Organizations moving to Windows 8.1 will have three approaches to consider when dealing with the updated operating system, according to a webinar Thursday by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 13, 2013
Microsoft on Monday joined Google, Facebook and Yahoo in filing amended motions to disclose more details about customer data access requests from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 10, 2013
Microsoft allowed its MSDN and TechNet subscribers to download the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 09, 2013
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a preview of a new distributed cache service for Windows Azure-hosted applications as part of a set of improvements to the cloud platform.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 06, 2013
Microsoft on Thursday announced file-upload improvements to its SharePoint Online service, echoing recent improvements to SkyDrive Pro.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 05, 2013
A preview release of Microsoft's Windows Azure Rights Management Service (RMS), which provides organizational control over shared file access, is now available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 04, 2013
Microsoft recently bumped up the storage capacities for two of its cloud-based storage services -- SkyDrive Pro and Exchange Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 04, 2013
The acquisition of Axceler's primary assets by Metalogix brings creates one of the largest independent ISVs focused on Microsoft's SharePoint platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 29, 2013
The forthcoming Windows Server 2012 R2 product has been released to manufacturers (RTM), Microsoft said on Tuesday, just days after Windows 8.1 also reached RTM.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 27, 2013
Windows 8.1, the update to Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, has been released to manufacturers, according to reports from sources.
- By Chris Paoli
- August 26, 2013
Microsoft recently became the first cloud service provider to pass a Service Organizations Control (SOC) 2 Type II audit conducted by Deloitte & Touche, a new security compliance audit recommended by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 23, 2013
The first major update to Windows Embedded 8 Industry, the latest version of Microsoft's embedded operating system for intelligent devices, will reach original equipment manufacturers on Oct. 18.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 21, 2013
Paris-based Arkoon Network Security will launch a product this fall that will give organizations running Windows XP the kind of patch support that Microsoft will discontinue after the operating system loses support.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2013
Microsoft's Windows Azure-based disaster recovery solution for private clouds is now available as a limited public preview.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 19, 2013
Microsoft recently warned organizations against continuing to use Windows XP after its "extended support" phase ends on April 8, 2014.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 19, 2013