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  3. About Redmond

    Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, USA. It is situated in what is known as the Eastside. In 2003 the Census Bureau estimated the city population was 46,391. Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft (for which "Redmond" has become a metonym) and Nintendo of America. With an annual bike race on city streets and the state's only velodrome, Redmond is also known as "the bicycle capital of the Northwest". Despite this, the city is suburban in character, with its main form of transportation being the automobile. Redmond has a historic downtown with many personally owned businesses which is connected to the modern downtown Redmond. The city has many parks and is known for its woods.

    Due to its large population of highly paid tech workers, especially those of Microsoft, Redmond is known for its affluence. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Redmond ranks 20th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

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    2. Why Windows 8 won't be an immediate enterprise slam dunk

      Explore TechRepublic (May 21 2012)

      ...rprise space than Windows 7. While I believe that there are some fantastic new features coming from Redmond, there are some factors that will keep Windows 8 from hitting corporate desktops, at least for a w... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   CIO   Redmond

    3. Microsoft Announces Largest Cloud Customer Ever: All India Council for Technical Education to Reach 7 Million With ...

      Explore linux.sys-con.com (Apr 12 2012) Cloud Computing

      NEW DELHI and REDMOND, Wash. , April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. and All India Council for Technical Educati... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Microsoft   IBM

    4. 4 ways Microsoft is screwing the desktop virtualization industry, and why I'm ...

      Explore BrianMadden.com (Mar 1 2012) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ... providers to have purposefully inefficient designs? How many compostable forks are needed on their Redmond campus to make up for all the extra greenhouse gases burned to power these arbitrarily-underutilize... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Redmond   Brian Madden

    5. Internet Explorer 6 apps hinder corporate adoption of Windows 7, IE9

      Explore searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com (Feb 10 2012) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ..., with Ion, a tool developed by Browsium Inc. It works without rendering the IE6 engine the way the Redmond, Wash.-based company's previous product, Unibrows, did. Ion is a migration tool that lets IT upgrad... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ERP   Microsoft   Redmond

    6. Where now for Microsoft and Windows Phone?

      Explore Forbes.com (Feb 4 2012) IT Buzz , Green Desktop Virtualization , Green End User Experience

      Where now for Microsoft and Windows Phone? ...night of the smartphone wars. Windows Phone is going to get a lot of attention during 2012, and the Redmond company (along with their hardware partners) are going to be pushing hard at every step of the way.... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   At&T   America

    7. Why Windows Phone 7 hasn't taken off

      Explore TG Daily (Dec 27 2011) IT Buzz

      Why Windows Phone 7 hasn't taken off ...e as it struggles to compete against Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. According to Charlie Kindel, Redmond's WP7 approach is negatively affected by an "impedance mismatch" with carriers and device manufactu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Microsoft   Redmond

    8. Microsoft, GE forming healthcare joint venture

      Explore Computerworld (Dec 8 2011) Industry News

      ...ement, the companies said Thursday. The new company, to be headquartered near Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, will develop an open platform that will give healthcare providers and independent soft... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Washington   Microsoft   Redmond

    9. Is VMware's dominance of the virtualization market under threat?

      Explore Ars Technica (Nov 4 2011) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...per-V. If 38 percent of businesses do change primary hypervisors within the next year, the folks in Redmond are likely to be the major beneficiary. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Microsoft   Gartner

    10. Changing work styles demand multi-OS devices

      Explore ZDNet Asia (Oct 10 2011) Cloud Computing , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...to solve business needs," he stressed. Cross-platform apps more important than multi-OS devices The Redmond executive also said that with the exception of "certain narrow business scenarios which might warra... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Yahoo   Microsoft

    11. Competition heating up in virtualization market

      Explore ZDNet Asia (Aug 31 2011) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...95 and NT, Visual Studio and SQL Server. Asked if his time at Microsoft had come in useful now that Redmond is one of VMware's fiercest competitors, Maritz said: "Not really. I think, obviously, the thing we... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Microsoft   IBM

    12. Microsoft vs. VMware Battle Clouded By Licensing Claims

      Explore Redmondmag.com (Aug 29 2011) Cloud Computing , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...gues that its private cloud offerings have cost benefits over VMware's virtualization approach, and Redmond even claims to have a simpler licensing scheme. Microsoft's private cloud licensing is organized un... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Redmond   Brad Anderson

    13. VMware's News on vSphere 5 Has Competitors Scrambling

      Explore Home -- Virtualization Review (Jul 14 2011) Trends in End User Experience , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...artner Conference in Los Angeles this week. Highlights from that event included news that next week Redmond will release a new beta of the highly touted and long-awaited System Center 2012, and a sneak peek ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Microsoft   Los Angeles

    14. Will layers matter in time to change the desktop management landscape?

      Explore BrianMadden.com (Apr 27 2011) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...t's part of vSphere. Look how valuable we are." I can see Citrix/Quest saying that the godfather in Redmond will never allow that, and asking themselves "how can we remain Microsoft's favorite pet by SLOWLY ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Symantec   Microsoft

    15. Thin client computing grows up

      Explore Technology News (Nov 26 2010) Cloud Computing , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      Thin client computing grows up ...ind-the-scenes look at the development of Microsoft's new phone software, Ina Fried takes a look at Redmond's massive testing operation. Department of Homeland Security launches major crackdown on online cop... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   California   Microsoft

    16. Impressions of Microsoft in the Cloud

      Explore Home -- Virtualization Review (Oct 30 2010) Thought Leadership , Cloud Computing , Green Desktop Virtualization

      ...ibes as a "collection of technology to help organizations deploy the basic infrastructure for VDI." Redmond says that Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is the virtualization platform of choice for both the standard and... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Network World   Microsoft

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