Microsoft and Salesforce.com have reached an out-of-court settlement concerning alleged patent violations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 05, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google yesterday pulled the plug on Wave, the company's effort to provide a shared online communications hub.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 05, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today said it is readying a tool that will let non-programmers develop desktop- and cloud-based business apps. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
 - August 03, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As you heard at the Partner Conference, Microsoft's partner program is headed toward the cloud. Here's your first steps to not being left behind.  
                    
			            - By Keith  Lubner
 - August 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows InTune enters beta 2 phase with new partner-focused features.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - August 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Partners HP, Dell and Fujitsu will deliver 900-server, private-cloud enclosures running Windows Azure and SQL Azure services.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's business strategies were described at the company's Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 29, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a year of working on security steps to comply with federal government regulations, Google today launched Google Apps for Government.
                    
			            - By Rutrell  Yasin
 - July 26, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 14, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's partners should get onboard with Microsoft's business shift to the cloud or be left behind.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 13, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out a second beta of its Windows Intune service on Monday, but availability is limited.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft partner has created a system for storing the information of homeless people in Birmingham, U.K.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 07, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Proponents of cloud computing Thursday gave members of Congress an update on federal initiatives designed to achieve cost-savings and make the computing model more secure for wider agency adoption. 
                    
			            - By Rutrell  Yasin
 - July 02, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Relax, there's a future with Microsoft in the cloud, channel chief Allison Watson plans to tell partners at this month's WPC. That's not to say it won't take hard work to get there. Watson and pioneering partners share their flight path to profits.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - July 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The question isn't whether the cloud is secure, but whether your provider can show you what's behind the curtain.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Q&A with university CIO Michele Norin.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    These deployments show that not all cloud migrations are a one-way street.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a turnabout, Salesforce.com sued Microsoft on Thursday for alleged patent infringements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 25, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cloud-based services are getting a second look by IT organizations, according to a new report from Gartner.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
 - June 23, 2010