Microsoft this week launched a beta version of its Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 9.0, with new capabilities that enable IT organizations to assess Microsoft's newest licensing scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 13, 2013
Worldwide shipments of Windows Phone devices in the third quarter ballooned by 156 percent year-over-year, according to figures released Tuesday by research firm IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 12, 2013
The Microsoft corporate vice president who oversaw the development of the company's Internet Explorer browser for nine years is taking on a new role in the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 12, 2013
Microsoft this week described some of its recent progress with Yammer, the enterprise social networking technology it acquired in mid-2012 for $1.2 billion.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 08, 2013
A "real-time coauthoring" feature will be available "within the next few days" for all users of Office Web Apps that have SkyDrive or Office 365 accounts, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 07, 2013
Microsoft's search for its next chief executive officer is down to a select few candidates, according to a Reuters report published Tuesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 06, 2013
Evaluating competitive offerings, such as those from Google, is one of the most effective ways organizations can negotiate Microsoft Office 365 contracts, according to Gartner.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 06, 2013
Dynamics AX 2012 R3, the next release of Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) product, is scheduled to arrive in April 2014.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 05, 2013
The $4.7 billion buyout deal that would have led to BlackBerry being acquired by its largest shareholder has hit a dead end.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 05, 2013
The consortium of companies that bought Nortel's intellectual property two years ago filed a lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging willful infringement of seven patents.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 04, 2013
The latest release of Microsoft's on-premises customer relationship management (CRM) product, Dynamics CRM 2013, reached general availability on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 31, 2013
Microsoft dominated the software market during the first half of 2013, earning more than twice the revenue of other vendors, according to research firm IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 31, 2013
Two months after acquiring Axceler's SharePoint tools business, major Microsoft ISV Metalogix last week said it has acquired Idera's SharePoint arm for an undisclosed amount.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 28, 2013
Lync Server 2013 is now supported on Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft indicated this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 28, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday reported $18.5 billion in revenue for its fiscal first quarter, a 16% year-over-year increase.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 24, 2013
Total PC shipments worldwide are expected to decline by over 8 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, according to Gartner this week.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 24, 2013
Microsoft this month rolled out a slew of new services to Windows Azure as part of an update designed to integrate the cloud platform with Microsoft's latest flagship software offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 24, 2013
A recent Forrester Research survey indicates that most enterprises are choosing to forgo Microsoft's cloud-based SharePoint Online service, and are instead using SharePoint Server 2010.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 24, 2013
Nokia on Tuesday launched its first Windows RT-based tablet, the 10-inch Lumia 2520.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz, Gladys Rama
- October 23, 2013
Microsoft's Windows 8.1 engineers last week hosted a Reddit "ask me anything" (AMA) discussion to answer questions about the recently released Windows 8.1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 22, 2013