Do Microsoft's Server Moves Indicate a Shift to the Cloud? | Channel Insider

Do Microsoft’s Server Moves Indicate a Shift to the Cloud?

Microsoft’s recent decision to end support for Intel’s Itanium chip in its server architecture, along with the elimination of its Essential Business Server (EBS) development, suggests that the company is trying to reposition to take advantage of several developing business IT trends, including virtualization and cloud computing. That paradigm shift is also mirrored on the […]

Apr 7, 2010
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Microsoft’s recent decision to end support for Intel’s Itanium chip in its server architecture, along with the elimination of its Essential Business Server (EBS) development, suggests that the company is trying to reposition to take advantage of several developing business IT trends, including virtualization and cloud computing. That paradigm shift is also mirrored on the consumer side, where at least one analyst has seen the recent wave of products as evidence that Microsoft is trying to retake ground lost over the past couple of years to Google and other companies.

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