Microsoft this week named Steven Guggenheimer the corporate vice president of its Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) division.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 04, 2012
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's review of the "release preview" version of Windows 8 is largely favorable -- but also critical.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 03, 2012
Apple and Google are now ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among technology companies in terms of market capitalization, according to financial assessments on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 02, 2012
Just one week after being released to manufacturing, Dynamics NAV 2013, Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses, is now generally available.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 02, 2012
Windows Azure subscribers will now receive discounts based on their monthly financial commitments, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 29, 2012
Microsoft opened two retail stores in the suburbs of New York City on Friday, bringing the total number of locations up to 25.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 28, 2012
Windows Server 2008 will start its "extended support" phase on Jan. 15, 2015 after getting a 1.5-year extension to its lifecycle support, Microsoft announced recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 28, 2012
The solution to Windows XP's approaching end-of-life isn't forgoing Windows 7 for Windows 8, according to a presentation by research firm Gartner on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 27, 2012
The third service pack (SP3) for Exchange 2010 is scheduled to arrive in "the first half of calendar year 2013" and will enable it to run on Windows Server 2012, Microsoft said in a blog post this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 27, 2012
Dynamics NAV 2013 has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
- By Gladys Rama
- September 26, 2012
Microsoft's Quincy, Wash. datacenter is in the spotlight this week after The New York Times published a story on Monday depicting the pollution, power-wasting and political arm-twisting associated with the facility.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2012
Microsoft on Monday kicked off the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) in Orlando, Fla. by talking up the forthcoming Exchange 2013 and the next version of Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2012
Microsoft Hyper-V partner F5 Networks on Monday announced a forthcoming network virtualization product designed to move virtual machines (VMs) from traditional datacenters to those based on Windows Server 2012, while preserving management controls.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2012
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard were spotlighted as case-study examples in a Senate panel hearing on Thursday regarding individuals and U.S.-based multinational corporations that regularly avoid paying U.S. taxes.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 24, 2012
With its MEC conference set to begin next week, Microsoft is talking more about Exchange 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 21, 2012
Microsoft on Monday rolled out a new annual subscription model for its Office 365 productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 19, 2012
Microsoft and mobile device maker Research In Motion (RIM) have inked an intellectual property agreement related to Microsoft's Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 18, 2012
The next generation of Microsoft's flagship smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 8, reached the release-to-manufacturing milestone late last week, according to multiple outlets.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 18, 2012
Microsoft's recent decision to discontinue five of its Forefront enterprise security products may be a sign that the company is either exiting that market or venturing further into the cloud-based security space.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 18, 2012
Nokia highlights wireless charging for new Lumias; Samsung device has storage options and a MicroSD slot.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 17, 2012