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Microsoft Highlights Azure Management, Office Improvements, and More at Ignite
Microsoft has the broadest portfolio of software of any company, and at the firm’s annual Ignite conference, it proved it by introducing a raft of new products and services in cloud, development, security and management, and productivity. These include Azure…
Hekaton Breaks Through
By Janie Chang In an online, on-demand world, the ability to respond quickly to requests for data has become a significant challenge. Take bwin, for example. In order to attract and retain customers, bwin, the world’s largest regulated online gaming company,…
A Better Way to Store Data
By Douglas Gantenbein, Senior Writer, Microsoft News Center These days, nearly everyone stores things in the “cloud”—business-critical documents, personal photos, e-mail accounts … everything. Microsoft introduced Windows Azure Storage in 2008. Since then, that cloud offering has gained widespread use,…
In the news | The Register
Why Windows 8 server is a game-changer
Windows Server 8 – along with the suite of associated 2012-ish server applications – is nothing short of a complete redefinition of the server landscape.
Eliminating Duplicated Primary Data
By Douglas Gantenbein The amount of data created and stored in the world doubles about every 18 months. Some of that data is distinctive—but by no means all of it. A PowerPoint presentation might start bouncing around a work group,…