Windows Server 2012 Dubbed the ‘Cloud OS’ by Microsoft
September 5, 2012
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Robert J. Mullins.
Windows Server 2012 Day is finally here, as Microsoft officially launches the server operating system that’s been in development for four years and is geared to serve the current needs of IT for secure but reliable access by workers to corporate data and applications regardless of their location and type of device they are using.
Microsoft experts from the Server and Tools businesses delivered a live streaming presentation Sept. 4, doing a deep dive on Windows Server 2012 features in the data center, in the development and deployment of applications and in the delivery of what the company calls “people-centric IT.”…
Microsoft officials have dubbed Windows Server 2012 the “Cloud OS,” saying it maximizes the use of cloud computing with the reliability, scalability, flexibility and performance capabilities that are built into the OS.
“Today is a momentous day for us,” said Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft’s Server and Tools business, comparing this launch to the release of Windows NT, which ushered in the client-server era of computing in 1993…
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