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, Microsoft Gulf, presented the keynote which opened the launch, alongside partners HP and Intel, represented by Eyad Shihabi, Managing Director, HP Middle East and Nassir Nauthoa, General Manager, Gulf Countries at Intel, to a packed out Le Royal Meridien hotel.
“The operating system has always been the heartbeat of IT and is now undergoing a renaissance in the new world of continuous cloud service, connected devices and big data,” said Abu Ltaif.
“Microsoft’s unique legacy in the most widely used operating systems, applications and cloud services positions use to deliver the Cloud OS, based on Windows Server and Windows Azure, helping customers achieve a datacentre without boundaries,” he added.
Microsoft built Windows Server 2012 from the cloud up, applying its experience operating global datacentres that rely on hundreds of thousands of servers to deliver more than 200 cloud services.
Microsoft claims that Windows Server 2012 expands the definition of a server operating systems and adds significant new advancements in virtualisation, storage, networking and automation.
Over 300 new features aim to help customers achieve a transformational leap in the speed, scale and power of their datacentres and applications.
Goksel Topbas, Server andTool Business Group Lead, Microsoft Gulf, said that the growth of data will be 44x what it is today by the end of decade.
“A great era is coming and it’s the best time for our customers to experience the best cloud platform,” he said.
