As coronavirus concerns urge orgs to enable teleworking for employees, technical support for remote workers is emerging as a marketing opportunity for solutions vendors.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 16, 2020
To help organizations weather the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Microsoft this week launched a new Crisis Communication App to help keep track of employees.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 05, 2020
A new Azure feature called Backup Reports is now available as a public preview, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2020
Microsoft and Cisco this week announced the "seamless integration" of the two companies' IoT and cloud products, enabling more edge computing scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2020
Aiming to eliminate the need to maintain print servers on-premises or install printer drivers, Microsoft on Monday announced a private preview of its Universal Print service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2020
The forthcoming spring update of Windows 10 will include changes to the Cortana digital assistant aimed at making it a better productivity tool.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 28, 2020
A new service from Microsoft partner Skytap aims to smooth the way for organizations to move on-premises applications based on IBM Power processors to Microsoft Azure datacenters.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 27, 2020
Mover, Microsoft's free cloud-to-cloud migration tool, is "now available to Microsoft 365 customers worldwide," Microsoft announced earlier this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 26, 2020
Microsoft's Azure Sphere security solution for Internet of Things (IoT) devices became generally available on Monday, roughly two years after it was first introduced.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 24, 2020
Google last week announced the general availability of its Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory product after being in development for about two years.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 24, 2020
A consortium of companies has purchased Dell's RSA security solutions businesses, including the RSA Conference, in an all-cash deal valued at $2 billion.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 21, 2020
Ahead of this year's RSA Conference, Microsoft has announced the general availability of multiple security solutions, partner collaborations and product enhancements.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 21, 2020
Microsoft's new Office App for iOS and Android phones is now generally available worldwide, the company announced this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 19, 2020
Microsoft recently announced a raft of Office 365 improvements, including a much-expanded Fluid Framework preview program.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2020
In response to "your feedback," Microsoft has changed course from its plan to deliver an extension to Office 365 ProPlus users that would switch their browser search engines to Bing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 12, 2020
An upcoming preview release of Microsoft Secure Score promises to bring changes to the security assessment product that will make it more meaningful for organizations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2020
A new report from the NSA identifies what the agency considers the top cloud security issue plaguing organizations: misconfigured privacy settings.
- By David Ramel
- February 06, 2020
Microsoft's Backup Explorer tool for Azure, which is designed to monitor backups across an organization's "estate," is now available as a preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2020
Originally planned for release this year, Microsoft's Surface Hub 2X conferencing devices may be on an indefinite hold, according to a report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2020
Support for the Internet Explorer 10 browser on both Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard is poised to end on Feb. 11, 2020.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 29, 2020