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
Consultancy Directions on Microsoft recently offered a few suggestions on how to buy Microsoft's newest server, when it becomes available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 17, 2013
At the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft laid out a major overhaul of the 3-year-old Microsoft Partner Network. The changes send several important messages about how the software giant is thinking about its partners and their role.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 16, 2013
In January 2014, Microsoft will boil 25 competencies and one quasi-competency down to 22. Here are the key changes (and a list of the competncies that remain unchanged).
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- September 16, 2013
Several media reports indicate Microsoft is planning a voice assistant for its Windows Phone platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 16, 2013
Organizations moving to Windows 8.1 will have three approaches to consider when dealing with the updated operating system, according to a webinar Thursday by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 13, 2013