Microsoft this week announced an extension of its intellectual property (IP) indemnification program in a bid to cover users of its Azure Stack appliances, in addition to Azure cloud customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 16, 2018
The "semiannual channel" version of Windows 10 update 1709, otherwise known as the "Fall Creators Update," is now in the "full availability" stage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 12, 2018
A gallery of standout devices from this year's showcase.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 12, 2018
Microsoft this week warned users that its fixes for the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre CPU security flaws could slow down their systems.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2018
All Intel chips released in the past five years will receive security patches for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities by the end of January.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 09, 2018
Microsoft's Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines (VMs) is now production-ready.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 08, 2018
Newly released data from Synergy Research Group indicates that cloud computing still trails the traditional enterprise hardware market, despite growing faster any other IT category in 2017.
- By Gladys Rama
- January 05, 2018
This week's disclosure of a far-reaching CPU security vulnerability has prompted a raft of responses from OS vendors, researchers, chip makers and security software providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 04, 2018
VMware appears to have reached a détente with Microsoft regarding the latter's emerging VMware virtualization on Azure solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 04, 2018
Microsoft on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Avere Systems, a 10-year-old provider of hybrid cloud storage solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 03, 2018
Organizations worldwide are poised to increase their security spending in 2018 by 8 percent, driven by the raft of high-profile security blunders that made news headlines throughout the past year.
- By Chris Paoli
- January 02, 2018
Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider program is growing rapidly, and that means growing pains. Potential CSPs should learn about some of the program's current challenges before making the leap.
- By M.S. Partner
- December 20, 2017
Oracle is expected to acquire Aconex, a provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions for the construction industry, for $1.2 billion U.S. or $7.80 per share.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 19, 2017
Businesses that migrate their on-premises workloads to the cloud using a "direct match" method are missing out on significant cost savings, according to a recent study by Microsoft Azure migration partner TSO Logic.
- By Gladys Rama
- December 19, 2017
Microsoft is slated to release a new "Azure Migrate" solution within the next six months, a company executive said in a recent presentation.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 18, 2017