Microsoft on Wednesday urged its partners to take aim at its top cloud competitors.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 15, 2015
Tuesday marked the end of "extended support" for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2015
A number of Microsoft's Azure services reached the general availability (GA) stage this month, meaning they are now considered commercially viable and backed by service level agreements.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2015
Microsoft is investing significant marketing resources on Windows 10's July 29 launch.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 14, 2015
At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference this week, Microsoft is giving partners what they've been requesting for years. In an exclusive interview with RCP, Channel Chief Phil Sorgen details broad channel distribution plans for the Microsoft Surface and the Cloud Solution Provider program.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 13, 2015
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) on Thursday launched a new partner program aimed at courting independent software vendors (ISVs) looking to grow their Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2015
Spending on computing devices is expected to decline by nearly 6 percent this year, and the upcoming release of Windows 10 isn't likely to offer any relief.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 08, 2015
Microsoft on Thursday shared more information about the upcoming Windows 10 release, including which editions will get which features.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 02, 2015
Some organizations are expected to continue using Windows Server 2003 until well into 2018, a full three years after it loses product support, according to a study by CloudPhysics.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 01, 2015
Microsoft recently detailed its vision for SharePoint Server 2016, which appears to be very cloud-centric.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 29, 2015
Microsoft recently released build 10149 of the Windows 10 Mobile technical preview, replacing the old "Spartan"-branded browser with the new "Edge" name.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 29, 2015
Enterprises aren't exactly champing at the bit to move to Windows 10, but many are considering making the switch earlier than expected, according to one industry survey.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 26, 2015
The "general availability" of Azure AD Connect likely will help speed up the deployment of the kind of mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) scenarios that Microsoft has been describing throughout this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2015
Organizations considering a Microsoft Custom Support Agreement (CSA) as a stopgap while dealing with Window Server 2003 upgrade issues face very expensive fees, according to a recent analyst talk.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 23, 2015
Microsoft will begin offering $120,000 of free Azure cloud services to eligible startups starting on July 1, the company announced recently.
- By David Ramel
- June 23, 2015