With $19B in revenue, Microsoft’s server and tools’ chief says he’s just getting started (interview)

May 20, 2013 1:17 PM Chitra Rakesh
Chitra Rakesh

Meet Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft’s server and tools division, a division that builds and runs the company’s computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services. Nadella leads a team of over 10,000 employees, and his group alone makes $19 billion in annual revenue – which is more than the combined revenues of Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Zynga, Netflix, and a few others in the Valley.

Newvem launches new Windows Azure cloud-management tools to help enterprises act like startups

May 16, 2013 9:12 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

"Azure is a billion-dollar business," Laderman says. "Azure is Microsoft's best-kept secret in the enterprise."

Investor buys $2 billion of MSFT, says Microsoft ‘will win out’ as stock jumps 4%

April 23, 2013 7:24 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Microsoft stock, which is down a penny today, jumped from under $30 to over $31 almost immediately overnight, and has climbed almost 11 percent over the last month. That's part of a fairly steady rise over the last three months which has added over $30 billion in value to the company.

Cloud-tacular: Windows Azure Active Directory processes 4.7B authentications a week

November 27, 2012 10:00 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Windows Azure Active Directory has processed more than 200 billion authentications for Microsoft services in two years, and it now processes an average of 4.7 billion logins a week.

Agawi to use Microsoft’s Windows Azure to bring cloud-gaming services to Windows 8

September 10, 2012 2:00 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Look for Agawi to provide streamed games to Windows 8 devices in the not-so-distant future.

Engine Yard explains how the PaaS market is evolving (infographic)

July 5, 2012 12:00 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

The market for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) companies will grow steadily in the next several years because of the potential for operational improvement and cost reduction, according to a just-released survey by Engine Yard.

Engine Yard competes heavily with Salesforce’s Force.com and …

Microsoft’s Azure platform gets frisky with Linux

June 6, 2012 2:33 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform has been given a major update that will offer deep support to Linux-based developers, the company announced today in a blog post.

The update will bring Windows Azure to a new level of versatility in what …

Microsoft launches its second Azure accelerator, this one in India

May 22, 2012 12:29 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft has launched its second accelerator for cloud-related startups, the company announced today. This one is located in emerging tech startup hotbed Bangalore, India.

Ten startups will be selected and will start Sept. 3, 2012. For four months, they will …

Twilio and Microsoft partner to bring cloud communications to Azure developers

May 2, 2012 12:44 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft and cloud communications startup Twilio have signed a deal to bring Twilio’s APIs to developers who use Windows Azure, the two companies announced today.

Azure is used by many companies to host and build web applications through Microsoft’s data …

Microsoft launches first accelerator ever, but will give free Azure access instead of cash

March 13, 2012 4:24 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Microsoft has launched its first-ever startup accelerator at its Israel R&D Center, with an expressed purpose of helping young cloud-focused companies.

The Windows Azure Accelerator, which was first reported by TechCrunch, will provide space and mentoring like a normal accelerator, …

Microsoft moves veteran Dave Cutler into Xbox division, to move beyond games

January 19, 2012 9:36 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Work is underway on a successor to the Xbox 360, and rumors have been flying about who is working on it.

Pushed by All About Microsoft, Microsoft has confirmed in a statement that Dave Cutler, the father of Microsoft’s Windows …

Apple’s iCloud runs on Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s cloud

September 3, 2011 8:30 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Apple’s iCloud runs on two services from its biggest competitors, Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s elastic cloud, reports The Register.

Sources tell the site that both Microsoft and Amazon were instructed to remain mum on the iCloud deal. Amazon’s elastic cloud …

Microsoft tailors Azure cloud services to social game developers

July 19, 2011 12:29 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Microsoft said today it is tailoring its Windows Azure cloud development platform for social game developers, making it much easier for them to develop, launch, and support online games.

The company will release a new Windows Azure tool kit for …