Tech firms interested in cloud computing have continued to grow in strength and acquisitions despite the recession. In fact, many companies that are now household names have invested in cloud services to allow for computing capacity as an Internet service instead of providing it from a data centre. Companies that have launched cloud services include [...]
Dedicated and hosting provider, Frontpages, has expanded the list of options of management services it offers to provide its dedicated customers with a more managed solution, through the launch of a product it calls “Total Care Support.” Total Care, says Frontpages, provides 24-hour hardware monitoring and alerting, and monthly reports on critical hardware thresholds, including [...]
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has launched a feature absolute release candidate of Microsoft Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization software being offered with different versions of Windows Server 2008. A beta of Hyper-V was included with Windows Server 2008 when it publicly launched last month at Microsoft’s largest enterprise product launch, Heroes Happen Here, but [...]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed that the software giant is determined to expand market share against opponent Google in the profitable field of online advertising and Web searching. Presenting at Microsoft’s MIX08 online technology conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ballmer echoed the validation of last month’s $41.2-billion spontaneous offer for Yahoo. In a question-and-answer period [...]
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced on Monday that the company will be offering Microsoft Online Services to businesses of all sizes, marking a major step for Microsoft towards increasing its software plus services policy. The announcement was revealed during Gates’ significant speech at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 , planned to run from March [...]
India located managed hosting and dedicated service provider Balasai Net announced on Friday it has attained Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status. Since gaining its initial certification from Microsoft in 2000, Balasai Net says it constantly built competencies and continued the development every year. This accomplishment shows that Balasai Net has attained the uppermost levels of [...]
In a bid that would mark the biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger, and that experts believe could equip both companies to take on search engine giant Google, Microsoft has made an voluntary tender to purchase Yahoo for $44.6 billion in cash and stock, it announced on Friday. In what may possibly be [...]
