Author: Microsoft Stories

Microsoft is investing in undersea cables to connect its global data centers in a bid to bolster its cloud business capabilities amid fierce competition. The Redmond, WA-based company plans to connect its data center infrastructure in North America with Ireland and the U.K. through deals with Hibernia and Aqua Comms. The two cables will transfer data across the world to customers at rapid speeds, which Microsoft hopes will give it an edge over its competitors while expanding the reach of its cloud business.

Microsoft has announced that the May system update has officially gone live and this particular update brings plenty of goodies for Xbox One. Front of center of this particular release are a couple of social aspects that should make it even easier for Xbox One users to communicate and find new friends to play games with.

Dell has announced several new storage offerings designed to help businesses and organizations cost-effectively adapt and scale their data centers to keep pace with ever-increasing IT demands. Dell has launched Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces, designed to support Microsoft’s SDS capabilities on Dell’s enterprise-class server and direct attached storage hardware.

2D and 3D design developer Autodesk has announced its partnership with tech-giant Microsoft. With this collaboration, Autodesk will be installing its 3D printing platform on Windows 10. It also intends to make its 3D modelling software interoperable with Microsoft’s mixed reality environment, Microsoft HoloLens.

Dell has announced a series of solutions designed to help customers effectively access Windows applications, easily access and manage virtual desktops, manage social networks and improve productivity. Garth Fort, General Manager of Enterprise Partner, Microsoft, said, “Dell is collaborating closely with Microsoft to bring the benefits of desktop virtualization and management to organizations of all sizes in a variety of industries to help make the most of their Microsoft infrastructure.”

With the next release of Windows Server, Microsoft will equip its enterprise customers to take advantage of the container revolution. The next preview release of Windows Server 2016, due by the middle of the year, will offer the first glimpse into how its container system will operate. “One of the big trends we’re seeing is the notion of microservices and containers,” explained Mike Schutz, Microsoft General Manager of Product Marketing for Servers and Tools.

Microsoft has announced Azure networking improvements that will give IT staff more flexibility, and in the process help convince them to move more applications to the cloud. The network often plays second fiddle to other parts of enterprise IT infrastructures, but its performance has always been key to keeping users happy. For cloud services, that’s truer than ever.

VARIndia organized its fourth Star Nite Award 2005 in New Delhi, attended by 650 people from the Indian IT fraternity. On this occasion, more than 65 awards were presented to the top performers of the IT industry in various categories. Microsoft India received awards for Best Laptop Mouse, Gaming Software and Software Suite for SMBs.