Despite a depressed market for servers, Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 appears to have propelled a rebound in volume x86-based systems
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 26, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described some progress behind its business productivity online suite offerings on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to launch Business Productivity Online Suite Federal, a cloud-computing product specifically for the government.
                    
			            - By Patrick  Marshall
- February 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced the rollout of Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, a shared computing solution for schools, libraries and labs.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire closely held 3tera Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 24, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bob Muglia's talk at a Goldman Sachs technology event on Tuesday was chock full of forward-looking statements.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 24, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A year after launching its partner program aimed at offering Google Apps to enterprise customers, Google this week said it is approaching 1,000 resellers. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 24, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sophos researchers concluded that Windows 7 could achieve in practice what Windows Vista hoped to achieve in theory. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- February 23, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A marketing report released this week profiled two important Microsoft products, with mixed results. 
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
- February 23, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft unveiled two new desktop virtualization applications as part of its bundle of tools for managing Windows 7 deployments.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Iron Mountain on Monday said it has acquired e-mail and SharePoint archiving solutions provider Mimosa Systems for $112 million. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a new version of its Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets for PowerShell last week.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to begin sending out a test version of a Web browser-selection screen to Windows users in Europe, the company announced on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 19, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft defended its BitLocker data encryption tool last week after a hack was demonstrated that might affect it.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- February 19, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell last week announced plans to acquire systems management solution provider Kace for an undisclosed amount.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- February 18, 2010