Eight months after being acquired by Microsoft, enterprise social networking company Yammer is apparently doing fine.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 20, 2013
The Windows 8 refresh code-named Windows "Blue" has just completed its first milestone build (M1), according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley.
- By Chris Paoli
- February 19, 2013
Windows 8 devices, with their built-in security capabilities, could simplify matters for organizations considering bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenarios, according to Wave Systems Corp., an independent software vendor and board member of the Trusted Computing Group.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2013
In response to questions about Microsoft's market strategy with Windows 8, Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein repeated the same basic response: The Windows 8 ecosystem is still evolving.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 14, 2013
The third service pack for Exchange 2010, which will enable the older e-mail server to work with some of Microsoft's newer product releases, was released on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2013
Wednesday, Feb. 13 will be the last day for Microsoft's Mesh file synchronization service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 12, 2013
In a major procedural shift, Exchange 2013 updates will be released as quarterly cumulative updates (CU) starting sometime in this first quarter, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 11, 2013
The rumored Windows "Blue" might be a wave of frequently issued updates to various Microsoft products, instead of just a new flagship operating system, according to a press report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2013
In preparation for Saturday's launch of the Surface Pro tablet, Microsoft's Surface team on Wednesday fielded questions about the device in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) session.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2013
Microsoft's next-generation Office products will reach general availability in March, the company said.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2013
One of the worst-kept rumors on Wall Street affecting the IT industry in recent weeks became official on Tuesday morning, as private equity firm Silver Lake Partners agreed to acquire Dell Inc. in a deal the company values at approximately $24.3 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 05, 2013
Parallels on Tuesday unveiled an overhaul of its channel-focused platform for delivering cloud-based services to SMB customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 05, 2013
Echoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's declaration in October that Microsoft is now a "devices and services company," a newly published report indicates that Microsoft's product strategy for 2013 will be focused on tablets and cloud-enabled software.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 04, 2013
Microsoft lowered Windows Azure price decrease last week for its SQL Reporting Services, which is used for business intelligence-type applications.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2013
Technology giants Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft were ranked among the top 20 companies U.S. consumers trust most with their privacy in a study published this week by research firm Ponemon Institute.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 31, 2013