Microsoft on Wednesday announced it has acquired technology from Event Zero, an Australia-based maker of software tools for Skype for Business with a focus on operations reporting.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix, a company in the midst of a significant restructuring effort, signaled a return to its roots during this week's Citrix Summit partner conference in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Starting this year, Microsoft is replacing its venerable Convergence conference, which has long been the company's marquee event for Dynamics-related announcements, with a new event called "Envision."
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- January 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just two months after divesting its "GoTo" product lineup, Citrix Systems on Tuesday announced it was moving its restructuring efforts forward with the sale of its cloud management portfolio. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- January 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The PC market continued its protracted slide in 2015, ending the year with the biggest year-on-year shipment decline since 2008, research firm IDC reported Tuesday. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- January 12, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With older Internet Explorer browsers set to lose support this week, Microsoft is recommending that users upgrade to IE 11 to avoid potential security risks.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 11, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently outlined how its System Center Configuration Manager product will manage Windows 10's service branches.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 08, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Active Directory synchronization tool known as "Azure AD Connect" has been seeing good adoption since its release in June, Microsoft said this week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 07, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently detailed some upcoming milestones for its integration solutions, including BizTalk Server 2016 and Azure.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 05, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Several Microsoft products, including SQL Server 2005 and some versions of Internet Explorer and .NET Framework 4, will hit their "extended support" deadline this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 04, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Buoyed by healthy holiday sales, Windows 10 has now reached the 200-million-device-mark, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 04, 2016
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    From Windows 10's impact, to Microsoft's roadmap changes, to the never-ending debate about whether Windows Phone is good enough, here are the most popular articles of 2015.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has acquired Talko, a company that provides conferencing and telephony services, for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 22, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Friday released an update to its System Center Configuration Manager product that includes preview versions of new features.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 21, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Friday announced its purchase of 3-year-old big data analytics company Metanautix, adding to its already long list of acquisitions this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 18, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The over-the-air Windows 10 Mobile update will be released to existing Windows Phone users early next year, instead of December as Microsoft had previously indicated.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- December 18, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week unveiled a new policy that will grant its OneDrive for Business customers "unlimited storage," but only if they meet certain conditions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 17, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Backup services provider Carbonite on Wednesday announced its plan to acquire Seagate-owned EVault, which offers Backup as a Service using the Microsoft Azure cloud, for $14 million. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 16, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell on Monday revealed it was still assessing possible strategies to finance its planned $67 billion acquisition of EMC and its controlling interest in VMware.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 15, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced the preview release of its Office 365 Planner solution to "first release" beta testers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 15, 2015