Microsoft has landed the top spot on this year's "Top 25 World's Best Multinational Workplaces List."
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 30, 2011
Some of Microsoft's System Center 2012 management applications got fresh test versions this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 28, 2011
The Windows Phone 7.5 release is chock full of business-friendly functionality.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 28, 2011
The company announced its decision on Thursday, fulfilling a promise by President and CEO Meg Whitman, who said the company would complete its evaluation of whether to keep its PC business by the end of this month.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 27, 2011
Smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion on Tuesday announced an open beta trial for a new BlackBerry service that works with Microsoft Office 365.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2011
Microsoft's streak of intellectual property (IP) deals with equipment makers over the use of Google's Android and Chrome platforms continued this week with Compal Electronics Inc.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2011
Nokia introduced its first two Windows Phones on Wednesday -- the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 26, 2011
Microsoft on Tuesday went live with the Dynamics CRM November 2011 service update, which brings social technologies to the online and on-premise CRM platform that Microsoft released at the beginning of the year.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 25, 2011
In a rare changing of the guard at one of the largest companies in the IT industry, IBM on Tuesday announced it has appointed Virginia Rometty as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 25, 2011
According to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday citing unnamed sources, Google is seeking to purchase Yahoo via private equity-firm funding.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 24, 2011
Microsoft on Monday formally announced two of the three Microsoft Dynamics Master VARs for the United States: SBS Group and Socius1, LLC.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 24, 2011
Less than a week after entering an agreement to buy enterprise search vendor Endeca, Oracle announced on Monday that it also plans to acquire RightNow Technologies Inc. for $1.5 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 24, 2011
Since former Microsoft senior executive Kevin Johnson became CEO in 2008, 12 execs from Redmond have followed him to VP roles at the networking company.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 24, 2011
The results of Microsoft's fiscal 2012 first quarter were upbeat, with one exception: its Online Services Division.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 20, 2011
For 10 percent of users, the Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" update took effect in late September. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it is "fully opening the spigot": Mango is now being delivered to most subscribers through their mobile phone service providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 20, 2011
Enthusiasm for cloud computing was (surprisingly) weak among attendees of this year's SMB Nation Fall conference.
- By Rich Freeman
- October 20, 2011
Two years after winning a contract to provide cloud-based applications to the city of Los Angeles, Google is still fielding concerns over the security of its offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2011
Lead with pain points, not the Windows Intune brand. Leverage Windows Intune to help SMBs upgrade to Windows 7. Pair Windows Intune sales with Office 365. Look for business incentive fund (BIF) opportunities.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 18, 2011
Oracle on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Endeca Technologies Inc., a provider of software called MDEX Engine that allows users to gather and analyze unstructured data.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 18, 2011
Many of Microsoft's business intelligence (BI) partners are already preparing for how tablets will transform the way enterprises present and consume information.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 18, 2011