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8 Reasons to Outsource Your Desktop in the Cloud
DaaS is the perfect option for small and mid-sized organizations to quickly and cost-effectively enhance the way they manage IT. However, since this is a "Service", finding the right partner to serve as the virtual IT department is also essential. With a centralized, consistent platform for managing multiple locations and supporting virtual workforces, DaaS provides users with the availability, scalability, security, redundancy and end-user support required to be successful in today's competitive business climate.
53 days ago by Independence ITTop HPC Use Cases in Life Sciences
The attendee of this webcast will learn from the experts how best to apply cutting edge high-performance computing techniques - such as cloud clustering and multi-core optimization - in a life sciences environment. The presenter will address the top use cases cited by the customers, including high performance life science and cloud clustering (with a customer case study example using Amazon EC2).
77 days ago by Sun MicrosystemsMomentum Webcast: Why You Should Choose a Microsoft Cloud Computing Solution (Level 100)
Is cloud computing a part of the IT strategy? If the answer is yes or even maybe, one should attend this webcast to discover why a Microsoft cloud computing solution is superior to cloud solutions offered by other vendors. The presenter breaks down the value proposition of the Microsoft cloud computing offering, they discuss the flexibility of software-plus-services, and explains how XML lets Microsoft provide a rich user experience in a Web browser on a PC or on a mobile phone. The attendee will learn the questions he should be asking when considering a cloud computing solution.
105 days ago by MicrosoftIndustry Group Demonstrates Technology Leadership With Rich-Media Solutions
For more than 50 years, the Country Music Association (CMA) has helped bring country music to millions of fans worldwide through its promotion of and collaboration with record labels, radio stations, and artists. It is best known for two yearly events: the CMA Music Festival and the CMA Awards. At this year's festival and on its Web site, CMA showcased two rich-media solutions based on the Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in and Windows Azure platform. Developed by CMA partner Firefly Logic, these solutions have resulted in significantly more visits to the Web site, and are helping demonstrate CMA's technology leadership to the industry as a whole.
107 days ago by MicrosoftEnvironment Agency's Pioneering Online Tools Bring Revolutionary Data to Citizens
An agency of the European Union, the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides independent and reliable information on the environment for policy makers and the general public. The agency is working towards raising environmental awareness across Europe by delivering easy-to-understand information about a number of environmental topics - among them, water and air quality. It also encourages citizens to contribute their own observations about the environment around them. Working with Microsoft, it developed the Eye On Earth platform, based on the Windows Azure "Cloud" services operating system. Users can view water or air quality from the 32 member countries of the EEA, using high-definition Bing maps.
108 days ago by MicrosoftFullArmor PolicyPortal Technical Brief: A Windows Azure/Software-Plus-Services Solution
FullArmor, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, exemplifies how solution providers are taking advantage of these new technologies in rich, innovative ways. The company then made a strategic decision to revamp the architecture of its core product, FullArmor PolicyPortal, using a combined software-plus-services and cloud-computing approach. The company then made a strategic decision to revamp the architecture of its core product, FullArmor PolicyPortal, using a combined software-plus-services and cloud-computing approach. The new design provides software that "Just works" with all the benefits of an infinitely scalable data center. FullArmor used Windows Azure, a cloud-services operating system from Microsoft, which serves as the development, service hosting, and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform.
108 days ago by MicrosoftMSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Rich Internet Applications With Windows Azure (Level 200)
The presenter of this webcast discusses Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and why Windows Azure is a fantastic platform for RIAs. The presenter provides several examples of RIAs, and he explains how RIAs and cloud computing are causing a shift in software layers as one know them. The presenter also demonstrates a new RIA-enabling technology from Microsoft, .NET RIA Services, and takes inside a Microsoft Silverlight RIA for business he is building on Azure.
114 days ago by MicrosoftMicrosoft Software+Services Webcast: Computing in the Cloud Overview
Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) delivers hosted communication and collaboration services, offering a streamlined experience with high availability, comprehensive security, and simplified IT management. The attendee of this webcast will have the opportunity to hear Microsoft's strategy for Software + Services, and see a demonstration of Exchange Online & SharePoint Online.
121 days ago by MicrosoftTrade Data Service Scales Online Solution to Global Level With "Cloud" Services Model
TradeFacilitate helps importers and exporters in the European Union to exchange trade data using a paper-free online system. To meet new regulation requirements for preshipment data exchange in the United States, TradeFacilitate sought a solution that would permit the company to scale its applications to a significantly larger market without proportionately adding more personnel and technology resources. The company adopted the Windows Azure platform and quickly migrated the code base from its primary application to a "Cloud" services model - the hosting and managing of its Web application and services on the Internet through Microsoft data centers. With Windows Azure, TradeFacilitate quickly developed a scalable and reliable solution that helped the company improve its ability to focus on delivering new services to customers.
138 days ago by MicrosoftFinancial Services ISV Fosters Flexibility and Cost Savings With Hosted Solution
CCH, which provides software for business professionals, adapted its sales tax - calculation application to run on the Windows Azure platform. CCH expects its use of Windows Azure to result in greater choice for customers, the ability to scale on demand, and lower costs. The company found the learning curve for the migration experience to be smooth and easy for developers because of the familiar tool set and operating environment of the Windows Azure platform.
138 days ago by Microsoft
