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By: Microsoft Reveals Fourth-Gen Datacenter Design

Microsoft Reveals Fourth-Gen Datacenter Design — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:33:04 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:50:47 +0000

The term “cargo cult” comes to mind when I hear about all of these datacenters. The typical MS thinking seems to go that if we build them, the customers will come.

By: Inside Enterprise IT - Inside Enterprise IT - DELL COMMUNITY

Inside Enterprise IT - Inside Enterprise IT - DELL COMMUNITY — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:35:59 +0000

[...] TCO-advantaged infrastructure is a competitive differentiator for cloud [...]

By: Yeah You Know Me « Other People’s Property

Yeah You Know Me « Other People’s Property — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:07:25 +0000

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By: Trailer Park 2.0: Where All Your Data Lives - GigaOM

Trailer Park 2.0: Where All Your Data Lives - GigaOM — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:25:37 +0000

[...] every person on the Jerry Springer Show, servers do not operate well in mobile homes. However, as Microsoft, HP, Verari and others have shown, high density blade servers can be packed with hundreds of [...]

By: Why Microsoft Fails to Win Online - GigaOM

Why Microsoft Fails to Win Online - GigaOM — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:47:32 +0000

[...] against Google. Yet Microsoft hasn’t done a great job with that either. Even as it has spent money on data centers and marketing gimmicks like giving cash back to users of its search engine — the online [...]

By: Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? - GigaOM

Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? - GigaOM — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:47:57 +0000

[...] located their facilities closer to energy sources. For instance, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have built data centers in Quincy in the state of Washington near a hydroelectric dam where they pay a lot less for power [...]

By: bill

bill — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:08:28 +0000

Crap ! Its like adding salt to their wounds. Why does a failed web initiative lead to this, i am not sure. But interestingly its like a new business, maybe. We will give you computing power, pay us for maintaining that .. how long will that work ! Soon computing will get cheaper and cheaper, why would someone pay to manage their data, a big company will have their own data centers ! And for gods sake dont increase the carbon footprint, i know you have money, but this is nothing more than show of strength !

By: Microsoft’s plans for Internet infrastructure « kfsone’s pittance

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:19:05 +0000

[...] plans for Internet infrastructure Posted on July 11, 2008 by kfsone Interesting interview with the CVP of Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services on how MS are growing their [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:41:17 +0000

Oh lord, here is someone with an outsized budget. She’s excited about containers?! That’s her “next gen” datacenter? I could do this with crayons. How do I get overpaid so that I can buy wacky outfits? I gotta get me one of those jobs…

By: links for 2008-07-04 « Dan Creswell’s Linkblog

links for 2008-07-04 « Dan Creswell’s Linkblog — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:31:19 +0000

[...] Inside Microsoft’s Internet Infrastructure & Its Plans For The Future Adding 10000 servers a month, data growing ten times every three years, soon to reach 100s of petabytes, yikes. (tags: datacenter infrastructure) [...]

By: Microsoft Data Centers: Spending Billions | agio

Microsoft Data Centers: Spending Billions | agio — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:52:52 +0000

[...] video or read a summary of the main points. Both items available on the GigaOM.com Web site here. The information is quite dense, and I won’t try to summarize it. Navigate to GigaOM and [...]

By: Debra Chrapaty Talks Datacenters with Om Malik — The Future is Awesome

Debra Chrapaty Talks Datacenters with Om Malik — The Future is Awesome — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:38:46 +0000

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By: links for 2008-07-02 | Get A New Browser

links for 2008-07-02 | Get A New Browser — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:33:36 +0000

[...] Inside Microsoft’s Internet Infrastructure & Its Plans For The Future – GigaOM She lets us know first that they are building a IOWA data center, which is huge for Iowa. Google has one in Iowa too. (tags: infrastructure microsoft iowa) [...]

By: rh mayo

rh mayo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:37:21 +0000

Reactive to the company in the South is innovation for Microsoft. What else have they cadged from somewhere else to wrap up their innovation hype??

By: Microsoft Data Center Coming to Iowa | Get A New Browser

Microsoft Data Center Coming to Iowa | Get A New Browser — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:46:58 +0000

[...] by Andy Brudtkuhl under Microsoft I posted a comment to FriendFeed early today linking to an interview with Microsoft’s Debra Chrapaty where she said in a video Microsoft would be building a data [...]