Microsoft recently shared the details of the licensing model for its up-and-coming relational database management system, SQL Server 2012 (previously code-named "Denali").
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 07, 2011
Less than two weeks after participating in Nokia's hotly anticipated unveiling in London of Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango"-based devices for international markets, Microsoft was in New York Monday to launch several devices with AT&T in the United States.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 07, 2011
Nearly a decade after it acquired Geek Squad, consumer tech retailer Best Buy has agreed to buy IT outsourcer and cloud provider mindSHIFT Technologies for $167 million.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 07, 2011
Dell has released a bundle targeted at small businesses that includes Microsoft's Small Business Server (SBS) Essentials 2011 running on an entry-level PowerEdge system.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 07, 2011
The latest Microsoft OS promises disruptive opportunities for every type of partner -- from developers to solutions providers to those who provide training -- assuming they move fast.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 06, 2011
According to a report published Friday by The Wall Street Journal, Google has entered an agreement with General Motors Corp. to provide its cloud-based Google Apps suite to more than 100,000 of the automaker's employees.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 04, 2011
It's no secret that Microsoft is encouraging partners to offer its cloud computing services, but the company may ultimately step that up to a requirement.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 02, 2011
With its first two Master VARs named, Microsoft is cracking down on a so-called buying group that sprung up in response to the recent changes for Microsoft partners focused on the business application/Dynamics side of Microsoft's product portfolio.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 02, 2011
Katalys Group formed to help small Dynamics partners find a creative way to meet the Microsoft Partner Network requirements by banding together.
- By Barb Levisay
- November 02, 2011
This isn't rocket science. Lay out a plan by week, by month, by quarter and by year for all of your communications and then execute that plan.
- By Keith Lubner
- November 01, 2011
Microsoft recently released the third and, probably, last service pack for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 31, 2011
Microsoft has landed the top spot on this year's "Top 25 World's Best Multinational Workplaces List."
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 30, 2011
The Windows Phone 7.5 release is chock full of business-friendly functionality.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 28, 2011
Some of Microsoft's System Center 2012 management applications got fresh test versions this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 28, 2011
The company announced its decision on Thursday, fulfilling a promise by President and CEO Meg Whitman, who said the company would complete its evaluation of whether to keep its PC business by the end of this month.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 27, 2011