Microsoft and mobile device maker Research In Motion (RIM) have inked an intellectual property agreement related to Microsoft's Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 18, 2012
The next generation of Microsoft's flagship smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 8, reached the release-to-manufacturing milestone late last week, according to multiple outlets.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 18, 2012
Microsoft's recent decision to discontinue five of its Forefront enterprise security products may be a sign that the company is either exiting that market or venturing further into the cloud-based security space.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 18, 2012
Microsoft is taking an in-your-face approach to convert VMware shops to Hyper-V. When it comes to implementing a migration, though, a partner and customer say it's critical to a successful project to take time with the VMware experts on the customer's IT staff. Making sure they understand how their expertise is still valid and important makes the project go much better.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 17, 2012
Nokia highlights wireless charging for new Lumias; Samsung device has storage options and a MicroSD slot.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 17, 2012
Confirming rumors, Microsoft said in a blog post Thursday that a free "preview" version of Office Home and Student 2013 RT will come preinstalled on Windows RT ARM-based devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
The test version of Microsoft's User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) tool was made available as a release candidate (RC) last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 14, 2012
Five of Microsoft's Forefront enterprise security products will no longer be sold after Dec. 1, 2012, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 13, 2012
The beta of Microsoft's Dynamics GP 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product is now available to partners, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 13, 2012
Microsoft officially launched Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 on Wednesday in a live event for partners and customers.
- By Kathleen Richards
- September 12, 2012
Doomsayers are blaming cloud computing for the theoretical demise of the channel, but from Howard's point of view, it's all FUD.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 12, 2012
Microsoft last week released Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), a software utility that lets IT pros manage Windows Server 2012 from their desktops.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 11, 2012
The beta test version of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which promises to considerably broaden Microsoft's cloud product strategy, became available on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 11, 2012
With the introduction of a mainstream partner billing option for Office 365, Microsoft overcame the biggest partner objection to its cloud productivity suite. Now happier partners are looking for ways to restart their efforts with new business-model options.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 10, 2012
Former Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns will join Hewlett-Packard Co. as general manager and senior vice president of the company's Autonomy division.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 07, 2012