ray ozzie
Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
News Azure will be made commercially available from 1 January, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, announced yesterday at the company's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. [18 Nov 2009]
Trial Microsoft's cloud SQL Azure Database - for free
News Ray Ozzie introduces Windows Azure at Microsoft's PDC last October (photo credit: TechFlash Todd via Flickr under the following Creative Commons licence) In a move to capture a piece of the cloud... [19 Aug 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment Ovum's Mitchell, on the other hand, sees Microsoft's greater acknowledgment of the web as proof of Ray Ozzie's influence. Under the leadership of chief software architect Ray... [08 Jul 2009]
Microsoft mega datacentre heads to Dublin
News Last month, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, said the growth of online services would lead to more datacentres being built outside the US, citing the need for datacentres "everywhere on... [02 Jul 2009]
'Biz in time will learn to trust the cloud'
News Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, is a big believer in the cloud. Enterprises will not really trust the cloud until they get some experience with it," Ozzie said, during a... [21 May 2009]
Microsoft's Ballmer to talk Windows 7 at CES
News While the desktop operating system will be front and centre, sources say to expect Ballmer to talk about how Windows is moving beyond the PC and into a world of PC, web and phone, a refrain we also heard a lot from Ray... [11 Dec 2008]
Windows 7 aims for netbooks as well as PCs
News Ray Ozzie last week told TechFlash that touch can be mainstream, while Tablet PC was "truly niche", a description that apparently irked the Tablet PC enthusiast crowd. Choice was the watchword in the... [06 Nov 2008]
Microsoft's cloud has an Azure tinge
News Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, said: "It's a transformation of our software and a transformation of our strategy. Ozzie said he was tipping his cap to Amazon founder... [28 Oct 2008]
Ray Ozzie
AS Profile Along with Microsoft's chief research office Craig Mundie (at number 13), Ray Ozzie will influence the future direction of the software giant in the post-Bill Gates era. Since 2006,... [07 Oct 2008]
Craig Mundie
AS Profile His role is seen as even more important than chief software architect Ray Ozzie, who came in at number 23 this year. After Bill Gates' departure from Microsoft this summer, Craig Mundie will play a... [07 Oct 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Today I can look back at episodes of the industry's history with real nostalgia: the start of a small company called Novell (UK) in London's Regent Street or when I shared a Boston taxi with a chap named Ray... [17 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up This isn't to suggest that Gates has a shoe size to rival Sideshow Bob but rather that the great man's wide range of duties are likely to fall not on the shoulders of one person but a veritable riot of Microsoft executives, including... [27 Jun 2008]
How many people will it take to fill Gates' shoes?
Comment When Microsoft hired Ray Ozzie in 2005, Ozzie was one of three chief technology officers. In 2006 Microsoft's then-chief software architect, Bill Gates, passed the torch to... [24 Jun 2008]
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News She also claims that Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie - who will jointly take over from Gates - are not as "visionary, recognisable or feared" as their predecessor. However, according to Foley, the backers of... [24 Jun 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo From left to right: Gates, chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie; chief software architect, Ray Ozzie; and current CEO, Steve Ballmer. Little did anyone know that this young man would become... [20 Jun 2008]