Microsoft on Friday announced virtual private network (VPN) improvements to some Windows Azure components, making it easier for administrators to access virtual networks, either from behind a corporate firewall or remotely.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 29, 2013
Roughly 45 percent of organizations have not started migrations to Windows 7 or Windows 8, according to a recent blog post by U.K.-based independent software vendor AppSense.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 26, 2013
Newly released first-quarter numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics suggests Microsoft has a bigger chunk of the tablet market than analysts have previously estimated.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2013
Microsoft has inked an intellectual property agreement with China-based equipment maker ZTE concerning the Linux-based operating systems fostered by Google.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 25, 2013
Microsoft is disclosing more about its planned shift to a more accelerated update cadence for Office 365, according to a report by veteran Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2013
The new Dell Quest Migration Manager for Exchange product runs on the customer's premises and features the ability to carry out single-step migrations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 24, 2013
Microsoft Office's reign as the dominant productivity suite is under threat from Google Apps, according to analyst and consulting firm Gartner.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 23, 2013
In the wake of recent market shifts that have hampered its Windows business, Microsoft is talking up changes it plans to make to its software and hardware ecosystem.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2013
All of Microsoft's five divisions recorded gains in the company's fiscal third quarter financial results, the company announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 19, 2013
Intel reported a total of $12.6 billion in earnings for its fiscal first quarter on Tuesday, during the last earnings call with CEO and President Paul Otellini at the helm.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 18, 2013
Microsoft has inked a patent licensing agreement with Hon Hai, the Taiwan-based investment holding company for Foxconn Ltd.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 17, 2013
In a move that effectively positions itself against Amazon Web Services, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the general availability of new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 16, 2013
Datto Inc. on Tuesday launched a small and inexpensive appliance called the ALTO that is designed to make enterprise backup, disaster recovery and business continuity affordable for the smallest businesses.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 16, 2013
In an effort to bolster its chances in the tablet arena against smaller devices using Google Android and Apple iOS, Microsoft is expanding its Surface line of tablet PCs with a 7-inch model, according to a report.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 11, 2013
The first of a series of Office updates code-named "Gemini" is reportedly planned to arrive in October, according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2013
A new report from IDC indicates that first-quarter PC shipments dropped by nearly 14 percent over the year-ago period, the largest decline since IDC began tracking PC shipments in 1994.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2013
Microsoft's recommendations for migrating to Office 2013 "can cause serious headaches" for organizations, according to a recent report by ConverterTechnology.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 10, 2013
The message during the Microsoft Management Summit's opening keynote in Las Vegas was par for the course: Microsoft products run best with other Microsoft products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2013
Microsoft will sell its Mediaroom IPTV platform to communications services provider Ericsson, pending regulatory approvals, the two companies announced Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2013
Betas of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SharePoint 2010 SP2 are now available for testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2013