Lync 2013 will have similar load balancing requirements as the previous version of Microsoft's unified communications server, according to an expert with Kemp Technologies, one of 12 Microsoft partners that offer qualified load balancer products for Lync.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 19, 2013
Windows 8 devices, with their built-in security capabilities, could simplify matters for organizations considering bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenarios, according to Wave Systems Corp., an independent software vendor and board member of the Trusted Computing Group.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2013
Chief information officers named Microsoft their most indispensable "mega-vendor" in Piper Jaffray's quarterly CIO Survey released to its clients this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 15, 2013
In response to questions about Microsoft's market strategy with Windows 8, Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein repeated the same basic response: The Windows 8 ecosystem is still evolving.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 14, 2013
The third service pack for Exchange 2010, which will enable the older e-mail server to work with some of Microsoft's newer product releases, was released on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2013
Microsoft has fallen off the top 10 of Harris Interactive's annual survey measuring the reputations of the most visible companies in the United States, while Amazon.com, Apple and Google are among the top five.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 13, 2013
Wednesday, Feb. 13 will be the last day for Microsoft's Mesh file synchronization service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 12, 2013
In a major procedural shift, Exchange 2013 updates will be released as quarterly cumulative updates (CU) starting sometime in this first quarter, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 11, 2013
The rumored Windows "Blue" might be a wave of frequently issued updates to various Microsoft products, instead of just a new flagship operating system, according to a press report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2013
In preparation for Saturday's launch of the Surface Pro tablet, Microsoft's Surface team on Wednesday fielded questions about the device in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) session.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2013
Microsoft's next-generation Office products will reach general availability in March, the company said.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2013
One of the worst-kept rumors on Wall Street affecting the IT industry in recent weeks became official on Tuesday morning, as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners agreed to acquire Dell Inc. in a deal the company values at approximately $24.3 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 05, 2013
Parallels on Tuesday unveiled an overhaul of its channel-focused platform for delivering cloud-based services to SMB customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 05, 2013
Microsoft recently released an update to Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 3 that delivers several fixes to the productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2013
Acme Packet, one of Microsoft's key Lync ecosystem partners, is being acquired by Oracle for $2.1 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 04, 2013
Echoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's declaration in October that Microsoft is now a "devices and services company," a newly published report indicates that Microsoft's product strategy for 2013 will be focused on tablets and cloud-enabled software.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2013
Microsoft lowered Windows Azure price decrease last week for its SQL Reporting Services, which is used for business intelligence-type applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2013
Microsoft began issuing the Windows Phone 7.8 update for older Windows Phone 7.5-era devices to users this week.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 01, 2013
Technology giants Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft were ranked among the top 20 companies U.S. consumers trust most with their privacy in a study published this week by research firm Ponemon Institute.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 31, 2013
Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has made few inroads in the months since its release, according to data from IDC announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2013