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- Microsoft won't bother with EU hearing
- Microsoft wanted the European Commission to reschedule a hearing at which Redmond would be be able to defend itself against the EU's conclusion that tying IE to Windows is anticompetitive. The reason: Microsoft's top antitrust staff would be attending a big conference in Zurich. The EU declined....
- Tags: Commission, Zurich, Microsoft Corp., European Union, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Microsoft PDC: Will the real cloud platform please stand up?
- At the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, "platform" will be the watchword of the day. I'm going to be interested to see which cloud platform of the many that Microsoft is expected to unveil will get top billing. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Platform, Zurich, Microsoft Corp., Mesh Platform, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- VMware's Datacenter OS: Windows isn't the competition
- Microsoft archrival VMWare announced this week a set of future technologies called the "Virtual Datacenter OS" that some are comparing with Windows Server 2008. But Windows Server 2008 and its integrated Hyper-V hypervisor aren't what Microsoft is going to be pitting against VMware, Google and Amazon in the brave, new...
- Tags: Data Center, Zurich, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision
- A new white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by the always entertaining consultant David Chappell, provides more clues about what the Softies are planning to unveil at this October's Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data...
- Tags: Zurich, Operating System, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Service, David Chappell, Red Dog, SQL Server Data Services, Application Service, EC2, EC2 Customer, Windows Live ID, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud
- Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie foreshadowed a couple of still-to-be-released Microsoft's cloud-developer services -- "Zurich" and "Red Dog" -- during his speech at the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting FAM on July 24. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Zurich, Ray Ozzie, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ozzie, SQL Server Data Services, Data Centers, Retail, Financial Accounting, Channel Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- The City of Zurich Simplifies IT Management With New Operating System
- The City of Zurich is optimizing its IT infrastructure by bringing its 15,000 PCs and notebooks spread across 60 service departments in line with one common standard. Previously, the various service departments decided for themselves which operating system and applications to install. As part of the city's new IT strategy,...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Zurich, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Service Department, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- The City of Zurich Simplifies Management by Standardizing on New Operating System
- The City of Zurich is optimizing its IT infrastructure by bringing its 15,000 PCs and notebooks spread across 60 service departments in line with one common standard. Previously, the various service departments decided for themselves which operating system and applications to install. As part of the city's new IT strategy,...
- Tags: Information Technology, Zurich, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Service Department, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Daily Picture Of Zurich 1.0.1 (Windows)
- Daily Picture Of Zurich displays a new picture of Zurich every day, or even more often. The pictures are taken on the countryside of Zurich and the city of Zurich. For all that don't know where Zurich is, its in the north of Switzerland. This version is the first release...
- Tags: Zurich, Sam, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-07-10
- Transnavicom Satellite Map of Zurich 1 (Windows)
- Demo-version of Satellite Map of Zurich is an example of how a person living in a megapolis today can use space technologies. A Quick Bird satellite shot is used as the cartographic basis. Face the reality. Your dreams are coming true with satellite maps from Transnavi.com. In the demo-version you...
- Tags: Zurich, Microsoft Windows, Satellite, Transnavicom, Network Technology, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-03-02
- Photos: Inside IBM's Zurich research lab
- Now turning 50, the lab has produced Nobel Prize-winning technical breakthroughs, including the scanning tunneling microscope.
- Tags: Zurich, IBM Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-07-20
- Photos: Inside IBM's Zurich research lab
- Now turning 50, the lab has produced Nobel Prize-winning technical breakthroughs, including the scanning tunneling microscope.
- Tags: Zurich, IBM Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-05-23
- Photos: Inside IBM's Zurich research lab
- Now turning 50, the lab has produced Nobel Prize-winning technical breakthroughs, including the scanning tunneling microscope.
- Tags: Zurich, IBM Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-05-23
- Lanier Cuts Costs, Streamlines Workflow for 15-Year Customer Zurich North America
- Zurich North America is a leading property-casualty insurance provider in the United States and Canada, and a Lanier customer since 1987. For more than 15 years, Zurich has turned to Lanier to keep a wide range of document costs under control, find new ways to reduce total cost of ownership...
- Tags: Ricoh Corp., Zurich, Workflow, Zurich North America, Fleet Management, Process Improvement, Roi/Tco, Quality, Business Operations, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies
- Zurich in North America Realizes Substantial Savings Using Best Practices for Software Asset Management
- For years, Zurich, a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices, watched its budget for mainframe software rise rapidly. This alarming increase in software costs did not go unchallenged. Zurich needed to increase operational efficiency and reduce expenses to help keep insurance premiums low....
- Tags: Software, Zurich, Best Practice, Tools & Techniques, Asset Management, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Zurich in North American Anticipates U.S.$25 Million Gain With SQL Server 2005 Solution
- Zurich North America Commercial ("Zurich"), a commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving companies in Canada and the United States, is part of Zurich Financial Services, based in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich includes 600 risk engineers who inspect sites and recommend changes to help minimize their customers' risk of loss. The risk engineers...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Zurich, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
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- From Big Blue to Big Brown as IBM expands into sewage management and other green initiatives
- IBM representatives were in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce a partnership with the city around several green initiatives and also to launch several broader initiatives that include the development of advanced battery technologies at its Almaden Research Center in San Jose. I met with Alan Ganek,...
- Tags: Battery, IBM Corp., Engineering, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Not your average off-the-shelf system: New IBM supercomputer will heat university buildings
- A water-cooled supercomputer, called the Aquasar, is being built as part of a collaborative effort by IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. The project is part of IBM's First of a Kind Program, which leverages relevant research from outside of IBM's own research labs to advance technology...
- Tags: Supercomputer, IBM Corp., Transportation, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Hedge your bets: Green tech warranties, insurance ensure you'll be able to buy green in the future
- Pretty much no one expects you to go rip and replace all of the technology in your home or business with green stuff if there's still life in the old stuff. That just wouldn't be very green, would it? But a couple of forward-thinking companies in the...
- Tags: Green Technology, Plan, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?
- Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- MSFT passed on chance to speak to EU's top antitrust official
- Hmm ... makes you wonder what they're afraid of. The New York Times -- reporting on the news this blog that Microsoft would not make oral arguments in the small matter of whether the embedding of Internet Explorer in Windows constitutes anticompetitive behavior -- revealed that Neelie Kroes, the competition...
- Tags: Commission, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., European Union, MSFT, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
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