Ray Ozzie
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Microsoft steps up cloud momentum
News At developer conference, Redmond announces production availability of Windows Azure and unveils new services running on its cloud platform.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Ray Ozzie, Muglia, Windows Identity Foundation, Microsoft Corp., network, Conference, Developer
Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds
Insight newsmaker Microsoft's software chief talks about Windows Azure, lessons learned from Sidekick fiasco and future in which devices record everything imaginable.
Tags: Business applications, Cloud computing, Microsoft Office, Ray Ozzie, Computing, Phone, Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Business applications, Virtual Machine
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News news analysis Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman on June 27, effectively ending his day-to-day involvement with the company.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Google Inc., David Mitchell, Cloud Computing, software, Silicon.com, co-founder, revenue
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
Azure: Can Microsoft meld Windows with the Web?
News news analysis The software giant's bid to join the world of cloud computing is likely to appeal most strongly to corporate users.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web services, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., software, corporate computing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft opens mega data center in Dublin
News The first Microsoft mega data center outside the US will take advantage of the 'cool climate' and will power Azure and Bing, the company says.
Tags: Service level management, Green IT, Servers, Ray Ozzie, mW, Carbon Footprint, Chicago, Server, U.S., blog
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
Open source is greatest threat to Microsoft
News Google is a concern, but open source is the bigger worry for Microsoft, according to Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.
Tags: Open source, Software engineering/development, Protocols and platforms, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Advertisement, software, shareholder, strategy
Microsoft launches Windows Azure
News The software maker hopes an operating system in the cloud, unveiled at its Professional Developers Conference, will add up to blue skies.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Server, Amazon.com Inc., software, Microsoft Windows, Elinor Mills, Internet strategy, Internet
Microsoft announces Azure pricing, details
News At its partner conference in New Orleans, the software maker announces several pricing options for its cloud computing service.
Tags: Cloud computing, Conference, Database, Storage, software company, Amazon Web Services, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., network, pricing strategy
Microsoft to buy Groove Networks
News Plans include adding Groove's "virtual office" software to Office lineup. Groove founder Ray Ozzie to become Microsoft CTO.
Tags: Microsoft Office
Microsoft tools up Windows Live platform
News The head of Microsoft's Windows Live Platform Services group has offered an early description of services and tools that Microsoft will release at this week's Mix08 Web conference.
Tags: Web sites, Protocols and platforms
Microsoft's CTO envisions a Web-savvy clipboard
News Ray Ozzie says Live Clipboard will let users combine structured information, such as RSS feeds and calendar items, on the Web.
Tags: R&D, Software, Web services
Last week in Microsoft
News Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie urge Redmond's leadership ranks to confront the realities and missed opportunities of online competition.
Tags: Content management
Notes creator touts P2P
News If there's one thing Ray Ozzie learned from his days of watching enterprises using Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes, it's that users gravitated to the groupware's most basic feature--e-mail.
