In recent weeks Microsoft has leased a large chunk of data center space in Silicon Valley, as well as additional space in northern Virginia. The latest leases continue a massive expansion of Microsoft's Internet infrastructure to support growth in...
Accelerating its global data center expansion, Microsoft will build a $250 million data center in Finland, the company said today. The investment was announced alongside a larger deal in which Microsoft will pay $7 billion to acquire Nokia's...
Yesterday's announcement that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will retire in the next 12 months prompted reactions from far and wide. Here's a look at some of the notable interviews, analysis and commentary from around the web.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months, after a special committee of the company's board names a new CEO.
Microsoft now has more than 1 million servers in its data centers, according to CEO Steve Ballmer, who confirmed the number during his keynote address during last week's Worldwide Partner Conference.
At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company, the partner benefits from trends of cloud, mobility, big data and social media.
Microsoft plans to expand its cloud infrastructure in Iowa with a new $677 million data center. The project, known locally by the codename "Project Mountain," builds upon Microsoft's existing data center campus in West Des Moines.
Microsoft announced that Windows Azure now offers per-minute billing for virtual machines, a move that can improve cloud economics by allowing customers to manage costs on a more granular level than Amazon Web Services, which charges by the hour.
With this week's unveiling of the new Xbox One gaming system, Microsoft says it will beef up its Xbox Live platform with 300,000 servers, a huge jump from the 15,000 servers currently supporting the platform.
