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Microsoft Explains Windows Live Outage as Downed Server
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| Microsoft suggested that a Windows Live outage
| on Feb. 16, which prevented unknown users from
| accessing their Windows Live accounts in
| addition to Hotmail and Xbox Live, was due to
| a single server failure. While the root
| problem was identified quickly, Microsoft
| apparently needed time to resolve what it
| called the "logjam" due to increased load on
| the remaining servers. As it seeks to compete
| against Google and other cloud-based service
| providers, Microsoft is porting an increasing
| number of services, notably stripped-down
| versions of its Office 2010 applications, onto
| Windows Live.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Explains-Windows-Live-Outage-As-Downed-Server-493612/
Microsoft Azure is available, but does anyone care?
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| Moreover, Microsoft has been chasing the
| infrastructure market for years, yet has had
| only very limited success. As one CIO friend
| told me, "I love Microsoft on my desktops, but
| no place else."
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/microsoft-azure-available-does-anyone-care-502
How To Handle Patch Overload
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| There are Patch Tuesdays, and then there are
| mega-Patch Tuesdays like this month's, when
| Microsoft released a record-tying number of 13
| security bulletins fixing 26 vulnerabilities.
| Handling this heavy load of patches -- many of
| them requiring system shutdowns and reboots --
| with minimal disruption to business and the
| rare risk of the patches themselves causing
| problems is no easy feat.
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http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223000358&cid=RSSfeed_DR_News
Microsoft's 7 biggest `failures'
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/5555314.cms
Over $2,000,000,000 in losses per year is success?
Microsoft's missteps
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| On the one hand, we have a logical
| reconstruction of Microsoftâs miscues,
| articulated by a company insider with a
| credible perspective on the issues under
| discussion. On the other hand, we have a
| corporate executive striving to characterize
| the color black as actually only a
| misrepresentation of a slightly shaded color
| white.
|
| Following the Super Bowl, I watched the new
| reality series âUndercover Boss.â In a
| nutshell, the boss discovers that life in the
| real world of his company is distinctly
| different from that perceived in the executive
| hallways. What an innovative observation,
| right?
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2011018942_microsoftsmissteps.html
Related:
Both Microsoft and Sony closures imminent
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| Reuters and other outlets have reported recently that both Microsoft and Sony
| will be closing some of their major gaming divisions in early 2009.
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http://www.hd-report.com/2009/01/06/both-microsoft-and-sony-closures-imminent/
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