The transition to cloud is tough for the Microsoft channel. Some cloud 1.0 pioneers who survived to be cloud 2.0 veterans share their tales from the trenches about strategies that sounded smart at the time, but could have cost them their businesses if they hadn't been nimble.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 28, 2014
Microsoft's ExpressRoute service has expanded into seven cities and added two new partners, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2014
Microsoft unveiled a number of changes intended to drive partner investment in its cloud services during Monday's opening keynote of the Worldwide Partner Conference, taking place this week in Washington, D.C.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 14, 2014
Microsoft unveiled an opportunity for its partners to leverage the Azure cloud platform to sell their services at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) on Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 14, 2014
Microsoft has acquired San Jose, Calif.-based InMage for an undisclosed amount, it announced Friday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 11, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday sketched out some plans for its Azure cloud platform that it will likely spotlight at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) next week in Washington, D.C.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2014
Microsoft is aiming to offer an alternative to traditional enterprise storage with a hybrid solution that consists of a new implementation of its StorSimple appliances.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 09, 2014
Microsoft is beefing up its public sector cloud services, announcing a new Dynamics CRM Online offering for government users and expanding access to its Azure government cloud preview.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 09, 2014
Microsoft recently rolled out its Azure RemoteApp client for Windows RT devices, giving Windows RT users a way to access apps that they can't install on their machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 30, 2014
Google this week rolled out Google Drive for Work as part of a number of enterprise-grade enhancements to its cloud services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 27, 2014
With cloud computing at the center of recent high-profile security breaches and the NSA spying revelations, providers like Microsoft have been feeling pressure from customers to lock down their data.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 25, 2014
Microsoft Azure Site Recovery, previously called Hyper-V Recovery Manager, is now available in preview, Microsoft said on Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 20, 2014
"Azure ML," Microsoft's new machine learning service based on its Azure cloud platform, will launch as a preview next month, the company said Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 17, 2014
A new version of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory (AD) Application Proxy service is now available as a preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 11, 2014
Setting up and managing Office 365 for customers doesn't have to be a manual, poorly documented job for partners. As the market for the SaaS product booms, so does the ecosystem of powerful tools from third parties.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 09, 2014
Microsoft's Azure cloud services are now generally available for commercial use in southern Brazil, the company announced Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2014
In its latest Magic Quadrant report for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers, research firm Gartner deemed Amazon and Microsoft to be the clear market leaders -- a first for Microsoft in that category.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 03, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is acquiring Paris-based startup Capptain for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 28, 2014
Microsoft's commercial business strategy depends on creating cloud-based solutions that will stick with consumers, according to Judson Althoff, president of Microsoft North America.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 22, 2014
Making the move to Microsoft's Office 365 Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings is far from straightforward, according to a recent webinar by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 21, 2014