With a competitive pricing model established and different licensing options on the table, partners are starting to see how Microsoft's cloud-computing offering can drive new business.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite the ongoing recession, partner peer-group members are holding their own for now -- and watching for the cloud on the horizon.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Social Security Administration will to test Microsoft's HealthVault software for its disability determination process.
                    
			            - By Alice  Lipowicz
 - August 31, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a packed schedule and a bit of controversy.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - August 30, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zoho is making further inroads in the online office market with the introduction of a unified log-in mechanism that allows users to use their Google and Yahoo ID to access Zoho's suite of Office-like apps.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - August 28, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft pointed to e-mail account "hijacking" as becoming an increasing problem, especially among Windows Live Hotmail users.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - August 27, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft made the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 release candidate (RC) available on TechNet today.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
 - August 18, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Brad Anderson on Tuesday talked about the company's management product strategies, while downplaying those of VMware, at investment banker-sponsored event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave investors a look at the company's business prospects on Tuesday at the Oppenheimer Annual Communications, Technology & Internet Conference in Boston.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - August 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The move to the Internet cloud will pick up steam in the next year for developers, according to a new survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans Data Corp.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - August 05, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC report says expenditures by enterprises on open source software jumped 34 percent last year and spending in 2009 is on pace to increase at least another 24 percent.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 04, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cloud computing promises cost savings, increased flexibility and improved remote access to resources, but these advantages come at a cost.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
 - August 03, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit announced this week the release of Service Pack 2 for Mac Office 2008.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - July 21, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is connecting its Live@edu online collaboration suite with Moodle, an open source learning management system.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
 - July 21, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A group of leading standards development organizations are working jointly to foster common standards for cloud computing and storage.
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
 - July 20, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced product names for its latest claims-based identity management server platform, dropping the "Geneva" code name.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced pricing for its Windows Azure cloud computing services on Tuesday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 14, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the technical preview testing stage, company officials announced on Monday at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 13, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SaaS provider Zoho announced yet another online collaboration platform aimed at legacy Microsoft offerings: Zoho Plug-in for Microsoft Access.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - July 10, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced three additional free extensions to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 that can boost the capabilities of the customer relationship management platform.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 09, 2009