The telecom industry has joined the effort to forge interoperability among cloud providers by forming a consortium backed by some key cloud providers, including Microsoft and IBM.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 10, 2009
New program includes partner specializations, resources and a bigger emphasis on social media.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2009
Microsoft uses a day in December to highlight its ongoing efforts to stop illegal reproductions.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2009
According to the latest tallies from Gartner and IDC, the Unix market continues to contract dramatically.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 10, 2009
A Microsoft corporate vice president talked about the company's business prospects, including competition with Google, at a Barclays event on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 08, 2009
As expected, the last Windows Security Update of 2009 will include six security bulletins -- three dubbed "critical" and three labeled "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 08, 2009
If recent market research is any indication, computing in the clouds could achieve a breakthrough of sorts in 2010.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 08, 2009
Microsoft on Monday released betas of two new tools to help IT organizations with Office 2010 migrations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 07, 2009
Microsoft is warning that the extended support phase will end next year for some of its older Windows operating systems.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 07, 2009
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized the legal details of their proposed search-advertising deal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 04, 2009
There's no rest for the weary, as Microsoft is planning to release six security bulletins for this coming Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 04, 2009
Security firm Prevx apologized for suggesting that Microsoft's November security patch might cause "black screens" in Windows-based machines.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 04, 2009
Intel pushed the outer limits of computing by unveiling a new experimental processor it described as a "single-chip cloud computer."
- By Herb Torrens
- December 04, 2009
Microsoft plans to update Exchange Server 2007 by issuing a new service pack late next year, enabling the mail server to run on Windows Server 2008 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 03, 2009
Microsoft announced enhancements to its Bing Internet search service on Wednesday, including a new Bing Maps beta.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 03, 2009
Security is an economic issue that the government needs to address by providing economic incentives to organizations rather than issuing regulatory mandates.
- By William Jackson
- December 03, 2009
A Microsoft executive fielded questions about the company's Internet search-advertising business at Credit Suisse's Technology Conference on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2009
Microsoft is planning to rev up the mobility market under its "Windows phone" brand.
- By Herb Torrens
- December 01, 2009
A top Microsoft official answered questions about the state of IT spending and Microsoft's product offerings at the Nasdaq OMX 23rd Investor Program on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 01, 2009
IBM on Monday said it has acquired Guardium, a leading supplier of real-time database application monitoring software.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 01, 2009