Microsoft plans to launch Business Productivity Online Suite Federal, a cloud-computing product specifically for the government.
                    
			            - By Patrick  Marshall
 - February 25, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire closely held 3tera Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 24, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bob Muglia's talk at a Goldman Sachs technology event on Tuesday was chock full of forward-looking statements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 24, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A year after launching its partner program aimed at offering Google Apps to enterprise customers, Google this week said it is approaching 1,000 resellers. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 24, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a new version of its Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets for PowerShell last week.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 22, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has launched an ambitious new mobile platform that is a major departure from its existing Windows Mobile offering. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 15, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A key Microsoft executive answered questions about the company's business prospects at the Thomas Weisel Technology & Telecom Conference on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 08, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAP replaced its CEO Leo Apotheker with two co-chief executives, the company announced on Sunday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 08, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Academic researchers can now apply for free access to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
 - February 05, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware last week teamed up with Cisco and NetApp to promote a virtualized datacenter offering geared toward shared or public cloud environments. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 02, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Support for Internet Explorer 6 appears to be dwindling after Microsoft's Web browser was exploited for well-publicized attacks on Google and other companies. 
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - February 02, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Friday described what it has been doing to improve software interoperability. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services are now generally available, ending the free test period.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners inevitably put their credibility on the line when cloud offerings go offline.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - February 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The City of LA's decision to replace its e-mail system with Gmail can serve as a rubric for what makes a cloud offering desirable to organizations.
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - February 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA dug into its ranks to replace retiring CEO John Swainson, naming its chairman William McCracken to run the company.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 29, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Public safety managers must begin moving into the cloud, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday at the company's annual Public Safety Symposium.
                    
			            - By Patrick  Marshall
 - January 28, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle on Wednesday laid out its plans for integrating Sun's software and hardware systems into its own product lineup.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - January 28, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    UC4 Software GmbH unveiled a product on Wednesday aimed at bringing Web services into an automated workload management framework.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 27, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard today said it is adding to its diverse security services, while bringing them together under a common framework.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 25, 2010