One of Microsoft largest partners, Hewlett-Packard, this week named a new chief strategy officer: Bill Veghte, the former senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows business.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 19, 2012
Ingram Micro, the world's largest distributor of IT products and services to the channel, on Thursday said CEO Gregory Spierkel is stepping down effective immediately.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 19, 2012
Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday launched DynamoDB, a new database service that will let customers store and modify huge amounts of unstructured content while proving rapid access to data.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 18, 2012
Those using SharePoint 2010 can now take advantage of Microsoft's improved mobile business intelligence (BI) support strategy for Apple's iPad.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 18, 2012
All eight solutions in the System Center 2012 product family are now available as release candidates (RCs), Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 18, 2012
Jerry Yang, former Yahoo CEO and a key figure in the failed takeover bid by Microsoft in 2008, is cutting all ties with the company he co-founded almost two decades ago.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 17, 2012
Microsoft this week outlined details of its first major new Windows file system in nearly two decades: the Resilient File System (ReFS).
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 17, 2012
The tile-based interface was the star attraction of the final Microsoft Consumer Electronics Show keynote.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 16, 2012
Microsoft had few announcements at CES but OEM partners brought out new Windows-based laptops and phones.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 13, 2012
According to reports, Microsoft may be planning to restructure its marketing operations, which could result in hundreds of jobs being slashed at Redmond.
- By Chris Paoli
- January 13, 2012
Microsoft signed a patent agreement with smartphone maker LG on Thursday, the latest in the company's streak of intellectual property deals over the use of Google's Android and Chrome OS platforms.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 13, 2012
The cloud contracts just keep on coming for Google, which this week inked a deal for the biggest rollout of its Google Apps suite to date.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 12, 2012
PC sales may have fallen more than analysts have predicted, and the decline could continue into the coming quarters, Microsoft officials warned.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 12, 2012
Microsoft's U.S. Internet search market share has passed Yahoo's for the first time, according to market analysis by comScore. The companies are now No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, behind market leader Google.
- By Chris Paoli
- January 12, 2012
A new report by Forrester Research suggests the growing business adoption of Apple iPads and Macs is displacing Microsoft's grip on the corporate market with PCs.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 11, 2012
Kinect for Windows hardware will go on sale for $249 starting Feb. 1, when a free commercial software development kit (SDK) will also be available for download.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 10, 2012
With this reportedly being the last Consumer Electronics Show to feature Microsoft as a headliner, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's opening-day keynote should have been a shining moment.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 10, 2012
Matt Bencke, formerly the general manager of developer and marketplace at Microsoft's Windows Phone Division, has left that position to become a GM within the Xbox team.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 10, 2012
Robert Wahbe, the corporate vice president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Marketing Group, is leaving the company at the end of February, Microsoft announced on Saturday.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 09, 2012
Ray Ozzie, who retired from Microsoft in 2010 after serving five years as the company's chief software architect, is spearheading a new startup company called "Cocomo."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 06, 2012