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Amazon Restores Cloud Services, Promises Postmortem

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it has restored service for a majority of its customers after an outage left numerous organizations crippled for more than three days.

Inside Google's Datacenter: How Google Keeps Its Cloud Secure

Also, with Earth Day falling on the same day as Google's presentation, the focus has fallen once again on whether the cloud is truly the energy-saver its big-name proponents, including Microsoft, insist it is.

Microsoft BPOS for Gov Gets FISMA Clearance

Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), a cloud-based suite of productivity applications, is now certified for government use under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

Microsoft Panel Urges XP Loyalists To Migrate to Windows 7

Microsoft has assembled a panel of MVPs, consultants and product managers to make the case for migrating to Windows 7 from Windows XP.

Office 365 Beta: 12 Key Features

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The public beta of Office 365, Microsoft's much-anticipated successor to its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), has just arrived, and we've got an early look. Here are 12 key features from the beta that show how Microsoft plans to deliver productivity tools in the cloud.

Analysis: Why Won't Internet Explorer 10 Work on Vista?

Microsoft released the Internet Explorer 10 platform preview last week during its MIX 11 conference, but the company did not mention that the new browser will not run on Windows Vista.

Microsoft Releases Public Beta of Office 365

Microsoft on Monday released the public beta of the widely anticipated Office 365, the company's cloud-based productivity suite, as well as announced the Office 365 Marketplace.

Beta for Windows Intune Ends April 18, Microsoft Warns

The beta for Windows Intune will expire on Monday, April 18, Microsoft announced on Friday.

The Dynamics Decade: 10 Highlights from 10 Years of Microsoft Business Applications

WEB EXCLUSIVE: From the early acquisitions of Great Plains and Navision, to the Burgum-Nadella-Tatarinov executive shakeup, to the company's tentative first steps toward an "all-in" cloud approach, we spotlight the top 10 milestones from Microsoft's decade of Dynamics.

Gartner: Tablets To Blame for PCs' Poor Q1 Numbers

Confirming earlier predictions, a new preliminary report released this week by market research firm Gartner indicates that tablet computers such as Apple's iPad and other alternative computing devices have cut into PC sales.

Google Rebuts Microsoft's Accusations with Confirmation of FISMA Status

In response to claims from Microsoft that Google Apps for Government is not certified under FISMA, the General Services Administration has issued a statement verifying that Apps for Government is, in fact, FISMA-certified.

Microsoft Releases SP1 for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, Microsoft's standalone server virtualization solution, got its first service pack on Tuesday.

Report: Windows 7 Passes XP as Most-Used OS in U.S.

For the first time since release in October 2009, Windows 7's U.S. market share has surpassed Windows XP's -- at least according to one source.

Microsoft: Google Lied About Apps for Government Certification

Microsoft has accused Google of misleading users regarding government certification for its Apps for Government products, released in July 2010.

2011 Microsoft Partner Survey: Your Take on the MPN, Selling the Cloud and More

With the launch of the Microsoft Partner Network in November, Microsoft forced 400,000 partners to decide how they'll fit their businesses into the new structure. In our annual survey, readers reported how they're planning to adapt.