Microsoft made its Dynamics AX 2012 product generally available in 25 countries on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 01, 2011
A long-running dispute regarding Microsoft's use of a patented Alcatel-Lucent software technology called "Day" culminated on Friday with a jury awarding Alcatel-Lucent $70 million in damages.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 31, 2011
For Microsoft global alliance partner Dimension Data, the OpSource acquisition both takes the company to the cloud, and gives it a more multivendor presence up there.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 31, 2011
Google has purchased 1,030 patents from IBM that cover server and router architectures, chip fabrication and search technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 30, 2011
Red Hat Linux operating systems running on Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor now have continued interoperability support, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2011
Upgrading from Internet Explorer 8 to IE 9 can represent a significant cost benefit to organizations -- more than $3 million over three years, in fact.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2011
The Windows Phone 7 "Mango" update has officially hit the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 27, 2011
Developers do not have access to the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows Phone 7 "Mango" that was released on Tuesday; instead, Microsoft said, they will receive an early release candidate (RC) version.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 27, 2011
Microsoft officially released Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 on Tuesday to MSDN subscribers, with general availability -- via Microsoft stores and resellers -- slated for this Thursday.
- By Kathleen Richards
- July 26, 2011
With Microsoft rolling out more of its key business applications in the cloud, the channel must prepare. But in interviews at Microsoft Convergence, partners and customers are finding the cloud is just one more reason to re-emphasize good old-fashioned services.
- By Barb Levisay
- July 25, 2011
Bob Muglia, the former president of Microsoft's Server & Tools Business, has joined Juniper Networks as the vice president of that company's Software Solutions Division.
- By Gladys Rama
- July 25, 2011
Microsoft and SUSE are extending their interoperability and intellectual property (IP) indemnity program through Jan. 1, 2016, the two companies announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 25, 2011
Will business meetings one day use Microsoft's Avatar Kinect? According to Craig Mundie, head of Microsoft Research and the company's chief research and strategy officer, it's a distinct possibility.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2011
Despite a drop in Windows revenue, Microsoft beat expectations with its fiscal fourth-quarter results, which it announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2011
Microsoft and Capgemini are extending their collaboration efforts on Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform, according to a joint announcement this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 22, 2011