In a Thursday blog post, Microsoft panned the recently released Google plug-in for Microsoft Office, which allows document sharing and collaboration.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 25, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services on Friday rolled out a new tool designed to facilitate the deployment and development of apps to the cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 25, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Thursday, Google made globally available its free Microsoft Office plug-in that enables document collaboration and sharing.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 24, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to veteran Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley, Microsoft may be planning a "Windows 8" release for mid-2012. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 24, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it recently signed contracts with over a dozen state and local government entities for its cloud computing services.
                    
			            - By Paul  McCloskey
 - February 24, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco is discontinuing its hosted e-mail service, which the company made available for testing over a year ago.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 23, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Washington superior court judge today enforced a temporary restraining order preventing Salesforce.com from hiring a former Microsoft employee for an executive sales position.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 23, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Parallels has just given partners more reasons to pay attention to the company: Today it promoted former Microsoft executive Birger Steen to CEO. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - February 23, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft filed a motion with a Washington State Superior Court on Thursday that accuses Matt Miszewski, former market development manager for Microsoft's government group, of stealing 600 MB of documents the company considered confidential when taking a new position at Salesforce.com.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
 - February 11, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today announced the appointment of Satya Nadella as president of the company's Server and Tools Business.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 09, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move key to bridging public and private clouds based on its virtual machines, VMware this week said it will release software that ties internal vSphere VMs to service providers' cloud platforms. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 09, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle today released software aimed at letting organizations build private clouds by adding elasticity to their applications via a clustered file system.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 07, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM made a few announcements at its Lotusphere 2011 event today, including some upcoming social networking improvements plus the debut of a new cloud-based productivity suite called "LotusLive Symphony."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 31, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Looking to accelerate its footprint as a provider of cloud and enterprise managed services, Verizon Communications Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire Terremark Worldwide Inc. for $1.4 billion.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 28, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. launches portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and announces plans to jump into public cloud hosting.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 27, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a former general manager working in the public sector market who left for an executive position at Salesforce.com.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 27, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Future ARM-based servers could reduce power costs in the datacenter, helping cloud service providers such as Microsoft. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 27, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced today that it has rolled out a new support lifecycle policy for its Online Services offerings.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 25, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Add transactional e-mail hosting and distribution to the list of services offered by Amazon Web Services.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 25, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Salesforce.com hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 21, 2011