A lot of news lately from Microsoft about the large datacenters. This video is about energy efficiency :
Kudos to Bart Wessels
Infrastructure
December 11, 2008
Energy Efficiency in Microsoft’s datacenters
December 10, 2008
Inside Microsoft’s Datacenter
ONe of them that is … A peek inside one of Microsoft’s datacenters including a brief interview with Michael Manos :
December 03, 2008
Microsoft Generation 4 Datacenter Vision
As part of the overall Online Strategy, Microsoft is expanding its global datacenter facilities globally.
Building large datacenters is not only path Microsoft is taking. Modular datacenter also form an important part of the strategy. Check out this video to get an idea of the concept :
If you are in any way interested in Microsoft’s strategy with regards to datacenters, please check out the weblog of Michael Manos.
Michael is General Manager for Global Foundation Services, basicly the entity repsponsible for the strategy, implementation eand operations of Microsoft’s Global Datacenter Infrastructure.
Michael wrote a blogpost (or better article) on the Modular datacenter strategy That’s very interesting :
Data Centers are a hot topic these days. No matter where you look, this once obscure aspect of infrastructure is getting a lot of attention. For years, there have been cost pressures on IT operations and this, when the need for modern capacity is greater than ever, has thrust data centers into the spotlight. Server and rack density continues to rise, placing DC professionals and businesses in tighter and tougher situations while they struggle to manage their IT environments. And now hyper-scale cloud infrastructure is taking traditional technologies to limits never explored before and focusing the imagination of the IT industry on new possibilities.
At Microsoft, we have focused a lot of thought and research around how to best operate and maintain our global infrastructure and we want to share those learnings. While obviously there are some aspects that we keep to ourselves, we have shared how we operate facilities daily, our technologies and methodologies, and, most importantly, how we monitor and manage our facilities. Whether it’s speaking at industry events, inviting customers to our “Microsoft data center conferences” held in our data centers, or through other media like blogging and white papers, we believe sharing best practices is paramount and will drive the industry forward. So in that vein, we have some interesting news to share.
Read on : Michael Manos’ blog
And if you still haven’t had enough, check out this interview with Michael on TechEd Online : Datacenter Leadership
November 22, 2008
Microsoft to Google: Get Off of My Cloud
Business Week features a great article on Microsoft’s commitment to Software + Services, including some juicy details on the Datacenter infrastructure. So in case you thought Microsoft just got started, we are well underway ..
… The world's top software maker plans to build about 20 state-of-the-art data centers as it tries to outpace cloud computing rival Google, BusinessWeek has learned
Corporate America is increasingly leaving computing to the experts. Why go to the trouble and expense of building and managing complex systems to handle your spiraling data-crunching needs when another company can do it for you? And who better, faster, or cheaper than Google (GOOG)?
That's just the kind of conventional wisdom Debra Chrapaty wants to change. As Microsoft's (MSFT) vice-president for Global Foundation Services, Chrapaty wants to prove that her company is no less capable of running the sprawling data centers to offer software doled out via the Internet. The company is especially keen to handle the ubiquitous Microsoft software that consumers and corporations have been running for themselves for the past few decades. "Google has done a great job of hyping" its prowess, Chrapaty says. "But we're neck and neck with them."
And if Microsoft isn't there yet, it may be soon. Chrapaty, who's in charge of Microsoft's data centers, is stepping up a multibillion-dollar building binge, BusinessWeek has learned. Her group is embarking on a plan to build in the coming years some 20 supersize data centers that can cost as much as $1 billion apiece, according to a person familiar with Microsoft's plans. "We're going to reinvent the infrastructure of our industry," Chrapaty says. She declines to discuss specifics of the plan. …
Read on : BusinessWeek.com
April 10, 2008
The new town for Microsoft's new datacenter
The video is not very recent, yet gives a good overview of Microsoft's ambitions and real plan being executed in the datacenter space ...
Quincy, WA is the home of Microsoft's new online services datacenter, consuming 72 acres of land. The Mayor of Quincy expresses his gratitude for the choice, and MS planners explain why they chose ...
Video: The new town for Microsoft's new datacenter
March 01, 2008
Google werkt mee aan onderzeese internetkabel
Dit is een belangrijke schakel. In de (nabije?) toekomst zal de internet infrastructuur een bottleneck kunnen worden. Het is naar mijn bescheiden mening een slimme zet van Google en de consortium deelnemers om zich wat ' onafhankelijk' te maken ...
... De wereldwijde infrastructuur van het internet staat volgens sommigen onder druk. Telecombedrijven leggen nieuwe backbone-verbindingen, inclusief onderzeese glasvezelkabels die de continenten verbinden. Google doet ook mee....
Source: Computable ICT-nieuws - Google werkt mee aan onderzeese internetkabel
EMC en SAP samen in SaaS?
De SaaS markt is nog vol op in ontwikkeling, dat zie je ook terug in de samenwerkingsverbanden tussen diverse grotere partijen. EMC is een partij die sterk ik in ondermeer de onderliggende infrastructuur zoals storage en virtualisatie...
EMC wil samen met SAP een keur aan nieuwe opslag- en applicatiediensten voor bedrijven in de markt zetten. Dit meldt nieuwsdienst Reuters. Doug Merritt, EVP & GM Suite Optimization bij SAP zegt dat beide bedrijven in gesprek zijn over het samenvoegen van EMC's virtualisatietechniek en SAP-software om een nieuwe hosted service te vormen.
Source: Channelworld - EMC en SAP samen in SaaS?
February 26, 2008
What's in a cloud ?
- A colleague referred me to this article by Paul Wainwright about Rackspace / Mosso and their new offering for a truely commoditised hosting offering. Also others like IBM and Google are entering this market so lot's of developements can be expected here .. So ... starting a new category : Cloudcomputing
.. Rackspace subsidiary Mosso this week relaunched its hosting platform as a pay-as-you-grow cloud computing service. There have been noises recently about hosting provider Rackspace’s ability to compete with Amazon’s EC2 service and similar cloud offerings. Mosso is its answer to those critics.
Briefing me on the announcement last week, Rackspace’s senior VP of strategy Lew Moorman told me, “This is a very important strategy for Rackspace … This idea has really blossomed into something we feel is the future of hosting — we really think it’s going to bring something new to the market.”
More at Source: ZDnet.com
Rebranded as The Hosting Cloud, the Mosso offering brings cloud attributes to the commodity Web server hosting market. Web developers can select the server stack they want to deploy — including Linux and Windows (both on the same website if they want), plus higher-level components such as PHP, mySQL, Ruby on Rails, Microsoft SQL Server and IIS7 — and the Mosso system implements it on demand. Its slogan: “Code, load and go.” ...
February 07, 2008
Software+Services: Microsoft BizTalk
Microsoft BizTalk 2006 whitepaper outling the role of BizTalk in Software + Services scenrio's ..
Software + Services in the Microsoft World: A Technology Overview for IT Decision MakersOne of the most important changes in the technology world today is the shift within enterprises from relying solely on local software to a world of software plus services (S+S). This overview describes S+S, focusing on what Microsoft is doing in this area. While not everyone uses the same terms, the entire industry has embraced the idea of S+S under various headings and while the move to S+S certainly affects consumers, this description focuses on S+S for business users. S+S isn’t a futuristic idea; it’s a reality today. Yet the full impact of this transition is still years away. Understanding what that impact will look like requires thinking about the effect on applications—packages as well as custom software—and on the platforms those applications depend on. This overview describes both.
November 16, 2007
Dell neemt SaaS leverancier Everdream over
Interessante beweging van een (tot nu toe) hardware leverancier als Dell
... Dell heeft het SaaS (Software as a Service) bedrijf Everdream overgenomen. Het bedrag van de overname is niet bekend gemaakt.
Everdream levert SaaS oplossingen voor remote-service management in de markt voor desktopbeheer. Greg Davis, vice president of commercial channels bij Dell zegt de oplossingen van Everdream via channel partners te gaan verkopen. .
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Source: Dell neemt SaaS leverancier Everdream over
Date Published: Fri, 16 Nov 2007
