Microsoft Celebrates Chicago Data Center Grand Opening
Microsoft’s cloud computing infrastructure takes another big step forward this week with the grand opening of our Chicago data center. At more than 700,000 square feet, this facility significantly...
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Introducing the Microsoft Compliance Framework for Online Services
By Mark Estberg, Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Global Foundation Services Sometimes it can seem like half the battle of securing online services involves satisfying audits and otherwise...
View ArticleContinuing to Share Best Practices on Security and Privacy for the Cloud
By Mark Estberg, Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Global Foundation Services Microsoft has released several papers over the last couple of months on how we secure the cloud infrastructure,...
View ArticleRightsizing Servers to Achieve Cost and Power Savings
For Production Datacenters – White paper published This week our team published a new white paper on “Rightsizing Servers to Achieve Cost and Power Savings,” written by Dileep Bhandarkar and...
View ArticleSecurity Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications
By Mark Estberg, Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Global Foundation Services Security challenges exist in the cloud and applications must take these challenges into account. Our team...
View ArticleInformation Security Management System for Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure
By Mark Estberg, Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Global Foundation Services I often hear questions that are variations of “How does Microsoft secure its cloud?” and “How does Microsoft manage...
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Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure Receives FISMA Approval
By Mark Estberg, Senior Director of Risk and Compliance, Global Foundation Services Although cloud computing has emerged as a hot topic only in the past few years, Microsoft has been running some of...
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Watt Matters in Energy Efficiency!
By Dileep Bhandarkar, Ph. D. Distinguished EngineerGlobal Foundation Services, Microsoft I recently had the privilege to deliver a keynote speech titled “Watt Matters in Datacenters” at the Server...
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Shedding Light on Our New Cloud Farms
By Kevin Timmons, General Manager of Datacenter Services It’s an exciting time for Microsoft’s datacenter program. In addition to operating one of the largest global datacenter footprints in the...
View ArticleOffering Support to Help Victims of the Japanese Earthquake
By Charlie McNerney, GM, Business Management, GFS On Friday, March 11th, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit Japan followed by a series of tsunamis, causing widespread damage. In response, Microsoft...
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