Articles from Nicholas Kolakowski

1. Microsoft’s Office 365 Outage Hits US Customers Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 18 2011) Microsoft’s Office 365 was hit by outages in North America but Europe and the Pacific Rim were not affected Microsoft’s Office 365 in North America has experienced an outage of, as yet, unknown length. “We apologise for the inconvenience that the [Office 365] outage has caused today. We’re are [sic] working on resolving the issue,” read an August 17 tweet posted at 3:30 EST (20:30 BST) on Microsoft’s cloud-services Twitter account. Around 20 minutes later, Microsoft’s official Office 365 Twitter account posted: “Investigating service issues. Expect more service updates will be available via the Service Health Dashboard.” (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Europe   Microsoft Corp

2. Microsoft Launches Cloud Suite, Office 365 Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jun 28 2011) Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has hosted the official launch of Office 365 in New York City Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has kicked off the official launch of Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity software, in the same event space Redmond used for Windows 7’s debut in October 2009. As with Windows 7, a lot is riding on Office 365’s ability to appeal to both consumers and businesses. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Gartner   Google   Microsoft Corp

3. RIM Considers Cloud Services And Office 365 Access Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Mar 18 2011) Cloud Computing Research In Motion is planning to partner with Microsoft on the latter’s cloud offerings, which will be integrated into BlackBerry devices as well as the upcoming Playbook tablet. “Cloud has always been core to our business,” Alec Taylor, vice president of Software, Services and Enterprise Marketing for RIM, told analysts and reporters. “It’s how we do real-time push; it’s how we developed our world-class security, our integration with carrier systems.” (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Microsoft Corp

4. Apple Hints At Mystery iTunes Announcement Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 16 2010) Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggested in a 15 November research note that Apple is planning a cloud-based service for streaming multimedia content via iTunes. “Apple is developing a data centre in Maiden, North Carolina that we believe could serve as the hub for such a service,” he wrote, according to the blog Apple Insider. “The company has indicated that the data centre is on track to be completed by the end of [2010] and it will begin using it then.” (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Apple   Microsoft Corp

5. Microsoft’s Windows 7: One Year On Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 22 2010) Microsoft made a gamble that Windows 7 would help revive the company's revenue and erase memories of Vista. One year later, sales suggest it won. Microsoft was in a bad state last summer, just as its teams were putting the finishing touches on Windows 7. The global recession had battered the company’s revenues. Windows Vista, the company’s previous operating system, seemed stigmatised in the wake of bad reviews and user complaints. If Windows 7 died in the marketplace, chatter would start that Microsoft’s best days were far behind. “The truth is that the operating system is irrelevant now,” Salesforce.com Marc Benioff said in a statement released before the Windows 7 launch. “It’s about the cloud-cloud applications for consumers and businesses, and cloud platforms like Force.com, Amazon Web Services, and Google App Engine.” (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Google   Facebook   Skype

6. Apple Preparing Music-Themed Product Launch Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 30 2010) Apple’s 1 Sept. event in San Francisco will most likely involve a music-related announcement of some sort. The proof? The front of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where the shindig will be held, now features a giant image of an acoustic guitar with an Apple logo-shaped sound hole. The blog Apple Insider has posted an image of the building’s new decoration. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Facebook

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