Microsoft launches the next-generation hybrid cloud

Microsoft launches the next-generation hybrid cloud

Microsoft has announced a range of new products and services at Ignite Conference, which is being held this week in Chicago. Some examples are the next generation of Windows management, Microsoft Office, hybrid cloud infrastructure and SQL Server.

In this post we are going to focus on some the new so called Intelligent cloud solutions by Microsoft:

-Next-generation hybrid cloud. In preview this summer, Microsoft Azure Stack brings the Azure user experience and both infrastructure and platform-as-a-service capabilities into customers’ datacenters. With Azure Stack IT teams can easily blend enterprise applications with modern, distributed applications and services while maintaining centralized oversight. Built on the same core technology as Azure, Azure Stack extends Microsoft’s investments in secure, more flexible software-defined infrastructure.

The quest for interoperability at Protocols Plugfest Europe

The quest for interoperability at Protocols Plugfest Europe

Protocols Plugfest Europe 2015 will be held next May 12, 13 and 14 at Zaragoza (Spain). This conference will bring together experts from leading technology companies and Open Source projects so that they can share visions, experiences and technical knowledge to help advance the industry in its quest for interoperability.

This event reinforces the collaboration on interoperability and protocols between Open Source and non-Open Source companies and projects. The agenda includes technical and business insights from Microsoft, Red Hat, CENATIC, SerNet, Dell, Collabora, KDE, FSFE, RavenDB, Kolab Systems, LibreOffice, Igalia, BlueMind, Bitergia, Samba, OpenChange, Libelium, Griffin Brown Publishing, id law partners and Hibernating Rhinos.

Java, Windows Open Source & Cisco Connect

Java, Windows Open Source & Cisco Connect

The recent news about Java in UDS Enterprise, the possibility of Windows Open Source and Cisco Connect 2015 Conference have been the most outstanding topics in our blog for the last two weeks.

Find below the links to the most interesting news according to our followers:

UDS Enterprise doesn’t need Java installed

Microsoft may release Windows as Open Source

Cisco Connect 2015: the new FastIT model

Microsoft unveils new container technologies for Hyper-V

Microsoft unveils new container technologies for Hyper-V

Microsoft is taking containerization one step further by expanding the scenarios and workloads developers can address with containers.

Microsoft will now offer containers with a new level of isolation previously reserved only for fully dedicated physical or virtual machines, while maintaining an agile and efficient experience with full Docker cross-platform integration.

Microsoft may release Windows as Open Source

Microsoft may release Windows as Open Source

Microsoft could release Windows code. So says Mark Russinovich, one of the most important developers in the company. Russinovich made these statements in ChefConf, a Conference held in Silicon Valley which is mostly attended by Linux users. There, the developer said that we are now facing “a new Microsoft, where an Open Source Windows is possible”.

Russinovich explained this would be an important step for the company evolution, since nowadays most Microsoft’s users and customers rely on Open Source. Therefore, the Redmond giant “also should bet on it”, explained. In addition, he explained that the company already allows Linux in its Azure cloud service and that, in fact, today 20% computers using this service work with the Penguin-OS.

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