Dell is in the process of selling off its Software Group's security, data analytics, and systems and information management solutions to private equity firm Francisco Partners and hedge fund operator Elliott Management.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 20, 2016
Microsoft solution provider Nutanix has joined Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in delivering solutions based on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform System (CPS).
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 17, 2016
In a bid to bolster its evolving artificial intelligence (AI) vision, Microsoft on Thursday announced its acquisition of startup company Wand Labs Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 16, 2016
Microsoft recently took the wraps off its new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) F-Series, aimed at organizations running "gaming servers, Web servers and batch processing."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 15, 2016
The latest version of Microsoft's Office 365 Admin App for Windows Phone and Android devices became available on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 14, 2016
Microsoft's announcement on Monday of its planned $26.2 billion acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn has left many industry watchers scratching their heads.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 14, 2016
Microsoft this week began rolling out new Office 365 Groups management capabilities to its commercial and education subscribers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 14, 2016
Microsoft announced its plan to buy professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash and debt, which, if successful, would make it Microsoft's highest-valued acquisition in its 41-year history.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 13, 2016
TeamViewer, a provider of remote monitoring and meeting software based in Germany, is bringing its eponymous solution to Microsoft's Intune product, the two companies announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2016
Microsoft's new Azure Active Directory (AD) Enterprise State Roaming service for Windows 10 clients became generally available on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2016
Starting this month, Office 365 commercial subscribers will begin receiving user experience improvements in SharePoint Online via Microsoft's "modern document libraries."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2016
Microsoft has launched a new Web site to help independent software developers (ISVs) broadcast their applications' compatibility with Windows 10.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 09, 2016
Microsoft gets an average of 70,000 requests a year from governments worldwide that are seeking information about Microsoft's business and consumer customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2016
Microsoft on Monday began to roll out its Planner service to Office 365 education and business subscribers worldwide.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2016
Microsoft recently clarified the differences between its Intune and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) products to help organizations decide on the client management solution that fits them best.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2016
Microsoft's new Advanced Security Management service began to roll out to Office 365 E5 subscribers on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2016
In an intellectual property deal signed this week, low-cost device maker Xiaomi will allow Microsoft to put Office and Skype on its Android-based smartphones and tablets.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2016
Microsoft's next-generation database platform, SQL Server 2016, became generally available on Wednesday as scheduled.
- By Chris Paoli
- June 01, 2016
Companies with Enterprise Agreements (EAs) can now use prebuilt images to move their existing SQL Server licenses to Azure Virtual Machines (VMs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2016
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 "anniversary update" release will include a new security feature called "limited periodic scanning."
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 31, 2016