• 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

  • Microsoft Data Center Design Evolves In Iowa

    October 17th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Microsoft says a new design for the second phase of its data center in West Des Moines, Iowa is an evolution of the company’s modular data center design, and not spurred by challenges with the first phase of the facility. The nearly complete West Des Moines data center showcases Microsoft’s use of factory-built modules to [...] Read More

  • Microsoft to Slash its Water Impact in Quincy

    October 13th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    In a move that will save millions of gallons of potable water for the local community, Microsoft has teamed with the city of Quincy, Washington to retool the city's water treatment infrastructure. Read More

  • Microsoft Steps Up Cloud Expansion Plans

    September 23rd, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Microsoft will invest an additional $150 million to expand its new data center in southern Virginia, continuing a series of expansion announcements that hint at a dramatic scaling up of Microsoft's cloud computing capacity. Microsoft will build a second data center facility and add 21 megawatts of power capacity in Boydton, Virginia. Read More

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