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
Microsoft has made it official: The next wave of Windows client and datacenter products will all be released on Oct. 18.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 14, 2013
Microsoft updated several versions of its Exchange Server product on Tuesday, but later pulled the parts of the release related to Exchange 2013.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2013
A securities litigation firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over Surface RT sales disclosures.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 13, 2013
Microsoft on Monday unveiled five new improvements to its Windows Azure cloud platform, including SQL Server AlwaysOn support.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2013
For organizations heavily focused on its cloud, server and management technologies, Microsoft is planning to roll out a new Enterprise Agreement license option called "Server and Cloud Enrollment" (SCE).
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2013
Two editions of Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Server 2012 R2 product will come with price increases, according to recently released Microsoft documentation.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 12, 2013
Top executives from Acer Inc. and ASUSTek Computer Inc. said this week that their companies are planning to scale down production of some of their Windows-based hardware.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 09, 2013
Microsoft will now publicly disclose the availability statistics for its cloud-based Office 365 service, the company announced on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 08, 2013
Despite struggling with its Surface line of tablets, a recent CNET report suggests Microsoft is plowing ahead with developing the Surface 2.
- By Gladys Rama
- August 08, 2013
A life insurance company in Japan is rolling out one of the largest known deployments of Windows 8-based tablets.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 07, 2013