Microsoft today rolled out the release candidate (RC) versions of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server code-named "Vail."
Microsoft wants Congress to reform the U.S. patent laws by focusing on five issues that intellectual property stakeholders most want, according to the company's legal counsel.
Microsoft admitted to copying search information in response to complaints from No. 1 search giant Google.
Gianugo Rabellino is a man on a mission, giving full attention to open source software and interoperability at Microsoft.
IBM made a few announcements at its Lotusphere 2011 event today, including some upcoming social networking improvements plus the debut of a new cloud-based productivity suite called "LotusLive Symphony."
State governments are facing critical IT personnel shortages due to budget constraints and an aging workforce heading for retirement, according to a recent report by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 01/31/2011
Microsoft is releasing a January refresh of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 community technology preview today.
Looking to accelerate its footprint as a provider of cloud and enterprise managed services, Verizon Communications Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire Terremark Worldwide Inc. for $1.4 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/28/2011
Microsoft released Security Advisory 2501696 in response a scripting vulnerability in Internet Explorer that affects all versions of Windows.
Microsoft mostly beat financial analyst expectations in its fiscal second quarter, reporting overall earnings of $19.9 billion.
Hewlett-Packard Co. launches portfolio of private cloud services, hardware and software and announces plans to jump into public cloud hosting.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/27/2011
Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a former general manager working in the public sector market who left for an executive position at Salesforce.com.
Future ARM-based servers could reduce power costs in the datacenter, helping cloud service providers such as Microsoft.
This week's links highlight some of the more annoying aspects of everyday Internet life (and a random video about the NES).
Microsoft announced today that it has rolled out a new support lifecycle policy for its Online Services offerings.
The Document Foundation today released LibreOffice 3.3, calling it the first "stable release" of the free, open source productivity suite.
Add transactional e-mail hosting and distribution to the list of services offered by Amazon Web Services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/25/2011
Microsoft today highlighted some of its interoperability accomplishments reflected with the release of the open source Drupal 7 content management (CM) system.
Salesforce.com hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it plans to enable its .NET Framework 4 on Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.