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Windows 8 Server preview arrives for developers

...where cloud is a tectonic shift reshaping technology and the industry", said Bill Laing, head of the company's server and cloud division. Microsoft is... Read more

14 September, 2011 by Simon Bisson
Windows Server 8: The features that matter

Windows Server 8: The features that matter

...at its Build conference in Anaheim, California. ZDNet UK caught up with Bill Laing, vice president of the server and cloud division, and quizzed him... Read more

21 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
Windows 8 Server Developer Preview

Windows 8 Server Developer Preview

...release of a developer preview of Windows 8 Server, focusing on what Bill Laing, head of Microsoft's Server and Cloud Division, calls "optimising your... Read more

14 September, 2011 by Simon Bisson

Microsoft delivers Windows Server 8 beta

...above and beyond to provide a multi-tenant platform for cloud computing," Bill Laing, corporate vice president of server and cloud at Microsoft, said in... Read more

2 March, 2012

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 betas to arrive in July

Microsoft sets a date for the first service pack updates for its desktop and server operating systems at TechEd, where it also unveils new Azure tools in a cloud push Read more

7 June, 2010 by Simon Bisson

Is Windows Server competing with Windows 7?

...boxes to accelerate the encoding decoding of the graphics," explains vice president Bill Laing, "and we’re sharing that with the industry." Plus the GPU... Read more

7 June, 2010
Microsoft turns spotlight on Windows 7 Server

Microsoft turns spotlight on Windows 7 Server

...the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles, Microsoft vice president Bill Laing pointed out the difference between products that would use the server... Read more

7 November, 2008 by Ina Fried

Microsoft: Windows 7 server version due this year

Windows Server vice president Bill Laing said in an interview on Friday that the server version of... Read more

6 April, 2009 by Ina Fried

Microsoft touts benefits of server 'roles'

...result in a smaller bill from Microsoft. In an interview, general manager Bill Laing said at WinHEC that Microsoft expects to sell Windows Server 2008... Read more

17 May, 2007 by Ina Fried

Microsoft lays out plans for Windows Server

...re thinking about what we'll do next," Windows Server general manager Bill Laing said, speaking at the Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in... Read more

17 May, 2007 by Ina Fried

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