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.
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...
