A report from Gartner released last week gives "preliminary" advice for organizations thinking about moving to Microsoft's newest desktop operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 24, 2013
Microsoft recently gave a demo of upcoming changes to Office Web Apps that will improve the user experience on Windows, iOS and Android tablets.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 20, 2013
Windows Server 2012 R2, which may arrive as a public preview release next week, will bring some networking, compute and storage improvements that build on what Microsoft initiated with Windows Server 2012.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 19, 2013
A potential deal between Microsoft and Nokia to acquire the mobile phone manufacturer's device-manufacturing business has fallen through, reported The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday afternoon.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 19, 2013
Two of Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) products, Dynamics GP 2013 and Dynamics NAV 2013, can now be purchased as Windows Azure-hosted services through partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 18, 2013
Microsoft on Friday released Office Mobile for iPhone, a free-of-charge app from Apple's iTunes store.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 17, 2013
Hewlett-Packard recently released its new HP Cloud OS, an operating system designed to provide a common environment for public, private and hybrid cloud environments.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 17, 2013
First showcased at TechEd, Microsoft's cloud-based multifactor authentication service, code-named "Active Authentication," became available as a preview release last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 16, 2013
In a bid to expand the retail presence of devices running Windows 8, Microsoft is planning to open a raft of "Windows Stores" inside Best Buy locations across North America.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 13, 2013
Internet and mobile security provider AVG Technologies on Wednesday announced it is acquiring remote monitoring and management (RMM) company LPI Level Platforms for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 12, 2013
Microsoft recently spotlighted Windows 8's improved Task Manager, most notably the new color-coded "heat map."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 12, 2013
Microsoft detailed the new Hyper-V improvements to come with Windows Server 2012 R2 during a presentation at last week's TechEd event.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2013
A preview version of Microsoft's Windows Azure BizTalk Services solution became available last week through the Windows Azure portal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2013
The R2 wave of Microsoft products, particularly System Center 2012, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Intune will address "consumerization of IT" issues, Microsoft explained last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2013
The free Windows RT 8.1 upgrade coming this year will include the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program, Microsoft said on Wednesday at Computex.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 07, 2013
Microsoft gave the first demo of Windows 8.1 on Wednesday, during the Computex keynote address at Taipei, Taiwan.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2013
Microsoft detailed a few more features coming in Windows 8.1 -- including a number of new networking, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and security features -- during Monday's TechEd conference keynote.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 04, 2013
Microsoft will release Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for Exchange Server 2013 sometime this summer, the company said on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 04, 2013
Microsoft gave an early look at what themes to expect from this year's TechEd at its "Microsoft Cloud OS Workshop," held in mid-May at its Redmond, Wash. campus.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 04, 2013
Microsoft announced a slew of upcoming product updates during Monday's opening TechEd conference keynote in New Orleans.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 03, 2013