The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced that it is changing its full-time monitoring of Microsoft's compliance with a 2004 antitrust decision, and instead will use technical consultants for monitoring on an "ad hoc" basis.
Gartner analysts warned last week that the delayed release of Microsoft Office 14 means that some customers counting on Software Assurance (SA) to upgrade Office suites may be disappointed.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/04/2009
On its face, Microsoft's SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse could be a serious challenge to the data warehouse appliance players that have targeted SQL Server's shortcomings in large DW configurations, but DW appliance vendors aren't worried.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/04/2009
Microsoft on Wednesday explained how the needs of enterprise users were considered in the early design stages of its new Windows 7 operating system.
Microsoft responded to queries about its January jobs cuts sent by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is updating its recommendations for meeting the unusual security challenges presented by the domain name system.
- By William Jackson
- 03/03/2009
New research from Gartner predicts that sales of virtualization software could jump by nearly 50 percent this year.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/03/2009
Financial analysts attending the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference on Tuesday questioned Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's Business Division, on Microsoft's various business plans.
Microsoft has expanded its online services to 19 countries, the company announced on Monday.
Microsoft described its Cloud Computing Futures (CCF) project in greater detail late last month in an interview with the project's director.
Microsoft's annual Dynamics conference will be all about how companies can benefit from enterprise applications in a down economy.
Microsoft released a Windows 7 Beta client update that fixes problems that a small number of users were experiencing with Internet Explorer 8 on the new OS.
Microsoft released a cumulative update to its application virtualization solution, which now supports the Windows 7 Beta, according to an announcement issued by the company on Thursday.
Microsoft Learning released exam, certificatin for IT pros working with Windows XP on embedded devices.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/26/2009
Market researchers at IDC, who produce one of the most widely watched forecasts for IT spending, have revised the forecast for 2009 -- and it's "downward ho."
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/26/2009
Microsoft's chief finance head on Thursday answered questions about Microsoft's business plans at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference 2009 event in San Francisco.
Microsoft's technical team on Thursday reported progress on improvements to the beta version of Windows 7, assuring testers that the team really cares about user feedback.
The United Kingdom is the latest government to express support for the OpenDocument Format standard, which competes with Microsoft's Extensible Markup Language-based format.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 02/26/2009
Channel companies who resell PCs reported lower confidence in their business in Q4 2008; services expected to be key to survival.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/26/2009
Google is the latest Web browser maker to join the plaintiff's side in a European Commission (EC) complaint against Microsoft's Internet Explorer distribution practices.