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Microsoft's Muglia talks Windows Azure
Insight newsmaker Microsoft server and tools boss Bob Muglia, who was recently promoted, shares the "ton" of things to do to ready hosted versions of its server products.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Software engineering/development, Business development/management, Web services, Microsoft Corp., password management, Environment, Server, server software
Free Web services a more reliable choice
News Small and midsize businesses should rely on Web services--even free options--because uptime is still higher than on-premise alternatives, say industry voices.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web services, Internet, Online Service, Backup, Google Inc., Uptime, Web Service, Small And Medium Business, SLA
Can Microsoft weather its HailStorm?
News A partial outage of Microsoft's MSN Messenger service, now in its seventh day, is casting a shadow over a wide-ranging services strategy that Microsoft hopes will be its future.
How Windows Azure avoided a HailStorm of criticism
News news analysis Microsoft's latest cloud-computing vision has received a warm reception compared to the torrent of displeasure that greeted HailStorm seven years ago.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web services, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Security, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Server, intellectual property, Microsoft Windows
Data Privacy Day's messages for Obama, consumers
News Privacy advocates warn Obama about identity fraud and cookies, while Microsoft hosts panel discussion on how to educate consumers as part of Data Privacy Day.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Firewalls, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Microsoft Corp., Cookie, FTC, Data Privacy Day, Computer
Ray Ozzie sees cloud over Valley
News Microsoft's chief software architect discusses the impact cloud computing will have on the tech industry and Silicon Valley during a talk in Palo Alto, Calif.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Web sites, Leadership, ARM, Ray Ozzie, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Bill Gates, Google Inc., Web Browser
HailStorm promise and threat remain distant
News Top exec Allchin talks about challenges, concerns over the software giant's latest gambit.
Microsoft's HailStorm unleashed
News The software giant unveils a set of software building blocks, grouped under the code name Hailstorm, aimed at upstaging rival America Online.
Microsoft's HailStorm unleashed
News Microsoft on Monday launched a Hailstorm aimed at upstaging rival America Online.
Can Microsoft weather its HailStorm?
News A partial outage of Microsoft's MSN Messenger service, now in its seventh day, is casting a shadow over a wide-ranging services strategy that Microsoft hopes will be its future.
Messenger woes cast cloud over Hailstorm
News Microsoft's struggles to fix ongoing MSN Messenger outages casts doubt over the company's ability to handle traffic for its upcoming .Net services--Hailstorm in particular.
HailStorm: Wrath of Microsoft?
News COMMENTARY--As Microsoft moves forward with its HailStorm project, you can be sure that many Microsoft critics will still be fighting the last war. That is, they will fret mightily about Microsoft's "past behavior."
MS looks to VeriSign for .Net security
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has signed up VeriSign, a leading provider of Internet security services and technology, to help build defenses for its .Net array of Web services.
Microsoft enlists VeriSign for .Net security
News The software giant says it has signed up the provider of Internet security services and technology to help build defenses for its forthcoming array of Web services.
Commentary: Trust is key for HailStorm
News HailStorm is the first of what we expect will be a series of announcements from Microsoft on specific sets of building-block services it will offer through .Net via XML-based interfaces, enabling Web site developers to add these services to their sites.
