As the channel shifts further and further away from selling products, customers tell us more and more how they don't want to talk with salespeople anymore.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- March 16, 2015
From security to storage to identity management, the recent raft of new Azure services gives Microsoft partners multiple ways to meet today's business requirements.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 12, 2015
Microsoft and Cisco on Wednesday announced a joint effort aimed at letting Cisco's cloud service provider partners easily access Microsoft Azure cloud computing resources.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 12, 2015
Microsoft this week added more cloud-based storage options to its mobile Office apps, as well as kicked off a new partner program that's aimed at improving the Office Online experience.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 18, 2015
Microsoft's browser-based predictive analytics service, Azure Machine Learning (ML), is now generally available, the company announced on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 18, 2015
Microsoft will be adding "deep refactoring" architectural changes to the next version of Windows Server, code-named "vNext," that are aimed at cloud scenarios.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 06, 2015
Microsoft unveiled a "cloud platform roadmap" late last week, a Web site that aims to provide information about the readiness of its various server and cloud software development efforts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2015
On Monday, Microsoft made Dynamics CRM Online available under Open Licensing, an option that gives partners greater control over the billing and bundling of the cloud services they sell to customers.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 02, 2015
Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday launched a new enterprise e-mail service called Amazon WorkMail, pitting it against cloud rivals Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
- By David Ramel
- January 30, 2015
Microsoft this week released an update to its OneDrive app for Apple iOS devices that allows the app to handle storage for both work files and consumer files.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2015
At this week's National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, Microsoft talked up the ways that major retailers are using its Azure cloud platform to improve in-store experiences.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 15, 2015
Windows 10 users will lose the existing "placeholders" file storage feature once Microsoft goes through with its plans to unify the synchronization engine used with the OneDrive cloud storage service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2015
Version 1.0 of the Azure Data Center Migration Solution, developed by Microsoft and its developer partner Persistent Systems, is now available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 13, 2015
Microsoft this week rolled out multiple improvements to its Azure cloud platform, including a preview of a new cloud-enabled security management service called "Azure Key Vault."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2015
Cloud computing is becoming increasingly entrenched in datacenters, judging from recent figures from analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
- By Keith Ward
- January 09, 2015
Microsoft's Azure Backup service is now capable of backing up data from Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 machines, thanks to an update released this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 18, 2014
Salesforce.com on Wednesday unveiled its new Salesforce Files Connect product, which is designed to bridge its cloud-based CRM services with file repositories from other companies, including Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 17, 2014
Microsoft this week launched a public preview of its Azure Active Directory (AD) Connect tool and announced plans to discontinue its other sync tools.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 16, 2014
Microsoft released a number of improvements to its sprawling Azure cloud platform last week, some of them in preview and some in general availability.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 15, 2014
Most of the top cloud vendors provide basic datacenter security controls, but for partners looking to launch cloud-based services with third-party vendors, "basic" isn't enough. Where are the security holes in a cloud datacenter, and how can partners fill in those gaps for their customers?
- By Gladys Rama
- December 11, 2014