<img src = http://blogs.msdn.com/photos/stevengu/images/7914288/original.aspx> A View from the Application Platform Team http://blogs.msdn.com/applicationplatform/atom.xmlCommunity Server2008-02-26T21:23:00ZHeroes around the world, including one of our very ownhttp://blogs.msdn.com/applicationplatform/archive/2008/02/27/heroes-around-the-world-including-one-of-our-very-own.aspx2008-02-27T23:24:00Z2008-02-27T23:24:00Z<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>We wanted to extend a big thank you to everyone who helped make today’s launch a great success.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A big thank you to Verizon, Malinos Modernos, Vanderbilt University, Tube Lines, San Diego Zoo, Continental, First American, Service U, Mediterranean Shipping, Acosta, Rackspace and Spot Runner who joined us in Los Angeles to launch our three new products.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The folks at these companies are doing some amazing things with technology from developing cutting-edge Web sites that attract and retain more users to providing more reliable infrastructure for managing mission critical business applications.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>There is a ton of information on </FONT><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>microsoft.com</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3> and our </FONT><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>press pass</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Calibri size=3> site on the new products and the launch events.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For us, we are pretty excited about<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>a benchmark done by one of our very own, Greg Leake, for this launch.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We think he is a hero given the countless hours he spent in his lab updating the .NET StockTrader application and testing Windows Server 2008 against Linux.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The results are really impressive, as is the amount of caffeine he had to drink to get this done in a short amount of time, I’m sure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The new benchmark shows the scalability as well as performance of Windows Server 2008 with .NET Framework 3.5 in mission-critical enterprise scenarios, including a 117% better throughput than IBM WebSphere 6.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Web application Server test when using the IBM-designed Trade 6.1 benchmark.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hmmm….wonder what IBM will think about this. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>A lot of us are in LA and we will keep you posted on what’s happening at the Nokia Center as the day goes on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7922110" width="1" height="1">KimberChttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/KimberC.aspxThe Eve of the Biggest Enterprise Launch in Microsoft’s Historyhttp://blogs.msdn.com/applicationplatform/archive/2008/02/26/the-eve-of-the-biggest-enterprise-launch-in-microsoft-s-history.aspx2008-02-27T08:23:00Z2008-02-27T08:23:00Z<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Tomorrow marks a significant milestone in Microsoft’s history – our biggest enterprise launch to date.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is a great excuse for us to celebrate the IT pros and developers who work behind the scenes to run businesses worldwide.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These folks deserve to be recognized.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post to hear more.</FONT></P>
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