Hewlett-Packard Co. has won a five-year, $36 million contract to transition the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Office 365 for Government, Microsoft's cloud productivity suite for public-sector agencies.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 14, 2012
Slated improvements to Windows Azure are designed for organizations engaged in high-performance computing (HPC) analyses, Microsoft announced Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 13, 2012
At the first Live! 360 conference, top experts will dive into an array of hot IT topics. Get a sneak preview here, as key presenters share their expertise with Redmond Channel Partner.
- By Doug Barney
- October 31, 2012
A new subscription-only version of Office 365 for higher-education students will become available in the first quarter of 2013, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 21, 2012
There are four key reasons Microsoft is touting its latest server as the start of a new cloud era. But will they be enough to seriously challenge VMware or Amazon?
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 01, 2012
With an all-new model of computing, the next version of the Microsoft flagship server OS comes with new editions, licensing, product dependencies, features and partner opportunities.
- By Scott Bekker, Kurt Mackie, Gladys Rama
- October 01, 2012
Windows Azure subscribers will now receive discounts based on their monthly financial commitments, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 29, 2012
Microsoft's Quincy, Wash. datacenter is in the spotlight this week after The New York Times published a story on Monday depicting the pollution, power-wasting and political arm-twisting associated with the facility.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2012
Microsoft on Monday kicked off the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) in Orlando, Fla. by talking up the forthcoming Exchange 2013 and the next version of Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2012
Microsoft on Monday rolled out a new annual subscription model for its Office 365 productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 19, 2012
A crowded field of IaaS providers that includes heavyweights Google, Amazon and HP will give Microsoft's new and improved public cloud a run for its money.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 19, 2012
Microsoft's recent decision to discontinue five of its Forefront enterprise security products may be a sign that the company is either exiting that market or venturing further into the cloud-based security space.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 18, 2012
Doomsayers are blaming cloud computing for the theoretical demise of the channel, but from Howard's point of view, it's all FUD.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 12, 2012
The beta test version of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which promises to considerably broaden Microsoft's cloud product strategy, became available on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 11, 2012
With the introduction of a mainstream partner billing option for Office 365, Microsoft overcame the biggest partner objection to its cloud productivity suite. Now happier partners are looking for ways to restart their efforts with new business-model options.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 10, 2012
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced it has partnered with Microsoft on a "joint private cloud initiative" centered on HP hardware and management solutions, Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 Service Pack 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 06, 2012
After four years of development, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server 2012 in a launch event on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 04, 2012
Microsoft on Wednesday issued a community technology preview (CTP) of its BizTalk Server 2010 R2 product, the company announced in a blog post.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 30, 2012
Microsoft detailed its installation scheme for the next generation of Office software on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 28, 2012
The SkyDrive 1.0 app is now available for Android smartphones at the Google Play Store, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 28, 2012