Microsoft on Thursday launched its Windows Azure-based multi-factor authentication product, previously code-named "Active Authentication" in its preview phase.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2013
The keynote talk from Microsoft's Brad Anderson on Tuesday detailed the fruits of a partnership inked just this summer between the two software giants.
- By John K. Waters
- September 25, 2013
Microsoft on Wednesday announced some new features in the preview version of Power BI for Office 365.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 25, 2013
How one small Microsoft partner in the U.K. leveraged the Windows Azure cloud service to win a huge contract against consortiums of IT giants -- enabling a more robust solution at a lower cost than traditional IT approaches could promise.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 25, 2013
Microsoft may be the last device maker to still be manufacturing devices running its Windows RT operating system, according to media reports this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 25, 2013
An industry study of 750 organizations indicates that over a quarter still have not completely moved off the aging Windows XP operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 24, 2013
Novell has lost its appeal in a case that alleged Microsoft abused its Windows monopoly to gain market share for Microsoft Office.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 24, 2013
The new Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2 devices shown Monday come with better speeds, feeds and battery life, as well as a new generation of accessories.
- By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 23, 2013
A consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited has reached a preliminary agreement to purchase device maker BlackBerry for $4.7 billion, the two companies announced Monday.
- By Chris Paoli
- September 23, 2013
Windows Server 2012 R2 still cannot properly run any versions of Exchange, Microsoft said last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2013
CRM applications promise a lot, but often fail to deliver. And that's a bad deal for sales managers.
- By Ken Thoreson
- September 23, 2013
Microsoft's annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday featured talks by top executives, including outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer, who clarified the company's new structure and detailed a shift in the company's focus to "high-value activities."
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 20, 2013
Microsoft on Tuesday provided details for how those not currently running Windows 8 can purchase the forthcoming Windows 8.1 operating system update.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 17, 2013
Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN subscribers can now access the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 8.1 Enterprise.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 17, 2013
The recent revelations about the depth of the NSA's surveillance program are dragging old questions about cloud privacy back to the forefront.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 17, 2013