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VMware Joins Amazon in Cloud Outage Damage Control

VMware's Cloud Foundry, the company's fledgling cloud offering, suffered two brief outages last week.

Microsoft Reaches Agreement in Bid To Buy Nortel's IPv4 Addresses

Microsoft has entered a legacy agreement with the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) over its purchase of Nortel's IPv4 numbers, possibly heading off controversy over the issue of who controls IPv4 numbers.

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Lineup: A Complete Guide to U.S. Models

Microsoft has six horses in the U.S. smartphone race, from Samsung, HTC, LG and Dell. Here's a detailed roundup of all the devices Microsoft hopes will carry its Windows Phone 7 platform past the competition.

Guthrie To Head Microsoft's Azure Application Platform Team

Microsoft has confirmed that Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Platform at Microsoft, will move to the Windows Azure group as part of a May reorg, as expected.

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows Thin PC Release Candidate

The release candidate (RC) version of Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) solution is now available for download, the company announced on Monday.

HP Helps Partners Build Cloud Expertise

Finally, the company enters a cloud market that's becoming increasingly crowded with other IT heavyweights, including IBM and Cisco.

Channel Metrics Most Microsoft Partners Ignore

Traditionally, businesses monitor things like revenue, leads and phone calls made. All are important items to measure...but they only tell part of the story.

Microsoft Partners and the 'Adjacency Growth Strategy'

It's when your business expands more than one degree of separation from your core offering that things unravel.

Analyst: Windows 8 Coming in 2013

According to one Directions on Microsoft analyst, Windows 8 -- or whatever Microsoft calls its next operating system -- might be released in 2013.

Amazon Breaks Silence on Cloud Outage, Offers Explanation and Credit

Amazon Web Services on Friday issued a detailed postmortem explaining the cause of last week's massive outage of its cloud services that left numerous customers crippled.

Blog Bytes: When 'Tracking' Isn't Really 'Tracking' (According to Apple)

Tech watchers and armchair legal eagles raked Apple over the coals this week over reports that the company keeps track of customers' locations through its iPhone.

Microsoft Rides Strong Office, Xbox Kinect Sales To Beat 3Q Estimates

Led by gains from its Office, Xbox and Kinect products, Microsoft has recorded $16.4 billion in earnings in its fiscal third-quarter, the company reported on Thursday.

Survey: Despite Flagging XP Support, Windows 7 Migrations Stay Tepid

Half of the respondents of a recent Unisys poll indicated that they "haven't started" migrating or are "not migrating" to Windows 7.

Barnes & Noble Shoots Down Microsoft's Patent Infringement Claims

Barnes & Noble has fired back at Microsoft's patent infringement claims by releasing its legal defense brief on Monday.

Telecom Giant CenturyLink Acquires Cloud Provider Savvis

Telecommunications heavyweight CenturyLink on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire managed hosting and cloud provider Savvis for $2.5 billion.