon EC2, Google App Engine in cloud speed test - Ars Technica
Windows Azure beats Amazon EC2, Google App Engine in cloud speed test
Ars Technica
Microsoft's Windows Azure has beaten all competitors in a year's worth of cloud speed tests, coming out ahead of Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, Rackspace and a dozen others. The independent tests were ...

2011-10-06 13:38:30 - Microsoft: how cloud computing can make buildings more efficient - TechFlash
Microsoft: how cloud computing can make buildings more efficient
TechFlash
For the pilot study, Microsoft tested smart building management solutions across 2.6 million square feet. Microsoft's Azure Connect, a cloud-based data transfer service, was part of the pilot project. Microsoft said cloud computing can help building ...

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2011-10-06 07:23:22 - Microsoft: how cloud computing and building analytics can slash energy costs - TechFlash
Microsoft: how cloud computing and building analytics can slash energy costs
TechFlash
For the pilot study, Microsoft tested smart building management solutions across 2.6 million square feet. Microsoft's Azure Connect, a cloud-based data transfer service, was part of the pilot project. Microsoft said cloud computing can help building ...

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2011-10-06 02:47:35 - Windows 8 To Dish Up Azure Services - InformationWeek
Windows 8 To Dish Up Azure Services
InformationWeek
"We think about Windows Azure as the next generation of operating systems," said Robert Wahbe, Microsoft's VP for server and tools, during a keynote address Wednesday at the Interop technology conference and expo, a UBM TechWeb event, in New York City. ...
Interop 2011: Modernizing, Unlocking, and Innovating New YorkPC Magazine

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2011-10-06 01:58:05 - Interop 2011: Modernizing, Unlocking, and Innovating New York - PC Magazine
Interop 2011: Modernizing, Unlocking, and Innovating New York
PC Magazine
On the public side, Microsoft offers the Windows Azure Platform, with applications on top of it such as Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online. On the private side, the company offers Windows Server and Microsoft System Center, with applications such as ...

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2011-10-05 23:57:07 - One on one with Oracle''s Graham Mansfield - IDG News Service
One on one with Oracle's Graham Mansfield
IDG News Service
Oracle one of the big players in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) space is scheduled to launch its own platform--as-a-service next week competing against Microsoft's Azure, Salesforce's Heroku and many other smaller services. ...

2011-10-05 22:21:48 - Lightning Tools Hosts Book Signing with Microsoft SharePoint Director Steve ... - PR Web
Lightning Tools Hosts Book Signing with Microsoft SharePoint Director Steve ...
PR Web (press release)
The first 20 visitors to the book signing will be able to meet Steve Fox and will receive an autographed copy of his book, “Developing Microsoft SharePoint Applications Using Windows Azure. ...
MetaVis, Quest, Lightning Tools, ICG Release Products at SharePoint Conference ...CMSWire

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2011-10-05 22:13:19 - Apica Launches New Cloud Monitoring Service for Microsoft Azure Applications - MarketWatch
Apica Launches New Cloud Monitoring Service for Microsoft Azure Applications
MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft has invested heavily in several types of cloud services and has adapted a number of its products for the Azure service platform. Apica is a Microsoft Azure Certified Silver Partner who meets the customer and test requirements that Microsoft ...

2011-10-05 19:12:37 - The ugly truth: Oracle still doesn''t get the cloud - InfoWorld
The ugly truth: Oracle still doesn't get the cloud
InfoWorld (blog)
This includes speculation that Oracle may unveil its own platform-as-a-service offering, setting it in competition with Microsoft's Azure, Salesforce.com's Heroku, and Engine Yard. In other words, 2009 called. It wants its cloud strategy back. ...

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2011-10-05 03:34:04 - PASS Summit 2011 promises news, networking, instruction - SearchDataManagement.com
PASS Summit 2011 promises news, networking, instruction
SearchDataManagement.com
Yes, there will be some pithy announcements from Microsoft; as for what those are, I can't say. So for those of you itching for the latest on Denali, the next version of SQL Server, or SQL Azure, Microsoft's cloud database platform, I counsel patience. ...

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2011-10-05 02:00:24 - If You BUILD It: Highlights from Microsoft''s BUILD Conference - DevProconnections

DevProconnections
If You BUILD It: Highlights from Microsoft's BUILD Conference
DevProconnections
These items only scratch the surface of what Microsoft announced and demoed at BUILD. My next few columns will go into more detail on other items of interest, including some great new features of Visual Studio 11, Windows Azure, Microsoft Expression ...

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2011-10-04 23:04:07 - Seattle Interactive Conference Announces Agenda and Programming Agreements ... - MarketWatch
Seattle Interactive Conference Announces Agenda and Programming Agreements ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Windows Azure (Microsoft) will provide SIC attendees with two days of technical sessions and access to product and technical experts. The Cloud Experience track is for experienced developers who want to learn how to leverage the cloud for mobile, ...

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2011-10-04 22:09:24 - Newsgator Glassboard, a Free Private Discussion App - ReadWriteWeb

CMSWire
Newsgator Glassboard, a Free Private Discussion App
ReadWriteWeb
The backend of the app is built in Azure, by the way. Social Sites itself has gotten a few makeovers of its own. First, there is integration with Microsoft's Lync unified communications servers, so you can be notified about conversations in the social ...
NewsGator Social Sites: Microsoft Lync Integration, Glassboard & Spheres for ...CMSWire
NewsGator Drives Business Agility Through Improved Group Communications With ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-04 21:54:45 - NewsGator, SpringCM, KnowledgeLake, HP and MetaVis make SharePoint announcements - FierceContentManagement
NewsGator, SpringCM, KnowledgeLake, HP and MetaVis make SharePoint announcements
FierceContentManagement
ECM-solutions provider KnowledgeLake unveiled its "Cloud-ready" roadmap, which features offerings for the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. KnowledgeLake is extending its integration of ABBYY's OCR to become the first complete capture and imaging ...
KnowledgeLake Innovates With Cloud Based Enterprise ContentECM Connection (press release)
CommVault's New Application Data Management Bundle Eases Adoption and Data ...Sacramento Bee

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2011-10-04 21:31:27 - Microsoft Hosts Windows Azure Online Conference - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Microsoft Hosts Windows Azure Online Conference
ITProPortal
Learn about Windows Azure and cloud development by attending the Windows Azure Online Conference presented by UK Tech Days. For those interested in learning more about what Azure can do for them, this conference promises in-depth information and an ...

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2011-10-04 19:08:27 - Windows Azure Online Conference: What to Expect - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Windows Azure Online Conference: What to Expect
ITProPortal
The Windows Azure online conference will be taught by a local UK team well versed in Microsoft training. Register for the Windows Azure online conference today to download video links, review conference log in information and any other information ...

2011-10-04 08:42:57 - Microsoft''s Ballmer Got Half Maximum Bonus on Windows Sales - BusinessWeek

CNET (blog)
Microsoft's Ballmer Got Half Maximum Bonus on Windows Sales
BusinessWeek
Microsoft's board lauded Ballmer for making progress on the company's Bing search engine and Azure cloud software; the successful release of the Kinect gaming device; the introduction of the Office 365 Internet-based versions of its productivity ...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer's pay: Nearly $1.4 millionCNET (blog)
Microsoft CEO bonus lags on phone, tablet resultsReuters India
Steve Ballmer Gets a "B" Grade From Microsoft's BoardAll Things Digital

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2011-10-04 07:43:42 - Microsoft CEO bonus lags on phone, tablet results - Reuters

Sydney Morning Herald
Microsoft CEO bonus lags on phone, tablet results
Reuters
[ID:nS1E78C1DY] In Ballmer's favor, the company's compensation committee recognized his success in launching the Kinect hands-free gaming system for Xbox and the online Office 365 product, while building up the Azure cloud computing platform and Bing ...
Microsoft's Ballmer's pay: nearly $1.4 millionCNET
Ballmer's bonus curtailedSydney Morning Herald
Microsoft board gives Ballmer a 2% pay increase, says he's underpaidGeekWire

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2011-10-04 07:39:16 - Microsoft CEO Ballmer''s pay: Nearly $1.4 million - CNET

Reuters India
Microsoft CEO Ballmer's pay: Nearly $1.4 million
CNET (blog)
The board also noted "enhancements" to Windows Azure and Bing, as well as "continued progress positioning the company as a leader in the cloud and cloud-based infrastructure." Ballmer also benefited from the company's partnerships with Facebook and ...
Microsoft's Ballmer Got Half Maximum Bonus on Windows SalesBusinessWeek
Microsoft CEO bonus lags on phone, tablet resultsReuters India
Windows Phone sales dampen Ballmer's bonusInquirer

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2011-10-04 02:06:33 - ''Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Unleashed'' to Feature Advanced Mobility Solution ... - San Francisco Chronicle
'Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Unleashed' to Feature Advanced Mobility Solution ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The book is fully updated to reflect Dynamics CRM 2011 hosted/SaaS deployment, Azure cloud services, SharePoint Foundation integration, and the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace. In addition the book includes new chapters on mobility, the Outlook client, ...

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2011-10-04 01:03:28 - ServiceNow Hires New CTO From Microsoft Cloud - Xconomy
ServiceNow Hires New CTO From Microsoft Cloud
Xconomy
As the general manager of Windows Azure infrastructure, Josefsberg was previously overseeing Microsoft's cloud computing service. With more than 25 years at Microsoft, Josefsberg has the kind of experience that ServiceNow needs in developing a ...
ServiceNow Appoints Microsoft Veteran Arne Josefsberg as Chief Technology OfficerMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-10-04 00:04:13 - NewsGator Powers Social CRM Through Integration with Microsoft Dynamics - MarketWatch
NewsGator Powers Social CRM Through Integration with Microsoft Dynamics
MarketWatch (press release)
NewsGator is the leading enterprise social computing provider for Microsoft and its myriad of office and collaboration platforms, including SharePoint, Azure, Windows Phone 7, Office 365, and now Dynamics. A key feature of NewsGator Social Sites 2010 ...

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2011-10-03 23:26:20 - Big data and the Cloud that loves it part 2 - Computerworld Australia
Big data and the Cloud that loves it part 2
Computerworld Australia
This is a significant part of the vision of Cloud platforms like Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's combined EC2 application platform and S3 storage. Throw in a commercial-grade repository for value-added data sets in the form of the DataMarket section of ...

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2011-10-03 22:07:52 - ServiceNow Appoints Microsoft Veteran Arne Josefsberg as Chief Technology Officer - MarketWatch
ServiceNow Appoints Microsoft Veteran Arne Josefsberg as Chief Technology Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
Arne joins ServiceNow after more than 25 years with Microsoft where he most recently served as general manager of Windows Azure Infrastructure. His previous strategic leadership roles, coupled with proven experience in architecting and building ...

2011-10-03 21:52:53 - Enterprise Ireland: Putting Microsoft ISVs on the Map - Redmond Channel Partner
Enterprise Ireland: Putting Microsoft ISVs on the Map
Redmond Channel Partner
Still working closely with Microsoft, InishTech was an early adopter of Windows Azure. "We were chosen for the Azure building blocks program," Gallagher says. "We've moved the operation onto the Azure platform and support Azure licensing. ...

2011-10-03 21:48:47 - CommVault''s New Application Data Management Bundle Eases Adoption and Data ... - Sacramento Bee
CommVault's New Application Data Management Bundle Eases Adoption and Data ...
Sacramento Bee
As a longstanding Microsoft partner and recent recipient of the 2011 Microsoft Server Platform Partner of the Year, CommVault is committed to helping Microsoft customers better manage data in Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Azure and ...

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2011-10-03 13:16:50 - KnowledgeLake Innovates With Cloud Based Enterprise Content - ECM Connection
KnowledgeLake Innovates With Cloud Based Enterprise Content
ECM Connection (press release)
KnowledgeLake, provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions exclusively for Microsoft SharePoint, announces its "Cloud-ready" roadmap featuring offerings for the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. This offering from KnowledgeLake will be ...

2011-10-01 16:29:52 - Couple to challenge Facebook with first Oz private social networking site - Zee News

Zee News
Couple to challenge Facebook with first Oz private social networking site
Zee News
Developed on the Microsoft Cloud platform Windows Azure, FamilyHQ quickly caught the attention of Microsoft bosses and the website is now part of the Microsoft Partner Network. "Microsoft saw us as a national case study for Windows Azure," Mr. Farmer ...
Watch out Facebook: FamilyHQ Comes ThroughBusiness Review Australia

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2011-09-30 14:13:38 - Couple creates first Aussie private social network site - Perth Now
Couple creates first Aussie private social network site
Perth Now
Developed on the Microsoft Cloud platform Windows Azure, FamilyHQ quickly caught the attention of Microsoft bosses and the website is now part of the Microsoft Partner Network. "Microsoft saw us as a national case study for Windows Azure," Mr Farmer ...

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2011-09-30 10:38:02 - Gold Coast couple''s website FamilyHQ takes on Facebook with Microsoft in tow - Herald Sun
Gold Coast couple's website FamilyHQ takes on Facebook with Microsoft in tow
Herald Sun
Developed on the Microsoft Cloud platform Windows Azure, FamilyHQ quickly caught the attention of Microsoft bosses and the website is now part of the Microsoft Partner Network. "Microsoft saw us as a national case study for Windows Azure," Mr Farmer ...

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2011-09-30 09:54:22 - Gold Coast couple takes on Facebook - Herald Sun
Gold Coast couple takes on Facebook
Herald Sun
Developed on the Microsoft Cloud platform Windows Azure, FamilyHQ quickly caught the attention of Microsoft bosses and the website is now part of the Microsoft Partner Network. "Microsoft saw us as a national case study for Windows Azure," Mr Farmer ...

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2011-09-30 03:45:40 - Azure Tweaked, Promoted at Build - DABCC.com
Azure Tweaked, Promoted at Build
DABCC.com
Microsoft has said it is "all in" with the cloud, and that means being all in with Azure. At the recent Build show, Microsoft spoke in a lot of generalities, but also laid out a fair share of specifics. On the general side, Server and Tools President ...

2011-09-29 21:45:11 - M-Files 8.0 Now Includes iPad Access, Corporate Compliance - The VAR Guy
M-Files 8.0 Now Includes iPad Access, Corporate Compliance
The VAR Guy
In April 2011, TalkinCloud detailed M-File's love for Azure as it launched the first document management platform on Microsoft's cloud. Now, The VAR Guy is giving you the details on M-Files' latest push in the post-PC cloud world. ...

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2011-09-29 04:59:48 - Microsoft and Amazon: Two browsers, two clouds and two different paths taken - ZDNet
Microsoft and Amazon: Two browsers, two clouds and two different paths taken
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft officials have never spoken of plans to offload any of IE's processing to Windows Azure or the Microsoft cloud. Microsoft is maintaining two versions of IE — one for PCs and one for Windows Phones (though both are currently known as IE 9). ...

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2011-09-28 15:28:40 - Sensible Cloud offers enhanced management and efficiency tools - ComputerworldUK
Sensible Cloud offers enhanced management and efficiency tools
ComputerworldUK
The products can be used to manage services on Amazon and in the future will work with Microsoft's Azure service as well as OpenStack implementations. Internally, companies can use the products to manage clouds built using VMware, Xen and some older ...

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2011-09-28 10:22:35 - Enterprises gain cloud efficiencies with Sensible Cloud - Computerworld
Enterprises gain cloud efficiencies with Sensible Cloud
Computerworld
The products can be used to manage services on Amazon and in the future will work with Microsoft's Azure service as well as OpenStack implementations. Internally, companies can use the products to manage clouds built using VMware, Xen and some older ...

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2011-09-28 02:14:04 - Microsoft Builds Two-Headed Data Center in Feds'' Backyard - Wired News
Microsoft Builds Two-Headed Data Center in Feds' Backyard
Wired News
It's unclear what services the data center will house, but Microsoft is heavily pushing Office 365 (a web-based version of its existing Office productivity software) and its Windows Azure “platform cloud” (a service that lets developers build, deploy, ...

2011-09-27 22:08:12 - Sitecore, Microsoft and Unicorn Media Power New Online Services and Mobile ... - MarketWatch
Sitecore, Microsoft and Unicorn Media Power New Online Services and Mobile ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"A Windows Azure-based website is the ideal solution to meet market and competitive demands with reduced cost and risks. We look forward to working with Music Choice as it re-launches its brand and expands its services." The Microsoft Windows Azure ...

2011-09-27 21:15:49 - Hands on training with SQL Azure - Register
Hands on training with SQL Azure
Register
For my first online course – called tracks by Microsoft – I purposefully picked the one I was least interested in: SQL Azure. The theory went that given my general disillusionment with vendor exams and "educational" (marketing) material, if I could see ...
CAPSYS CAPTURE ONLINE Announces Support of Microsoft Windows Azure PlatformMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-09-27 20:01:18 - CAPSYS CAPTURE ONLINE Announces Support of Microsoft Windows Azure Platform - MarketWatch
CAPSYS CAPTURE ONLINE Announces Support of Microsoft Windows Azure Platform
MarketWatch (press release)
The addition of support for Microsoft Windows Azure follows CAPSYS' February 2011 announcement of its support for Microsoft's SQL Azure Database. "We are very pleased with how quickly CAPSYS embraced and adapted to the Windows Azure platform," says ...

2011-09-27 16:15:18 - Insite Software and Zeon Solutions Partner to Rapidly Deliver B2B Ecommerce Sites - PR Web

PR Web (press release)
Insite Software and Zeon Solutions Partner to Rapidly Deliver B2B Ecommerce Sites
PR Web (press release)
Insite Software is widely recognized for its B2B enterprise ecommerce platform, is a certified Sitecore partner and is one of the first ecommerce B2B platforms to be certified on Microsoft Azure. “Insite Software understands the nuances of B2B ...

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2011-09-27 14:00:11 - Windows 8 - Metro is hip, Explorer not so! - NDTV.com

NDTV.com
Windows 8 - Metro is hip, Explorer not so!
NDTV.com
While Microsoft has nothing as ambitious that will compete, it does have the Office 365 service and Windows Sky drive and these have been well integrated into Windows 8. Just in case you are wondering, Microsoft Azure remains but, at the fore, ...

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2011-09-27 05:53:38 - Microsoft Research releases Facebook game ... for ''research'' - Games.com News
Microsoft Research releases Facebook game ... for 'research'
Games.com News (blog)
Just recently, the company began to offer support to developers through its Windows Azure service. Perhaps Project Waterloo and the Facebook Game Theory Lab represent Microsoft further testing the waters.

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2011-09-27 04:30:47 - SQL Server Denali delights developers - SDTimes.com

SDTimes.com
SQL Server Denali delights developers
SDTimes.com
Microsoft has gone all in with its Windows Azure offering, which has been written about thoroughly here in the pages of "SD Times" and no doubt will continue to catch the attention of everyone in the developer space. All information points to the ...

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2011-09-27 01:12:14 - Electronic Arts Appoints New Chief Technology Officer - Gameplay Today
Electronic Arts Appoints New Chief Technology Officer
Gameplay Today (press release)
Mr. Taneja's portfolio while at Microsoft included leading the division responsible for development and deployment of all commerce and transaction technologies across Microsoft's connected services, including Xbox Live, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, ...

2011-09-26 21:30:30 - Tools pick up where cloud computing standards lack - SearchCloudComputing.com
Tools pick up where cloud computing standards lack
SearchCloudComputing.com
In common PaaS models, such as Microsoft Azure, a management portal administers the overall PaaS environment. Enterprises using two different PaaS clouds likely would find the management processes difficult to harmonize for two reasons. ...

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2011-09-26 21:18:15 - Tooling up for the Microsoft Virtual Academy - Register
Tooling up for the Microsoft Virtual Academy
Register
The curriculum includes sundry "training tracks" on the company's software, including windows Azure and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. There's the usual mix of whitepapers, webcasts, training vids and access to experts. Microsoft is greedy for ...

2011-09-26 20:29:17 - GigaSpaces Cloudify for Microsoft''s Azure - Java in the clouds - ZDNet
GigaSpaces Cloudify for Microsoft's Azure - Java in the clouds
ZDNet (blog)
What's new here is that GigaSpaces thought Java users would like deploy their applications on Microsoft's Azure platform services. The key question is will they? GigaSpace's Uri Cohen recently introduced me to the company's offering that allows ...

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2011-09-26 08:04:56 - HP CEO to decide PC unit fate by year''s end - ZDNet Australia
HP CEO to decide PC unit fate by year's end
ZDNet Australia
#Azure #Cloud GigaSpaces Cloudify for Microsoft's Azure - Java in the clouds: GigaSpace's Uri Cohen recently int... http://t.co/OiISBLQd Google Places merges may be hazardous to your business - ZDNet (blog): Google Places merges may be hazardous to ...

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2011-09-25 06:21:48 - Federation at Microsoft - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
Federation at Microsoft
Windows IT Pro
Windows Azure is Microsoft's Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. PaaS provides a platform for developing SaaS applications. It was the first Microsoft cloud computing product for the simple reason that Microsoft's own developers needed a platform ...

2011-09-24 06:41:09 - Two 15-year Microsoft veterans leave Redmond - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Two 15-year Microsoft veterans leave Redmond
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
In his recent position at Microsoft, Taneja oversaw the advertising services behind such products such as Xbox Live, Windows Phone, Windows Azure and Office 365, according to his online bio. “Gaming is at a technological confluence that is almost ...
Microsoft Commerce Exec Leaves for Electronic ArtsRedmond Channel Partner
Microsoft's Rajat Taneja Joins Electronic Arts as Global CTODigital Media Wire
Microsoft vet Rajat Taneja joins Electronic Arts as CTOTechFlash
Middle East North Africa Financial Network -The Seattle Times
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2011-09-24 05:47:14 - Cloud computing: Microsoft gives a trailer of the future - The Express Tribune
Cloud computing: Microsoft gives a trailer of the future
The Express Tribune
KARACHI: Microsoft will launch its Azure and Office 365 within the next two years in Pakistan and expects that businesses will be open to the idea of cloud computing, according to Microsoft Pakistan Business Group Lead, Servers and Tools, ...
Windows Azure , The Microsoft Cloud & The Future Of Windows HostingHostReview.com (press release) (blog)

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2011-09-24 05:43:03 - Microsoft Commerce Exec Leaves for Electronic Arts - Redmond Channel Partner

Digital Media Wire
Microsoft Commerce Exec Leaves for Electronic Arts
Redmond Channel Partner
Taneja's latest position at Microsoft put him in charge of the company's commerce platform, which encompasses the technologies that run several of Microsoft's cloud-based services, including Office 365, Windows Azure and Xbox Live. ...
Microsoft's Rajat Taneja Joins Electronic Arts as Global CTODigital Media Wire
Microsoft vet Rajat Taneja joins Electronic Arts as CTOTechFlash
EA names Rajat Taneja as global CTOMiddle East North Africa Financial Network
The Seattle Times
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2011-09-24 00:27:56 - Microsoft''s Rajat Taneja Joins Electronic Arts as Global CTO - Digital Media Wire

Digital Media Wire
Microsoft's Rajat Taneja Joins Electronic Arts as Global CTO
Digital Media Wire
The commerce technologies under Taneja's leadership at Microsoft included online consumer and enterprise services enabling multiple business models in cloud computing and delivery of services like Xbox Live, Office 365, Windows Phone, and Azure. ...
Microsoft vet Rajat Taneja joins Electronic Arts as CTOTechFlash
EA names Rajat Taneja as global CTOMiddle East North Africa Financial Network
Another day, another departure from Microsoft's cloud management teamZDNet (blog)
The Seattle Times
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2011-09-23 23:23:46 - Microsoft vet Rajat Taneja joins Electronic Arts as CTO - TechFlash

The Seattle Times
Microsoft vet Rajat Taneja joins Electronic Arts as CTO
TechFlash
Taneja was responsible for the online commerce and service platforms at Microsoft, overseeing the commerce technologies that power Xbox Live, Windows Phone, Azure, Office 365 and MSN. He also previously worked with Microsoft's online digital ...
EA names Rajat Taneja as global CTOMiddle East North Africa Financial Network
Former Microsoft CVP Rajat Taneja named global chief technology officer for ...The Seattle Times

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2011-09-23 21:37:50 - Windows Azure , The Microsoft Cloud & The Future Of Windows Hosting - HostReview.com
Windows Azure , The Microsoft Cloud & The Future Of Windows Hosting
HostReview.com (press release) (blog)
To date, their most notable foray into the world of cloud computing has been Windows Azure, a cloud platform that can host, build and scale Web applications using servers from Microsoft. It can be compared in many respects to Windows 2008 Hyper-V, ...

2011-09-23 19:31:00 - EA names Rajat Taneja as global CTO - Middle East North Africa Financial Network
EA names Rajat Taneja as global CTO
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
... leading the division responsible for development and deployment of all commerce and transaction technologies across Microsoft's connected services, including Xbox Live, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft adCenter and MSN. ...

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2011-09-23 03:07:59 - Rajat Taneja Joins EA as Global Chief Technology Officer - EON: Enhanced Online News
Rajat Taneja Joins EA as Global Chief Technology Officer
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Mr. Taneja's portfolio while at Microsoft included leading the division responsible for development and deployment of all commerce and transaction technologies across Microsoft's connected services, including Xbox Live®, Windows Phone®, Windows Azure ...
Rajat Taneja Joins EA as Global Chief Technology OfficerMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-09-23 00:36:44 - Run Your Data Center From An iPhone - InformationWeek
Run Your Data Center From An iPhone
InformationWeek
The service also works for monitoring workloads in Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud service, as well as on-premises Microsoft servers. The initial version of Moesion is focused on the Windows platform to the exclusion of others, and its roadmap calls ...

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2011-09-22 20:02:05 - Surviving the Facebook app ''swamp'' with Azure - Register
Surviving the Facebook app 'swamp' with Azure
Register
Enteraction, a UK games company, uses Azure and the C# for its social media gaming framework, called GameShaper. According to operations director Arthur Barker, Azure provides scalability while being compatible with familiar Microsoft-platform ...

2011-09-22 19:01:30 - Dear Microsoft: When your cloud goes down, keep users informed - InfoWorld
Dear Microsoft: When your cloud goes down, keep users informed
InfoWorld
Microsoft's postmortem on Sept. 8 outage that hit Office 365, Azure, Hotmail, MSN, SkyDrive never addresses real issue By Woody Leonhard | InfoWorld Microsoft still doesn't get it. Tuesday, Arthur de Haan, VP of Windows Live Test and Service ...

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2011-09-22 08:31:54 - RHT: Microsoft''s Ship Has Sailed In ''Cloud Computing'' - Barron''s
RHT: Microsoft's Ship Has Sailed In 'Cloud Computing'
Barron''s (blog)
Some of the analysts who attended that event came away impressed with Microsoft's efforts to link together Windows 8 on client devices, its .Net framework for application development, and its Azure hosting service, not to mention Microsoft's various ...

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2011-09-22 06:35:16 - Q&A: Future Wars to be Waged Online - Government Technology

Government Technology
Q&A: Future Wars to be Waged Online
Government Technology
Mark Russinovich is a technical fellow in Microsoft's Windows Azure and author of the novel Zero Day. Photo courtesy Microsoft Ten years after 9/11 the threat of terrorism remains. But the battleground has expanded beyond land, sea and air to include ...

2011-09-22 06:00:07 - Financial Services Firms Burst Valuation and Risk Calculations to the Cloud ... - MarketWatch
Financial Services Firms Burst Valuation and Risk Calculations to the Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In conjunction with a major Australian financial institution, they successfully completed a proof of concept in which calculations from the Numerix analyst's desktop were offloaded to Microsoft Windows HPC (High Performance Computing) and Windows Azure ...

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2011-09-20 23:39:12 - Microsoft''s Metro proves the PC is dead - ZDNet
Microsoft's Metro proves the PC is dead
ZDNet (blog)
The most logical way to provide legacy compatibility would be to provide seamless RDSH/RemoteFX client connectivity on ARM, with all of the key productivity apps hosted in Microsoft's Cloud (Office 365/Azure) or in private datacenters. ...

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2011-09-20 21:36:10 - The Model For Windows 8 Is Linux - Seeking Alpha

Social Barrel
The Model For Windows 8 Is Linux
Seeking Alpha
Microsoft is going at things a different way. Windows 8 is designed to work in conjunction with its Azure cloud, on a desktop and (through the Metro interface) on media tablets and phones as well. One operating system to rule them all, I wrote. ...
Is Amazon's knife sharp enough to carve into the tablet market?The Next Web (blog)

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2011-09-20 16:59:55 - Blue skies for Microsoft''s Azure cloud offering - The Australian
Blue skies for Microsoft's Azure cloud offering
The Australian
MICROSOFT has bumped up the local customer count for its Azure cloud computing platform from a handful a year ago to several hundred. Once a cloud market denier, Microsoft has clouded right over in recent years, beginning with a pitch that pushed the ...

2011-09-20 00:53:51 - Microsoft Showcases the Developer Opportunity With Continuous Services - IEWY News

ZDNet UK
Microsoft Showcases the Developer Opportunity With Continuous Services
IEWY News
More insights about Windows Server 8 can be found on the Microsoft Server and Cloud blog. A cornerstone to building next-generation applications is Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, which developers can tap into to power immersive experiences across ...
Touch and go for Microsoft's Windows 8The Australian
Windows 8 Extends to the CloudRedmondmag.com (blog)
Windows 8: Microsoft Finally Unveils OS Designed With Cloud in MindCloudTweaks News
Asia Times Online
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2011-09-19 23:07:25 - Touch and go for Microsoft''s Windows 8 - The Australian
Touch and go for Microsoft's Windows 8
The Australian
Microsoft is promising Windows 8 will offer seamless integration with its cloud services, such as the Azure platform and SkyDrive, and Microsoft data centres. With the market share of PCs in gradual decline, and mobile computing becoming more popular, ...

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2011-09-19 22:13:35 - Microsoft Platform Powers Mission-Critical Operations in Financial Services - MarketWatch
Microsoft Platform Powers Mission-Critical Operations in Financial Services
MarketWatch (press release)
Furthermore, Microsoft and Temenos recently announced that Mexican financial institutions are live on T24 on Microsoft's cloud platform, Windows Azure. Banks that select T24 on a Microsoft platform for on-premises deployment today can therefore be ...

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2011-09-19 22:13:00 - Intertainment''s Ortsbo Records 29% Growth In Unique Users Over Past 30 Days - MarketWatch
Intertainment's Ortsbo Records 29% Growth In Unique Users Over Past 30 Days
MarketWatch (press release)
August 2011 was a very important month as many of the remaining key functions for Ortsbo's transition to the Cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure were completed allowing users to continue to increase translation and communications activities while ...

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2011-09-18 17:37:23 - Microsoft re-invents OS with touch-screen in Windows 8 - Microfinance Monitor

CNET
Microsoft re-invents OS with touch-screen in Windows 8
Microfinance Monitor
A cornerstone to building next-generation applications is Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, which developers can tap into to power immersive experiences across a range of devices, synthesize massive data sets and cost-effectively scale to reach ...
Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Toolkit For Windows 8Windows 8 Beta
Build 2011: Microsoft's Scott Guthrie on Scaling Azure for EveryoneReadWriteWeb
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 Debuts At BuildeWEEK Europe UK
Redmondmag.com (blog) -The Guardian (blog) -Seeking Alpha
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2011-09-17 02:24:59 - Build 2011: Windows 8 Scales the Cloud Down to Fit in a Tablet - ReadWriteWeb

Attack of the Fanboy
Build 2011: Windows 8 Scales the Cloud Down to Fit in a Tablet
ReadWriteWeb
That's an allusion to Microsoft's innovative Access Control System for Windows 8, which is facilitated through a connection to the Azure Portal where ACS runs. Jones took this connection one big step further with his demo of the Photos app. ...
Windows 8: Microsoft Finally Unveils OS Designed With Cloud in MindCloudTweaks News

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2011-09-17 02:08:41 - Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Toolkit For Windows 8 - Windows 8 Beta
Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Toolkit For Windows 8
Windows 8 Beta
Microsoft has released a new Windows Azure Toolkit for developer to make applications for Windows that use Azure services. The Windows Azure Compute and Storage is MSFT's cloud platform. This new toolkit is meant to make it easier for developers to ...
Build 2011: Microsoft's Scott Guthrie on Scaling Azure for EveryoneReadWriteWeb

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2011-09-17 01:47:04 - 3 Reasons Microsoft Will Survive the Post-PC World - Motley Fool

The Age
3 Reasons Microsoft Will Survive the Post-PC World
Motley Fool
Developers can download the kit for free ... as long as they host their finished games through Azure. Microsoft has put in place all the pieces it needs to survive the post-PC era. Now it needs to focus on execution. Azure should grow into a valuable ...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: '350m Windows devices will be sold this year'Siliconrepublic.com
Ballmer tries out 'reimagining'Asia Times Online
Windows Continues to Drive Growth, says Microsoft's BallmerTMC Net
The Seattle Times
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2011-09-16 22:06:53 - Windows Server 8 - ITBusiness.ca
Windows Server 8
ITBusiness.ca
... workloads in your data center, then send them across to a private cloud and up to Windows Azure or whatever cloud service you choose, and then back again. All of this occurs with little, if any, downtime (in most cases), according to Microsoft. ...
SiSense Announces Native Support for Microsoft SQL AzurePR.com (press release)

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2011-09-16 20:53:47 - Microsoft announces proprietary developer tools - Inquirer
Microsoft announces proprietary developer tools
Inquirer
According to Microsoft, it can scale to handle thousands of concurrent network connections. For Windows Azure, Microsoft announced the Azure SDK version 1.5 and Azure Toolkit for Windows 8. The latter allows developers to build Metro-style applications ...
Visual Studio 11 Gets Game, More AgileRedmond Developer News (blog)
Microsoft previews new Visual Studio, .NETRegister

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2011-09-16 20:04:41 - Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 Debuts At Build - eWEEK Europe UK

CBC.ca
Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 Debuts At Build
eWEEK Europe UK
Microsoft has released a new toolkit for developers to take advantage of the cloud capabilities of Windows Azure from Windows 8 Metro style applications. The Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 is designed to make it easier for developers to create a ...
New Azure, Visual Studio Development Tools On Tap From MicrosoftCRN
Build: Creating Server Apps with Windows Server 8, Azure, and Visual Studio 2011PC Magazine
Microsoft Showcases the Developer Opportunity With Continuous ServicesPR Newswire (press release)
BetaNews -ZDNet (blog) -Ars Technica
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2011-09-16 19:19:15 - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: ''350m Windows devices will be sold this year'' - Siliconrepublic.com

DailyTech
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: '350m Windows devices will be sold this year'
Siliconrepublic.com
We're looking at making an extensible version of Bing and general purpose CRM apps from Microsoft CRM. “The push on our cloud services through apps, Windows Live and Azure, is a fundamental part of the rethinking and re-imagining going on at Microsoft ...
Windows Continues to Drive Growth, says Microsoft's BallmerTMC Net
Microsoft's Ballmer maps out road aheadThe Seattle Times

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2011-09-16 15:11:35 - iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder''s guide - The Guardian

The Guardian (blog)
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder's guide
The Guardian (blog)
Another compelling argument for looking at developing for Windows 8 is that it's tied in heavily with Windows Azure, Microsoft's "application execution environment in the cloud". This is less attractive to developers not working on the Microsoft stack ...

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2011-09-16 13:28:13 - Build 2011: Microsoft''s Scott Guthrie on Scaling Azure for Everyone - ReadWriteWeb
Build 2011: Microsoft's Scott Guthrie on Scaling Azure for Everyone
ReadWriteWeb
Microsoft did not give away coupons for compute instances or VMs on Windows Azure this week at Build 2011. Which is sad, because in a way the more important stuff - the developments that will have a much greater impact on your life than a slick, ...
SiSense Announces Native Support for Microsoft SQL AzurePR.com (press release)

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2011-09-16 11:35:06 - Visual Studio 11 Gets Game, More Agile - Redmond Developer News
Visual Studio 11 Gets Game, More Agile
Redmond Developer News (blog)
Microsoft also showcased Team Foundation Services hosted on Azure, and invited BUILD attendees and their co-workers and friends to register for the first public preview of TFS in the cloud, which went live on Wednesday. Outside of 250 first-come ...
Microsoft previews new Visual Studio, .NETRegister

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2011-09-16 10:37:35 - Posted by Tiernan Ray - Barron''s
Posted by Tiernan Ray
Barron''s (blog)
Windows Server 8 is 25% of revenue for Microsoft and 22% of profit. So, it's important. Windows Server 8 will allow Microsoft's 8 million DotNet developers tie into “cloud” computing, using Microsoft'sAzure” platform for hosted computing. ...

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2011-09-16 07:01:21 - Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 - eWeek
Microsoft Delivers Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8
eWeek
The new Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8 enables developers to build applications for Windows 8 that can take advantage of the cloud compute and storage capabilities of Windows Azure. ANAHEIM, Calif. – Microsoft has released a new toolkit for ...
Microsoft demos creepy car stalking systemRegister
Microsoft Showcases Car Stalking System at Build 2011 ConferenceITProPortal

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2011-09-16 04:03:06 - Microsoft offers Azure cloud toolkit to build Windows 8 apps - Ars Technica

CRN
Microsoft offers Azure cloud toolkit to build Windows 8 apps
Ars Technica
Bolstering its plan to bring the Windows operating system and Windows Azure cloud service closer together, Microsoft has released a toolkit that helps developers use Azure to build applications ...
SiSense Announces Native Support for Microsoft SQL AzurePR.com (press release)
Server 8 Benefits from Lessons Learned With AzureNetwork World
Microsoft Talks Evolution of Windows Server 8PC Magazine
ReadWriteWeb -InfoQ.com
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2011-09-16 02:16:07 - Born of the cloud: for developers Windows 8 is the ''write stuff'' - Siliconrepublic.com

Sydney Morning Herald
Born of the cloud: for developers Windows 8 is the 'write stuff'
Siliconrepublic.com
We're looking at making an extensible version of Bing and general purpose CRM apps from Microsoft CRM. “The push on our cloud services through apps, Windows Live and Azure is a fundamental part of the rethinking and re-imagining going on at Microsoft,” ...
Windows Continues to Drive Growth, says Microsoft's BallmerTMC Net
Microsoft's Ballmer maps out road aheadThe Seattle Times

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2011-09-16 02:05:41 - Cloud Or Not A Cloud? - Seeking Alpha
Cloud Or Not A Cloud?
Seeking Alpha
Microsoft, once considered a leader in many ways, is the “me-too” cloud, supporting a “me-too” ecosystem of products and services. Apple (AAPL) iCloud is not a cloud at all. It's one step down from Microsoft's Azure, supporting only a narrowly defined ...

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2011-09-16 00:12:39 - GigaSpaces improves Java coverage for Azure compute cloud - TheServerSide.com
GigaSpaces improves Java coverage for Azure compute cloud
TheServerSide.com
Microsoft Windows Azure cloud is mostly about .NET. This week, Java in-memory data grid pioneer GigaSpaces announced tools that take complex Java application and integration software as-is and places it on the Windows Azure cloud platform. ...

2011-09-15 23:45:38 - Microsoft: Maybe More Ultrabooks Than Tablets, Says Nomura - Barron''s
Microsoft: Maybe More Ultrabooks Than Tablets, Says Nomura
Barron''s (blog)
Windows Server 8 is 25% of revenue for Microsoft and 22% of profit. So, it's important. Windows Server 8 will allow Microsoft's 8 million DotNet developers tie into “cloud” computing, using Microsoft'sAzure” platform for hosted computing. ...

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2011-09-15 23:28:01 - Microsoft releases Windows Server 8 Developer Preview - Inquirer

CBC.ca
Microsoft releases Windows Server 8 Developer Preview
Inquirer
By Inquirer staff The Windows Server 8 Developer Preview is an early build of Microsoft's next generation server operating system that adds enhancements from its Azure cloud computing service. Microsoft server and tools president Satya Nadella said at ...
New Azure, Visual Studio Development Tools On Tap From MicrosoftCRN
MS Build Bills Tools, Windows 8 Server And CloudeWEEK Europe UK
Microsoft Talks Evolution of Windows Server 8PC Magazine
Channel Insider -PR Newswire (press release) -Ars Technica
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2011-09-15 18:50:45 - MS Build Bills Tools, Windows 8 Server And Cloud - eWEEK Europe UK

Sydney Morning Herald
MS Build Bills Tools, Windows 8 Server And Cloud
eWEEK Europe UK
Microsoft said Windows Server 8 applies the company's background in building and operating the Windows Azure public cloud to provide a cloud-optimised operating system focused on delivery of applications, interoperability within today's diverse IT ...
Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure Services at BuildRedmondmag.com
New Azure, Visual Studio Development Tools On Tap From MicrosoftCRN
Build: Creating Server Apps with Windows Server 8, Azure, and Visual Studio 2011PC Magazine
Register -ReadWriteWeb -PR Newswire (press release)
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2011-09-15 16:11:44 - SiSense Announces Native Support for Microsoft SQL Azure - PR.com
SiSense Announces Native Support for Microsoft SQL Azure
PR.com (press release)
Palo Alto, CA, September 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- SiSense, a provider of leading-edge business intelligence (BI) solutions, announced that its BI software now provides native access to cloud data hosted by Microsoft's SQL Azure. The Windows Azure and SQL ...

2011-09-15 14:35:03 - Microsoft demos creepy car stalking system - Register
Microsoft demos creepy car stalking system
Register
BUILD Windows Phone 7.5 and Azure are letting one Microsoft director stalk his kids while they're on the road. His Windows smartphone app allows a third party to track a car fitted with a Viper ...

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2011-09-15 10:12:08 - Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure Services at Build - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure Services at Build
Redmondmag.com
Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud-based platform, along with SQL Azure, provides the platform for the data services that ISVs require, he claimed. Data feeds can be monetized through Windows Azure Marketplace, Nadella said, and Microsoft plans to expand ...

2011-09-15 09:17:49 - Microsoft previews new Visual Studio, .NET - Register
Microsoft previews new Visual Studio, .NET
Register
Separately, the company released a preview version of Team Foundation Services, a collaboration tool for coders that runs atop its Azure cloud. And it disgorged a new Azure SDK, version 1.5, with a beefed up emulator and remote desktop encryption and a ...

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2011-09-15 08:46:17 - The “Don''t Trust Model” of Cloud Computing - Infosecurity Magazine

SYS-CON Media (press release)
The “Don't Trust Model” of Cloud Computing
Infosecurity Magazine (US) (blog)
The recent high-profile outages at Amazon and Microsoft Azure, as well as security issues at DropBox and Sony, only add to the argument that cloud computing poses substantial risks for enterprises. Cloud service providers realize this lack of trust is ...
Cloud computing – opportunities and risksLexology (registration)

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2011-09-15 08:00:48 - Cloudify Deploys Java on Azure - ADT Magazine
Cloudify Deploys Java on Azure
ADT Magazine
GigaSpaces Technologies has just rolled out the feature-complete beta version of its Cloudify for Azure enterprise Java application platform for on-boarding JEE, Spring and big-data apps to Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. ...

2011-09-15 06:07:44 - New Azure, Visual Studio Development Tools On Tap From Microsoft - CRN
New Azure, Visual Studio Development Tools On Tap From Microsoft
CRN
NET 4.5 with new features for asynchronous programming in C# and Visual Basic; a preview of Team Foundation Service, Microsoft's software for collaborative software development, running on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform; and a preview of ASP. ...

2011-09-15 05:07:27 - Build 2011: Azure, Windows Server 8 to Coalesce on Data, Identity Federation - ReadWriteWeb
Build 2011: Azure, Windows Server 8 to Coalesce on Data, Identity Federation
ReadWriteWeb
Today, Microsoft announced that Azure will become available as a platform for identity federation among supporting providers, including competitive social networks such as Facebook, and Microsoft's own Windows Live ID platform. ...

2011-09-15 04:51:44 - Steve Ballmer: We are "reimagining Microsoft" - Ars Technica

Sydney Morning Herald
Steve Ballmer: We are "reimagining Microsoft"
Ars Technica
Windows Server 8, now available in a developer preview, is also being upgraded to support the shift from local resources to cloud computing, featuring greater integration with Windows Azure. In all, Ballmer counted seven Microsoft businesses—Windows, ...
Microsoft Showcases the Developer Opportunity With Continuous ServicesPR Newswire (press release)
Build: Creating Server Apps with Windows Server 8, Azure, and Visual Studio 2011PC Magazine
Microsoft's Windows Server 8: Taking the cloud to the operating systemZDNet (blog)
The Seattle Times -Register -San Francisco Chronicle
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2011-09-15 04:13:58 - Ballmer reprises ''developers, developers, developers'' chant - Register
Ballmer reprises 'developers, developers, developers' chant
Register
Just as Windows 8 is a “reimagining” of the whole OS platform, Ballmer explained, Microsoft is in the process of reimaginging itself. All seven Microsoft business groups – Windows, Phone, Azure, Xbox, Office, Bing and Dynamics – are going over their ...

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2011-09-15 03:11:26 - Ballmer Lays Out The 7 Most Important Products For Microsoft And One Is A Big ... - Business Insider

Business Insider
Ballmer Lays Out The 7 Most Important Products For Microsoft And One Is A Big ...
Business Insider
This is a little different than Microsoft's five product areas it uses for financial reporting. But most striking was the mention of Azure -- a cloud-computing platform that has so far gotten little traction -- instead of software infrastructure ...

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2011-09-15 02:01:10 - Microsoft''s Windows Server 8: Taking the cloud to the operating system - ZDNet

Globe and Mail
Microsoft's Windows Server 8: Taking the cloud to the operating system
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft also is making available this week a developer preview of “Visual Studio 11″ (the product likely to be named Visual Studio 2012 when it is released), as well as its Team Foundation Service hosted on Windows Azure. With Server 8, Microsoft is ...
Microsoft Showcases the Developer Opportunity With Continuous ServicesPR Newswire (press release)
Windows Server 8: Now with added VMware and UnixRegister
BUILD: Microsoft to Detail Windows Server 8Windows IT Pro
All Things Digital -TalkinCloud -ITworld.com
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2011-09-15 02:00:52 - Why Microsoft Is A Good Buy - Seeking Alpha

TechEye
Why Microsoft Is A Good Buy
Seeking Alpha
Products and services include Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Azure and others, as well as Enterprise Services.” Cloud-based solutions will not eliminate servers, they will generate demand for smaller more efficient servers. ...
Assessing the Impact of Application VirtualizationCIO India
Windows Server 8: To the Cloud!Network World

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2011-09-15 00:48:15 - Cloud Computing: SOA Software Announces SOA Management for Microsoft - SYS-CON Media
Cloud Computing: SOA Software Announces SOA Management for Microsoft
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Whether customer applications run on-premise or in Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform, SOA Software is committed to high quality governance solutions. SOA Software's Microsoft-based SOA governance products are Windows native deploying easily ...
GRC Roll-up: HP Expands Cloud Security Offering, SOA Offers .NET GovernanceCMSWire

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2011-09-15 00:13:29 - BUILD: Microsoft to Detail Windows Server 8 - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
BUILD: Microsoft to Detail Windows Server 8
Windows IT Pro
Developed concurrently with Windows 8 and likely to ship at the same time, Windows Server incorporates technologies and methodologies that Microsoft first developed for its cloud computing Azure platform; the result is a new Server version that ...

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2011-09-14 20:11:47 - Microsoft unveils Windows 8 - Hostway

Hostway
Microsoft unveils Windows 8
Hostway
Earlier this month, Microsoft reported the introduction of the 737 Explained, which is a virtual model of the Boeing 737 and was created using the Windows Azure platform. Microsoft unveils Windows 8.
GigaSpaces Enables Seamless Deployment of Mission-Critical Java Applications ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

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2011-09-14 19:20:59 - Cloud Trading Technologies offers real-time risk platform on Microsoft Cloud - Finextra
Cloud Trading Technologies offers real-time risk platform on Microsoft Cloud
Finextra
A proven solution, Cloud Trading Technologies have now extended their Cloud FX product suite to deliver real time risk management on the Azure cloud platform, ensuring a costeffective, fast and scalable implementation. "Real-time risk management will ...

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2011-09-14 08:43:55 - Windows 8 and Office 365: Microsoft''s Killer Cloud Combo? - TalkinCloud

TalkinCloud
Windows 8 and Office 365: Microsoft's Killer Cloud Combo?
TalkinCloud
The two key ingredients: Windows 8 and Office 365 cloud services. Picture this: Windows 8 running on millions of tablets and desktops, designed as the most ideal end-user platform for accessing Office 365 and Windows Azure cloud services. ...

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2011-09-14 03:51:19 - Microsoft SQL Server, PDW reach out to Hadoop for big data processing - SearchSQLServer.com
Microsoft SQL Server, PDW reach out to Hadoop for big data processing
SearchSQLServer.com
Microsoft is supporting our customers with big data requirements with these connectors. There are also some very exciting projects coming out of Microsoft Research and [Windows] Azure around distributed processing and big data. ...

2011-09-14 01:16:28 - Will Apple Use Microsoft and Amazon for its iCloud Service? - About - News & Issues
Will Apple Use Microsoft and Amazon for its iCloud Service?
About - News & Issues
There's no official word from Apple, Microsoft, or Amazon, but The Register's article indicates that Microsoft insiders believe iCloud will employ Microsoft's Azure platform in combination with Amazon Web Services. In fact, they are quoted as saying, ...

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2011-09-14 00:34:28 - The Cloud Lock-In
The Cloud Lock-In (Part 2): The Great Lock-In of PaaS
CloudTweaks News
Apprenda is specialized with public cloud enablement and support for ISVs and enterprises that work with Microsoft development platforms such as MS .NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET & Silverlight. Naturally the main competition of Apprenda is with MS Azure. ...

2011-09-13 23:09:19 - First Intelligent Shopping List--Digital Folio--Launched - MarketWatch
First Intelligent Shopping List--Digital Folio--Launched
MarketWatch (press release)
At the July Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, Carter and Digital Folio chief architect Fernando Cardenas demonstrated Digital Folio as part of two Windows Azure keynote presentations. During Microsoft Mobile Acceleration Week in ...

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2011-09-13 21:01:29 - GigaSpaces Enables Seamless Deployment of Mission-Critical Java Applications ... - MarketWatch
GigaSpaces Enables Seamless Deployment of Mission-Critical Java Applications ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Customers that have enterprise Java applications can leverage the GigaSpaces solution to help them transition to the Windows Azure platform," said Prashant Ketkar, Director of Product Marketing, Windows Azure at Microsoft. "GigaSpaces is working with ...

2011-09-13 05:07:07 - Hotmail Crash Blamed On System Update Error - InformationWeek

PCR-online.biz
Hotmail Crash Blamed On System Update Error
InformationWeek
Cloud services, including Microsoft's Windows Azure, SkyDrive and Hotmail aren't immune either, even though cloud providers strive to automate as many operations as possible in ways that have been tested and proven free of human error. ...
Are recent cloud outages a byproduct of the success of Office 365?Windows IT Pro (blog)

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2011-09-13 02:58:41 - Cloud storage appliance aids MedPlast with primary data, backup - SearchSMBStorage.com
Cloud storage appliance aids MedPlast with primary data, backup
SearchSMBStorage.com
He evaluated service providers, pitting Amazon against Microsoft Windows Azure and Nirvanix, and compared StorSimple to other cloud storage gateways. “Anytime you're talking about storage -- especially mission-critical enterprise data -- you want to ...

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2011-09-12 20:41:27 - Cloudcor Announces Microsoft as Diamond Partner for UP2011 Cloud Computing ... - MarketWatch
Cloudcor Announces Microsoft as Diamond Partner for UP2011 Cloud Computing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are delighted to extend our close working relationship with Microsoft as our Diamond Sponsor of UP 2011," said Khazret Sapenov, Chairman of Cloudcor Inc. "Microsoft is leading the way with cloud solutions including Windows Azure, Microsoft Private ...

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2011-09-12 20:03:46 - SOA Software Announces SOA Management for Microsoft WCF, BizTalk and ASP.NET ... - MarketWatch
SOA Software Announces SOA Management for Microsoft WCF, BizTalk and ASP.NET ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Whether customer applications run on-premise or in Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform, SOA Software is committed to high quality governance solutions. SOA Software's solutions offer deep integration with Microsoft's SOA and business process ...

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2011-09-12 19:03:18 - Microsoft Seeks Larger ERP Market Share with Dynamics AX 2012 - ITProPortal

ITProPortal
Microsoft Seeks Larger ERP Market Share with Dynamics AX 2012
ITProPortal
Though AX 2012 is very much a conventional on premise application, it also features a range of Microsoft Azure cloud services to allow users to take advantage of the company's cloud offerings. These integrated Azure services include the likes of online ...

2011-09-12 18:23:47 - CA ARCserve r16 Unifies Data Protection Across Virtual, - Business Solutions Magazine
CA ARCserve r16 Unifies Data Protection Across Virtual,
Business Solutions Magazine
This provides integrated access to hybrid cloud storage, enabling customers to more readily take advantage of public and private cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure and Eucalyptus, for purposes such as remote, ...

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2011-09-12 05:37:40 - Windows 8 Details, Acer Agreement, Cloud Outage Marked Microsoft''s Week - eWeek
Windows 8 Details, Acer Agreement, Cloud Outage Marked Microsoft's Week
eWeek
8, the company released Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) application with integrated cloud offerings—in particular, the Rapid Start, Payment and Commerce services available via Windows Azure. ...

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2011-09-11 15:01:38 - Cloud fixes on-premise servers too - ZDNet UK
Cloud fixes on-premise servers too
ZDNet UK (blog)
With so much emphasis on Office 365 and Exchange Online and Azure and Windows InTune as the future, won't Exchange and SharePoint and System Center end up stuck in the mud? Not according to Brad Anderson, the corporate vice president of Microsoft's ...
Microsoft Server, Tools Chief Wants to 'Cloud Optimize' BusinessesMicrosoft Certified Professional

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2011-09-09 22:40:52 - Blow-by-blow: Another Microsoft cloud outage - InfoWorld

Fox News
Blow-by-blow: Another Microsoft cloud outage
InfoWorld
Microsoft continues to struggle, with Hotmail, SkyDrive, MSN, Azure, and Office 365 going down for a couple of hours Thursday night. At least users were in the loop this time By Woody Leonhard | InfoWorld The Microsoft cloud went south for a couple of ...
Office 365, Hotmail and SkyDrive hit by outageRegister
Microsoft's online services hit by outageCNET
Microsoft's online services briefly go darkZDNet (blog)
Fox News -PC Magazine -BBC News
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2011-09-09 21:04:43 - Java on the Windows Azure Cloud - Register
Java on the Windows Azure Cloud
Register
Java applications are encouraged to be database agnostic, so moving to Microsoft's SQL Azure database-as-a-service offering can be as straightforward as changing a JDBC driver. The Microsoft JDBC Driver now officially supports SQL Azure. ...

2011-09-09 19:09:06 - Bad week for the cloud as both Microsoft and Google suffer outages - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro (blog)
Bad week for the cloud as both Microsoft and Google suffer outages
Windows IT Pro (blog)
Whereas the August 17 outage for North American users of Exchange Online was due to failed network components, Microsoft could not have been held responsible for the outage that afflicted Office 365, Azure, Hotmail and other cloud services on September ...

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2011-09-09 12:55:24 - CA Technologies announces CA ARCserve r16 - India Infoline.com
CA Technologies announces CA ARCserve r16
India Infoline.com
This provides integrated access to hybrid cloud storage, enabling customers to more readily take advantage of public and private cloud services such as Amazon Web Services®, Microsoft Windows Azure™ and Eucalyptus, for purposes such as remote, ...
CA ARCserve r16: Taking Data Protection To Virtualized, Cloud EnvironmentsCRN

all 2 news articles »
2011-09-09 06:58:06 - CA ARCserve r16: Taking Data Protection To Virtualized, Cloud Environments - CRN
CA ARCserve r16: Taking Data Protection To Virtualized, Cloud Environments
CRN
The release of ARCserve r16 comes only four months after another major update of ARCserve which focused on making it available for customers working on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. CA ARCserve provides centralized management of all a company's ...

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2011-09-09 03:52:33 - Intune Makes Windows Software Maintenance Into an Azure Service - ReadWriteWeb
Intune Makes Windows Software Maintenance Into an Azure Service
ReadWriteWeb
The first tool Microsoft produced for remotely deploying Windows on client computers throughout a network was called - in classic Microsoft-ese - the Automated Installation Kit (AIK). What made it relatively versatile was a feature introduced with the ...

2011-09-09 01:00:24 - Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Dips Its Toes In the Cloud, Carefully - ReadWriteWeb
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Dips Its Toes In the Cloud, Carefully
ReadWriteWeb
With this morning's release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, the company's long-standing enterprise resource planning suite, the company is rolling out a new set of Windows Azure-based services that are leveraged on top of local deployments. ...
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Launches WorldwideMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-09-08 21:33:30 - New toolkit for Android/Azure apps - iProgrammer
New toolkit for Android/Azure apps
iProgrammer
A toolkit for Windows Azure for Android has been released by Microsoft, along with updated toolkits for Windows Phone and iOS platforms. The Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices provides libraries for storage and authentication that you can use to create ...

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2011-09-08 20:04:00 - Behind the scenes at Microsoft''s Channel 9 - CNET

CNET
Behind the scenes at Microsoft's Channel 9
CNET
There's also Cloud Cover, which explains the latest features and announcements about Microsoft's Azure Web platform. The most viewed programs are always the deepest technical dives, such as "ASP.NET MVC 2: Basics, Introduction by Scott Hanselman," a 1 ...

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2011-09-08 13:17:00 - New Squeeze Server 1.5 from Sorenson Media Enhances Company''s Best-in-Class ... - MarketWatch
New Squeeze Server 1.5 from Sorenson Media Enhances Company's Best-in-Class ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Squeeze Server 1.5 adds exceptional handling of large video files into and out of Microsoft Azure Blobs, in addition to Amazon Web Services S3 buckets, making it easy to develop workflows that include cloud-based storage or processing of files. ...

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2011-09-08 08:15:53 - Amazon''s Selipsky bullish on AWS profitability - Reuters
Amazon's Selipsky bullish on AWS profitability
Reuters
When Microsoft launched its cloud business, Windows Azure, in 2008, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's server and tools business at the time, told the Seattle Times that margins might well be lower than some of the company's other ...

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2011-09-08 07:44:09 - Boeing unveils virtual ''737 Explained'' - ATWOnline
Boeing unveils virtual '737 Explained'
ATWOnline
The "737 Explained" is built on the Windows Azure platform and allows 360-degree tours of the airplane and the ability to view every component down to the landing gear, engine components and individual rivets. “We were looking for a new way to ...

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2011-09-08 02:39:16 - Microsoft eats its own, tasty cloud dog food - Ars Technica
Microsoft eats its own, tasty cloud dog food
Ars Technica
Parts of Microsoft.com, particularly its social aspects, are powered by Azure, and have been for 15 months. “Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure currently power the social features of Showcase, Cloud Power, and 50 other Microsoft.com properties ...

2011-09-08 02:39:16 - Microsoft eats its own tasty cloud dog food - Ars Technica

Reuters
Microsoft eats its own tasty cloud dog food
Ars Technica
Parts of Microsoft.com, particularly its social aspects, are powered by Azure, and have been for 15 months. “Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure currently power the social features of Showcase, Cloud Power, and 50 other Microsoft.com properties ...
Microsoft Readies Next Intune Release For OctoberCRN
Six Big Windows 8 Features for Small BusinessPCWorld

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2011-09-08 01:53:55 - Microsoft Readies Next Intune Release For October - CRN

MSN Tech & Gadget UK
Microsoft Readies Next Intune Release For October
CRN
Intune is a key element of Microsoft's cloud computing strategy, along with the vendor's Office 365 cloud application suite, Azure cloud development platform and Dynamics CRM Online application. Microsoft has touted Intune, which went live in March, ...
Six Big Windows 8 Features for Small BusinessPCWorld
Microsoft eats its own, tasty cloud dog foodArs Technica

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2011-09-08 00:06:09 - CA Jumps Into Hybrid Cloud Data Protection - InformationWeek
CA Jumps Into Hybrid Cloud Data Protection
InformationWeek
The cloud-enabled ARCserve provides a connection layer between the customer's local site and cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Windows Azure, and Eucalyptus. The connector allows remote data protection, archiving, and failover ...
CA ARCserve r16 Unifies Data Protection Across Virtual, Conventional and Cloud ...MarketWatch (press release)

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2011-09-07 22:14:26 - CA ARCserve r16 Unifies Data Protection Across Virtual, Conventional and Cloud ... - MarketWatch
CA ARCserve r16 Unifies Data Protection Across Virtual, Conventional and Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This provides integrated access to hybrid cloud storage, enabling customers to more readily take advantage of public and private cloud services such as Amazon Web Services®, Microsoft Windows Azure(TM) and Eucalyptus, for purposes such as remote, ...

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2011-09-07 03:44:18 - Next Version of Windows Intune Coming Oct. 17 - Redmond Channel Partner
Next Version of Windows Intune Coming Oct. 17
Redmond Channel Partner
Customers of Windows Intune will be using another Microsoft cloud service under the hood. The October release of Windows Intune will use Microsoft Azure for software distribution. When administrators load software distribution packages, Windows Intune ...

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2011-09-07 02:04:23 - Report: Apple''s iCloud relies on Amazon, Microsoft cloud services - TechFlash

Web Host Industry Review
Report: Apple's iCloud relies on Amazon, Microsoft cloud services
TechFlash
Apple's iCloud service runs on Amazon's elastic cloud and Microsoft Azure, according to a report by The Register. Rumors that Apple was using the two platforms to host iCloud started circulating in June, after the company released the first details ...
Register Reports Apple iCloud Operating on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWSWeb Host Industry Review
Apple's iCloud will run on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, says reportFierceCIO
The Mystery Of The Apple Data CenterThe Data Center Journal

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2011-09-07 00:20:39 - Teaming with Microsoft to sell a virtual Boeing 737 in the cloud - TechFlash
Teaming with Microsoft to sell a virtual Boeing 737 in the cloud
TechFlash
Thanks to help from Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, Boeing is taking its virtual 737 into the cloud. Boeing is rolling out the 737 Explained, what the commercial airplane maker calls a “virtual model of the Boeing 737 generated from thousands of ...
Boeing Uses Windows Azure to Build Virtual Aircraft in the CloudMarketWatch (press release)

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2011-09-06 23:49:09 - Register Reports Apple iCloud Operating on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS - Web Host Industry Review

Web Host Industry Review
Register Reports Apple iCloud Operating on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS
Web Host Industry Review
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Apple's iCloud (www.icloud.com) service is reportedly being hosted on cloud hosting platforms Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS cloud, according to a report by The Register. ...
Apple's iCloud will run on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, says reportFierceCIO
The Mystery Of The Apple Data CenterThe Data Center Journal

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2011-09-06 23:09:15 - Syncfusion Announces Sponsorship of Devscovery Austin 2011 - MarketWatch
Syncfusion Announces Sponsorship of Devscovery Austin 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
Devscovery, a Wintellect event now in its 8th year of production, educates intermediate and advanced developers on the latest in HTML 5, Silverlight, Azure, WPF, Windows Phone 7, .NET, ASP.NET MVC and VS2010 technologies. The three-day multitrack event ...

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2011-09-06 23:04:23 - Boeing Uses Windows Azure to Build Virtual Aircraft in the Cloud - MarketWatch
Boeing Uses Windows Azure to Build Virtual Aircraft in the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
Boeing turned to Microsoft Corp. and [wire] stone, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. 737 Explained is hosted on Windows Azure, which stores the project data -- more than 20000 high-resolution photographs combined into a 32-gigapixel image of the ...

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2011-09-06 20:09:22 - Apple''s iCloud will run on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, says report - FierceCIO
Apple's iCloud will run on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, says report
FierceCIO
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iCloud service will be hosted on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), claims The Register in an exclusive report. The report cited sources close to Microsoft who say that Apple has selected Microsoft ...
The Mystery Of The Apple Data CenterThe Data Center Journal

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2011-09-06 16:03:36 - Intertainment''s Ortsbo Growth Up 32% Over 244 Million Minutes of User ... - MarketWatch
Intertainment's Ortsbo Growth Up 32% Over 244 Million Minutes of User ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As Ortsbo continues the transition to the Cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure, users continue to increase translation and communications activities, providing a significant increase in overall user engagement statistics and increasing brand recognition. ...

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2011-09-06 13:51:50 - Analysis: Is Active Directory coming to the cloud? - iT News
Analysis: Is Active Directory coming to the cloud?
iT News
Microsoft has been working on an SQL-based add-on internally dubbed "Next Generation Active Directory" that would theoretically aggregate links to distributed Active Directory repositories on an instance stored internally or on Windows Azure. ...

2011-09-06 13:23:58 - The Mystery Of The Apple Data Center - The Data Center Journal
The Mystery Of The Apple Data Center
The Data Center Journal
Apparently, the iCloud is being hosted on Azure and AWS. The claims doing the rounds is that Microsoft and Amazon have signed non- disclosure agreements with Apple for the iCloud being hosted by Azure and AWS respectively. The intriguing part of this ...

2011-09-06 12:07:59 - Curtin trials DNA sequencing in Azure - iT News
Curtin trials DNA sequencing in Azure
iT News
Perth's Curtin University has nearly completed a six-month trial of Microsoft's Windows Azure platform-as-a-service to speed up DNA genome sequencing of extinct animal species. ...

2011-09-05 08:04:35 - Windows Weekly 224: BUILD It And They Will Come - Paul Thurrott''s SuperSite for Windows
Windows Weekly 224: BUILD It And They Will Come
Paul Thurrott''s SuperSite for Windows
We discussed more Windows 8 news ahead of BUILD, the DOJ's lawsuit to prevent AT&T from purchasing T-Mobile, a new release of the Azure social gaming toolkit, more Microsoft executive resignations, Steve Jobs' retirement as Apple CEO, and why August ...

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2011-09-05 03:06:30 - If iCloud runs on Azure and Amazon what is Apple''s data center for? - iProgrammer

Business Insider
If iCloud runs on Azure and Amazon what is Apple's data center for?
iProgrammer
According to The Register Apple's iCloud is hosted by Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS. Obviously if this was true Apple wouldn't want it known and hence it is claimed that both parties have signed a non-disclosure agreement. ...
If iCloud Runs On Microsoft And Amazon, What The Heck Is Inside That Huge ...San Francisco Chronicle

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2011-09-05 02:02:58 - Microsoft''s 5 biggest weaknesses - Techworld.com
Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses
Techworld.com
"But there's nothing that says you can't build that on Windows Azure," Gillen says. Still, Azure alone would have to be a giant hit to eliminate Microsoft's Web server worries. Azure attracted just 31000 customers who built 5000 applications in its ...

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2011-09-05 01:04:37 - The great debate: Windows Azure vs. Amazon Web Services - GigaOm
The great debate: Windows Azure vs. Amazon Web Services
GigaOm
Microsoft (and Azure as default) seems to be all about lock-in. Lock-in on the operating system, lock-in on the language platform, as well as lock-in on the Azure services. Also, many companies do have to solve big compute problems that Java, unlike . ...

2011-09-04 00:44:32 - Apple''s iCloud runs on Microsoft''s Azure and Amazon''s cloud - VentureBeat

Social Barrel
Apple's iCloud runs on Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's cloud
VentureBeat
Apple's iCloud runs on two services from its biggest competitors, Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's elastic cloud, reports The Register. Sources tell the site that both Microsoft and Amazon were instructed to remain mum on the iCloud deal. ...
Apple's iCloud runs on Microsoft and Amazon servicesRegister
Upgrade your geek with Houston Chronicle technology writer Dwight SilvermanSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Samsung CEO: No way the company will buy webOSITBusiness.ca
Social Barrel -Apple Insider
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2011-09-03 09:31:16 - Can Tim Cook Fill Steve Jobs'' Shoes? Other Heirs to Superstar CEOs - PCWorld
Can Tim Cook Fill Steve Jobs' Shoes? Other Heirs to Superstar CEOs
PCWorld
In the years that followed, that vision appeared to clash with those of Microsoft executives. Ozzie led a push to move Microsoft further into the cloud and contributed to Windows Live Mesh and Windows Azure, only to see those efforts moved to different ...

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2011-09-03 05:38:52 - Cloud breakup: Why CloudSpokes chose Database.com over Azure - GigaOm
Cloud breakup: Why CloudSpokes chose Database.com over Azure
GigaOm
CloudSpokes, an Appirio-led community that hosts contests in which developers compete on projects for cloud companies with the goal of winning a monetary prize, recently re-architected the site from Microsoft Windows Azure to Database.com, ...

2011-09-03 02:15:28 - Can any cloud catch Amazon Web Services?

CNET (blog)
Can any cloud catch Amazon Web Services? (part 2)
CNET (blog)
Another company that has been looking to change the game for some time is Microsoft. Azure is developer-centric, and it took a "PaaS-first" approach to building cloud applications. In Microsoft's case, however, I think the only ecosystem it has ...
Why a hybrid approach will help you get to the CloudBusinessCloud9

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2011-09-03 01:03:34 - WinInfo Short Takes, September 2, 2011 - Windows IT Pro

Windows IT Pro
WinInfo Short Takes, September 2, 2011
Windows IT Pro
Apple's iCloud Still Runs on Windows Azure, Amazon AWS In an exclusive that would make Tom Warren proud, The Register this week "has learned" that Apple has selected Microsoft's Windows Azure and Amazon's AWS web services as the back ends for its ...

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2011-09-03 00:42:52 - Microsoft Build Windows 8 confab: What''s the latest? - ZDNet
Microsoft Build Windows 8 confab: What's the latest?
ZDNet (blog)
There's just over a week until Microsoft's Build conference in Anaheim, Calif. — the place where “all will be revealed” around the Windows 8 and Windows Azure development stories. There's still no official word as to any names or details about the ...

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2011-09-02 22:27:36 - Samsung CEO: No way the company will buy webOS - ITBusiness.ca
Samsung CEO: No way the company will buy webOS
ITBusiness.ca
Gavin Clarke reports that the service will be hosted on Azure and AWS. "We understand that Apple has barred Microsoft and Amazon from discussing what would otherwise be a high-profile deal, especially for Microsoft's fledgling Azure cloud service. ...

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2011-09-02 19:47:33 - Apple''s iCloud runs on Microsoft and Amazon services - Register
Apple's iCloud runs on Microsoft and Amazon services
Register
Apple has selected Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS to jointly host its iCloud service, The Reg has learned. We understand that Apple has barred Microsoft and Amazon from discussing what would otherwise be ...
Microsoft Tries to Position Azure as Cloud Option of Choice for Mobile DevsReadWriteWeb
Microsoft Windows Azure: Why I Still Haven't Tried ItDevProconnections
Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Toolkit For AndroidEverything Android
ZDNet (blog) -The VAR Guy -T.H.E. Journal
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2011-09-02 13:45:42 - Gold Coast duo launch family friendly social network - iTWire
Gold Coast duo launch family friendly social network
iTWire
FamilyHQ, which is being hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud, is the brainchild of founders Jase and Brooke Farmer. “Four and a half years ago we had a young family and wanted to share photos and information with our large extended family,” said Mr ...

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2011-09-02 13:32:52 - Westpac: A case study for the complex cloud - Delimiter

Delimiter
Westpac: A case study for the complex cloud
Delimiter
From the pages of a magzine, Fujitsu exhorts you to 'go domestic' with its on-shore cloud, while iPad advertisements pop up inviting you to learn about Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. Salesforce.com's gentle blue colour scheme beams at you from ...

2011-09-02 07:34:18 - Six Things Your Online Store Can Learn From Harvey Norman - Lifehacker Australia
Six Things Your Online Store Can Learn From Harvey Norman
Lifehacker Australia
Harvey Norman ended up running the site on Windows Azure, in part because of existing relationships. Harvey Norman already used Microsoft technology in its main operation and was planning to use Microsoft's Dynamics NAV ERP in the back-end, ...
Daily deals relies on 'gut feeling' for site spikesiT News

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2011-09-02 06:08:28 - Salesforce Updates Platform Roadmap at Dreamforce - PC Magazine
Salesforce Updates Platform Roadmap at Dreamforce
PC Magazine
This was clearly positioned against the existing big platform vendors--IBM, Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft--but of course, many of those companies are working on cloud-based platforms as well, like Microsoft's Azure. Other players include Amazon Web ...

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2011-09-02 06:03:59 - Microsoft Shifting To Open Database Connectivity for SQL Server - Redmondmag.com
Microsoft Shifting To Open Database Connectivity for SQL Server
Redmondmag.com
By fully aligning with ODBC, Microsoft will be focusing on one set of industry standard APIs that are widely used by many of our customers." Microsoft already selected ODBC for its SQL Azure cloud-oriented database management system. ...
SQL Server Bids Farewell to OLE DB After DenaliInfoQ.com

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2011-09-02 05:00:44 - CMOs, Look Before You Leap Into The Cloud - Forbes
CMOs, Look Before You Leap Into The Cloud
Forbes
Between TV commercials, magazine ads, pop-ups and banners, everywhere you look there is an ad for applications like Microsoft's Azure, Apple's iCloud and software-as-a-service vendors like Salesforce.com, all with subtle variations in their ...

2011-09-02 03:34:56 - Microsoft Tries to Position Azure as Cloud Option of Choice for Mobile Devs - ReadWriteWeb
Microsoft Tries to Position Azure as Cloud Option of Choice for Mobile Devs
ReadWriteWeb
Yesterday, Microsoft released brand new software developer kits for Android, iOS and Windows Phone to integrate Azure as the primary cloud computing back end for creating apps. With Microsoft's Azure push, what does that mean for other backend services ...
Microsoft Windows Azure: Why I Still Haven't Tried ItDevProconnections
Microsoft Launches Android Toolkit for Windows AzureThe VAR Guy
Microsoft rolls out Windows Azure toolkit for AndroidZDNet (blog)
T.H.E. Journal -The Next Web -WMPoweruser.com
all 9 news articles »
2011-09-02 03:16:45 - SQL Server Bids Farewell to OLE DB After Denali - InfoQ.com
SQL Server Bids Farewell to OLE DB After Denali
InfoQ.com
[The] Cloud is universal and in order to support all client applications connecting from any platform to the cloud, Microsoft has been fully aligned with ODBC on SQL Azure, as ODBC is the only set of APIs that are available on all platforms including ...

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2011-09-02 02:30:04 - Dell heads into the cloud with new offerings - FierceEnterpriseCommunications
Dell heads into the cloud with new offerings
FierceEnterpriseCommunications
In addition, Dell and VMware next year plan to offer Microsoft Azure and open-source public cloud offerings, and continue integrating more Dell software and applications into the cloud. Analysts have been largely supportive of Dell's cloud moves, ...

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2011-09-01 23:13:56 - Microsoft Windows Azure: Why I Still Haven''t Tried It - DevProconnections

DevProconnections
Microsoft Windows Azure: Why I Still Haven't Tried It
DevProconnections
As of today, I don't think I'll be using Microsoft Windows Azure to host my solution. After looking around at various cloud-hosting options for my solution, I've considered the notion of deploying my solution on either a Platform as a Service (PaaS) ...

2011-09-01 21:32:46 - Microsoft Launches Android Toolkit for Windows Azure - The VAR Guy

The Guardian (blog)
Microsoft Launches Android Toolkit for Windows Azure
The VAR Guy
Short and sweet: Now the entire Android ecosystem has access to Microsoft Azure's storage and authentication libraries for native application deployment. ISVs can take advantage of cross-platform development with a unified back-end to create a cohesive ...
Microsoft rolls out Windows Azure toolkit for AndroidZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Releases Windows Azure Toolkit for AndroidT.H.E. Journal
Microsoft releases Azure toolkit for AndroidThe Next Web
WMPoweruser.com -PCWorld
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2011-09-01 15:20:17 - Daily deals relies on ''gut feeling'' for site spikes - iT News
Daily deals relies on 'gut feeling' for site spikes
iT News
That site runs on three instances of Windows Azure from Microsoft's Singapore data centre to support the average 25000-30000 page views the site currently experiences daily. Transaction and customer subscriber data are held locally on a Microsoft ...
Six Things Your Online Store Can Learn From Harvey NormanLifehacker Australia

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2011-09-01 12:18:04 - Harvey Norman Big Buys sees blue skies with Azure - iTWire
Harvey Norman Big Buys sees blue skies with Azure
iTWire
Microsoft's Azure service and Sydney-based Hands-on Systems played important roles in getting Harvey Norman Big Buys up and running as quickly as it did. Harvey Norman Big Buys, an online franchisee of the well-known retail operation ...

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2011-09-01 09:10:33 - Tech Ed 2011: Westpac debunks Cloud myths for banks - Computerworld Australia
Tech Ed 2011: Westpac debunks Cloud myths for banks
Computerworld Australia
Addressing attendees at this year's Tech Ed conference on the Gold Coast, Westpac principal architect, Ward Britton, detailed the bank's deployment of Microsoft's Azure hosting platform. Previously, the bank's quantitative analysts used an in-house ...

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2011-08-31 23:44:52 - Cobol gets cloudy - BusinessCloud9
Cobol gets cloudy
BusinessCloud9
Our aim is to do all the engineering they need, so they can run Cobol applications not only on Microsoft Azure but also on Amazon using Linux or Unix. ” The availability of Cobol in the cloud opens up some important opportunities for users, ...

2011-08-31 22:36:17 - Microsoft brings Hadoop option to SQL Server - Register
Microsoft brings Hadoop option to SQL Server
Register
Microsoft's Research unit has been working on something that sounds remarkably similar to Hadoop, called Dryad, since about 2006. Earlier this year the plan was to "productise" Dryad through integration with SQL Server and its Windows Azure cloud. ...

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2011-08-31 11:43:09 - Westpac proves Azure cloudbursting - iTWire
Westpac proves Azure cloudbursting
iTWire
The objective was to "make it run way faster, make it run more reliably," he told attendees at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference. Part of the problem was that the calculations weren't performed every day, but when they were it was important to get the ...

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2011-08-31 06:43:18 - Microsoft Offers Salesforce Customers $150 Per User To Switch - TalkinCloud
Microsoft Offers Salesforce Customers $150 Per User To Switch
TalkinCloud
... Microsoft's competitive edge, Park said, is that Dynamics CRM Online works with the whole Microsoft ecosystem, from Microsoft Office 365 (the productivity cloud suite that will soon add Dynamics CRM Online to its roster) to Microsoft Windows Azure. ...

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2011-08-31 05:11:58 - Microsoft Tech.Ed 2011 proudly kicks off Australia''s biggest annual geekfest - Australian Personal Computer

Australian Personal Computer
Microsoft Tech.Ed 2011 proudly kicks off Australia's biggest annual geekfest
Australian Personal Computer
Tim Buntel, Windows Azure Product Manager, addresses the Tech.Ed crowd. (Image credit: Microsoft) As Buntel put it, despite the constant momentum of tech over the past thirty years: “[T]hroughout it all, if you really think about it, as developers, ...

2011-08-31 05:05:45 - Dell Snubs Microsoft - The Next Web
Dell Snubs Microsoft
The Next Web
In March of 2010, Dell announced that it was working in partnership with Microsoft's Azure team to build 'Dell-powered Windows Azure platform appliance[s].' In that statement, Dell elaborated on how close it was with Microsoft: “Dell and Microsoft will ...

2011-08-31 05:05:45 - Dell snubs Microsoft, launches private cloud product with VMware - The Next Web
Dell snubs Microsoft, launches private cloud product with VMware
The Next Web
In March of 2010, Dell announced that it was working in partnership with Microsoft's Azure team to build 'Dell-powered Windows Azure platform appliance[s].' In that statement, Dell elaborated on how close it was with Microsoft: “Dell and Microsoft will ...

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2011-08-31 02:53:27 - VMware answers the PaaS gloats - ITworld.com

Data Center Knowledge
VMware answers the PaaS gloats
ITworld.com
This contrasts with Microsoft's Windows Azure support, although egalitarian in its support of Linux, is very much poised towards Windows Server PaaS. We'll know more about Windows 2008+ server editions in a couple of weeks when they're revealed at the ...
VMware turns self into (virtual) database co.Register
VMware tackles Database as a Service with vFabric Data DirectorSearchCloudComputing.com

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2011-08-30 23:14:37 - Publish a Microsoft Windows Azure Application to a Staging Server - DevProconnections

DevProconnections
Publish a Microsoft Windows Azure Application to a Staging Server
DevProconnections
If you are using Microsoft Windows Azure to host your applications and services in the cloud, it's easy to figure out how to publish to the cloud for production. You publish to the production instance with the configuration settings pointing to ...

2011-08-30 16:15:48 - The future is NOW: Microsoft Australia''s Tech.Ed 2011 opens - PRWire
The future is NOW: Microsoft Australia's Tech.Ed 2011 opens
PRWire
During the session Dave Fellows, CTO of supercomputing start-up, GreenButton, showcased their software which provides customers with on demand bursts of power for complex, compute-intensive processes using the Windows Azure platform. ...

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2011-08-30 05:42:48 - Microsoft Just Put Out This ''70s Spoof Video Making Fun Of VMWare - Business Insider

Network World
Microsoft Just Put Out This '70s Spoof Video Making Fun Of VMWare
Business Insider
Microsoft has its own virtualization product built right into Windows Server, but with this video Microsoft is mostly making fun of the fact that VMWare doesn't operate its own cloud computing services like Microsoft has with Windows Azure. ...
VMware turns self into (virtual) database co.Register
Microsoft spoofs VMware [Video]The Next Web
VMware tackles Database as a Service with vFabric Data DirectorSearchCloudComputing.com

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2011-08-30 03:53:39 - Microsoft spoofs VMware [Video] - The Next Web
Microsoft spoofs VMware [Video]
The Next Web
VMware's moves in the cloud computing space obviously have the potential to lower the growth rates of Microsoft's Azure product, adding another viable competitor to an increasingly crowded space. To that end, Microsoft released the video, ...

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2011-08-30 01:19:40 - Red Hat''s biggest enemy? VMware - ZDNet

ZDNet (blog)
Red Hat's biggest enemy? VMware
ZDNet (blog)
Current examples of the PaaS approach include Salesforce.com's Force.com, Google's App Engine, and Microsoft's Azure. So how does Red Hat play in this? By offering companies not so much Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL); Red Hat's JBoss middleware and ...

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2011-08-30 01:04:08 - Microsoft shows off its ''Ribbonized'' Windows 8 file-management interface - ZDNet
Microsoft shows off its 'Ribbonized' Windows 8 file-management interface
ZDNet (blog)
The Microsoft social gaming toolkit for Azure has reached 1.0, downloadable status: The Redmondians released “the first stable version” of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games and the Tankster game, as of August 25. ...

2011-08-29 22:05:01 - Dell launches a VMware-based cloud; Azure next - GigaOm
Dell launches a VMware-based cloud; Azure next
GigaOm
The move is just the first in Dell's three-pronged IaaS attack, which will soon include clouds based on the Microsoft Windows Azure and OpenStack platforms. While Dell is busy adding a strong software play to its flagship server business, ...

2011-08-29 21:02:01 - VMware turns self into
VMware turns self into (virtual) database co.
Register
It's selling them more like the Microsoft sells database services on its Azure cloud. One of the most important announcements to come out of the VMworld virtualization and cloud extravaganza in Las Vegas on monday is called the vFabric Data Director, ...

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2011-08-28 05:41:19 - A Quick Look at Cloud and SQL Azure - Digit

Digit
A Quick Look at Cloud and SQL Azure
Digit
For Microsoft's SQL Azure at least, this program comes with tech support and professionals who will be working behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly. There are many, many cloud database options out there, but today I will be focusing ...

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2011-08-28 02:28:42 - Hot Charts: Microsoft Corp NASDAQ:MSFT - Live Trading News

Live Trading News
Hot Charts: Microsoft Corp NASDAQ:MSFT
Live Trading News
Principal products and services include Windows Server operating systems; Windows Azure; Microsoft SQL Server; SQL Azure; Windows Intune; Windows Embedded; Visual Studio; Silverlight; System Center products; Microsoft Consulting Services, ...

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2011-08-27 02:42:29 - Q&A: Ignition''s Frank Artale is one very busy VC - GeekWire

GeekWire
Q&A: Ignition's Frank Artale is one very busy VC
GeekWire
Amazon AWS, RackSpace, Verizon Terremark, Microsoft Azure. All of these things now are things of size, and the grass roots guys are telling their bosses: 'Yeah, of course, we are using it.' That's when momentum picks up and things take a life of its ...

2011-08-26 23:53:30 - Microsoft''s Build: Who''s on the speaker list? - ZDNet
Microsoft's Build: Who's on the speaker list?
ZDNet (blog)
I'd say it's likely — given who some of the speakers are — that Windows Azure is going to be featured very prominently at the four-day show, too. Here's a list of Build speakers that I've found so far, with a little help from my friends (including ...

2011-08-26 15:50:21 - Java arrives on Heroku code cloud - Register
Java arrives on Heroku code cloud
Register
Akin to Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, or VMware's Cloud Foundry, Heroku is an online service for building, deploying, and readily scaling applications. It was originally designed for Ruby on Rails apps, but has since expanded to Clojure, Node.js, ...

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2011-08-26 07:35:19 - Run Ruby on Rails on Microsoft Windows Azure - DevProconnections

DevProconnections
Run Ruby on Rails on Microsoft Windows Azure
DevProconnections
Recently, I had a client who was interested in using Windows Azure. However, for reasons that were related to the client's ISP, he had to run Ruby applications. To run Ruby on Rails on Azure, our approach was to take the Ruby binaries, include them ...

2011-08-26 06:11:09 - Verizon acquires enterprise services provider CloudSwitch - VentureBeat

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Verizon acquires enterprise services provider CloudSwitch
VentureBeat
Specifically, CloudSwitch currently provides an interface so customers can port applications to Amazon Web Services, Terremark and Microsoft Windows Azure's clouds. By owning CloudSwitch and Terremark, Verizon can assure customers better security and ...
Verizon buys CloudSwitch to give itself a software playGigaOm

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2011-08-26 05:02:37 - Cloud Computing: The Layperson''s Guide to Distributed Networks - Mashable
Cloud Computing: The Layperson's Guide to Distributed Networks
Mashable
Microsoft: Microsoft's Azure platform lets users build, host and scale their web applications using Microsoft's data centers. Last summer, Microsoft launched its platform appliance aimed at allowing large customers like eBay, HP and Dell to offer their ...

2011-08-26 03:59:03 - Microsoft Looks Very Attractive Before The Windows 8.0 Release - Seeking Alpha
Microsoft Looks Very Attractive Before The Windows 8.0 Release
Seeking Alpha
There is no doubt that Microsoft will be the leading company in the cloud revolution with Microsoft Azure/Office 365. Sooner or later, every company will have to migrate to these platforms because no company using Microsoft products today will have the ...

2011-08-26 03:12:16 - HP: How To Build A New Apple And IBM - ConceivablyTech
HP: How To Build A New Apple And IBM
ConceivablyTech
... Windows Server became a true power, SharePoint redefined collaboration, and Azure was an amazing cloud hit. On the other hand, Windows Vista almost killed Windows, Origami (tablet) failed, Zune (MP3 player) failed, Microsoft Mobile failed, ...

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2011-08-26 02:04:01 - SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 not earth-shaking, but useful - SearchSQLServer.com
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 not earth-shaking, but useful
SearchSQLServer.com
SP1 includes a new DAC Fx and DAC Upgrade Wizard, which can upgrade schemas for existing databases in SQL Server or Microsoft's cloud database service SQL Azure, wherever DAC is supported. Microsoft PowerPivot data is often cached in SharePoint, ...

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2011-08-26 01:56:06 - Mergers & Acquisitions: Warren Buffett Marries Bank of America, AT&T''s ... - Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Mergers & Acquisitions: Warren Buffett Marries Bank of America, AT&T's ...
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Systems similar to that of Verizon's Terremark are Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Azure. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will invest $5 billion in Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) to keep the company afloat after ...

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2011-08-26 00:24:49 - Verizon buys CloudSwitch to give itself a software play - GigaOm
Verizon buys CloudSwitch to give itself a software play
GigaOm
It gives customers an interface to port applications to the Amazon Web Services, Terremark and Microsoft Windows Azure clouds while maintaining their corporate security policies, and also protects data as it traverses the network. ...

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2011-08-25 17:54:20 - Ariett''s Xpense & MyTripNet Solutions Successfully Complete Microsof
Ariett's Xpense & MyTripNet Solutions Successfully Complete Microsoft(R ...
Review seeker (press release)
... a leading provider of travel, expense, AP invoice and purchasing automation solutions, is pleased to announce that MyTripNet, Xpense and AP Invoice have successfully completed Microsoft® Windows Azure™ platform compatibility testing. ...

2011-08-25 10:26:07 - Object Consulting wins Innovation Partner of the Year Award at Microsoft ... - PRWire
Object Consulting wins Innovation Partner of the Year Award at Microsoft ...
PRWire
Surface and Connected Experience on the Windows Azure platform is a genuinely successful B2C solution. This award from Microsoft confirms that as much as the recent orders from our clients." Kevin Francis, Object Consulting's National Microsoft ...

2011-08-25 06:50:00 - Microsoft slugs developers with 83% markup - Technology Spectator
Microsoft slugs developers with 83% markup
Technology Spectator
... Microsoft offers an annual subscription service, which allows external organisations access to various resources such as software repositories, technical support, online learning and education and even hosted platforms such as its Windows Azure ...

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2011-08-25 00:43:23 - Install Visual Web Developer Express 2010 - ASP Free
Install Visual Web Developer Express 2010
ASP Free
For complete installation, the following are the recommended applications that you need to add: a.) Windows Azure tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 12.) It is recommended that you check “Help make Microsoft products better… ...

2011-08-24 21:01:01 - VMware turns shrink ray on open source dev cloud - Register
VMware turns shrink ray on open source dev cloud
Register
Reminiscent of Google App Engine or Microsoft Azure, Cloud Foundry is an online service for building, deploying, and readily scaling applications built with Java, other JVM frameworks, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, or Node.js, and in open sourcing the ...

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2011-08-24 07:34:35 - Intergen builds Rugby-flavoured demo for Tech.Ed keynote - Voxy
Intergen builds Rugby-flavoured demo for Tech.Ed keynote
Voxy
A prototype Media Assets Library which allows videographers, ARU officials and accredited journalists to quickly and accurately share content about Rugby games and players was built to showcase the Microsoft Cloud platform. The Windows Azure ...

2011-08-24 04:34:51 - Ruby on Rails cloud envelops PHP shop - Register
Ruby on Rails cloud envelops PHP shop
Register
Akin to Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, VMware's Cloud Foundry, and Heroku, Engine Yard's service is a means of building, deploying, and readily scaling applications. As of the end of April, the company claimed over 2000 customers, but these are ...

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2011-08-23 23:15:29 - Microsoft signs ''legal covenant'' with Chinese Linux vendor - ZDNet
Microsoft signs 'legal covenant' with Chinese Linux vendor
ZDNet (blog)
In other cloud-interop news, Microsoft has launched a new blog, Windows Azure's Silver Lining, which is aimed at open source and mobile device developers who want to understand how to take advantage of the Windows Azure platform, according to the ...

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2011-08-23 17:21:49 - Microsoft: cloud computing government demands "API democracy" - ComputerWeekly.com
Microsoft: cloud computing government demands "API democracy"
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
As part of our continued commitment to cloud hosting and applying new and exciting technologies, we partnered with Microsoft Azure to make the journey planning and live departure board API webservice available for developers to work with at a Microsoft ...

2011-08-23 13:47:45 - Analysis: MYOB and the modern web - iT News
Analysis: MYOB and the modern web
iT News
This new version will be integrated with Microsoft technologies such that data from the local system can be synchronised with the Microsoft Azure Cloud, currently hosted in Singapore, in a similar fashion to the way in which users sync data using ...

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2011-08-23 04:10:58 - Ford and Toyota announce partnership in new hybrid system - SlashGear

DailyTech
Ford and Toyota announce partnership in new hybrid system
SlashGear
Microsoft currently has an early advantage as both Ford and Toyota are partners, with Toyota having announced back in April that it would be harnessing the Windows Azure cloud platform for its next-gen telematics.
Microsoft allies Ford and Toyota to collaborate on technology standardsGeekWire

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2011-08-23 02:42:16 - Netduino and WP7 used to remotely control sprinkler system, show off ... - Engadget
Netduino and WP7 used to remotely control sprinkler system, show off ...
Engadget
By Terrence O'Brien posted Aug 22nd 2011 1:34PM Arduino, Android and the iPhone usually get all the DIY love, but Mike Linnen, he has taken the road less traveled by -- turning to Windows Phone 7, Azure and a Netduino Plus to get his home hacking on. ...

2011-08-23 00:15:22 - Microsoft allies Ford and Toyota to collaborate on technology standards - GeekWire

GeekWire
Microsoft allies Ford and Toyota to collaborate on technology standards
GeekWire
Both companies are partners of Microsoft. The Redmond company provides the underlying technology for Ford's Sync system and announced plans in April to collaborate with Toyota on new technology for its cars, based on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud ...

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2011-08-22 22:09:35 - Intertainment''s Ortsbo Records 52% Growth in Page View Results Over Past 30 Days - MarketWatch
Intertainment's Ortsbo Records 52% Growth in Page View Results Over Past 30 Days
MarketWatch (press release)
Ortsbo's email solution for Microsoft Outlook is now entering its final phase of initial trials and will be available as a paid application shortly. As Ortsbo continues final transition to the Cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure, users continue to ...

2011-08-20 08:28:36 - Without PCs, HP must capitalize on the cloud - GigaOm
Without PCs, HP must capitalize on the cloud
GigaOm
HP's also a Microsoft Windows Azure Appliance partner, which hints at the possibility of it reselling the Microsoft cloud platform either as a service or as software preloaded on specialized hardware. Already other Microsoft partners Dell and Fujitsu ...

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2011-08-19 21:44:46 - Adactus Unveils Latest Version of its Pulse Claims Management Software - TMC Net
Adactus Unveils Latest Version of its Pulse Claims Management Software
TMC Net
“Adding compatibility for the latest Microsoft technologies helps ISVs to stay ahead of the competition and give their customers access to cutting-edge technologies.” Pulse, which works with Microsoft Windows Azure and offers users increased security, ...
Adactus Ltd, Releases New Version of its Pulse Claims Management SoftwareCisionWire (press release)

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2011-08-19 21:01:10 - Defense Agency Plans Platform-As-A-Service Offering - InformationWeek
Defense Agency Plans Platform-As-A-Service Offering
InformationWeek
Defense Information Systems Agency officials liken the new service, which will be available next spring, to Google App Engine and Microsoft Windows Azure. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to release by ...

2011-08-19 20:34:40 - Adactus Ltd, Releases New Version of its Pulse Claims Management Software - CisionWire
Adactus Ltd, Releases New Version of its Pulse Claims Management Software
CisionWire (press release)
London — 19th August 2011 — Adactus Ltd today announced it will launch a new version of its application, Pulse, which works with Microsoft Windows Azure to offer customers enhanced security, as well as innovative user interface features and ...

2011-08-18 20:31:17 - Ubuntu ties up with VMware Cloud Foundry - Cloud Pro
Ubuntu ties up with VMware Cloud Foundry
Cloud Pro
Cloud Foundry was developed by VMware and offers a similar service to that of Microsoft's Azure for creating, deploying and scaling applications. However, unlike its more traditional counterpart, the code is open source, allowing other services to work ...
Ubuntu erects stairway to VMware code cloudRegister

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2011-08-18 08:41:43 - Tech.Ed kicks off next week - TechDay.co.nz

TechDay.co.nz
Tech.Ed kicks off next week
TechDay.co.nz
Sure to be well-attended, this track will focus on the shift to the cloud, with particular focus on Office 365, Windows Azure, Lync, and other Microsoft Online services. Featuring international speakers as well as locals such as Intergen's Chris Auld, ...

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2011-08-17 23:25:28 - Xignite Offers Real-Time Stock Quotes on Microsoft''s Windows Azure Marketplace - EON: Enhanced Online News
Xignite Offers Real-Time Stock Quotes on Microsoft's Windows Azure Marketplace
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“With XigniteBATSLastSale now available on the DataMarket within the Windows Azure Marketplace, any developer—even the startup entrepreneur in his garage building the next great Windows Mobile app—can easily and affordably build live stock quote data ...

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2011-08-17 22:57:34 - Microsoft ''streaming storage'' patent maps OS future - PhysOrg.com
Microsoft 'streaming storage' patent maps OS future
PhysOrg.com
Midori, an operating system project at Redmond, was believed to be focusing on the company's OS future directions and a path to integration with Azure, which is Microsoft's cloud platform. The patent's details and intent will most likely be the subject ...
Microsoft patent covers streaming OS plansGeek.com

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2011-08-17 06:53:20 - Microsoft patent hearkens back to streaming OS plans - Geek.com
Microsoft patent hearkens back to streaming OS plans
Geek.com
As far back as 2009 similar systems have been discussed on various Microsoft blogs. There was also the Midori OS project that had bloggers buzzing about its post-Windows potential and integration with Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure. ...

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2011-08-17 06:53:20 - Microsoft patent covers streaming OS plans - Geek.com
Microsoft patent covers streaming OS plans
Geek.com
As far back as 2009 similar systems have been discussed on various Microsoft blogs. There was also the Midori OS project that had bloggers buzzing about its post-Windows potential and integration with Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure. ...

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2011-08-17 05:40:10 - Microsoft trims price of cloud computing platform - MarketWatch
Microsoft trims price of cloud computing platform
MarketWatch
Beginning in October, the price for the lowest level of Microsoft's Azure service will fall 20% and clients will have more flexibility to allocate usage between various service plans. The change enables small developers to experiment with creating ...

2011-08-17 00:46:03 - General Mills bakes up a new e-commerce strategy - InternetRetailer.com

Hostway
General Mills bakes up a new e-commerce strategy
InternetRetailer.com
BrandJourney employs the Microsoft Azure technology platform, which accesses a suite of web-based Microsoft software. That means the e-commerce software runs on Internet servers outside of a retailer or brand client's own infrastructure. ...
Ecommerce gluten-free website created on Windows AzureHostway
General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site on Windows Azure to Promote Gluten-Free ...VAdvert Press Center (press release)

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2011-08-16 22:24:25 - Microsoft to cut its low-end Windows Azure cloud pricing - ZDNet
Microsoft to cut its low-end Windows Azure cloud pricing
ZDNet (blog)
When I asked Microsoft officials how Azure Connect compared to Amazon's Direct Connect, I received the following response via a spokesperson: “Windows Azure Connect provides customers an easy way to set up secure network connectivity to their ...
CW+: How fast is the cloud?ComputerWeekly.com

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2011-08-16 20:10:31 - Ecommerce gluten-free website created on Windows Azure - Hostway

Hostway
Ecommerce gluten-free website created on Windows Azure
Hostway
... Microsoft products could be interested in recent news from the IT giant. On Monday (August 15th), the organisation announced that food company General Mills had used its Windows Azure platform to create a website to promote a gluten-free lifestyle. ...

2011-08-16 13:07:14 - General Mills Turns To The Cloud - Information Management
General Mills Turns To The Cloud
Information Management
Uses Microsoft's Windows Azure platform to developed a direct-to-consumer online channel, called Gluten Freely. General Mills has developed a direct-to-consumer online channel, called Gluten Freely, that's based on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. ...
General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site on Windows Azure to Promote Gluten-Free ...PR Newswire (press release)

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2011-08-16 12:50:24 - A Bullish Case for Microsoft - Seeking Alpha
A Bullish Case for Microsoft
Seeking Alpha
You can argue that Microsoft Windows looks tired next to Apple's (AAPLO operating system, but with more and more applications going to the browser, is there a real desktop difference? You can argue that Microsoft's Azure cloud violates the first cloud ...

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2011-08-16 06:19:22 - Red Hat''s OpenShift Becomes First PaaS to Support Java EE 6 - Huffington Post
Red Hat's OpenShift Becomes First PaaS to Support Java EE 6
Huffington Post
OpenShift's support of Java EE 6 makes it the first PaaS development environment to support Java EE 6, differentiating it from competitors such as Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure and VMware Cloud Foundry. OpenShift's support of Java EE 6 provides ...

2011-08-16 04:22:41 - General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site - Consumer Goods Technology
General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site
Consumer Goods Technology
General Mills Inc. and Microsoft Corp. build a direct-to-consumer online channel, called Gluten Freely, based on the Windows Azure platform. Designed to help consumers who have Celiac disease or are sensitive to gluten, a protein naturally found in ...
General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site on Windows Azure to Promote Gluten-Free ...PR Newswire (press release)

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2011-08-15 22:33:27 - RTG Ventures Signs Agreement With Origin Digital, an Accenture Company - MarketWatch
RTG Ventures Signs Agreement With Origin Digital, an Accenture Company
MarketWatch (press release)
Odaptor has already been used by some of the world's largest brands such as Microsoft and professional sports leagues, but RTG is the first company to integrate the platform into a cloud-based web application using Microsoft Azure for its cloud-based ...

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2011-08-15 22:05:33 - General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site on Windows Azure to Promote Gluten-Free ... - PR Newswire
General Mills Builds E-Commerce Site on Windows Azure to Promote Gluten-Free ...
PR Newswire (press release)
15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that General Mills Inc. has built a direct-to-consumer online channel, called Gluten Freely, based on the Windows Azure platform. Designed to help consumers who have Celiac disease or are ...

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2011-08-15 20:23:48 - Microsoft supports Hadoop with SQL Server - Corporate IT

Corporate IT
Microsoft supports Hadoop with SQL Server
Corporate IT
Microsoft is not embracing Hadoop at the expense of home grown efforts, having recently released a MapReduce-based programming model, Project Daytona, for use on its Azure cloud platform. Also, Microsoft announced that it has released a second ...

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2011-08-12 21:35:34 - How the cloud
How the cloud (kinda) changes (sorta) everything
SDTimes.com
IBM launched its Smart Business Development and Test Cloud in 2009, while Microsoft commercialized Windows Azure and SQL Azure in 2010. They've tinkered with internal strategy and the sizes of their offerings, trying to home in on what developers and ...

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2011-08-12 14:35:08 - Microsoft, Scribe Say Integration Will Drive Azure''s Cloud, SaaS Ecosystem - Integration Developers

Integration Developers
Microsoft, Scribe Say Integration Will Drive Azure's Cloud, SaaS Ecosystem
Integration Developers
Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud is adding integration-ready capabilities thanks to a budding partnership with a longtime software partner. Scribe Online has launched a program to help Microsoft ISVs quickly and affordably offer traditional apps as ...

2011-08-12 11:03:34 - Westpac bursts risk analysis to Azure - iT News
Westpac bursts risk analysis to Azure
iT News
Westpac has begun bursting part of its data crunching workload onto Microsoft's hosted Azure platform to better inform the bank's decision-making processes. Previously, an in-house analytics platform ...

2011-08-12 06:01:49 - Beta tester gives thumbs up to Microsoft''s LightSwitch tool - Computerworld New Zealand
Beta tester gives thumbs up to Microsoft's LightSwitch tool
Computerworld New Zealand
But LightSwitch can be deployed by using a wizard as a Windows application, published to your own internet information server, or at an entry price of under $10 a month, you can publish to Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure. “I'm seeing a massive uptake ...

2011-08-11 13:22:56 - CloudSwing Allows You to Assemble Open-source Cloud Stacks - PCWorld
CloudSwing Allows You to Assemble Open-source Cloud Stacks
PCWorld
They will gain more flexibility compared to commercial PaaS offerings such as Microsoft's Azure, which limit their ability to choose various components within the stack, said Kim Weins, senior vice president of marketing. A trial edition of CloudSwing ...

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2011-08-11 08:38:18 - Microsoft adding speech recognition tech to Windows 8, next generation ... - BGR
Microsoft adding speech recognition tech to Windows 8, next generation ...
BGR
Microsoft will build the feature into its new Windows 8 operating system, its Bing search engine, Windows Phone, Kinect and Xbox, Azure and other products, ZDNET has learned. We already know Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone Mango release will offer ...

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2011-08-11 04:10:04 - Red Hat dev cloud welcomes Java EE 6 - Register
Red Hat dev cloud welcomes Java EE 6
Register
An online service for building, hosting, and readily-scaling applications, OpenShift is akin to Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, and Cloud Foundry, the new open source offering from Red Hat-arch-rival VMware. Uncloaked this past May, ...

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2011-08-11 02:45:28 - Hyper-V matures as an enterprise platform - ZDNet
Hyper-V matures as an enterprise platform
ZDNet (blog)
For cloud, Microsoft has a plausible story but it is completely wrapped around Azure. While I have not had the time (or the inclination, if I was being totally honest) to develop a very granular comparison, VMware's recent changes to its legacy ...

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2011-08-10 19:07:24 - How to find -- and keep -- a good job in IT, even today - InfoWorld
How to find -- and keep -- a good job in IT, even today
InfoWorld (blog)
You may not have a need in your current environment to play with Windows Azure or other cloud-based infrastructure or platform offerings, but you need to be at least familiar with the concepts involved, such as the pricing plans and features. ...

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2011-08-10 14:56:24 - AppDynamics delivers new .NET monitoring and management offering - Computer Business Review

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
AppDynamics delivers new .NET monitoring and management offering
Computer Business Review
AppDynamics' tool is capable of performing in the volatile environment of the cloud, making it a perfect fit for application owners who are migrating applications to Microsoft Azure, the company claimed. Designed from the ground up for the cloud as ...
AppDynamics Introduces the First .NET Application Management Solution Designed ...PR Newswire (press release)
.NET Application Performance delivered with AppDynamics 3.3SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

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2011-08-10 12:03:11 - .NET Application Performance delivered with AppDynamics 3.3 - SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
.NET Application Performance delivered with AppDynamics 3.3
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
It's official: AppDynamics support for Microsoft .NET and Windows Azure is finally here! We've got the same Kick Ass Product with the same Secret Sauce–but now it sports a shiny new CLR agent. So whether your apps are Java, . ...
AppDynamics Introduces the First .NET Application Management Solution Designed ...PR Newswire (press release)

all 7 news articles »
2011-08-10 05:38:12 - Microsoft making big speech bets with Windows 8, Bing - ZDNet
Microsoft making big speech bets with Windows 8, Bing
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: The Microsoft Tellme team is working with the Bing, Windows Phone, Kinect/Xbox, Azure and other Microsoft teams to add new speech-centric capabilities to Microsoft and third-party products in the ...

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2011-08-10 02:56:13 - AAA Stocks to Consider Amid Current Market Turmoil - Seeking Alpha
AAA Stocks to Consider Amid Current Market Turmoil
Seeking Alpha
Microsoft's partnership with Nokia (NOK) promises to be the next cash cow for the company in the smartphone market and will drive large market share gains for the Windows Phone platform. Windows 7 has proved to a winner and Windows Azure is also set to ...

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2011-08-10 02:49:03 - Microsoft cancels pre-conference sessions at Build Windows 8 event - ZDNet
Microsoft cancels pre-conference sessions at Build Windows 8 event
ZDNet (blog)
There's no word as to whether Build will be a recurring event or how much (if any) Windows Phone, Xbox/XNA and/or Azure development content will be included as part of the conference. Build is expected to focus on Windows 8 and the Windows 8 ...

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2011-08-10 01:01:45 - Sogeti Receives Multiple Awards from Microsoft - PR Newswire
Sogeti Receives Multiple Awards from Microsoft
PR Newswire (press release)
We are humbled to receive such special recognition for this effort as we look forward to helping more clients solve their business problems with innovative solutions built on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform." In addition to receiving these awards, ...

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2011-08-09 22:27:56 - Microsoft''s Cloud hardware - iProgrammer
Microsoft's Cloud hardware
iProgrammer
Microsoft, perhaps in an attempt not to be quite so sidelined by Google and Amazon, has released a video showing the data centers that it uses to run the Azure cloud among other things. You can also see details of the Irish datacenter that was shut ...

2011-08-09 01:57:07 - Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Integrates More Managed Code - Redmond Developer News

openPR (press release)
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Integrates More Managed Code
Redmond Developer News
A Microsoft blog claims that the setup time was reduced from four to five days to less than 15 minutes. RapidStart Services run via Microsoft's cloud-based Windows Azure platform. The city of Redmond, Wash. piloted an early launch of Dynamics AX 2012 ...
Scribe Reports Best Quarter in Company HistoryMarketwire (press release)

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2011-08-08 22:11:32 - Intertainment''s Ortsbo Continues Accelerated Growth With Over 185 Million ... - MarketWatch
Intertainment's Ortsbo Continues Accelerated Growth With Over 185 Million ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As Ortsbo continues the transition to the Cloud with Microsoft Windows Azure, users continue to increase translation and communications activities, providing a significant increase in overall user engagement statistics and increasing brand recognition. ...

and more »
2011-08-08 21:17:49 - Microsoft''s, Google''s big data plans give IT an edge - SearchCloudComputing.com
Microsoft's, Google's big data plans give IT an edge
SearchCloudComputing.com
Microsoft's LINQ Pack, LINQ to HPC, Project "Daytona" and the forthcoming Excel DataScope were designed explicitly to make big data analytics in Windows Azure accessible to researchers and everyday business analysts. Google's Fusion Tables aren't set ...

2011-08-08 21:05:43 - Scribe Reports Best Quarter in Company History - Marketwire
Scribe Reports Best Quarter in Company History
Marketwire (press release)
We selected Scribe because we wanted a partner that could deliver world-class integration in the Windows Azure environment in the most efficient and effective manner possible for our ISV customers." According to Betsy Bilhorn, vice president of ...

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2011-08-08 12:57:33 - Microsoft Partners With Fujitsu on Azure Middleware - Server Watch
Microsoft Partners With Fujitsu on Azure Middleware
Server Watch
Datamation reports Fujitsu is shipping four middleware products designed to work with Microsoft's Windows Azure public cloud development platform as well as with Fujitsu's recently-announced Fujitsu Global Cloud ...

2011-08-08 02:00:19 - Wellington firm links up with Pixar - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz
Wellington firm links up with Pixar
Stuff.co.nz
Morresey said GreenButton would use Microsoft's cloud computing platform Windows Azure to provide processing power for RenderMan customers. The Wellington firm was last month named as the global winner of the Windows Azure independent software vendor ...

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2011-08-06 17:02:44 - Microsoft forecasts a hybrid-cloud future - ZDNet UK

ZDNet UK
Microsoft forecasts a hybrid-cloud future
ZDNet UK
IT teams using Microsoft Azure, System Center and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 will be able to offer public and private clouds to users through a new tool called System Center App Controller, which Microsoft previewed earlier this year as Concero ...

2011-08-05 21:32:59 - Microsoft Gold Partner Planet Technologies Launches Office 365 Support Website - TMC Net
Microsoft Gold Partner Planet Technologies Launches Office 365 Support Website
TMC Net
“Planet's 10 years of experience in deploying and consulting on Microsoft cloud technologies and with our recent success in providing Microsoft Hyper V, Office 365, Azure and CRM Online provide our clients with unmatched industry expertise and ...

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2011-08-05 10:22:34 - Windows Azure Tools, Developer Training Kits Updated - DABCC.com
Windows Azure Tools, Developer Training Kits Updated
DABCC.com
Updates have been released today for Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure Platform Training Kit for developers. You can download the tools here using the Web Platform Installer. You can download the updated developer ...

2011-08-05 01:05:37 - Mobile backend startup Kinvey nabs $2M to make building apps easier - VentureBeat
Mobile backend startup Kinvey nabs $2M to make building apps easier
VentureBeat
First, the startup's middleware and data layers are hosted across multiple cloud service providers, including Rackspace, Amazon and Microsoft Azure. With those kinds of redundancies in place, unless there's some sort of horrific global power outage, ...
Kinvey announces $2 million ...The Next Web

all 2 news articles »
2011-08-04 18:11:26 - Fujitsu Launches New Line of Windows Azure-compatible Middleware Products ... - VAdvert Press Center
Fujitsu Launches New Line of Windows Azure-compatible Middleware Products ...
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Tokyo — Fujitsu announced the development and worldwide availability, starting today, of a new line of middleware products that are compatible with the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform(1) public cloud service and Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform (FGCP/A5 ...

2011-08-04 13:23:07 - SMEStorage Release Cloud File Manager for Windows Phone 7 - Benzinga
SMEStorage Release Cloud File Manager for Windows Phone 7
Benzinga
The Cloud File Manager Application supports over 20 Storage Clouds, including Amazon S3, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Live Mesh 2011 (read only), RackSpace Cloud Files, OpenStack, Azure Blog Storage, Office365, Alfresco, and more. ...

and more »
2011-08-04 05:21:05 - Mobile Developers See Apple, Google Ruling Enterprise - InformationWeek

Reuters
Mobile Developers See Apple, Google Ruling Enterprise
InformationWeek
Those planning to deploy cloud services in their apps over the next year say they're likely to choose: Amazon (51%), iCloud (50%), Microsoft Windows Azure (20%), VMWare (20%), and RedHat OpenShift (17%). In an email, Appcelerator's VP of marketing, ...
Apple, Amazon's clouds clash in developer surveyCNET
Apple iCloud Gaining Popularity among DevelopersITProPortal
Survey: Google+ can 'catch up to Facebook'msnbc.com
GMANews.TV -San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
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2011-08-04 03:29:32 - Connecting ERP Clouds through EDI - ERP Cloud News

ERP Cloud News
Connecting ERP Clouds through EDI
ERP Cloud News
Acumatica's SaaS offering runs on Microsoft Windows Azure while Connect Global One runs its Mond Cloudware (EDI solution) on Amazon EC2. Through the application layer the two clouds are connected. This doesn't mean that you can share computing ...

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2011-08-03 16:09:35 - Apple, Amazon''s clouds clash in developer survey - CNET
Apple, Amazon's clouds clash in developer survey
CNET
Trailing both was Microsoft's Windows Azure platform and VMWare, which garnered 20 percent interest levels respectively. Apple's already opened up iCloud to developers to kick the tires on, including a Web front end that launched this week. ...

and more »
2011-08-03 04:23:33 - Boeing taps motion sensor power of Microsoft Kinect to sell 737 - TechFlash
Boeing taps motion sensor power of Microsoft Kinect to sell 737
TechFlash (blog)
The commercial aircraft giant is using the software giant's technology to create a virtual tour of the next-generation Boeing 737 plane, using Kinect, Silverlight Deep Zoom, and Windows 7 Touch and Azure. Digital marketing agency Wire Stone created ...
How to navigate a Boeing 737 using Microsoft KinectGeekWire

all 3 news articles »
2011-08-02 21:24:44 - Microsoft Will Remain the King of Cash - Seeking Alpha
Microsoft Will Remain the King of Cash
Seeking Alpha
Windows Azure is a key enabler for applications developers to develop and deploy cloud applications. Office 365 is seeing strong adoption rates and will drive up-sell opportunities for related MSFT products, such as SharePoint and Lync. ...

and more »
2011-08-02 19:53:21 - The sky''s the limit for innovation with the cloud - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk
The sky's the limit for innovation with the cloud
Telegraph.co.uk
More recently, the airline has taken this strategy to the next level, starting to place its airport services into the “cloud” via a single, integrated IT infrastructure based on Microsoft's Windows Azure operating platform. Not only will this further ...

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2011-08-02 19:06:54 - What lies in store for companies as they venture into the cloud? - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk
What lies in store for companies as they venture into the cloud?
Telegraph.co.uk
To put it another way, when an application is built to run on Microsoft's cloud-based operating platform, Azure, it is built to run in a cloud-based Windows environment, however big that might become. SM These can be moved into the cloud too, ...
How the Cloud Has E-Discovery CoveredLaw.com
GreenPages Ups Ante In Cloud Computing Services With Private Label CloudCRN
Understanding the differences between public and private cloud computingSearchDataCenter.com
Los Angeles Times
all 42 news articles »
2011-08-02 18:47:23 - Microsoft can help expand and broaden your services - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk
Microsoft can help expand and broaden your services
Telegraph.co.uk
This follows Lewisham's own recent integration of MS Dynamics with the Love Lewisham cloud-based application. “We now have announced integration into a number of systems,” Mr Tyrell explains. “This involves using Microsoft Azure Connect to provide ...

2011-08-02 18:42:17 - Make your business more responsive to customers - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk
Make your business more responsive to customers
Telegraph.co.uk
“The company is using Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform and its own WiMax networks outside airports to eliminate airport service desks,” Mr Fellows says. The aim is to move services away from check-in, sales, customer-service and ...

and more »
2011-08-02 17:57:24 - Here come the ex-Sunners at CumuLogic - Register
Here come the ex-Sunners at CumuLogic
Register
... founded by a number of Java and cloud experts at the former Sun Microsystems, is fluffing up yet another platform as a service (PaaS) cloud, joining the ranks of VMware with Cloud Foundry, Red Hat with OpenShift, Microsoft with Azure, and others. ...

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2011-08-02 15:57:03 - Microsoft''s cloud data: reliable, resilient and secure - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk
Microsoft's cloud data: reliable, resilient and secure
Telegraph.co.uk
“From our cloud-based Office 365 productivity suite and Azure, our platform-as-a-service offering, to Hotmail, our solutions are written to be highly fault-tolerant and robust,” he notes. “It is essential that companies can rely on continuity of ...

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2011-08-02 10:18:19 - Fujitsu Teams with Microsoft on Azure Middleware - Datamation
Fujitsu Teams with Microsoft on Azure Middleware
Datamation
Included in Fujitsu's new middleware for Windows Azure are runtime environments for Java and Cobol. Fujitsu announced late Friday that it is shipping four middleware products designed to work with Microsoft's Windows Azure public cloud development ...
Fujitsu unveils new Windows Azure-compatible middleware productsComputer Business Review

all 2 news articles »
2011-08-01 23:34:37 - Understanding the differences between public and private cloud computing - SearchDataCenter.com
Understanding the differences between public and private cloud computing
SearchDataCenter.com
A public cloud employs the same basic technologies used to create a private cloud, but public clouds such as Microsoft's Azure serve a fundamentally different purpose. In virtually all cases, a public cloud is accessed as a service through a provider ...

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2011-08-01 21:39:41 - Microsoft Build conference for Windows 8 sells out
Microsoft Build conference for Windows 8 sells out (in spite of a dearth of ...
ZDNet (blog)
There's no word as to whether Build will be a recurring event or how much (if any) Windows Phone, Xbox/XNA and/or Azure development content will be included as part of the conference. Microsoft seemingly is holding a number of Build events worldwide ...

and more »
2011-07-30 03:38:46 - Fujitsu fluffs COBOL, Java on Azure clouds - Register
Fujitsu fluffs COBOL, Java on Azure clouds
Register
Fujitsu launched its own private-label platform cloud based on Microsoft's Azure software stack back in June, after a delay of more than six months. Fujitsu was lined up along with Hewlett-Packard and Dell back in July 2010 by Microsoft to stand behind ...

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2011-07-28 23:20:47 - Visual Studio LightSwitch hits the market, but misses its markets - Ars Technica
Visual Studio LightSwitch hits the market, but misses its markets
Ars Technica
The applications themselves use Silverlight, for easy deployment on both PCs and Macs, or Azure, Microsoft's cloud service. This is an important, albeit desperately unsexy, application category. For many organizations, these applications are essential ...
Microsoft Launches Visual Studio LightSwitcheWeek
Visual Studio LightSwitch Is ReleasedRedmond Developer News
Infragistics rolls out UI tools for LightSwitchSDTimes.com

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2011-07-27 22:56:22 - Microsoft, Capgemini Partner On Azure Services - InformationWeek
Microsoft, Capgemini Partner On Azure Services
InformationWeek
Under the deal, Capgemini will build customer solutions that run on Windows Azure, the cloud-based version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, in 22 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Brazil. ...
Microsoft Reshuffles HPC Organization, Azure Cloud Looms LargeHPCwire (blog)
Understanding the Different Sales Software Options out ThereTMC Net

all 3 news articles »
2011-07-27 20:16:02 - Microsoft Windows Azure central to Dubai Financial Market app - CPI Financial

Teletechwire (press release)
Microsoft Windows Azure central to Dubai Financial Market app
CPI Financial
The use of Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud services development which hosts and manages the application environment, allows DFM to host and run the app on a dynamically scalable platform without capital expenditures and minimal operational cost. ...
Microsoft Windows Azure central to mission critical financial information app ...Teletechwire (press release)

all 161 news articles »
2011-07-26 08:58:30 - Capgemini to setup Microsoft Azure Center of Excellence in Mumbai - ZDNet

Hostway
Capgemini to setup Microsoft Azure Center of Excellence in Mumbai
ZDNet (blog)
Capgemini and Microsoft will be providing cloud computing solutions based on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform globally. The two companies have signed a deal to bring together Capgemini's consultancy expertise and Microsoft Windows Azure. ...
Microsoft Launches Azure based Social Game Development ToolsITProPortal
Microsoft announces new cloud services dealHostway
Capgemini deploys services on Microsoft Windows AzureTelecompaper (subscription)
Windows 7 News
all 6 news articles »
2011-07-23 00:29:26 - Microsoft Releases Cloud Migration, Office 365 Assessment Tool - PC Magazine
Microsoft Releases Cloud Migration, Office 365 Assessment Tool
PC Magazine
Office 365 client assessment in Map 6.0 evaluates the compatibility of Office suites running in an environment with Office 365. This is done via a hardware and software readiness assessment. The tool obtains system-level detail about why a specific ...
Capgemini and Microsoft Expand Partnership on Window AzureRedmondmag.com

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2011-07-21 02:20:21 - Cap Gemini Alliance With Microsoft Boosts Azure''s Market Stature - CRN

Gamasutra
Cap Gemini Alliance With Microsoft Boosts Azure's Market Stature
CRN
"We believe this is the largest commitment any systems integrator has made with Microsoft and Azure," said Don Jones, Cap Gemini group vice president of global channel and partners, in an interview.
Microsoft delivers early build of Windows Azure toolkit for social-game developersZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Updating Azure Platform, Easier For Social DevelopersGamasutra
Microsoft making Azure easy for social devsGamesIndustry.biz (registration)
Computer Business Review -Your Industry News (press release) -Virtualization Review
all 67 news articles »
2011-07-20 22:33:05 - Microsoft Azure Does Big Data As A Service - InformationWeek
Microsoft Azure Does Big Data As A Service
InformationWeek
Through the service, users can upload pre-built research algorithms to Microsoft's Azure cloud, which runs a across a highly distributed network of powerful computers. Daytona "will hopefully lead to greater scientific insights as a result of ...
Capgemini and Microsoft Expand Partnership on Window AzureRedmondmag.com
New Azure Toolkit for Social GamesiProgrammer
Windows Azure's 'Project Daytona' Does AnalyticsPC Magazine
TechFlash -Infopackets -TMC Net
all 15 news articles »
2011-07-20 07:42:54 - Microsoft tailors Windows Azure for social game developers - VentureBeat

Gamasutra
Microsoft tailors Windows Azure for social game developers
VentureBeat
Microsoft said today it is tailoring its Windows Azure cloud development platform for social game developers, making it much easier for them to develop, launch, and support online games. The company will release a new Windows Azure tool kit for social ...
Microsoft delivers early build of Windows Azure toolkit for social-game developersZDNet (blog)
Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure Capabilities With Project DaytonaCRN
Microsoft Updating Azure Platform, Easier For Social DevelopersGamasutra
Enterprise Apps Today -American Banker -GamesIndustry.biz (registration)
all 67 news articles »
2011-07-20 03:22:31 - Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure Capabilities With Project Daytona - CRN

ITProPortal
Microsoft Pushes Windows Azure Capabilities With Project Daytona
CRN
Windows Azure is a key component of Microsoft's cloud strategy. At the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles last week Microsoft executives touted Azure's capabilities and urged solution provider partners to add the cloud computing ...
Microsoft Research Releases Another Hadoop Alternative for AzureReadWriteWeb
Microsoft Research Debuts 'Daytona' Azure Analytics ToolsEnterprise Apps Today
Microsoft Provides Details On Project DaytonaInformation Management
ITProPortal -iProgrammer -The Next Web
all 40 news articles »
2011-07-20 01:10:31 - Temenos, Microsoft Bring Azure Clouds To Mexico - InformationWeek

Gamasutra
Temenos, Microsoft Bring Azure Clouds To Mexico
InformationWeek
... strategy to put cloud-based core systems in place for microfinance institutions in emerging markets, Microsoft has partnered with banking software provider Temenos to migrate its T24 core banking system onto the Windows Azure development platform. ...
Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform Powers EmblemHealth Mobile AppseWeek
Microsoft delivers early build of Windows Azure toolkit for social-game developersZDNet (blog)
Microsoft tailors Windows Azure for social game developersVentureBeat
CRN -Gamasutra -ReadWriteWeb
all 67 news articles »
2011-07-19 01:52:25 - Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform Powers EmblemHealth Mobile Apps - eWeek
Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform Powers EmblemHealth Mobile Apps
eWeek
New York-based insurer EmblemHealth is using Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform to build apps that allow patients to locate flu shot providers and retrieve temporary health plan IDs. Insurance company EmblemHealth, which offers the HIP Health ...
Azure: it's Windows but not as we know itRegister
Windows Azure Cloud Appliance presented by MicrosoftSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Microsoft Says Partners Can Sell Apps on Azure MarketplaceITChannelPlanet
IEWY News -Windows IT Pro -HostReview.com (press release)
all 184 news articles »
2011-07-15 02:45:03 - As Microsoft''s SQL Azure gains altitude, industry eyes chances of reign - SearchSQLServer.com

SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As Microsoft's SQL Azure gains altitude, industry eyes chances of reign
SearchSQLServer.com
SQL Azure, based on SQL Server technologies and rolled out last January, is the database service piece of Microsoft's Azure cloud-based portfolio. Like other cloud offerings, SQL Azure is optimized for applications that demand high scalability and high ...
Cloud Computing: Windows Azure Marketplace, “Denali” and SaaS PricingSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
SurePass Announces Secure Cloud Services (SCS)PR Newswire (press release)
Amazon Thins Cloud PricingVirtualization Review (blog)
CloudTweaks News -Middle East North Africa Financial Network
all 15 news articles »
2011-07-14 01:39:11 - Microsoft promises more Azure disclosure to partners - SearchITChannel.com

CBC.ca
Microsoft promises more Azure disclosure to partners
SearchITChannel.com
Partners are likely to be more interested in how Microsoft rationalizes Azure's fees and delivery to mobile in a way that makes it attractive to develop apps. Microsoft will spill more on these topics at its BUILD Conference (formerly the Professional ...
Microsoft Reveals Windows Azure Progress With HP And eBayITProPortal
Microsoft v. Amazon, Google, Salesforce on selling cloud servicesThe Seattle Times
Microsoft COO Goes on Competitor-bashing SpreePCWorld
CRN -MSPmentor -ChannelPro-SMB
all 197 news articles »
2011-07-13 19:22:52 - Maximizer Software''s Cloud CRM Solution Available On The Microsoft Windows ... - Daily Markets
Maximizer Software's Cloud CRM Solution Available On The Microsoft Windows ...
Daily Markets
“By accessing the Maximizer CRM Live solution from the Windows Azure Marketplace, customers will gain functionality, value, and quality,” said Sudhir Hasbe, senior product manager, Windows Azure, at Microsoft. “Maximizer CRM Live is one of the first ...
Pervasive Software Announces Pervasive WebDI Live on Microsoft Windows Azure ...MarketWatch (press release)

all 24 news articles »
2011-07-13 04:26:45 - Microsoft: HP, eBay polishing Azure cloud-in-a-box

CBC.ca
Microsoft: HP, eBay polishing Azure cloud-in-a-box (honest)
Register
WPC 2010 A year after they were announced and six months after they were to be delivered, Microsoft has offered a fleeting glimpse of its Windows Azure cloud-in-a-box appliance parnerships with HP and eBay. At its Worldwide Partners Conference (WPC) in ...
Microsoft promises more Azure disclosure to partnersSearchITChannel.com
Microsoft Reveals Windows Azure Progress With HP And eBayITProPortal
M-Files Cloud Vault Brings Easy Document Management Based on Windows Azure to ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Seattle Times -PCWorld -CRN
all 197 news articles »
2011-07-13 01:46:22 - Cenzic Launches ClickToSecure for Microsoft Azure Cloud - eSecurity Planet
Cenzic Launches ClickToSecure for Microsoft Azure Cloud
eSecurity Planet
In an effort to help solve the security challenge, security vendor Cenzic, today announced the availability of its ClickToSecure offering for Microsoft's Azure Cloud platform as a service (PaaS). ClickToSecure combines Web application scanning that ...
Pervasive Software Announces Pervasive WebDI Live on Microsoft Windows Azure ...MarketWatch (press release)
Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java, June 2011 Community Technology PreviewInfoQ.com
Maximizer Software's Cloud CRM Solution Available On The Microsoft Windows ...Daily Markets

all 37 news articles »
2011-07-12 22:11:31 - Ortsbo Accelerates User Engagement on Microsoft''s Azure Cloud Platform-68 ... - MarketWatch
Ortsbo Accelerates User Engagement on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform-68 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This represents a significant increase to the previously reported numbers, as Ortsbo has made the initial transition to Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, providing a Cloud environment allowing virtually unlimited technology growth opportunities. ...

and more »
2011-01-01 08:16:16 - Microsoft puts more of its own apps on Windows Azure - GigaOm
Microsoft puts more of its own apps on Windows Azure
GigaOm
Earlier this month, Microsoft started moving Photosynth, its cool immersive camera application, to the Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service. The move was the start of a flow Microsoft legacy apps ...
CompuSight Becomes a "Front Runner" With the Release of eSign365 Solution for ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

all 5 news articles »
2011-01-01 07:10:11 - Microsoft needs to leverage their assets to sell Windows Phone in 2012 - WMPoweruser.com

eWeek
Microsoft needs to leverage their assets to sell Windows Phone in 2012
WMPoweruser.com
Microsoft get the finger out. Google have provide Android devs tools for combining Android, desktop and App engine development. Microsoft have azure and could use this to let wp7 devs use and build azure services in one development project. ...
Microsoft 2011 from A to ZThe Seattle Times
Windows Phone, Kinect, Cloud, Windows 8 Prep: Microsoft's 2011eWeek
A look ahead: 2012 is Microsoft's turning pointArs Technica
ReadWriteWeb -Network World -SDTimes.com
all 471 news articles »
2011-01-01 04:47:56 - Composite C1 Offers Full Cloud Support via Windows Azure - CMSWire
Composite C1 Offers Full Cloud Support via Windows Azure
CMSWire
According to the company, Composite C1 is now the sixth highest ranking product on Microsoft's open source index Codeplex, and still the number one Web CMS, so the move to the cloud using Azure was an easy one for the group. Microsoft Azure is a ...

and more »
2011-01-01 02:55:41 - Microsoft Apps Coming To Apple iOS - InformationWeek

New York Times
Microsoft Apps Coming To Apple iOS
InformationWeek (blog)
Agreeya Mobility has licensed protocols from Microsoft that will allow the company to develop mobile apps for some of the software giant's server products. Remote Desktop, Windows Azure, SharePoint, and even Active Directory will be supported. ...
Microsoft working to bring its Office apps to iPad, Mac OS X LionApple Insider
Windows 8 Tablets: 5 Ways Microsoft Can Prove Forrester WrongThe VAR Guy

all 233 news articles »
2011-01-01 01:04:50 - HP Powers Move to Cloud for Enterprises and Service Providers - MarketWatch
HP Powers Move to Cloud for Enterprises and Service Providers
MarketWatch (press release)
HP Cloud Applications Services for Windows Azure accelerate the development or migration of applications to the Microsoft Windows(R) Azure platform-as-a-service offering. In a world of continuous connectivity, HP Converged Infrastructure is a key ...

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