It's not just the Microsoft product groups that are charging ahead with getting Microsoft "All In" with the cloud. Microsoft Research seems to be stepping up its work on a variety of cloud-related projects, and plans to share details about several of them during the 2010 Usenix Federated Conferences shows in Boston the week of June 21.
Microsoft is dropping Quadrant, a tool originally slated to be part its data-modeling platform, which was originally codenamed Oslo, and is revising its plans for its M data-modeling language.
Following in the footsteps of a number of other active (and not so active) labs sites, Microsoft's BI (business intelligence) Labs quietly opened its virtual doors in April.
It's only Monday, but the week is starting off with some finished -- and unfinished -- Microsoft vs. Google business.
Microsoft is giving customers a new way to run their virtualized workloads on-premises while connecting to Azure.
The Server and Tools business at Microsoft is the division responsible for both Microsoft's public and private cloud platforms. Bob Muglia, the president of that division, is keynoting the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) on April 20. A Cliff Notes version of Muglia's talking points already is posted on the System Center team blog
On November 10, Microsoft announced the latest Oslo shift: Oslo's three main remaining components are going to be be renamed "SQL Server Modeling" and be folded into some future release of Microsoft's database.
When Microsoft first disclosed its plans for "Kilimanjaro" (SQL Server 2008 R2), officials also made mention of a related project, codenamed "Madison." On May 11, Microsoft announced a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Madison is now slated for July.
During an appearance at the Citi Global Technology Conference on September 4, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell faced the same question that he's been answering for months: What is Microsoft's online strategy now that the company has decided against buying Yahoo?
In a move reminiscent of its "Get the Facts" anti-Linux campaign, Microsoft is waging war on VMware with a customer-focused Web site that provides the Redmondian spin on how its products stack up against the competition.