Amid reports that Microsoft may participate with private equity firms in a leveraged buyout of Dell, it's worth noting that Dell has historically played a meaningful role in the supply chain for Microsoft's cloud computing infrastructure...
When you see a pig farm, landfill or water treatment plant, can you envision a data center on that site? Microsoft can, and has major ambitions to tap sources of biogas to create a network of "off the grid" server farms to power its global cloud.
The federal government's "Cloud First" mandate is progressing with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) among other federal agencies moving to the cloud.
A methane-powered modular data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming will kick off Microsoft's ambitious plan to place data centers alongside sources of renewable energy, creating “data plants” than operate with no connection to the utility power grid.
The Windows Azure public cloud is coming to China. Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the municipality of Shanghai, and signed agreement to license Microsoft technologies to 21Vianet, who will offer Azure in China out...
Microsoft's commitment to sustainability was challenged by a report Monday that it was prepared to waste tens of megawatts of electricity at its Quincy, Washington data center in order to reduce a potential fine from the local utility.
Microsoft is the latest company to announce its intention to reduce its use of diesel backup generators. The move is part of a broader initiative to make Microsoft's data centers more sustainable and less reliant on the utility grid.
Microsoft (MSFT) announced the general availability of Windows Server 2012 on Tuesday, calling the new server release a cornerstone of the company's "Cloud OS" strategy, providing one consistent platform across private, hosted and public clouds.