The traditional SQL database is under siege by modern information stores that can process larger volumes of data designed for the cloud era more rapidly. Here's your guide to what's going on in the big data world and the major players to watch.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/14/2013
The city of Bostond is moving its 75,000 employees and education users from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps.
Since there's no clear-cut answer for all enterprises, evaluate the pros and cons of each before making your choice.
- By Scott D. Lowe
- 05/13/2013
Microsoft this week talked up Yammer prospects.
Microsoft may be readying a future Windows desktop-as-a-service project, rumored to go by the code name "Mohoro."
Many organizations in a recent poll said that many cloud services have been deployed without having the proper security protocol in place.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/07/2013
Office 365 is working great in Don Jones' shop, but there are issues you need to be aware of. He shares what he's found out (so far).
Microsoft and SUSE on Tuesday announced improved Hyper-V hypervisor interoperability.
Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing solution has hit the $1 billion annual sales mark, according to a recent press account.
A demo shows how to quickly spin up Windows and Linux VMs in Microsoft's IaaS cloud.
Microsoft announced virtual private network improvements to Windows Azure today.
Here's a variety of factors you'll want to consider before making the on-site vs. cloud decision for your upcoming SharePoint 2013 installation.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/25/2013
Microsoft today rolled out infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings on Windows Azure, positioning itself to compete with IaaS provider Amazon Web Services.
The Microsoft Management Summit kicked off on Monday with a joke about the Internet service being down.
The recent explosion of the storage market has provided a huge amount of choice for your enterprise. Here are five options that are vying to be your data storage solution.
- By Scott D. Lowe
- 04/09/2013
Microsoft announced today that its Windows Azure Active Directory service is ready for business.
Microsoft indicated today that it has released a "public paid preview" of its Windows Azure Backup service.
System Center has morphed into a true private cloud platform. Here's a quick overview of what this means and how your IT infrastructure can take advantage of it.
Microsoft has started selling the use of its Global Service Monitor service for tracking Web site performance.
Some users updating their Mail, Calendar and People apps on Windows 8 and Windows RT systems seem to be having synchronization problems with various Google Apps.