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Microsoft Dublin data centre opens – The Irish Times – Thu, Sep 24, 2009

[via CIARA O'BRIEN Irish Times] Microsoft has opened a new “mega datacentre” in west Dublin to support growing demand for online services, the first such centre opened outside the US.

The centre is part of the company’s strategy to build its cloud computing capacity and network infrastructure to meet the demand generated from its Online, Live, and Cloud services, such as Bing, Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite, Windows Live, and the Windows Azure platform.

via Microsoft Dublin data centre opens – The Irish Times – Thu, Sep 24, 2009.

Tags: Azure, Bing, data center, Dublin, Irish Times, Microsoft, Windows Live

Office Web Apps : Demo of the Office Web Apps

Microsoft Office Web Apps enter technical preview stage (by invite only), offering better file integrity between the desktop and the web with no loss of data in the process.  Spreadsheets & Powerpoint presentations are now editable in the browser while Word online-editing is not yet ready.

Spreadsheets keep their functions and charts, Powerpoint delivered over the web, with extra functionality if SilverLight is installed though it’s not a requirement.

Office Web Apps will be delivered throught Windows Live Workspace.

Click below for a video demo from Chris Bryant.

Office Web Apps : Demo of the Office Web Apps.

Tags: Microsoft, Office Web Apps, Silverlight, Windows Live