Microsoft has been working to reduce security flaws in its Windows x86-based family of software products using an automated testing solution built by its own research group.
Microsoft reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results today, beating expectations, even with a notable lag in Windows revenues.
Amazon Web Services announced last week that the Microsoft "license mobility with Software Assurance" program applies to AWS hosting services.
Gartner published a couple of studies last month advising IT shops to facilitate the creation and use of applications by employees, as well as their use of simple business intelligence tools.
EMC Corp., the parent company of virtualization giant VMware, has chosen a new president for its Advanced Storage Division: the former head of Microsoft's Server and Cloud Division (SCD), Amitabh Srivastava.
One of the Windows Phone 7 devices shown running the "Mango" release at the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference last week may be up for sale in Japan by late August.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/20/2011
Customers of Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite in the North American region experienced e-mail outages today that may have lasted three hours or so before service was restored.
Microsoft today released a beta of System Center Operations Manager 2012, an infrastructure and application performance monitoring tool that supports both public and private clouds.
Microsoft released the next iteration of its free planning tool for IT pros, embellishing it with extra cloud assessment capabilities.
Cisco announced on Monday that it will be reducing its workforce by 6,500 employees in August.
Microsoft today announced a cash reward of $250,000 to anyone providing information that leads to the criminal conviction of the Rustock botnet perpetrators. according to a blog post.
Microsoft on Thursday described in greater detail how it has optimized Windows Live SkyDrive.
Microsoft put out an alert on Wednesday about its "Update Rollup 4" for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1.
Microsoft on Monday announced the third community technology preview (CTP3) release of its next-generation SQL Server database management system, code-named "Denali," as well as SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1.
Microsoft promoted its Azure Platform Appliance at last year's Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, D.C., but the boxcar-size datacenter was just a bit player at this year's event, with no stage presence.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/14/2011
Here are the top stories IT pros can take away from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference 2011.
A somber note of sorts hit the 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference as Microsoft executives alerted the crowd of Windows XP's impending end, at least in terms of lifecycle support.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/14/2011
A top Microsoft executive rallied the partner troops on Day 3 at the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference by chiding the competition.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/14/2011
Microsoft rolled out the next test version of its cloud-based PC management solution on Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/14/2011
Microsoft on Tuesday offered a sneak peek of "Windows Server 8," the code name for the company's next-generation server that's still under wraps.