Comments on: Ballmer: Microsoft ‘Betting Our Company’ On The Cloud

By: Marco Gianotten

Marco Gianotten — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:22:42 +0000

The outsourcing arena will be interesting: software vendors competing with service providers. The latter will have to change their business models!

By: Marco Gianotten

Marco Gianotten — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:21:23 +0000

Ballmer: “70 percent of Microsoft’s workforce is currently engaged in cloud-computing or cloud-related activities. By 2011 it’s 90 percent.”

By: philayres

philayres — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:49:42 +0000

This will be a challenge for Microsoft. Traditionally bad at putting together unique products, needing to take a good idea and refine it, Microsoft may well struggle. The question will be who they copy – Amazon, Google or Salesforce.com. My guess is the Saleforce platform will be the point of competition, since it appeals best the developer crowd that has always been Microsoft’s strength. If Microsoft went for a true cloud-based .NET development platform I would be most worried if I was Salesforce…

By: NookSurfer

NookSurfer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:23:36 +0000

I’m definitely excited to see what kind of advancements Microsoft has in store. Although Google has done an excellent job with Chrome, I believe Microsoft will be the one to take the concept to new levels.

By: Schultzter

Schultzter — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:07:52 +0000

The difference is that Google is their own biggest customer. So is Amazon. They first and foremost use their clouds themselves. Their offering is not just one product in their line-up, it is the company!

By: Pankaj Sharma

Pankaj Sharma — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:16:53 +0000

It seems Microsoft wants to tap the Cloud as soon as possible.They are also trying to learn lesson from past mistakes like search,Smart Phone,Social media.But i think it is not a cakewalk for Microsoft.

By: Riaz Kanani

Riaz Kanani — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:44:07 +0000

So 90% by the end of the year on the cloud – no wonder they are talking about Windows 8 being something completely different. Maybe the cloud based Chrome OS will not be the only game in town. Bad news for Google..

By: niraj

niraj — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:12:56 +0000

Balmer searching on healthcare spend-

did he try the link http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=healthcare+spend+