Microsoft aims to leverage synergies between its partner and small business divisions.
- By Anne Stuart
- November 01, 2005
Not only will Microsoft Office “12” feature the ability to save files in PDF format, it will also -- no surprise -- support the company’s own challenger to Adobe’s popular Portable Document Format (PDF) file format.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 01, 2005
Microsoft partners rally to raise donations and keep businesses afloat, while Microsoft also chips in.
- By Paul Desmond
- November 01, 2005
Microsoft’s version of a totally integrated world where computing power surrounds and works with people seamlessly is taking a giant step closer to reality. At least, that was the pitch from chief software architect and chairman Bill Gates and chief technical officer Ray Ozzie Tuesday as they rolled out a new batch of services, some already in beta testing, dubbed Windows Live and Office Live.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 01, 2005
Microsoft is telling investors that partners will be key to the success of the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 31, 2005
EqualLogic’s PS Series receives the Simple SAN for Windows Server designation from Microsoft.
- By Dan Hong
- October 31, 2005
From the business wires this week: a change auditing solution for Active Directory, an embedded SQL database engine and a simple file sharing program.
- By Dan Hong
- October 27, 2005
MCTS exams 70-431, 70-431 and MCPD exam 70-441 to head to beta in November-December time frame, with live release in 1Q 2006.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 27, 2005
Microsoft is jumping into the online book search world with a new initiative called MSN Book Search.
- By Becky Nagel
- October 27, 2005
Microsoft on Thursday reported growth in earnings of 24 percent and a revenue increase of 6 percent in its fiscal first quarter on strong demand for PCs.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 27, 2005
Clearing the way for the formal Nov. 7 launch, Microsoft on Thursday released to manufacturing SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 27, 2005
Microsoft gave a minor status update to its “universal distributed storage” vision at this week’s Storage Networking World conference in Orlando, Fla.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 26, 2005
Microsoft's will ship the first version of its server-based business scorecarding application on Nov. 1.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 26, 2005
German utility developer 1-abc.net is shipping a new tool designed to simplify management of Windows startup folder options for end users.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 26, 2005
On Tuesday, Microsoft officially released a detailed roadmap for its Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer Certifications.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 25, 2005
Microsoft says new-gen program's aim is to simplify the cert process and reduce costs and training time.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 25, 2005
Nemx is shipping version 2.0 of its secure e-mail and content protection product for corporate Exchange environments.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 25, 2005
VMware is beta testing a free “player” that lets users run virtual machines and evaluate software without having to first purchase the company’s full-scale virtualization platform.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 24, 2005
A venture capital firm stocked with ex-Microsofties is funding a new Windows/Linux interoperability company.
- By Doug Barney
- October 24, 2005
IntraLearn Software partners with WestNet Learning to provide a centralized hosted system to deliver e-learning courses via a managed portal.
- By Dan Hong
- October 24, 2005