Category: Microsoft
Google not too concerned about Microsoft’s threat in the cloud
Great article from PCworld: Of the challenges that could keep Google from reaching its goal of using Google Docs to move in to the enterprise, Microsoft may be one of the biggest barriers. Google and rival Microsoft are battling on several fronts: search, browsers, operating systems and office software. And the office software front is heating [...]
Google not too concerned about Microsoft's threat in the cloud
Great article from PCworld: Of the challenges that could keep Google from reaching its goal of using Google Docs to move in to the enterprise, Microsoft may be one of the biggest barriers. Google and rival Microsoft are battling on several fronts: search, browsers, operating systems and office software. And the office software front is heating [...]
MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 5 of 7): Building Applications for the Cloud
The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we’re flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow” – and based on your feedback, we organized this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter event to [...]
MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 4 of 7): SQL Azure
The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we’re flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow” – and based on your feedback, we organized this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter event to [...]
Microsoft harnessing the power of machine learning
Microsoft wants to harness the power of machine learning — the statistically driven computing concepts that animate search engines and recommendation services — and other techniques to reduce power consumption, according to Rick Rashid, the senior vice president overseeing Microsoft Research. Microsoft, of course, is also trying to reduce the power consumed by PCs, servers, [...]
Marc Benioff is at it again…
Marc Benioff is at it again In this interview with TechnologyLive.com, he absolutely assaults IBM and Microsoft and characterizes both companies as having “done a terrible job over the last decade”. Some of the gems from the interview: TL: Surely you’re not ruling out Microsoft and IBM in this emerging space? Benioff: No. I’m not [...]
Windows Azure MMC 2 available for download
A tool designed to streamline the management of Windows Azure hosted services and storage accounts has been upgraded to version 2. Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC) 2 is currently available for download, having been updated on the MSDN Code Gallery since May 10th. Softpedia readers already received a heads-up in relation to MMC back in [...]
MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 3 of 7): Windows Azure Storage
The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we’re flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow” – and based on your feedback, we organized and recorded this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter [...]
MSDN Video: Simulcast Event: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 2 of 7): Platform Overview for Developers
The cloud is everywhere and here at Microsoft we’re flying high with our cloud computing release, Windows Azure. As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow” – and based on your feedback, we organized and recorded this special, all-day Windows Azure Firestarter [...]
Video: Secure network communications within Windows Azure
Charlie Kaufman (from Microsoft), gives us details on how the network communications work and are secure within Windows Azure. Topics: » Why don’t we use IPSec between Compute node and store? » Breakdown of virtualization security in Azure » How do we protect against malicious users doing things like Denial of Service (DoS) attacks? » [...]
MSDN Video: Get Cloud Ready with Windows Azure (Part 1 of 7)
As most of you saw at the Professional Developers Conference, the reaction to Windows Azure has been nothing short of “wow”
