Cloud computing is growing five times faster than the IT industry, and partners that incorporate cloud into their business models have more success than those that don't, according to a new Microsoft-sponsored report by IDC.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2013
Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) became available on Tuesday, in keeping with Microsoft's new update release cycle for Exchange 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 09, 2013
The next version of the Dell Wyse WSM desktop and application virtualization software will become available on July 22 via Dell's channel partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2013
Microsoft plans to transition its Windows Embedded partners into the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) in the coming months, the company announced on Tuesday during its Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2013
PC makers will get access to the final Windows 8.1 code in late August, Microsoft officials confirmed Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 08, 2013
The next version of Microsoft's Dynamics CRM Online product will include a new licensing scheme, Microsoft announced Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 08, 2013
Microsoft is acquiring two Dynamics AX-related solutions from partner Blue Horseshoe, the company announced during Monday's opening keynote of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 08, 2013
The next major release of Microsoft's customer relationship management (CRM) product, Dynamics CRM 2013, will become generally available sometime this fall.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 07, 2013
For organizations that want to check if they are capable of running the Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems, Microsoft late last week released the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.5.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 07, 2013
Some of Microsoft's Windows Embedded 8 products gained volume licensing and Software Assurance options this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 03, 2013
A small group of high-volume U.S. resellers are authorized to sell the Microsoft Surface devices under a new program announced Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2013
Amid major shake-ups in the server and storage industry, Supermicro keeps investing in R&D and pushing for market share.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2013
Thursday's TechEd Europe keynote put the spotlight on Windows 8.1, which became available as a public preview this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 28, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday announced its plan to host the Skype VoIP service on its Windows Azure cloud platform, which will be getting auto-scaling and single sign-on enhancements.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 28, 2013
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the availability of the Windows 8.1 public preview on Wednesday during the opening keynote of the Build conference, taking place this week in San Francisco.
- By Michael Desmond, Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 26, 2013
Microsoft has designed its forthcoming Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to be a "first server" for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses, according to details released by the company this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2013
To mark the one-year milestone of its acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft on Tuesday detailed its plans for the social networking application, as well as its progress so far.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2013
Public preview versions of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 are now available, Microsoft announced Tuesday during the kickoff of TechEd Europe, taking place in Madrid.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2013
Longtime rivals Microsoft and Oracle on Monday announced a joint partnership in which all of Oracle's key software offerings will be supported on Microsoft's Windows Server, Hyper-V and Windows Azure products.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 24, 2013
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