Michael Manos, who had been a key architect of Microsoft's data center strategy, has left the company and accepted a position with Digital Realty Trust (DLR).
Microsoft (MSFT) has hired Yahoo executive Dayne Sampson for a key position in its Global Foundation Services unit, which runs the company's huge data center operations.
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is making a pilgrimmage to Redmond, Washington today to try and jump-start Microsoft's stalled $500 million project in the state.
Microsoft's new Cloud Computing Futures group is testing a small cloud computing server farm using low-power Intel Atom processors originally designed for use in netbooks and mobile applications.
Microsoft's new Cloud Computing Futures group is testing a small cloud computing server farm using low-power Intel Atom processors originally designed for use in netbooks and mobile applications.
Decisions by Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG) to delay huge data center projects seem prudent, but are a bitter pill for local officials that offered incentive packages to attract high-tech jobs.
Microsoft said today that it will postpone the construction of as $500 million data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa as part of the company's broader cost containment moves.
James Hamilton, whose research on the use of data center containers has been adopted in Microsoft's design of its cloud computing data centers, is leaving Microsoft.