The era of the cloud OS

Microsoft made a statement at TechEd 2012 conference in Orlando. It’s now the Era of the Cloud Operating System. What this means? Let’s check out!

Today, Microsoft’s TechEd 2012 conference in Orlando was in its halfway. The opening keynote held by Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business Group president Satya Nadella a couple of days ago started a little storm within (social) media. Every tweet, blog and news article shouted out loud that it’s the Era of the Cloud O(perating) S(ystem)!

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New Release Candidates – Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8

If you googled and ended up to this page, no this page is not about RTM’s of Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. This is about RC’s, as there are other pages about beta’s and beta2’s and there will be about RC2’s. Hold on, RTM’s are coming in the future.

Microsoft has just released the Release Candidates of the upcoming Windows Server 2011 and Windows 8. This means that the products are soon ready to be released for the manufacturing.

For IT pro’s, next season is going to get pretty busy because of the new server and workstation releases but also because the next generation of communication products such as Exchange and Sharepoint are next to be rolled out of factory. Including the System Center product line and the Private Cloud concept, there will be hectic times. This, of course, means that customers must be willing to buy these new products and their new features.

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