For Pelagic Solutions Inc., launching a business atop Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online leads to 78 deals in a year. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - November 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just weeks before Microsoft is expected to launch SQL Azure, Amazon on Tuesday said it will let customers host relational data in its EC2 cloud service using MySQL.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - October 27, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The president of Microsoft's Business Division got the hot seat at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo event last week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - October 26, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Customer Interaction Cloud combines Salesforce.com's Service Cloud 2 and Cisco's UC stack.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 23, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An independent security researcher and a prominent figure in open source exploit data collection now has a new commercial home.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 21, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft sent a letter to T-Mobile Sidekick users claiming that most of the customer data thought to be lost during a network failure is now being restored.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 15, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has devised a way to introduce new PC buyers to its Office productivity suite through a "Starter" edition.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 14, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft launched "Windows phone" branding on Tuesday, marking the global rollout of Windows Mobile 6.5-based phones by Microsoft's hardware partners.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 06, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco this week partnered with SaaS pioneer Salesforce.com to promote a combined CRM and contact center offering with a cloud twist. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 06, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft-sponsored IDC study predicted relatively healthy employment prospects for skilled IT labor over the next four years.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 05, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Chicago-based PointBridge sprinted out of the gate with the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite -- to the tune of $640,000 in revenues in one year. Co-founder Todd Golden tells RCP how PointBridge did it.  
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Wayne Beekman is maneuvering his business to catch the cloud. Should you be doing that too?
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite uncertain prospects, a few partners are already investing in some of Microsoft's SaaS- and cloud-based initiatives.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Eight identity management products from seven vendors have earned interoperability certification for the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML 2.0) in this summer's round of interoperability testing.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
 - September 30, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer gave a keynote talk at a Microsoft event called "The New Efficiency" on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 29, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google's acquisition of open source security technology firm reCaptcha could help the search giant's Internet security, except against persistent hackers.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 18, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced that it had commenced an invitation-only public technical preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google has announced that it will soon offer a set of cloud services to government through the Apps.gov cloud computing storefront.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
 - September 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's chief financial officer fielded questions about Microsoft's business at the Citi Annual Technology Conference on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 09, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM released a virtualized client computing offering it touts as a cloud-based desktop. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 02, 2009