The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 21, 2010
Microsoft on Tuesday said SQL Server 2008 R2, the next version of its database, will be generally available in May.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 19, 2010
A free toolkit helps database users migrate from MySQL to Microsoft's SQL Server database on-premise or in the cloud.
- By David Ramel
- January 12, 2010
Microsoft is starting the initial phase of commercializing its cloud computing platform this month.
- By Kathleen Richards
- January 06, 2010
First release of Microsoft's flagship database in two years offers substantial scalability gains.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 29, 2009
Microsoft on Tuesday said it will release the feature-complete preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, the first major upgrade of its flagship database platform in nearly two years.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 03, 2009
Just weeks before Microsoft is expected to launch SQL Azure, Amazon on Tuesday said it will let customers host relational data in its EC2 cloud service using MySQL.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 27, 2009
October has proved to be the month of record, landing one whopper of a Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 13, 2009
Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 09, 2009
Software security vendors like to point to glitches in Microsoft products, but they don't always get much acknowledgment from Redmond.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- September 08, 2009
Features of partner-delivered, next-generation point-of-sale solution include smart search and security-enhanced payment processing.
- By Herb Torrens
- September 01, 2009
With a competitive pricing model established and different licensing options on the table, partners are starting to see how Microsoft's cloud-computing offering can drive new business.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2009
Microsoft is merging its Data Programmability and Connected Systems Group.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 20, 2009
Subscribers to Microsoft's TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network services can now get their hands on the first community technology preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 10, 2009
Microsoft's financials continued to decline, with the company reporting $13.1 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth-quarter -- a 17 percent decrease compared with last year's fourth quarter.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 24, 2009
Microsoft and Intel on Wednesday touted the ability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM to expand to meet multiple user needs when powered by Intel's Xeon 5500 processor.
- By Herb Torrens
- June 03, 2009
Programs: Microsoft opens data services component of the Azure platform, called Project Huron, to customers for testing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2009
Almost every aspect of the Microsoft stack -- from OSes to tools to apps -- is up for renewal in the coming year.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2009
The opening keynote address at Tech-Ed on Monday featured Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Windows business, who described a number of upcoming milestones for Microsoft's new products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 12, 2009
The next release of Microsoft's SQL Server database, code-named "Kilimanjaro," will offer master data management (MDM) and support real-time data feeds for business intelligence (BI), reporting and analytics, the company revealed today.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 11, 2009