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The Storage Wars: Microsoft Hops Onto The Price-shed Bandwagon

by Humayun on December 10, 2012

in Cloud Computing, IT, Microsoft, News, Security, Storage, Technology

The Storage Wars: Microsoft Hops Onto The Price-shed Bandwagon Last week’s wrap-up of the on-going cloud storage price wars between Google and Amazon ended off with a humble suggestion for Microsoft: wait for nothing and plunge straight into the cloud storage price-drop showdown. It turns out that the software giant actually did make up its mind to join the party real soon, responding to the soaring market competition in style. Microsoft made a pronounced entry into the ballroom by announcing price sheds for its Windows Azure Storage, and that as well, as much as a hefty 28 percent (how’s that for a stunner). “Reducing prices

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The Odd Couple: Microsoft And Ubuntu Work It Out In The Cloud

by Humayun on June 14, 2012

in Business, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, IT, Microsoft, Partnerships

The Odd Couple: Microsoft And Ubuntu Work It Out In The Cloud The past week has marked the beginning of a new era for cloud technology in general and for Azure and Ubuntu in particular. Microsoft publicized that its cloud-computing service, Azure, is proudly extending the spectrum of its support to Ubuntu, the much-admired open-source, Linux-powered operating system. Additionally, in a blog post created a day later, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed the nascent Microsoft–Canonical collaboration towards supporting the distribution of the famous Linux-brewed operating system on the blooming Azure platform. Canonical is set to deliver the official Ubuntu images 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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