14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft and Taiwanese partners are hard at work on deploying a new prototype Cloud server by the end of 2010, a move that is part of larger collaborative efforts designed to push forward the frontiers of Cloud computing. Microsoft officially opened the Taiwan-based Software and Services Excellence Center (SSEC), joined by over 100 hardware manufacturers, all focused on exploring and building new cloud-computing business opportunities. According to the Redmond company, efforts to catalyze the evolution of Cloud computing not only in datacenters but also across new devices and for new industries have been kicking in high gear.
“Over the past two decades, hardware manufacturers in Taiwan have established their global leadership in PCs, netbooks, cell phones, LCDs and other IT technologies, which is important for the global ICT industry,” Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president, Original Equipment Manufacturer Division at Microsoft, revealed. “The opening of the SSEC is a significant milestone for Microsoft and its hardware partners in our collaboration for the development of additional business opportunities in the era of cloud computing.”
But fact is that Microsoft SSEC is already a proven success. Companies such as Quanta Computer Inc., Delta Electronics Inc. and Compal Electronics Inc. have already been working closely with the software giant in order to build a prototype cloud server that is set up for deployment later this year. According to the Redmond company’s estimates, more than 100 Taiwan ICT companies will join the three in creating new Cloud solutions.
“I am pleased to announce our three-way research collaboration between Quanta Computer, Delta Electronics and Microsoft Research’s eXtreme Computing Group to create a new generation of cloud servers,” Dan Reed, corporate vice president, eXtreme Computing Group, Microsoft, noted. “The collaboration creates a unique opportunity to bring together leading-edge hardware with new software concepts to enable fundamental breakthroughs.”