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After cloud price cuts from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, what's next?
2014-04-01 19:47:20| InfoWorld: Top News
Now that Google,
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Microsoft slashes Azure prices, introduces new basic tier
2014-04-01 13:44:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft said Monday it was cutting prices of its Azure cloud services to match the prices of competitor Amazon Web Services in the latest in a price war in cloud services. Besides introducing a new tier of general-purpose services, Microsoft also announced a move to region-specific pricing to help customers save money, as some workloads may not be dependent on location.
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Microsoft to beat the drum for Windows Phone at Build
2014-04-01 13:23:38| InfoWorld: Top News
While Microsoft has kept silent on what it might actually introduce at its Build developer conference this week, it is clear from the event's presentation schedule that Microsoft will push hard on its Windows Phone smartphone platform
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Microsoft plans lucky 13th-anniversary edition of Windows XP
2014-04-01 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
If you can't pull the plug, you might as well fire it up again.
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Microsoft CEO names cloud, mobile, Xbox execs
2014-04-01 09:07:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Microsoft's new CEO, Satya Nadella, has confirmed a number of top executive appointments. Scott Guthrie was promoted to to Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise, where he had already been serving in an interim capacity. Since joining Microsoft in 1997, he has worked on .NET and other technologies and most recently drove the growth at Microsoft Azure. Stephen Elop will join Microsoft as Executive Vice President, Microsoft Devices Group. The former Nokia CEO will take up the role once Microsoft completes its takeover of Nokia's handset business, now expected by the end of April. He will report directly to the CEO. Finally, Phil Spencer will take on a new role leading Xbox, combining the Xbox and Xbox Live development teams with the Microsoft Studios team. He will report to Terry Myerson, executive VP for operating systems, in order to focus on integrating gaming more with OS development. Nadella said this should help "bring more of the magic of Xbox to all form factors, including tablets, PCs and phones".
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