Global Foundation Services

Building “Cloud Scale” Data Centers and the Role of Resilient Software

- Adrienne Hall - General Manager, Trustworthy Computing

A new Data Center Knowledge article posted today by David Gauthier, director of data center architecture for Microsoft Global Foundation Services. In the article, David describes the early days of data center operations which had a heavy reliance on complex hardware redundancy. He then goes on to discuss  today’s software design and architecture that now drives Microsoft’s cloud scale data center service availability. I recommend this evolutionary piece. It sheds … Read more »

Microsoft Offers Security Assessment Service for Country-Code Top-Level Domain Registries (ccTLD)

- Pete Boden - General Manager, Online Services Security & Compliance

The exploitation of vulnerabilities specific to country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries has become an increasingly common problem, especially in relatively small markets around the world. A ccTLD is an internet domain registry generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory, such as .co.uk (for United Kingdom) or .fr (for France). This allows web sites to be associated with their specific country, territory or geographic … Read more »