Microsoft's October patch release cycle promises to be a busy one as Redmond announced plans to roll out 11 security bulletins in its Tuesday security release.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is conducting a  private beta test of Microsoft's server products running on Amazon's hosted  computing platform, which is called Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco, a company synonymous with telecommunications networks,  is flexing its muscles in yet another arena -- unified communications. 
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- September 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft really wants SharePoint users to upgrade to SQL Server 2008, which was released to manufacturing on August 6.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In early August, Bellevue, Wash.-based Nintex rolled out a  solution for those concerned with governance in Microsoft Office SharePoint  Server and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hosting partners live on the edge as Microsoft plays in their cloud. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
- August 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter and 2008 year-end  financial results were announced in a Webcast on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's partner community got new marching orders today  as Microsoft unveiled its hosted service offerings and pricing -- something  that has been deferred, to partner unease, for about two years or so.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner  Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date  of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for  small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other  Microsoft server technologies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Microsoft unveiled an addition to its SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK), a suite of tools deigned for helping developers build education solutions.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- July 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft updated documentation on protocols used in some of  its core applications today.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 30, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Burton Group put the spotlight on Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2007 product on Thursday at its Catalyst Conference 2008 event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America event for IT professionals kicked off today with a keynote address on enabling "dynamic IT."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SharePoint's sales now put it alongside Office and Windows in any discussion having to do with Microsoft's technology and sales successes.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- June 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft launches SharePoint Deployment Planning Services, available now for customers with Volume Licensing Software Assurance through partners with an SDPS certification.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- May 19, 2008