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Microsoft Tweaks License Agreement to Encourage Cloud Migration

by sourya on April 4, 2011

in Apps, Cloud Computing, Computing, Host, IT, Microsoft, News, Security, Stocks, Storage, Technology, Web Hosting

Microsoft Tweaks License Agreement to Encourage Cloud Migration Microsoft is not leaving any stone unturned in an effort to get companies to switch over to cloud computing, the Microsoft cloud that is. Last week at the Microsoft Hosting Summit in Bellevue, Washington, the company announced that it had made changes in its license agreement in order to encourage companies to go on the cloud. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the new licensing option “enhances business opportunities [for partners] by paving the way for qualified Microsoft customers to take advantage of cloud computing without having to bear the economic burden for

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UPDATE: Microsoft COO: ‘We Are Going To Lead With the Cloud’

by cloudtweaks on July 29, 2010

in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Google Cloud, Invest, IT, Microsoft, News, Press Release, Security, Technology, Trends

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Cloud computing tops a four-point plan Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has developed for maintaining its position in the business-software market, Kevin Turner, the company’s chief operating officer, said Thursday. “We are going to lead with the cloud,” Turner said at the Redmond, Wash. software giant’s analyst day. “It helps position Microsoft to sell more on-premise products.” Microsoft plans to drive sales of its two key franchises, the Windows 7 operating system and the Office 2010 suite of business software, and hopes to improve customer satisfaction and expand market share. Turner said that Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) and Hyatt

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