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Enabling Supercomputing in the Cloud

One of the capabilities delivered by true cloud computing solutions is the power to dynamically...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 02/04/2011

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Reuven Cohen, Founder and CTO of Enomaly

Reuven Cohen is the founder and CTO of Toronto-based Enomaly Inc. Founded in 2004, Enomaly develops...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 02/03/2011

Hybrid Organization with Office 365 and SharePoint Online

21apps is a Microsoft BizSpark Partner and a SharePoint business value, solutions and platform...

Author: Allen_Filush Date: 02/02/2011

Exchange Online in Office 365

This is a repost from the Office 365 blog from Jon Orton, product manager for Exchange Online. --...

Author: Allen_Filush Date: 02/02/2011

Windows Azure Platform Lowers the Barrier to Innovation

While many customers are still in the education and evaluation phase when looking at ways that cloud...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 02/01/2011

An Independent Perspective on Private Cloud

I recently saw a great article by Greg Shields on TechTarget, called Defining the Hyper-V Cloud....

Author: Oliver Rist Date: 01/28/2011

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Randy Bias, Cloud Computing Pioneer and Expert

Randy Bias is a cloud computing pioneer and recognized expert in the field. He has driven...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 01/27/2011

Behind the Cloud scene with Microsoft IT

I’ve blogged a couple of times in the past (here and here) about Tony Scott, Microsoft’s...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 01/26/2011

Environmental Benefits of Cloud Computing

Many of the conversations around the benefits of cloud computing are related to reducing hardware...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 01/25/2011

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Aron Pilhofer, Editor of Interactive News Technologies at The New York Times

Aron Pilhofer acts as editor of interactive news technologies at The New York Times, overseeing a...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 01/19/2011

This week longtime IT journalist Charlie Babcock of InformationWeek posted a story called "4...

Author: Joel Sider Date: 01/18/2011

Flickr using Windows Azure and other cloud happenings

There were a couple interesting cloud-related stories I saw that I wanted to highlight as the week...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 01/14/2011

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Chris Auld, CTO at Intergen Limited and Windows Azure MVP

Chris Auld is a Microsoft MVP, the CTO at Intergen Limited and a director of Locum Jobs Startup...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 01/12/2011

Office 365 for education

Today we are pleased to announce that more students than ever are using Live@edu, the world's...

Author: Allen_Filush Date: 01/11/2011

Virtualization alone does not a cloud solution make

The following is a guest post from David Greschler, Director Virtualization and Cloud Strategy at...

Author: ITI Editor Date: 01/07/2011

Modular Datacenters and Dogfooding the Cloud at Microsoft

Welcome to 2011!! Hope that the New Year is starting off on the right foot for you. As I began...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 01/06/2011

Office 365 for enterprises: Part 5 - IT Control and Efficiency

Control in enterprise IT is a balancing act. Automation and outsourcing save time and money, but if...

Author: Allen_Filush Date: 01/06/2011

Consumerization of IT and Cloud Computing

The Consumerization of IT, generally defined as the development of technologies for consumers that...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 01/06/2011

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Barton George, Cloud Computing Evangelist at Dell

Barton George joined Dell in 2009 as the company's cloud computing evangelist. He acts as Dell's...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 01/05/2011

Office 365 for enterprises: Part 4 - Works With What You Know

Sometimes people refer to the cloud as a "disruptive" technology. But that's really the wrong word...

Author: Allen_Filush Date: 12/16/2010

Public Sector Customers Across Globe Choose Microsoft Cloud Offerings

It's been an interesting last couple of weeks for Microsoft and Public Sector customers around the...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 12/15/2010

Three Steps CIOs Should Take Now While Planning for a Private Cloud

Many people in IT related roles today are aware that moving to a private cloud represents a paradigm...

Author: Oliver Rist Date: 12/15/2010

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Maarten Balliauw, Technical Consultant at RealDomen and Windows Azure Expert

Maarten Balliauw is an Azure consultant, blogger, and speaker, as well as an ASP.NET MVP. He works...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 12/14/2010

From 2010 to 2011: Walking the Cloud Talk

Contributed Article By David Greschler, Director, Virtualization and Cloud Strategy, Server and...

Author: Editor2 Date: 12/10/2010

Welcome to the Cloud, USDA!

The past few months have marked a transformative time in government IT, with the State of...

Author: Allen_Filush Date: 12/09/2010

How Microsoft Defines Cloud Computing

One of the most popular topics in IT today is “Cloud”. It seems that everyone, every...

Author: Edwin_Yuen Date: 12/07/2010

Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Todd Papaioannou, VP of Architecture, Cloud Computing Group at Yahoo

This blog post was originally posted on the Windows Azure Team Blog. Todd Papaioannou is currently...

Author: Robert_Duffner Date: 12/07/2010

Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure FISMA Approval and Delivering on Public Sector Customer Needs

Some noteworthy items on the cloud front to highlight as the week comes to a close. First the good...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 12/03/2010

Office 365 for enterprises: Part 3 - Anywhere Access

AUTHOR: Allen with the Office 365 Group at Microsoft Reposting from Microsoft Office 365 Blog It's...

Author: Editor2 Date: 11/30/2010

New York Times: Microsoft Gives Cloud to Scientists

Following Bill Hilf's earlier post about how the cloud is going to enable more customers to take...

Author: Joel Sider Date: 11/30/2010

Volvo, Vampires and Windows Azure - What do they have in common?

This morning I came across an interesting story on the On Windows site about how Volvo Cars used...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 11/29/2010

Forrester Reports: SQL Azure Raises the Bar On Cloud Databases

I wanted to highlight a post from the SQL Azure team, at this link, which describes a Forrester...

Author: Joel Sider Date: 11/18/2010

Ready. Set. Connect in new ways with Microsoft Lync

Exciting news today related to how Microsoft is helping enable customers to connect with coworkers...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 11/17/2010

Office 365 for enterprises: Part 2 - Best Productivity Experience

AUTHOR: Allen with the Office 365 Group at Microsoft Reposting from Microsoft Office 365 Blog With...

Author: Editor2 Date: 11/16/2010

Technical computing in the cloud: Big solutions for big challenges

The following is a guest blog post from Bill Hilf, General manager, Technical computing, Microsoft...

Author: Joel Sider Date: 11/16/2010

Transformation of IT and Economics 101 of the Cloud

Cloud computing in the enterprise has been available in niches the last couple of years, but the...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 11/12/2010

Office 365 for enterprises: Part 1

AUTHOR: Allen with the Office 365 Group at Microsoft Reposting from Microsoft Office 365 Blog This...

Author: Editor2 Date: 11/09/2010

The Benefits of Private Cloud Computing

While we've all heard the terms private and public cloud over the last year, those terms may still...

Author: Oliver Rist Date: 11/09/2010

Bloomberg on Microsoft and Our Enterprise Class Cloud Offerings

A co-worker forwarded me a story by Bloomberg news from late last week about Microsoft’s broad...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 11/03/2010

Microsoft's CIO, Tony Scott, on Dogfooding at Microsoft

Some great bits and bytes I wanted to highlight in a CIO.com article published today featuring Tony...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 11/01/2010

Cloud computing - You say you want a revolution....

About 30 years ago there was a technology revolution underway that some referred to as the “PC...

Author: Larry Grothaus Date: 10/25/2010

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