SAP Launches Cloud-Based Visual Intelligence Software
SAP has rolled out a new software offering intended to help enterprises visualize, publish and share information in a cloud environment. Lumira is designed to replace SAP’s Visual Intelligence product and help users share documents across mobile devices or web browsers, the company said Friday. The HTML5-built self-service platform seeks to address analysis delivery speeds [...]
Nimble Inc. has developed a validated reference architecture to support private clouds that implement Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Server and System Center on Cisco Systems Inc.‘s unified computing system, according to an Eweek article. Nimble’s Storage SmartStack receives certification to accommodate up to 75 virtual machines hosted by Microsoft’s fast track reference architecture comprising three-rack-unit Nimble storage [...]
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Microsoft and a mobile software provider have developed a new Android application for Outlook.com designed to deliver push-enabled access to email features such as inboxes, folders and contacts. The new service launched Tuesday on Google Play and is the second Android app Seven Networks has developed with Microsoft, Seven said Tuesday. Seven designed the app [...]
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Dell, Microsoft Form Windows Supply Chain Partnership; Joyce Mullen Comments
April 12, 2013 No Comment
Dell‘s original equipment manufacturer solutions business unit has obtained a license from Microsoft to distribute, manufacture and integrate Windows products into its offerings. Effective April 1, the agreement intends to help Dell customers market their products with in-stock certificates of authenticity, process orders without custom factory integration and service requirements and reduce the number of [...]
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Microsoft Helping Local Govt, Universities Move to Office 365 Cloud; Curt Kolcun Comments
April 3, 2013 No Comment
Microsoft has announced that eight universities and local governments are making the move to its Office 365 cloud platform, according to a GCN article. Curt Kolcun, vice president of U.S. public sector at Microsoft, said the new sign-ups reflect the requirements of budget-conscious government and education organizations who see savings in the cloud that don’t compromise [...]
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Lockheed Martin is developing a new type of quantum computer nearly two years after acquiring an early version of the computer from a Canada-based company, the New York Times reports. D-Wave Systems developed the computer’s processor from a set of superconducting wires that run at absolute zero degree temperatures, then receive mathematical equations, according to [...]
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Lockheed, Microsoft Wrap Up EPA’s Office 365 Cloud Move; Stephanie Hill Comments
March 7, 2013 No Comment
Lockheed Martin and Microsoft have finished migrating the Environmental Protection Agency to a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration and communication cloud infrastructure. More than 22,000 EPA email users are in the Office 365 for Government cloud environment, which contains email, calendars, scheduling and collaboration tools for internal and external use, the company said Thursday. Under a [...]
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Microsoft has acquired start-up cloud monitoring company MetricsHub for an undisclosed amount in a move. MetricsHub participated for three months in the Accelerator, Microsoft’s mentorship program through which it invests in 10 cloud-developing startups, CNet reported Monday. Participants then present their products to Microsoft executives and investors. As part of the deal, MetricsHub has lifted [...]
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Microsoft to Provide Red Cross with Cloud Services; Laura Ipsen Comments
February 25, 2013 No Comment
Microsoft’s Office 365 will be used by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as its standard communications platform to be used by its National Societies worldwide for greater licensing flexibility. According to a company statement, the new memorandum of understanding expands on an existing IFRC global enterprise agreement. The partnership, which aims to help [...]
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Technicians from Microsoft and Symantec helped U.S. federal marshals raid data centers in New Jersey and Virginia Wednesday in order to stop a global cyber crime operation, Reuters reports. Jim Finkle writes the Bamital botnet could control infected computers, install viruses for identity theft and place computers into networks that attack websites and conduct other [...]
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