System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 has reached its "release-to-manufacturing" (RTM) milestone, Microsoft announced recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 17, 2012
Google is dropping some features in its software-as-a-service applications that are associated with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, it announced last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 17, 2012
BeyondTrust announced last week that it has acquired Microsoft ISV partner Blackbird Group for an undisclosed amount.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 17, 2012
Is Google evil? Was Windows 8 dead to reviewers right from the start? Does Microsoft need Tom Brady? Here are the blog posts that riled up RCP readers the most this year.
From the debut of the Windows 8 Ultrabooks, to the latest raft of Windows Phone devices, to Microsoft's own Surface tablets, Microsoft and its OEM partners have made 2012 the year of bold, new Windows hardware.
Tuesday's release of the Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Update Rollup 5 v2 was met with a chorus of grumblings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 13, 2012
European Parliament members this week approved a unitary patent approach that extends a common legal process to all European Union (EU) member countries.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 12, 2012
Microsoft this week inked intellectual property (IP) licensing deals with two equipment makers based in Germany related to the use of the Android operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 11, 2012
For a limited time, Microsoft is letting Windows 8 Pro customers install Media Center at no cost.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 11, 2012
Microsoft's Surface tablets will soon become available to purchase from non-Microsoft outlets, the company said on Tuesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 11, 2012
Businesses signing up for Google Apps must now pay a fee, Google announced last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 10, 2012
An industry-sponsored survey has found Microsoft to be the software vendor that's most likely to audit companies on their software licensing compliance.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 07, 2012
Microsoft's Dynamics partners and customers are set for an eventful December, with the general availability dates of three of the company's Dynamics solutions all falling within weeks of each other.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 06, 2012
Microsoft published a volume licensing "brief" this month that clarifies the product use rights (PUR) of Office 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 06, 2012
The latest figures from market analyst firm International Data Corp. (IDC) projects growth for the worldwide tablet market at large, but low numbers for devices running Microsoft's Windows platform.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 06, 2012
A ruling by a U.S. federal court last week effectively halts Motorola's legal efforts to block the sales of certain Microsoft products in Germany and the United States.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 04, 2012
Businesses can now buy Microsoft's on-premises 2013 server products -- including Office 2013 -- via volume licensing agreements.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 04, 2012
Microsoft's Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 product hit the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) mark last week, though it is still unclear when products will be available from OEM partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 03, 2012
Microsoft plans to bring Surface Pro to market sometime in January in two models, differentiated by storage capacity.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 30, 2012
Windows computing device sales so far haven't got much of a push from Windows 8's launch, according to The NPD Group, a consumer marketing firm that covers retail industries.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 30, 2012