Will the cloud replace tape and local disk as the preferred means of protecting enterprise data? Though this was once unthinkable, cloud storage is starting to gain momentum.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 01, 2010
Microsoft kicked off its 2010 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) today by offering developers worldwide an update on its emerging cloud computing, Windows Phone and Internet Explorer 9 development platforms.
- By Kathleen Richards
- October 28, 2010
According to a Microsoft financial report released today, the first fiscal quarter of 2011, ending on Sept. 30, brought in 16.20 billion in revenue.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 28, 2010
Microsoft reached the released-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone on Wednesday for Lync, its next-generation universal communications platform. The company will launch Lync at an event in New York Nov. 17.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 28, 2010
The release candidate version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can now be downloaded.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2010
An industry-sponsored survey of IT professionals found that just four percent have deployed Microsoft Office 2010, although interest remains high in the productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2010
Ray Ozzie, renown for jumpstarting Microsoft's move to the Internet cloud, described a new vision for the company in a "post-PC world."
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 25, 2010
Hewlett-Packard's long-awaited slate PC is now available but with a different target audience than originally planned.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 25, 2010
Microsoft today announced a partnership deal with Cloud.com to help integrate Microsoft's proprietary hypervisor into the OpenStack project.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 22, 2010
Software security provider Symantec commissioned a study on Windows 7 migration experiences that was published this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 21, 2010
New York City has struck a deal with Microsoft for a single, citywide license for the company's software under which the city, operating in a cloud computing environment, will pay only for the applications that employees use.
- By Kevin McCaney
- October 21, 2010
Microsoft today unveiled a new cloud-based version of a suite of productivity tools that combines SharePoint, Exchange, Lync (formerly Communications Server), and both the Office Web applications and the Office Pro Plus desktop client.
- By John K. Waters
- October 19, 2010
A keynote talk today on deploying Windows 7 by a Microsoft official signaled the start of Day 2 at the TechMentor 2010 event, which is ongoing this week in Las Vegas.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2010
According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report, the worldwide PC market grew 11 percent in Q3 of 2010.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 18, 2010
Microsoft released its newest product update to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 on Thursday.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 15, 2010