• 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

  • Roundup: EMC, Cisco, Microsoft, Nimsoft

    September 23rd, 2011 : John Rath

    EMC introduces Greenplum Modular Data Computing Appliance, Cisco and Microsoft collaborate on virtualization, Nimsoft announces SAP monitoring, Ble Coat updates PacketShaper. Read More

  • Report: Microsoft Expanding Dublin Data Center

    September 6th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Microsoft has no comment on reports that the company is planning an expansion of its huge data center in Dublin, Ireland, which serves as the central hub supporting its cloud computing services across Europe. Read More

  • Microsoft Renews Big Lease, Yahoo Doesn’t

    August 10th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Analysts have been assessing the plans of large wholesale data center customers who have historically leased space but are now building their own data centers. Will they exit leases when their current term expires? Not necessarily. Microsoft recently indicated that it will renew a major wholesale lease, while Yahoo will allow a large lease to expire. Read More

  • At Microsoft, Cost Data Drives Cloud Adoption

    June 1st, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Using data collected from the company’s data centers and cloud platforms, Microsoft has restructured its cloud infrastructure accounting system to provide each of its internal cloud services’ business units with granular data about the cost of their IT operations. Read More

  • Microsoft: The Cloud is the ‘Utility of the Future’

    May 26th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    "Cloud computing is the utility of the future," says Microsoft's Christian Belady, who says the company's data center designs will evolve to embrace new opportunities for scale and efficiency. Read More

  • Roundup: Microsoft, Wyse, Radware

    May 19th, 2011 : John Rath

    Radware ADC qualifies for Exchange Server 2010, San Francisco selects Microsoft e-mail cloud, Wyse enhances Windows thin clients. Read More

  • Digging Deeper Into Microsoft’s Server Designs

    May 3rd, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Here's a look at additional details about Microsoft's infrastructure in two presentations that provide a deeper dive into the company's strategy for optimizing its servers and data centers. Read More

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