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Microsoft Cuts Cloud Deal with Chinese Linux Outfit

They’re supposed to co-develop, co-market and sell “mixed-source” solutions to the Chinese public and private cloud market
By Maureen O'Gara
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August 29, 2011 07:45 AM EDT
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Microsoft turned up Monday in Beijing with a cloud pact with leading Chinese Linux provider China Standard Software Co Ltd (CS2C).

They're supposed to co-develop, co-market and sell "mixed-source" solutions to the Chinese public and private cloud market.

The widgetry will be built on Microsoft's Hyper-V cloud architecture and include support for CS2C's NeoKylin Linux Server products. A customer legal covenant agreement goes with it. What exactly that means wasn't disclosed nor were any terms.

The pair also pledged to sponsor a joint virtual technology lab in Beijing for solution development and testing of cloud solutions, which is supposed to enable customers to move to virtualization and a cloud-based IT infrastructure. It will focus on the certification of NeoKylin on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, creating Microsoft Systems Center management packs for NeoKylin application workloads, and incorporating support for NeoKylin in Hyper-V.

It's supposed to be the first time Microsoft has cut a partnership in an emerging market to sell cloud products.

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