Microsoft's next step down to Earth or buried in the cloud?

Dell's first global show showcases a powerful it portfolio: Michael Dell, VMware's Paul Malize (Paul Maritz), and Salesforce.com's Benioff (Marc Benioff) and Microsoft's Ballmer (Steve Ballmer). All these bosses want to change the way it works.

They say that the cloud is the next innovation in the IT world, and it people must migrate to the cloud or fall behind. (These companies have cloud products, of course, so they will lose heavily if corporate it doesn't bite.) ）

While it people are very interested in what the cloud provides, they want to hear the technology they are using to get the job done. This is also why it uses Microsoft products and what they want Microsoft to focus on.

An IT administrator in Virginia said: "Everyone buys Microsoft products just as much as a Chevrolet," he said, "because you have a bunch of employees in all parts of the company, and you know they can solve the hard work." ”

Mr. Ballmer delivered a keynote speech in the morning of Friday and provided an overview of Windows 8 desktop and Server editions, as well as a demonstration of some of the features mentioned earlier in the operating system, such as real-time migration enhancements for Hyper-V 3.0.

The Windows 8 preview is really just one of the next-generation operating systems, he says. He did not reveal when the beta will be available, but it is expected that both the service and desktop editions will come out next year.

At the same time, it people will have to get used to "Windows re-imagine" and its subway style apps. This will require a new learning of how it has done its job in decades.

Louisiana, an IT service provider, says the touch field for the server is difficult to adapt to the IT staff, and he is familiar with the Windows Server 8 preview. "I'm used to the touch interface for devices, but what about servers?" "We've just adapted to the server's ribbon interface and now it's going to change," he said. ”

Ballmer is well aware that the "subway style" touch app is beyond the comfort zone of the admin, but that's almost too bad.

"Everyone complains that Windows is changing too fast," Ballmer said in Friday, "but if you don't want to change, you shouldn't choose the technology industry." ”

While Microsoft is showing off its stylish touch interface at the Dell World Technology Conference, what it people really want to see from Microsoft is that it does what it has to do and can do it quickly. So as long as Windows Server 8 works better than previous versions of the operating system and has some functionality to help it people do their daily work, they will adapt well.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)