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Highlights from Microsoft Management Summit 2012
April 20th, 2012 : John Rath
The 2012 Microsoft Management Summit introduced System Center 2012, validated the NetApp and Cisco FlexPod infrastructure, and brought announcements from Fujitsu and F5. Read More
NAB News: Cisco, Microsoft, Fusion-io
April 18th, 2012 : John Rath
News from NAB: Cisco to provide IP Networks to NBC for London Olympics, Microsoft announces Media Services cloud platform, Adobe Creative Suite 6 software optimized by Fusion-io (FIO). Read More
New Microsoft GFS Site Highlights Best Practices
April 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller
The network supporting online services for Microsoft can provide up to 3.5 terabits of capacity, the company said today. The new details about the company's network infrastructure were included in an updated web site launched this morning for Global Foundation Services. Read More
Microsoft to Build Cloud Data Center in Wyoming
April 9th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Microsoft will build a new data center near Cheyenne, Wyoming, with an initial expected investment of at least $112 million. The announcement continues a building boom for Microsoft, which has announced a series of data center expansions over the past year. Read More
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2012
March 8th, 2012 : John Rath
Microsoft (MSFT) announced that the latest version of its data platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, has been released to manufacturing. The company also disclosed additional details regarding its plans to release an Apache Hadoop-based service for Windows Azure. Read More
Roundup: NetApp, Cisco, Microsoft, Fusion-io
February 24th, 2012 : John Rath
Cisco (CSCO) and NetApp (NTAP) announced the availability of a Cisco Validated Design for the FlexPod shared infrastructure and Microsoft private cloud, Japanese social gaming company Drecom using Fusion ioMemory to power its MySQL databases. Read More
Microsoft Expands Dublin Cloud Computing Hub
February 23rd, 2012 : Rich Miller
Microsoft will add 13.2 megawatts of capacity to its data center in Dublin, Ireland, which powers its online services throughout Europe and the Middle East, the company said today. Microsoft will invest $130 million in the expansion. Read More
Cloud News: IBM, CA, Logicalis, HP, Microsoft
December 13th, 2011 : John Rath
HP and Microsoft partner on global communications solution, IBM to acquire DemandTec for cloud analytics, Logicalis UK selects CA to boost private cloud offerings. Read More
Data Center Exec Josefsberg Departs Microsoft
November 14th, 2011 : Rich Miller
After 25 years at Microsoft, Arne Josefsberg has begun a new post as the Chief Technology Officer at SaaS provider ServiceNow. Here's a look at the updated leadership team at Microsoft Global Financial Services Read More