Fifty-two days after taking the role of CEO at Microsoft, Satya Nadella detailed his "mobile first, cloud first" vision, as well as announced some new products, including Office for iPad and new licensing for organizations managing mobile devices.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2014
Total shipments of computing devices are on the rise this year, but not because of PC demand.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 27, 2014
Microsoft and Dell on Wednesday announced a patent licensing agreement in which Dell will pay Microsoft royalties for using Android and the Google Chrome OS.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday launched its Windows Azure cloud platform in China, making it the first multinational company to offer public cloud services in the country.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2014
A recent Computer Economics study identified six technology trends that are especially "low-risk/high-reward" for organizations, with customer relationship management (CRM) systems leading the way.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2014
Effective April 3, Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform will be officially be called "Microsoft Azure."
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 25, 2014
Microsoft's $7 billion purchase of Nokia's devices arm, which was expected to close by the end of this month, will likely be finalized sometime in April instead.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 24, 2014
Microsoft last week announced a few changes -- some good and others less so -- coming to SharePoint, in addition to the new collaboration features expected to come in the second half of this year to SharePoint Online.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 24, 2014
A former Microsoft employee was arrested this week for allegedly stealing trade secrets and leaking Windows 8 code to an unnamed French blogger while working for Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 21, 2014
Frustrated by growing competition from rivals, security software and data protection giant Symantec on Thursday ousted Steve Bennett from his roles as CEO and board member, less than two years after firing his predecessor, Enrique Salem.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 21, 2014
An attorney for the U.S. National Security Agency said that contrary to their denials, service providers, including Microsoft, knew of the NSA's broad access to customer data.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 20, 2014
PC maker Asus is shelving its plans to release a dual-boot tablet PC that runs both Android and Windows, according to Digitimes.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 19, 2014
Microsoft on Wednesday released a preview version of a new tool, dubbed Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Starter Kit 1.0, which lets organizations test VDI scenarios using Remote Desktop Services (RDS) protocol.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 19, 2014
SQL Server 2014 was released to manufacturers (RTM) on Tuesday, and will be commercially released on April 1, according to Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 18, 2014
A version of Microsoft's consumer-focused Surface 2 tablet with mobile broadband support will become available on AT&T's 4G network on March 18, Microsoft announced Monday.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 17, 2014
Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, will no longer support its browser for Windows 8, citing low usage rates.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 17, 2014
Microsoft and bookseller Barnes & Noble are refocusing their collaboration on a new reader app, according to a B&N 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 14, 2014
A so-called "Personal" edition of Office 365 is set to roll out this spring, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2014
Two of Microsoft's newest mobile hardware partners will be able to manufacture Windows Phone 8 devices at no cost.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 13, 2014
Microsoft's 10-year-old Exchange Server 2003 product will reach the end of its "extended support" phase on April 8, the company reminded users in a blog post this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 11, 2014