Initially underwhelmed by Microsoft's project management app, Brien sees what it can do in a real-world scenario.
What's behind the surging interest in datacenters? Surprisingly, it's not about acquiring assets.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/19/2018
You don't need to buy a Microsoft Surface Studio to get the most out of the flashy-looking peripheral.
Here are three Windows 10 features that are more like bugs, and one suggestion for a feature that might not have occurred to Microsoft yet.
The next-gen high-performance computing clusters are being touted as the an "evolutionary leap" for scalability.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/02/2018
According to Brien's take on the Microsoft tea leaves, the year ahead should bode well for Hyper-V and Azure customers. On the other hand, Windows 10 S users may want to brace themselves.
For those new to the field of quantum computing, here's an overview of what this emerging tech can do.
Microsoft's investments into this emerging technology made some big waves this year.
From AI becoming more mature to Microsoft's augmented reality advances, Brien's predictions from the start of this year were right on the money.
The constant stream of new features and updates is great, but keeping track of all the changes can be a serious headache. Luckily, Microsoft isn't leaving its customers to figure it out alone.
While the hardware might not have changed much since last year, the experience has definitely been improved.
In no particular order, I'm going to note the most-overlooked happenings from 2017.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 12/04/2017
With help from the Microsoft Office Services Sign-In Assistant, you can delay or pause synchronizations in Office 365.
HPE sets its sights on bringing artificial intelligence to the datacenter, while the multitenant datacenter market is poised to grow thanks to the innovations of green technology.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/30/2017
While the app has potential to be a great way to keep on top of tasks, it needs some improvements.
Nearly two months after Equifax revealed perhaps the worst breach of consumer data to date, more revelations of incompetence emerge, and yet the only ones who pay the price are the customers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/08/2017
Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft increasingly has been focusing on its enterprise software and services strengths.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/03/2017
As the threat landscape gets more complicated, one possible solution seems obvious: Deploy more third-party security software. But what happens when those programs turn out to be part of the problem?
Using MAMR technology, the high-capacity hard drive disks will be perfectly suited for enterprise datacenters.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/26/2017
Create general or custom alerts when configuration changes have been made in Office 365.