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Microsoft Launches SQL Server 2008 R2 to Help Companies Enhance the Decision-making Process
Apr. 21, 2010
Survey reveals 73 per cent of Canadian firms agree business intelligence (BI) tools can help deliver stronger business insight MISSISSAUGA, ON - April 21, 2010 - Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft® SQL Server®...
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Microsoft and HP Expand Cloud Collaboration
Jan. 14, 2010
In a joint conference call this morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and HP chairman/CEO Mark Hurd announced a significant expansion of their business collaboration.
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Microsoft, HP unveil ‘breakthrough’ stack integration
Jan. 14, 2010
Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Wednesday announced a $250-million three-year investment toward integrating their respective technology stacks from infrastructure to application in a cloud-driven effort the companies said "represents the most integrated technology stack in the industry today."
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Virtualization – A year of experimentation
Oct. 28, 2009
St-Jean de Vianney implemented Microsoft Corp.'s Hyper-V hypervisor in Windows Server 2008. The technology virtualized the server infrastructure - essentially rearranging bits and pieces of the 16 servers and squeezing more performance out of them.
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Microsoft helps banks do SWIFT business
Sep. 25, 2009
As banks seek to implement real-time payments, Microsoft is helping the shift happen through a new piece of middleware that enables "painless" conversion of legacy electronic payment formats to the SWIFT standard.
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 beta shines
Apr. 16, 2009
While I've listed all the new features of Exchange 2010 in the table below, there are a few that stand out, at least in my mind.
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Citrix-Microsoft alliance raises bar for VMware
Feb. 24, 2009
XenSource-based management options for virtualization are ramped up and made complementary to Microsoft's System Center management console and Hyper V hypervisor.
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