Mainstream support for Windows Vista ends Tuesday, according to Microsoft's Vista lifecycle chart.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 10, 2012
Microsoft may be an underdog in the crowded CRM software field, but with a new GM in the Dynamics CRM business, the company seems poised to take on Oracle, SAP and CRM giant Salesforce.com.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 09, 2012
Microsoft intends to buy more than 800 patents from AOL Inc. for $1.056 billion in cash, the two companies announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 09, 2012
Windows Azure, Microsoft's Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud-based operating system, now has datacenters servicing both U.S. East and West regions, Microsoft announced last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 08, 2012
Dell raised a few questions among virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) analysts this week with its announcement that it plans to acquire Wyse Technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 06, 2012
Microsoft on Wednesday released the beta versions of two virtualization tools that will become part of its Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2012
Microsoft placed at No. 17 among companies that have contributed the most toward developing the Linux OS's kernel.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2012
As cloud computing gets more competitive, market leaders and newcomers will continue to push pricing downward.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 03, 2012
An important licensing battle between Microsoft and gaming company OnLive over an app that gives users remote access to a Windows 7 desktop exposes a fault line running through Microsoft's products, business models and its hosting partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2012
A complete list of Microsoft's 33 National Systems Integrator partners.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- April 02, 2012
Few partners can achieve Microsoft National Systems Integrator status, but that doesn't mean their success isn't repeatable for other Microsoft partners. Here are the strategies NSIs used to get to the top.
- By Barb Levisay
- April 02, 2012
SQL Server 2012 is now generally available, which means it's a purchasable final product, Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2012
Microsoft System Center 2012 was released to volume licensing customers on April 1, according to a report Monday by Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2012
During your early-stage and late-stage implementation phase, consider other steps where an inside approach can be implemented.
- By Ken Thoreson
- April 01, 2012
More expected dates for Windows 8's release cycle were leaked on Friday by financial news Web site Dividend.com.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2012