The Windows Azure Platform Appliance is coming this fall. While you can't buy one of these limited-production releases, it could portend the future of private clouds.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- September 01, 2010
Simply put, if you create a cool product and want to deliver it via the cloud, you need to create your own channel.
- By Keith Lubner
- September 01, 2010
In August 1981, IBM introduced its first "personal computer" and, explaining that nobody but IBM could sell IBM, decided that the few selected companies that would be furnishing these small units to consumers and small businesses would be "resellers" instead of "sellers."
- By Howard M. Cohen
- September 01, 2010
Some MSPs are intrigued by the new Microsoft cloud-based Windows Intune, but the product's early positioning and the company's commitment to the managed services model are questioned.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2010
Microsoft is at VMworld in San Francisco this week, but it can't show off its Hyper-V virtualization product because it competes with VMware's products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 31, 2010
In a move aimed at extending its Open Cloud infrastructure, Citrix Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire VMLogix Inc.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 31, 2010
Microsoft calls Windows 7 its "fastest selling" operating system, but the new OS may represent increased costs and greater logistical pain for IT shops over the next two years.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 27, 2010
Windows Server sales rode high as the worldwide midrange server market showed an 11 percent revenue increase in the second quarter, compared with last year's numbers, according to IDC.
- By Chris Paoli
- August 27, 2010
Microsoft today released Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2010, which previously was available just as a beta.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 25, 2010
Microsoft today announced that it has completed integrating its Bing search engine technology into Yahoo's U.S. and Canadian Web portals.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 24, 2010
Microsoft on Friday issued an update of its Security Compliance Manager tool, which helps IT pros set security policies for some Microsoft software.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 23, 2010
Organizations have been considering alternatives to Microsoft Office, but not as replacements quite yet.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 20, 2010
Microsoft provided more information about security for Windows Azure, publishing a talk and white paper.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 19, 2010
Blockbuster deal will let Intel provide hardware-based security.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 19, 2010
Most Internet users have long been aware that the actual download speeds they get from their Internet connections are somewhat slower than advertised.
- By Kevin McCaney
- August 19, 2010