Hewlett-Packard Co. has launched its CloudSystem Partner Program, which is designed to help partners sell HP's CloudSystem portfolio.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 31, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A public community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) software technology is now available, the company announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 30, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell, Equinix and Rackspace have teamed up to launch an OpenStack demo environment on Wednesday in a bid to get customers to test cloud-based apps on the platform.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 30, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    WEB EXCLUSIVE: With so many licensing choices available, IT pros can expect to have at least a few questions if they decide to migrate to Office 365. Consultancy Directions on Microsoft recently shed some light on the ins and outs of Office 365 licensing in an online discussion.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire newScale Inc., a provider of self-service, self-catalog and lifecycle management software. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services launched its EC2 Dedicated Instances service on Monday, in response to indications from its enterprise customers that they do not want to share computing resources with other companies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 28, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a warning on Wednesday about nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by root certificate authority company Comodo Group that could potentially be abused by hackers.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- March 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 on Thursday at its Microsoft Management Summit, taking place in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta of Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012, which Microsoft released earlier this week as part of the unveiling of the System Center 2012 line, includes the company's Server Application Virtualization tool for Windows Azure. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 24, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced the release of Windows Intune on Wednesday during its Microsoft Management Summit, taking place this week in Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 23, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday, Microsoft touted its server virtualization offerings as being key to reducing U.S. retailer Target Corp.'s physical server footprint.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 21, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citing information from Research In Motion senior executives, a Bloomberg article published on Wednesday reports that Microsoft has struck a cloud computing deal with the smartphone developer.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 20, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (formerly code-named "Windows SBS 7") and the SBS 2011 Premium Add-on are now available to Microsoft's volume licensing customers, the company said Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 18, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Beta 2 of Visual Studio LightSwitch, Microsoft's rapid business application development tool, is now available for immediate download.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- March 16, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. announced plans to launch a public cloud service in a speech by CEO Leo Apotheker on Monday at the company's annual analyst meeting.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 15, 2011