The next battleground for the top cloud providers will be artificial intelligence (AI), if recent developments are anything to go by.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 10, 2016
With a cumulative update scheduled to arrive for all supported Windows systems this week, Microsoft recently outlined a few more details about the new update structure.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 10, 2016
Two of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory products hit their "general availability" milestones this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 06, 2016
Yahoo allegedly cooperated with U.S. intelligence officials to scan all incoming Yahoo e-mail traffic last year, according to a report by Reuters on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 05, 2016
Microsoft's new Modern Lifecycle Policy took effect in late August, with very little fanfare, for several of its enterprise products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2016
The first monthly cumulative updates to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will arrive on Oct. 11, signaling a sea change in how Microsoft delivers its patches and OS updates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2016
Microsoft gave a progress report on its Skype for Business product line at this week's Ignite conference, as well as announced some coming improvements expected to arrive this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 30, 2016
Microsoft this week announced the formation of a new business group aimed at fulfilling its goal, as CEO Satya Nadella stated at this week's Ignite conference, of "democratizing AI."
- By Gladys Rama
- September 29, 2016
Microsoft is planning a number of improvements to its OneDrive for Business product, including its browser, mobile, synchronization and IT capabilities.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 29, 2016
Microsoft's ongoing upgrades to its public cloud infrastructure means Azure has the fastest and most AI-optimized network among cloud providers, the company said this week at its Ignite conference in Atlanta.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 28, 2016
The first Feature Pack for SharePoint Server 2016 will be released in November, Microsoft said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 28, 2016
Microsoft this week added Workday to its list of strategic partnerships aimed at bolstering its cloud productivity suite.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 27, 2016
Microsoft shined the spotlight on its forthcoming enterprise products on Monday at the Ignite conference, taking place this week in Atlanta, Ga.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2016
Adobe's Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings will run primarily in Microsoft's Azure public cloud, the two companies announced Monday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 26, 2016
Microsoft recently issued a release candidate (RC) of its "SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool," designed to help organizations considering a move to SharePoint Online from on-premises SharePoint Server 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2016
Information from "at least 500 million user accounts" has been stolen from Yahoo's network over the span of two years, the company confirmed on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2016
An update issued by Microsoft this week will delete the infamous "Get Windows App" from users' systems.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 22, 2016
Microsoft on Tuesday released the latest cumulative updates (CUs) to Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016, bringing the usual hotfixes and, in the case of the latter, long-awaited support for Windows Server 2016.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 20, 2016
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a partnership with Ping Identity aimed at integrating that company's PingAccess product with Azure Active Directory, Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 15, 2016
Microsoft's top cloud executive this week signaled a shift away from the tradition of intense price-based competition between Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) and Azure.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 14, 2016