Microsoft's Azure cloud platform still has a lot of ground to make up before it can catch market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS), but a recent report from RightScale Inc. bodes well for the challenger.
- By David Ramel
- February 20, 2018
Microsoft greenlit various Azure services this month, including Azure ExpressRoute monitoring, additions to the Azure Storage service and Azure Backup service, and the Azure Redis Cache Geo-Replication service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 19, 2018
The Microsoft team responsible for Active Directory development has been ramping up its use of blockchain in a bid to improve digital identity security.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 15, 2018
Originally introduced two years ago for Windows 10 clients, Microsoft's Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service will soon be available to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines, as well.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 13, 2018
Michael Niehaus, the public face of much of Microsoft's "Windows as a Service" effort, is now a principal program manager on the company's "modern deployment team."
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 12, 2018
As part a collaboration with Microsoft announced Wednesday, Symantec is extending its Web Security Service to Office 365 and the Azure cloud platform.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 08, 2018
Microsoft this week launched a OneDrive for Business switch deal in a bid to steal away customers from some of its biggest online storage competitors, as well as collaborators.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2018
Microsoft this week announced it is readying its app marketplace for progressive Web apps (PWAs), which are Web pages designed to work like applications, with the ability to work offline.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2018
Cloud upstart Alibaba is edging its way into the leader pack of the global cloud computing market, according to recently released data from Synergy Research Group.
- By David Ramel
- February 06, 2018
A new cloud-based security solution to protect Exchange Online users is now available from software security company Kaspersky Lab.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 05, 2018
Microsoft recently announced some support policy changes that bode well for users running Windows 10, but less so for those running the Office productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 02, 2018
Microsoft's Azure public cloud platform is making some inroads against market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to new research.
- By David Ramel
- January 29, 2018
Microsoft is positioning its Azure support services to be more comparable to Amazon Web Services (AWS), lowering plan costs and improving "critical" case response times.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 26, 2018
Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 10 test build this week that gives users some more insights into, and control over, the kind of privacy-related information that Microsoft collects from their PCs.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2018
Microsoft this week rolled out multiple Office 365 enhancements, including a new Files Restore feature for OneDrive for Business, the company's business-focused cloud storage service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 24, 2018