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Microsoft's Once-Shiny Brand Needs Some Polish

While Apple and even IBM are rocketing up the polls in brand ranking, Microsoft's brand has been dropping. What gives?

Microsoft Gold Partner Enterhost Debuts Cloud-Based Services

Enterhost, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Fort Worth, Texas, recently rolled out four new cloud services based around Microsoft's cloud platform.

FTC Investigating Google for Possible Search Antitrust

Google announced on Friday that it is being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for possible antitrust or breach of consumer protection issues.

Google Cloud Gains Major Public Sector Client in Wyoming

This week, Wyoming became the first state to "go Google," according to its state governor's office. Specifically, all 10,000 of the state's employees have moved to Google Apps for Government.

Microsoft BPOS Hit by Another Outage

Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange messaging service once again went down on Wednesday across North America, but the company says service has been restored.

Microsoft To Make Inbound Azure Data Transfers Free

Microsoft will change the pricing for Windows Azure in July to allow for free inbound data transfers during peak hours as well as off-hours.

Microsoft's Nadella Talks Up Cloud, SaaS Products

Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business Division, spent 15 minutes on Wednesday answering questions about cloud computing, in particular relating to Windows Azure and the forthcoming Office 365.

Microsoft Revamps SkyDrive Cloud Storage Service

Microsoft rolled out an upgrade of Windows Live SkyDrive -- its free consumer-oriented cloud storage and file-sharing service -- on Monday.

IDC: Public Cloud Spending To Reach $73 Billion by 2015

IT spending on public cloud services will grow at an impressive compound annual rate of 27.6 percent over the next four years, according to a recent report by IDC.

Microsoft Releases System Center Orchestrator 2012 Beta

Microsoft has released a beta of its System Center Orchestrator 2012 product, which is designed to support runtime automation when working with datacenters.

Unified Communications: Microsoft Partners Are Lyncing Up

As Microsoft's sustained efforts in unified communications are starting to draw customers' attention, partners are finding ways to use Lync and related UC technologies to transform the way those customers communicate.

Report: Corporate Windows 7 Use Has Doubled in Past Year

According to a recent study by Forrester Research, use of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system at companies has more than doubled over the past year. However, the good news does not extend to Internet Explorer's browser market share.

Microsoft's Skype Buy Gets FTC Approval

Microsoft has received approval from the U.S. government to proceed with its $8.5 billion purchase of Skype, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission indicated on Friday.

Microsoft Renames Mobile Unit to 'Windows Phone Division'

Veteran Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley noticed the name change on Thursday, when she discovered that the official bio of Microsoft executive Andy Lees now describes him as president of the Windows Phone Division.

Microsoft Releases Windows Phone 7 Connector RC

Microsoft has made available the release candidate (RC) of the Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector add-in, which allows Windows Phone 7 users to remotely manage and access Windows home and small business servers.