Dell, Equinix and Rackspace have teamed up to launch an OpenStack demo environment on Wednesday in a bid to get customers to test cloud-based apps on the platform.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 30, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described some planned Client Access License (CAL) changes at its Microsoft Management Summit last week in Las Vegas. The changes will become effective in August of this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire newScale Inc., a provider of self-service, self-catalog and lifecycle management software. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft engineering teams finished work on Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011 on Tuesday. The next step is for Microsoft's hardware partners to image the software onto their upcoming server products.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to an IDC report released Tuesday, Google Android, the projected smartphone market leader in 2011, will remain in the top spot by 2015, with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 coming second.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- March 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services launched its EC2 Dedicated Instances service on Monday, in response to indications from its enterprise customers that they do not want to share computing resources with other companies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 28, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a warning on Wednesday about nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by root certificate authority company Comodo Group that could potentially be abused by hackers.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- March 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 on Thursday at its Microsoft Management Summit, taking place in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The first update to Windows Phone 7 devices is being rolled out to Microsoft's hardware and carrier partners this week, according to Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 24, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta of Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012, which Microsoft released earlier this week as part of the unveiling of the System Center 2012 line, includes the company's Server Application Virtualization tool for Windows Azure. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 24, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced the release of Windows Intune on Wednesday during its Microsoft Management Summit, taking place this week in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 23, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The second beta of System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012) is now available, Microsoft announced on Wednesday at its Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 23, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    i4i LLP, which is currently embroiled in a patent infringement case against Microsoft at the U.S. Supreme Court level, has obtained some significant supporters. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 22, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft took the wraps off its System Center 2012 product line on Tuesday at the Microsoft Management Summit, taking place this week in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 22, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has fired another salvo against Google's Android open source mobile OS, this time by filing a lawsuit against the creators of the Nook e-reader and the Nook Color Tablet device.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 22, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday, Microsoft touted its server virtualization offerings as being key to reducing U.S. retailer Target Corp.'s physical server footprint.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 21, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citing information from Research In Motion senior executives, a Bloomberg article published on Wednesday reports that Microsoft has struck a cloud computing deal with the smartphone developer.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 20, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (formerly code-named "Windows SBS 7") and the SBS 2011 Premium Add-on are now available to Microsoft's volume licensing customers, the company said Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 18, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is among a small number of software firms that have been named some of the World's Most Ethical Companies of 2011 by the Ethisphere Institute.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 18, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has released add-ons for Word and PowerPoint as part of the company's push to improve accessibility in Office 2010, and a wider initiative to help improve Internet and software accessibility.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- March 18, 2011