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This product won the standard for Microsoft Secure Admin Workstation (SAW) Device
What is the Dell XPS laptop
This BU is looking to potentially consolidate 5 Storage arrays down to 1 or 2 to support their SAN and NAS workloads
What is Surface
This MSFT CVP is responsible SCHIE Engineering organization that supports MAIA Chip development and the GPU racks that land in Azure
Who is Reynold D'Sa
"If you are not first, your last"
Who is Reese Bobby, father of Ricky Bobby
Acquired by Microsoft in 2014, this global sandbox sensation has sold over 350 million copies, making it the best selling game ever.
Who is Mojang Studios, aka Minecraft.
This product delivers 5:1 Data Efficiency guarantee, scale out and scale up, and supports both SAN and NAS workloads.
What is Powerstore Prime 4.0
This BU is looking to potentially provide an in office GPU workstation to every developer in their organization.
Who is MS Research
Who is Eric Lockard
"If you have a problem, and you worry about it, you have two problems."
Who is J.W. Marriot, aka Mr. Jeff Weitzenberg
Founded in 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse, this studio went on to create genre‑defining StarCraft, Diablo, and later the hero‑shooter Overwatch.
What is Blizzard Entertainment
This product will be 1st party storage offering hosted on Azure.
What is Dell Managed PowerScale on Azure
Who is AON
This MSFT CVP is responsible for Azure Local and Azure Operator Nexus, supporting customers like AT&T
Who is Douglas Phillips
"Bing-Bang-Bong"
Who is Ron Burgandy, aka Mr. Lucas
Who is Zenimax Online Studios
This product is leveraged by several MSFT business units to protect critical databases.
What is Data Domain, aka DDVE
This BU is planning to join Michael Dell for dinner at GTC
Who is Linkedin
Who is Doug Burger
"Its like trying to sell Wagyu Beef at Tofu Convention"
This Sci-fi Shooter launched in 2001, became defining series of Xbox early identity
What is Halo, aka 343 Studios or Halo Studios
What is PowerEdge
This business unit is responsible for developing the MAIA inferencing chip in Azure and currently leverages Pure Flashblade, PowerScale, and Azure Netapp Files to support their EDA builds
What is Silicon Engineering
This MSFT CVP is responsible for Linkedin's Infrastructure strategy and Data Centers
Who is Ali Zafar
"We are not going to be the leader at the bleeding edge, but we become the 800LB gorilla pretty quickly when we decide to focus on that area. Remember the XE9680? Look at use now!"
Who is Mr. Chris Dyer
"Developed by the Coalition, this series follows humanities fight against the locust horde, using iconic weapons like the lancer."
What is Coalition Studios, aka Gears of War