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.
Microsoft Global Foundation Services, the business unit that runs the company's data centers, today published an updated list of its Top 10 Business Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers.
At Microsoft TechEd 2012, Microsoft declared the era of the Cloud Operating System, while EMC announced new "proven solutions" configurations and Symantec extended its Disaster Recovery as a service to Windows Azure.
The 2012 Microsoft Management Summit introduced System Center 2012, validated the NetApp and Cisco FlexPod infrastructure, and brought announcements from Fujitsu and F5.
News from NAB: Cisco to provide IP Networks to NBC for London Olympics, Microsoft announces Media Services cloud platform, Adobe Creative Suite 6 software optimized by Fusion-io (FIO).
The network supporting online services for Microsoft can provide up to 3.5 terabits of capacity, the company said today. The new details about the company's network infrastructure were included in an updated web site launched this morning for...
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...
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...
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.
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.