Microsoft’s version of a totally integrated world where computing power surrounds and works with people seamlessly is taking a giant step closer to reality. At least, that was the pitch from chief software architect and chairman Bill Gates and chief technical officer Ray Ozzie Tuesday as they rolled out a new batch of services, some already in beta testing, dubbed Windows Live and Office Live.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/01/2005
Oracle says it has begun beta testing a free, although limited, version of its 10g database designed for developers and students.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/01/2005
Microsoft partners rally to raise donations and keep businesses afloat, while Microsoft also chips in.
- By Paul Desmond
- 11/01/2005
Microsoft aims to leverage synergies between its partner and small business divisions.
Not only will Microsoft Office “12” feature the ability to save files in PDF format, it will also -- no surprise -- support the company’s own challenger to Adobe’s popular Portable Document Format (PDF) file format.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/01/2005
Microsoft will begin supporting Exchange servers in virtual machines under certain conditions later this month, the company said this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/01/2005
Microsoft executive shuffle has ramifications for customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/01/2005
Veteran Microsoft executive Bob Muglia will fill one of the key holes left by the executive reorganization that Microsoft unveiled in September.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/01/2005
A Q&A with Peter Ells, business development manager for Software ONE.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/01/2005
At least Sun's Scott McNealy is back in the fray.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/01/2005
EqualLogic’s PS Series receives the Simple SAN for Windows Server designation from Microsoft.
Microsoft is telling investors that partners will be key to the success of the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/31/2005
Clearing the way for the formal Nov. 7 launch, Microsoft on Thursday released to manufacturing SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/27/2005
From the business wires this week: a change auditing solution for Active Directory, an embedded SQL database engine and a simple file sharing program.
MCTS exams 70-431, 70-431 and MCPD exam 70-441 to head to beta in November-December time frame, with live release in 1Q 2006.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/27/2005
Microsoft is jumping into the online book search world with a new initiative called MSN Book Search.
Microsoft on Thursday reported growth in earnings of 24 percent and a revenue increase of 6 percent in its fiscal first quarter on strong demand for PCs.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/27/2005
Microsoft gave a minor status update to its “universal distributed storage” vision at this week’s Storage Networking World conference in Orlando, Fla.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/26/2005
German utility developer 1-abc.net is shipping a new tool designed to simplify management of Windows startup folder options for end users.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/26/2005