Microsoft on Wednesday explained how the needs of enterprise users were considered in the early design stages of its new Windows 7 operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 04, 2009
On its face, Microsoft's SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse could be a serious challenge to the data warehouse appliance players that have targeted SQL Server's shortcomings in large DW configurations, but DW appliance vendors aren't worried.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 04, 2009
Gartner analysts warned last week that the delayed release of Microsoft Office 14 means that some customers counting on Software Assurance (SA) to upgrade Office suites may be disappointed.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 04, 2009
Financial analysts attending the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference on Tuesday questioned Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's Business Division, on Microsoft's various business plans.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2009
New research from Gartner predicts that sales of virtualization software could jump by nearly 50 percent this year.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 03, 2009
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is updating its recommendations for meeting the unusual security challenges presented by the domain name system.
- By William Jackson
- March 03, 2009
Microsoft responded to queries about its January jobs cuts sent by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2009
New program allows partners to start selling Citrix products before lining up technical certifications.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 02, 2009
Microsoft on Monday went global with the two Software plus Services offerings the company unveiled at WPC last year.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 02, 2009
Microsoft described its Cloud Computing Futures (CCF) project in greater detail late last month in an interview with the project's director.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2009
Microsoft has expanded its online services to 19 countries, the company announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 02, 2009
Based on its latest quarterly report, Redmond resembles other tech companies hit by the recession as it bleeds net income and lays off workers.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 01, 2009
Partner Web sites should be more than marketing vehicles -- they should be sales tools as well.
- By Ken Thoreson
- March 01, 2009
<i>RCP</i> readers weigh in on our annual survey about the Microsoft Partner Program, the IT industry, SaaS and the economy.
- By Anne Stuart
- March 01, 2009
Is Microsoft's Dynamics business holding strong or dropping fast? For partners and industry experts alike, that question is especially tricky to answer these days.
- By Rich Freeman
- March 01, 2009