Microsoft opened Day 1 of its SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, Calif. by talking about the upcoming release of the first major update to SharePoint Online.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 03, 2011
From a basics perspective, you should have documents that outline your value proposition, pricing and why a reseller should join your program, as well as contractual agreements.
- By Keith Lubner
- October 01, 2011
Former VP at CDW and poster child for Microsoft partners, Liz Eversoll, is starting a new firm focused on social, mobile, local and cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 01, 2011
To say cloud providers are less than forthcoming on their approach to cloud security would be an understatement.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 01, 2011
With Windows 8, Microsoft is edging toward the world of connected devices championed by its former chief software architect, Ray Ozzie.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2011
Rajat Taneja, a 15-year Microsoft veteran who most recently served as the vice president of Microsoft's Commerce Division, is leaving the company to become CTO of game software publisher Electronic Arts (EA), a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 23, 2011
The disarray at Hewlett-Packard Co. is taking on a new twist as the company's board is reportedly weighing the ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 21, 2011
Microsoft's sold-out Build conference just wrapped up in Anaheim, Calif. Here's a guide to all of our conference coverage, including news and analysis.
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at the end of Wednesday's Build keynote to give attendees a high-level perspective on Microsoft's Windows-centric strategy.
- By Michael Desmond
- September 16, 2011
Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, pitched Windows Azure to independent software vendors (ISVs) during his Day 2 keynote speech at Build.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2011
Day 2 of Microsoft's Build conference turned part of the spotlight on the company's next-generation server technology, code-named "Windows Server 8."
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2011
Microsoft Server and Tools President Satya Nadella pushed his company's hybrid cloud efforts to investors at this week's Citi Technology Conference, held in New York City.
- By Chris Paoli
- September 09, 2011
An outage on Thursday affecting several Microsoft Live services, including Office 365, SkyDrive, Hotmail and MSN, was caused by a DNS error, Microsoft reported.
- By Chris Paoli
- September 09, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. is taking a step closer toward its promise of offering a public cloud service by providing early access to select testers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 07, 2011
At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner singled out and attacked six strategic rivals. Does Microsoft have what it takes to compete and win against Apple, Google, Cisco, Oracle, Salesforce.com and VMware?
- By Scott Bekker
- September 07, 2011
The next version of Microsoft's Windows Intune cloud service for systems management will be generally available starting Oct. 17.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 06, 2011
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff left no doubt about his company's direction during his Wednesday keynote at the annual Dreamforce conference taking place this week in San Francisco.
- By John K. Waters
- September 01, 2011
Hewlett-Packard is looking to make it easier for partners to offer its portfolio of services to customers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 01, 2011
There has been activity among Microsoft's appliance partners revolving around Azure -- but you wouldn't know it from this year's WPC, where the product played a backstage role.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2011
The transition to the cloud is a huge challenge for most business models. Here are nine key performance indicators for tracking your company's cloud progress.
- By Keith Lubner
- September 01, 2011