In a bid to fill a void in its security portfolio, McAfee on Monday announced its plan to acquire leading cloud access security broker (CASB) Skyhigh Networks for an undisclosed amount.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 27, 2017
A recent talk by independent consultancy Directions on Microsoft gave organizations a look at what to expect from Microsoft's plan to transition its Skype for Business product to the newer Teams client.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 20, 2017
Microsoft's Compliance Manager dashboard tool is now in preview, helping organizations track the regulatory compliance status of the Microsoft solutions running in their environments, as well as in their customers' environments.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2017
Intune, Microsoft's mobile management service, can now tap Google Play Protect to deliver security protections to Android devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2017
Microsoft this week unveiled a new service that integrates its Azure platform with a globally distributed streaming analytics solution.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 15, 2017
Users of the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10 version 1511 just got a six-month support reprieve, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2017
A new Skype service aimed at small businesses that adds scheduling and billing functionality is now in preview, Microsoft announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 15, 2017
Microsoft's new monitoring capability for Azure ExpressRoute, a high-bandwidth, low-latency service for establishing private Internet connections to Azure services, is now in preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2017
Microsoft this week shared some insight into how businesses are using its Azure Active Directory (AD) service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2017
Hardware vendors are now implementing Microsoft's "Project Olympus" datacenter specification, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 10, 2017
Microsoft this week released a preview version of System Center version 1711, which will be the first release under the management suite's new semiannual update model.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2017
Security software providers Bitdefender, Lookout and Ziften are partnering with Microsoft to integrate the company's Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service into their respective threat protection services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2017
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the next step in its ongoing effort to integrate its various productivity applications with LinkedIn, which it acquired last year for over $26 billion.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 08, 2017
Organizations preparing to deploy Windows 10 can turn to Microsoft's "free" Windows Analytics tools for help, the company said this week in a Web presentation.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 08, 2017
More than eight out of 10 organizations have not moved away from premises-based Microsoft Office products, according to a study published this week by Spiceworks.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 07, 2017
Microsoft this week turned the spotlight on the "Fall Creators Update" edition of Windows 10 Internet of Things (IoT), previously known as Windows Embedded.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 03, 2017
Microsoft shared some broad plans for its forthcoming Office 2019 productivity suite, as well as Exchange Server 2019, Skype for Business Server 2019 and SharePoint Server 2019, in a Web presentation this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 02, 2017
After a three-month beta period, the Business edition of Microsoft 365 is now ready for production use.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 01, 2017
Despite recording significant increases in their latest earnings reports, neither Microsoft nor Google managed to put a significant dent in Amazon's lead in the cloud infrastructure services market.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 01, 2017
Microsoft this week said it will begin shipping its Surface Pro laptop with Long Term Evolution (LTE) Advanced connectivity in December.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 01, 2017