Microsoft News Cycle, week of February 17th

Last week was a relatively quiet for Microsoft, newswise.  There were a series of articles written about Microsoft's plans to expand its facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  There was also a study done by Nasuni that showed how Azure storage outperformed comparable offerings from Amazon and Rackspace.  This is partly a result of our ongoing efforts to flatten our network and improve east-west throughput within the data center.   And finally, there was a story written about an Office 365 win at the state of Texas where security, privacy, and compliance were important considerations. 

Below are the links to the articles that were written:
 

Datacenter Dynamics

Microsoft’s planning Cheyenne data center extension

Wyoming Business Report

Microsoft looking to expand Cheyenne data center

ZDNet

Microsoft and Apple continue to grow datacenter investment

ZDNet
Microsoft Azure pips Amazon as king of cloud storage

Billings Gazette

Microsoft looks to expand Cheyenne data center
 

Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Microsoft already eyeing expansion

Government Security News

State of Texas to use Microsoft’s Office 365 to house communication and collaboration capabilities in the Cloud