Enterprises with apps running on-premises will be able to tie them to apps running on Microsoft's Windows Azure service through a hybrid cloud offering launched by Fujitsu this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 17, 2011
A report released in September based on a survey by CompTIA pointed out that transitioning to the cloud is not proving to be a cakewalk for all channel partners.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 16, 2011
Bharat Shyam, an 18-year Microsoft veteran, has been named the new chief information officer (CIO) for the state of Washington.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 15, 2011
The company that defined cloud-based Software as a Service is now looking to change the way workers collaborate, communicate and service their customers.
- By John K. Waters
- November 14, 2011
Microsoft issued a release candidate (RC) version of its System Center Operations Manager 2012 solution last Thursday; it's available for download here.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2011
Charles Di Bona, general manager of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division, offered some perspective on Microsoft's cloud vision on Monday at the CLSA Asia USA Forum for investors in San Francisco.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 09, 2011
Nearly a decade after it acquired Geek Squad, consumer tech retailer Best Buy has agreed to buy IT outsourcer and cloud provider mindSHIFT Technologies for $167 million.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 07, 2011
According to a report published Friday by The Wall Street Journal, Google has entered an agreement with General Motors Corp. to provide its cloud-based Google Apps suite to more than 100,000 of the automaker's employees.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 04, 2011
It's no secret that Microsoft is encouraging partners to offer its cloud computing services, but the company may ultimately step that up to a requirement.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 02, 2011
Smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion on Tuesday announced an open beta trial for a new BlackBerry service that works with Microsoft Office 365.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2011
Less than a week after entering an agreement to buy enterprise search vendor Endeca, Oracle announced on Monday that it also plans to acquire RightNow Technologies Inc. for $1.5 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 24, 2011
Enthusiasm for cloud computing was (surprisingly) weak among attendees of this year's SMB Nation Fall conference.
- By Rich Freeman
- October 20, 2011
Two years after winning a contract to provide cloud-based applications to the city of Los Angeles, Google is still fielding concerns over the security of its offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2011
Lead with pain points, not the Windows Intune brand. Leverage Windows Intune to help SMBs upgrade to Windows 7. Pair Windows Intune sales with Office 365. Look for business incentive fund (BIF) opportunities.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 18, 2011
Microsoft began rolling out the second generation of Windows Intune, called "Wave 2," on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 17, 2011
IBM this week fleshed out its SmartCloud public and private cloud portfolio and said it is enabling its wide network of partners to deliver its cloud products and services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 14, 2011
Microsoft spent Day 2 of this week's PASS Summit in Seattle outlining some of the new features in the next release of SQL Azure, which the company said will land sometime during Q4 2011.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 13, 2011
Microsoft has officially dropped the "Denali" code name from its next-generation relational database management system, which is now called simply "SQL Server 2012."
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 12, 2011
Jared Spataro, a senior director of SharePoint product management at Microsoft, explained the nuances of the keynote in an interview during the Anaheim, Calif. conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 10, 2011
Apple on Tuesday launched a new iPhone, but it failed to live up to the expectations of those anticipating a major facelift to the popular smartphone.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 04, 2011