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Mobius December 2008: Windows 7, Live Mesh, and the future of Windows Mobile and services

The second Mobius event of 2008 was held this week in Seattle and I was invited to participate with some of the greatest minds in the mobile space. We saw the beta of Windows 7, future of Windows Mobile and mobile services, Live Mesh, and much more during this 2...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, Mobius, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Service, Live Mesh, Windows Azure Services Platform, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-12

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Microsoft puts more Azure cloud plumbing in place

Editing nitMary Jo - it always bugs me when you and others refer to 'Azure.' There is no such thing as 'Azure.' There is a Windows Azure product and a SQL Azure product but no Azure product. It seems confusing to use Azure along. If you want to talk...

Tags: Operating systems, Content management, Azure, Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Microsoft has made another play at interoperability with a key open source software offering. At Eclipse Summit Europe on Wednesday, the Redmond, Wash. software giant announced that it is working on four open source projects with two open source companies -- Tasktop Technologies and Soyatec -- to...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-28

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

Windows and Office cash cows take a hit in Microsoft's first quarter

BURN BABY BURNNice to see Microsoft start the downward spiral.Don't get too happy...Every company has a blip in its future - just wait until the next quarter.When you're on top the only way is down.Happened to all those on top at some point....IBMNovellGMLotusLike so many other companies?But then again, the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

Think the conclusions are a bit flawedI think we can all agree that SaaS saves operational expenses, increases agility and improves the user experience. I don't think the fact that Salesforce.com has been successful can be held against the category.The shelfware point is a bit more subtle. The...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, shelfware

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service

Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...

Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Microsoft kicks off its Windows uber-branding campaign

These phones are more powerful than the laptops of a couple years agoThey have lots of RAM, GPU, HW codecs, etc, so yes they can run Windows and it's past time they did. Stick a fork in WinMo, it should have already been part of history with 6.5. My...

Tags: Construction, Telecom & Utilities, phone, wall, laptop computer, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Microsoft to cut Live Framework and Services from its Azure cloud platform

Microsoft is rejiggering its Live Framework and Live Services platform, somehow making it part of the Windows Live Wave 4 set of consumer-focused Web services and removing it from the larger Azure Services platform, company officials revealed on August 21. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Platform, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-08-21

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)

What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...

Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

The grand Google plan against the whole Microsoft stack

The grand Google plan against the whole Microsoft stackThe problem with this is vendor lock-inYea, sure you get vendor lock-in anyway with Microsoft, Oracle, whatever...right? But this is alot more vertical. With Google, everything is in the cloud, which they host. Your custom applications will have be...

Tags: VPNs, Network security, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., likelyhood, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until August

Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until AugustIf this was GPL open source would you get your questions answered MJ?Answer: Most Definitely..MS' contradictory strategiesI don?t quite understand MS. On the one hand MS has a problem maintaining the relevance of Windows, and on the other hand, MS continually invests...

Tags: Web browsers, Web application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Web browser, Microsoft Windows, terminal services, developer, strategy

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

News to know: Chrome OS; Azure; Cable speed; Google Apps; Internet radio

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS Matthew Miller: Google Chrome OS announced, It should...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Internet Radio, Radio, Microsoft Corp., Cable, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?

Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?The Zune of cloud computingI just can't get behind any service offered by Microsoft, regardless of the discount they attached to it. I'd be thinking about the Zune and Hotmail. And, if by some miracle they actually did field a well conceived...

Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Scripting languages, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure pricing, Microsoft Zune, MSN Hotmail, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Comparing infrastructure as a service providers: Amazon, Rackspace emerge

Amazon Web Services has the best pricing based on dollar per virtual machine, but Rackspace fills in a few gaps---especially with persistent instance data, according to a report from JMP Securities. In the report, JMP analyst Patrick Walravens surveys the infrastructure as a service providers. The report,...

Tags: Rackspace, Amazon Web Services, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, Walravens, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Virtualization, Web Services, Marketing Research, Marketing, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Webcast: Demystifying Azure and Microsoft's cloud computing strategy

Webcast: Demystifying Azure and Microsoft's cloud computing strategyCan we say Mobile Me Hmmmm..... seems like Apple came up with this idea a few years ago where you been Microsoft?RE: Webcast: Demystifying Azure and Microsoft's cloud computing strategyWhy do Apple Fanboys point out things that are blatantly wrong: Mobile Me =...

Tags: Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, Middleware, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Azure, Mobile-Me, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Your Thoughts: How mature are cloud computing services?

Enterprise IT infrastructure & operations professionals have many cloud computing technologies to choose from today, and new solutions seem to appear all the time. What are all these technologies? How do you categorize them? Which are mature and which need a lot of work? Forrester is kicking...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010

Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Microsoft RIA MIAFlash/Flex is so far ahead that it is not even funny any more.RE: Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010Is this like Flex Data Services/Livecycle? This one's gonna be an important part of Azure then.Won't be for anything meaningfulDon't expect any meaningful...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Flash/Flex, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .Net RIA Services, Microsoft .NET

Discussion threads 2009-06-11