Windows Cloud

Windows Cloud is the internal name for an upcoming operating system by Microsoft. It will be announced with its official name at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference on October 27, 2008 by Steve Ballmer. [http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=500] [http://www.itpro.co.uk/606705/ballmer-microsoft-to-launch-cloud-os] The codename of Windows Cloud is Strata (although it may be different in some Slavic countries, where the word "Strata" means loss - like in Slovakia and Poland) [http://www.sciagnij.pl/programy/1,90718,5791849,Windows_Strata___nowy_system_Microsoftu.html] .

According to Steve Ballmer, Windows Cloud is to be based on Windows Server, with features including geo replication, network management model, and an SOA model.

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