Microsoft opens cloud computing center in Taiwan [Video]

Microsoft will also work with two Taiwanese companies to develop a new generation of servers designed for cloud computing

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Microsoft opened a joint cloud computing center with Taiwan’s economics ministry on Thursday at the Computex electronics show, and announced a plan to work with two local companies on new designs for servers meant specifically for cloud computing, the growing trend towards decentralized, virtualized computing services.

When the project was first announced last November, officials said it would be a first for Microsoft in Asia. Now, it’s clear the new center, which Microsoft calls a Software and Services Excellence Center, will be much more than first thought.

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Microsoft, which has worked with Taiwanese companies for 20 years, will license patents from its technology portfolio and share its software expertise with companies, academia, and research institutes in Taiwan to develop connected devices and cloud data …