Today, Concurrency, Inc. announced it has been named to Microsoft's elite Azure Circle, a group of specialized Microsoft partner organizations that provide deployment planning services for organizations migrating to the public cloud. ...
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The System Center 2012 modules that we previously tested -- Orchestrator and Configuration Manager -- require forklift upgrades. But the modules we tested this time around - App Controller, Virtual Machine Manager and Data Protection ...
Window's cloud service, Azure, suffered an outage on 26 July because of a "safety valve" configuration error, Microsoft has said. The outage, which affected parts of Western Europe for more than two hours, meant that customers experienced ...
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When Ken Stephens, a senior vice president of Xerox Cloud Services, tried to hire a product manager from IBM recently, he had quite a shock. "I offered him a 40 percent raise," Stevens said in an interview. "But then IBM came back and gave ...
Users of Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure compute platform have been affected by an availability issue. The service was down for 2.5 hours. Microsoft said: "The recent Windows Azure service interruption in the Western Europe ...
2012 was the year cloud computing hit the mainstream.More users started adopting cloud-based services and vendors intensified competition by launching aggressive price wars for market share. Enterprises and public sector organisations ...
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Google isn't getting coal in its stocking this year,but Santa's helpers have decided to ditch the popular Google Maps for Microsoft's Bing service. Once again,on Christmas Eve,the North American Aerospace Defense Command(NORAD)will be ...
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Microsoft announced today that it will acquire cloud storage vendor StorSimple. The terms of the purchase were not disclosed. The move is designed to advance Microsoft's Cloud OS vision and enable its customers to better leverage hybrid ...
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Microsoft has launched Bing Fund, an angel fund with an incubator program that will make Microsoft resources available to startups and potentially provide it with acquisition targets in the future, Microsoft said in a blog post Thursday. ...
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Microsoft's most significant update to Windows Azure takes the cloud platform to a different level. Rather than focus on Windows applications and bridging the gap between in-house and cloud-based IT, Microsoft is now offering Azure as ...
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Microsoft has said it is increasing its investment in China as it looks to take advantage of the growing market. The company will invest in new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and ...
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Microsoft officially launched Windows Server 2012 today in Dubai, describing it as a cornerstone of the Cloud OS that provides customers with a modern platform for the world’s applications. Samer Abu Ltaif, General Manager, ...
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Orion Systems Integrators,Inc.(Orion)today announced they have been named a Windows Azure Circle Program Partner,for demonstrating a"best-in-class"ability,focus and commitment to meet customers'evolving needs in cloud computing.Orion's ...
TITUS,a leading provider of enterprise information security and compliance solutions,is showcasing new information protection solutions through centralized policy this week at Microsoft TechEd North America 2012 in Orlando,Florida.TITUS,a ...
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A free service that allows enterprises to track the utilisation rate and costs of public cloud services including Amazon Web Services(AWS),Windows Azure and Rackspace,has been launched by IT management service provider Apptio. The ...
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