Microsoft has tapped former Google director Preston McAfee to be its chief economist effective immediately, the company announced Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 02, 2014
Microsoft and Salesforce.com on Thursday announced a partnership to bring greater integration between their core technologies.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 30, 2014
Microsoft's smartphone platform is slowly making inroads into the market shares of perennial leaders Android and iOS.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 29, 2014
Speaking at Code Conference on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he is more interested in fostering organic growth for Microsoft, rather than big acquisitions.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 28, 2014
The R2 version of Microsoft's Dynamics GP 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product became generally available on Wednesday.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 28, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is acquiring Paris-based startup Capptain for an undisclosed amount.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 28, 2014
The Microsoft team behind the Surface Pro 3 fielded questions about the new device in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) discussion on Tuesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 28, 2014
A new Windows 8.1 edition with Bing will come preinstalled on lower-cost devices starting this fall, Microsoft announced on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 23, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday touted its resistance to a National Security Letter (NSL) request from the FBI that had sought account information about one of Microsoft's enterprise customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 23, 2014
Microsoft's commercial business strategy depends on creating cloud-based solutions that will stick with consumers, according to Judson Althoff, president of Microsoft North America.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 22, 2014
CA Technologies, a gold Microsoft application development partner, on Thursday released a free tool for organizations interested in moving off of Windows XP.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 22, 2014
Nearly a year after Microsoft launched a program to bring its Surface tablet PCs to market through the channel, Tuesday's debut of the Surface Pro 3 is the first device launched with the backing of a new marketing team.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 21, 2014
Making the move to Microsoft's Office 365 Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings is far from straightforward, according to a recent webinar by Gartner Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 21, 2014
Confounding many analysts' expectations, Microsoft did not launch a "mini" Surface at Tuesday's New York City press event; instead, it unveiled the 12-inch Surface Pro 3.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 20, 2014
Microsoft and SAP on Monday announced their plans to certify some SAP business solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform this summer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 19, 2014
Future versions of Dynamics CRM will drop support for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008, Microsoft said this week.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 15, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday outlined some improvements coming to its Office 365 ProPlus solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 15, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday announced some improvements to the user interface (UI) of its OneDrive for Business cloud-based storage solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 14, 2014
Microsoft this week described improvements it is planning to add to the Windows Intune management solution during the fourth quarter of this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2014
A recent update to Microsoft's Windows Phone support lifecycle page suggests Windows Phone 8.1 will be released next month.
- By Gladys Rama
- May 13, 2014