Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer spoke to more than 2,600 attendees at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2005 today, describing how Microsoft's execution on its Dynamic Systems Initiative can enable customers to build and operate dynamic environments to achieve higher business value through automation, flexible resource utilization and knowledge-based processes. In his keynote address, Ballmer announced increased investments in support of the Dynamic Systems Initiative, specifically in the area of virtualization to help enterprise customers improve the flexibility and utilization of their computing hardware. He also announced an important step toward industry agreement on the technology architecture to simplify network security management.

"We've heard from our enterprise IT customers loud and clear that they need their systems to be more automated and flexible," Ballmer said. "That's why we're investing in the Dynamic Systems Initiative and areas like virtualization, more secure network access and interoperability -- we're committed to helping IT deliver greater efficiency and value."

AW: If you missed the live keynote webcast, you can now view the archived version.