Microsoft is aligning with former rival Intuit to help bring Intuit's large contingent of QuickBooks users into the cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 21, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft official said this week the government must revise out-of-date statutes and lay new legislative groundwork to keep pace with technology. 
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
 - January 21, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM's hosted e-mail agreement with Panasonic, announced on Thursday, drew swift ire from Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 19, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM expanded its vision for bringing social networking to the enterprise with a preview of new technology at Lotusphere 2010.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 19, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the inaugural meeting of the New York Technology Council, representatives from Google and Microsoft debated their views on how data will be stored and shared in the future.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 15, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Panasonic has selected IBM to provide hosted e-mail and collaboration services for its global workforce.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 14, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and HP disclosed a $250 million, three-year partnership to develop and market next-generation datacenter technology and application infrastructure.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 13, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware on Tuesday said it is acquiring Zimbra from Yahoo, extending VMware's reach beyond system virtualization.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA has acquired Oblicore, a closely held but established provider of software that measures the effect of system uptime on business performance. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A free toolkit helps database users migrate from MySQL to Microsoft's SQL Server database on-premise or in the cloud.
                    
			            - By David  Ramel
 - January 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is starting the initial phase of commercializing its cloud computing platform this month.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - January 06, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Analyst: Microsoft is still being careful not to compete with partners on ERP.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - January 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    HP for the first time is enabling infrastructure and application provisioning services to third-party cloud providers, initially Amazon's EC2.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As CIOs largely reject the early crop of cloud services for business-critical apps, Redmond readies private and hybrid cloud platforms.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced last week that it acquired Opalis Software for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft formed a new organization within its Server and Tools Business last week called the Server and Cloud Division (SCD).
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
 - December 14, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon has launched the beta for Spot Instances, which lets developers and customers bid for unused capacity on Amazon's EC2 service.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 14, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The telecom industry has joined the effort to forge interoperability among cloud providers by forming a consortium backed by some key cloud providers, including Microsoft and IBM.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 10, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft corporate vice president talked about the company's business prospects, including competition with Google, at a Barclays event on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 08, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If recent market research is any indication, computing in the clouds could achieve a breakthrough of sorts in 2010.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - December 08, 2009