Microsoft's faster release cycle for its Windows operating system should be a signal for organizations that they can no longer rely on past upgrade strategies, according to research firm Gartner.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2014
Microsoft recently laid out the roadmap for its Dynamics GP enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, highlighting two important releases coming by year's end.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 10, 2014
Microsoft's so-called "self-service business intelligence" product, Power BI for Office 365, hit the general availability milestone on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2014
Organizations may see higher licensing costs with the launch of Microsoft's new Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) agreements, according to licensing expert Paul DeGroot.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2014
Consumer electronics giant Sony announced on Thursday that it plans to sell off its VAIO line of PCs in a move that effectively takes the Japan-based company out of the PC market.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 06, 2014
The first update to Microsoft's Windows 8.1 is now expected to arrive in April instead of March, as previously reported.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2014
Microsoft is on a "mobile first/cloud first" trajectory, said newly appointed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a speech Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2014
Microsoft Corporate Vice President Scott Guthrie has been tapped to replace Satya Nadella as the head of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group, according to a report by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 05, 2014
Office 365 users can now take advantage of Microsoft's Access apps, which reached general availability on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday officially appointed Satya Nadella to be its third CEO, ending the almost six-month search for a replacement for outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 04, 2014
Microsoft and some of its hardware partners on Tuesday unveiled a plan to offer discounted Windows-based devices for U.S. schools.
- By David Nagel
- February 04, 2014
Microsoft is planning to add an "enterprise mode" feature to its Internet Explorer 11 browser, according to a report Monday from ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2014
Microsoft's Windows Azure Cloud Services and Windows Server 2012 R2 products are getting several high-performance computing (HPC) enhancements this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2014
The search for Microsoft's next CEO may end as soon as next week, with the title likely going to someone within the company, according to a report Thursday by Re/code's Kara Swisher.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 30, 2014
In response to customer concerns over government surveillance programs, Microsoft is planning to give cloud customers outside the United States the option to store their data in offshore datacenters.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 30, 2014
An update to Microsoft's Windows Intune cloud-based device management service will begin rolling out to subscribers sometime next week, Microsoft said Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 29, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has agreed to grant communications service providers a bit more leeway in disclosing information about secret information disclosure orders from federal agencies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 28, 2014
As part of the terms of its settlement with the British Sky Broadcasting Group over a trademark infringement dispute, Microsoft said on Monday it is finally renaming its SkyDrive cloud storage service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 27, 2014
In an effort to match prices set by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft said last week it will lower the cost of Windows Azure storage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2014
A report on Friday by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley suggests Update 1 for Windows 8.1 will become generally available on March 11.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 24, 2014