Putting the latest version of the Microsoft CRM tool through its paces, we found many worthwhile improvements among the 500 or so new features that give Microsoft partners an even more solid competitor to Salesforce.com and Oracle.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- June 10, 2011
On Thursday, eight justices in the U.S. Supreme Court denied Microsoft's appeal in the long-running patent infringement case involving Toronto-based i4i LLP.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 10, 2011
RCP's 5th annual Salary Survey finds partner salaries in 2011 are holding steady. That's a big improvement after the drop last year, and many partners see reasons for optimism about their personal fortunes as they look into their pipelines for the remainder of 2011.
- By Michael Domingo
- June 09, 2011
Microsoft acquired Pleasanton, Calif.-based Prodiance Corp., which provides enterprise risk management products, on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2011
Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) product has reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced Tuesday. The solution is expected to become generally available on July 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 08, 2011
Fujitsu will offer commercial cloud services using Microsoft's Windows Azure platform beginning in August, according to a joint announcement from the companies on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 07, 2011
Does Microsoft's planned acquisition of Skype pose a threat to Cisco's leadership in the unified communications (UC) space? Analysts say it depends.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 07, 2011
Microsoft is making headway in its patent infringement lawsuit against Motorola pertaining to the Android mobile operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 06, 2011
Microsoft partner executive announces release date for the successor to BPOS, which adds Office integration.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 03, 2011
Microsoft showed off "Windows 8," the codename for its newest operating system, on Wednesday evening at the D9 Conference, which took place this week in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2011
WEB EXCLUSVE: Despite some worries about how Windows 8's "touch focus" will appeal to desktop users, partners are calling the new OS something few Microsoft products have ever been called: cool.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 02, 2011
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft showed off some slick, new hardware in Taiwan, including touchscreen desktop PCs and innovative tablet computers from Acer, HP, Dell and more. The takeaway: The new breed of Windows devices is more than a pretty face.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 02, 2011
Windows 7 ended May with 33.22 percent of the global operating system market, according to data collected by StatCounter.
- By Chris Paoli
- June 02, 2011
As part of Microsoft's free Solution Accelerator series, the company released two toolkit betas this week for Windows-based deployment and migration planning.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 02, 2011
A recent Forrester Research report suggests Microsoft may soon require its business customers to pay Software Assurance (SA) licensing fees.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 01, 2011