Microsoft today updated some of its free tools to help users move to Microsoft SQL Server and released a new Oracle MySQL migration tool.
Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
Microsoft and Salesforce.com have reached an out-of-court settlement concerning alleged patent violations.
Google yesterday pulled the plug on Wave, the company's effort to provide a shared online communications hub.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/05/2010
Microsoft today said it is readying a tool that will let non-programmers develop desktop- and cloud-based business apps.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/03/2010
Microsoft's business strategies were described at the company's Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday.
After a year of working on security steps to comply with federal government regulations, Google today launched Google Apps for Government.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 07/26/2010
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
Microsoft's partners should get onboard with Microsoft's business shift to the cloud or be left behind.
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/12/2010
Microsoft rolled out a second beta of its Windows Intune service on Monday, but availability is limited.
A Microsoft partner has created a system for storing the information of homeless people in Birmingham, U.K.
Proponents of cloud computing Thursday gave members of Congress an update on federal initiatives designed to achieve cost-savings and make the computing model more secure for wider agency adoption.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 07/02/2010
The question isn't whether the cloud is secure, but whether your provider can show you what's behind the curtain.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/01/2010
In a turnabout, Salesforce.com sued Microsoft on Thursday for alleged patent infringements.
Cloud-based services are getting a second look by IT organizations, according to a new report from Gartner.
Organizations should start experimenting with Web apps from Google, Microsoft and other software companies.
Microsoft today announced plans to introduce new SQL Azure pricing options later this month, based on the platform's improved scalability
Microsoft today released Office 2010 worldwide, with the product now available at both online and retail stores.
New software development lifecycle outlines how to address security threats in the cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/15/2010