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Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud: $1 Billion And Growing

Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud now generates $1 billion in annual revenues. Office 365 also is growing fast. Can partners ignore Microsoft's cloud strategy?

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  • May 17, 2013
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    Google Compute Engine Takes on AWS with General Availability

    Amidst the launch of Google Play Music All Access, Google Play Game Services, updates to Google Maps and a variety of other consumer-driven product announcements, the news about the general availability of Google Compute Engine seems to be getting lost. Or maybe nobody is simply not surprised, as this is something the industry has been expecting for some time....More
  • May 16, 2013
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    Google Apps Scores Over Microsoft Office 365 with NARA, CBC Wins

    Google has scored two more government wins over Microsoft. The National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) has completed its migration of 4,500 employees over to Google Apps for Government....More
  • May 15, 2013
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    Google I/O: How Will Google Take On Competitors?

    Google may well finally announce the general availability of Google Compute Engine, a cloud platform aimed at taking on Amazon Web Services the company announced a year ago at the last Google I/O conference. A year later, Google Compute Engine still hasn't been given the general availability okay, but there are rumors surfacing that I/O 2013 could be the big unveiling....More
  • May 14, 2013
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    Desktone Desktop Virtualization Appliance Enables Public, Private Cloud Flexibility

    Desktone is taking its cloud-hosted desktop platform to the on-premise world with a cloud-managed virtual desktop appliance capable of hosting up to 100 clients. The company aims to enable cloud services providers to give end-customers the flexibility of both cloud and on-premise IT solutions....More
  • May 13, 2013
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    Microsoft to Merge Office 365, Yammer Sales Teams

    Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is merging the sales organization of Yammer, it's acquired enterprise social media platform, into its Offce 365 sales organization. The move could put much more muscle behind Microsoft's efforts to grow sales of Yammer....More
  • May 10, 2013
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    Cloud Business in a Box: Can Dell, OnApp Deliver?

    Dell and OnApp have partnered to deliver to services provider "cloud business in a box" so they can build public and private clouds to compete against the likes of Amazon Web Services....More
  • May 8, 2013
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    Earnings: Rackspace Cloud Loses Momentum, OpenStack Doesn't Help

    Rackspace, the cloud services provider (CSP) and OpenStack promoter, delivered weaker than expected Q1 2013 results today. Can Rackspace battle back vs. Amazon Web Services and Windows Azure?...More
  • May 8, 2013
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    Tier 3 Cloud Channel Partner Program Counters Amazon

    Tier 3, the cloud services provider, has launched a reseller partner program for VARs and MSPs that want to offer IaaS. Is this a timely alternative to Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure and other big public clouds?...More
  • May 3, 2013
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    Microsoft Windows Desktop as a Service: Coming on Azure Cloud? 2

    Rumor on the interweb suggests that Microsoft is currently developing a desktop-as-a-service offering on Windows Azure. If the word of mouth is to be believed, the new DaaS offering has been dubbed Mohoro after an island in the Indian Ocean -- and it's quite possible that the Microsoft India Development Center is heading up the project....More
  • May 3, 2013
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    Google I/O 2013: Big Data Takes Center Stage

    At Google I/O 2013, Big Data running in the cloud will be the hot topic. The sessions schedule is filled up with big data seminars and discussions....More
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