New York City has struck a deal with Microsoft for a single, citywide license for the company's software under which the city, operating in a cloud computing environment, will pay only for the applications that employees use.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 10/21/2010
Microsoft today unveiled a new cloud-based version of a suite of productivity tools that combines SharePoint, Exchange, Lync (formerly Communications Server), and both the Office Web applications and the Office Pro Plus desktop client.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/19/2010
Microsoft announced it will be ending the beta version of its Microsoft Office 2010 Suite on Oct. 31.
A keynote talk today on deploying Windows 7 by a Microsoft official signaled the start of Day 2 at the TechMentor 2010 event, which is ongoing this week in Las Vegas.
Java should be considered a top software security threat, even more so than Adobe PDF files, according to Microsoft's announcement issued today.
Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie is stepping down from his role and will retire, the company announced late Monday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/18/2010
According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report, the worldwide PC market grew 11 percent in Q3 of 2010.
Microsoft released Volume 9 of its "Security Intelligence Report" this week, which includes a section specifically honing in on the botnet problem.
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Microsoft released its newest product update to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 on Thursday.
Marathon Technologies last week rolled out software aimed at broadening the availability of fault tolerant computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/15/2010
An industry-sponsored study, announced on Wednesday, gauged interest in Lync Server 2010, Microsoft's newest unified communications solution.
Microsoft today announced a few developments in its Dynamics product lines as it kicked off Convergence 2010 Europe, starting in London.
A recent survey shows that one of the greatest challenges facing the adoption of cloud computing is that the industry isn't selling it very well.
Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.
Microsoft broke its own patch delivery record again with the release today of its October security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
Global rollout includes nine new phones to be available in 30 countries.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/11/2010
The New York Times reported today that the heads of Microsoft and Adobe held a secret meeting to discuss the acquisition of Adobe, among other matters.
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Microsoft paid royalties on smartphone patents held by Access Co. Ltd., according to an announcement issued on Thursday.