Microsoft fell short of analyst expectations for its third quarter, blaming the most difficult economic conditions the company has faced …
One winner in the Oracle-Sun deal: Microsoft?
Microsoft Corp. has had few critics more vocal than Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. With their …
Microsoft, Oracle issue patches for slew of holes
Microsoft Corp. last week released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software …
IBM, Adobe, Oracle join EU antitrust case against Microsoft
Some of Microsoft Corp.'s fiercest rivals, including IBM, Sun and Adobe, have joined the European Union's antitrust investigation of the …
Microsoft patches ‘insane’ number of bugs
Microsoft released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software in the company's …
Forrester: Microsoft opens virtual desktop options
Changes that Microsoft Corp. has made to its desktop virtualization licensing are giving enterprises more scenarios for how they can …
Windows server targets branch, small office users
Microsoft rounded out its server lineup for small and midsized businesses by releasing Windows Foundations. The server, which has a …
Microsoft proud of first ‘post-Gates’ OS: Ballmer
Windows 7 is the first operating system that Microsoft Corp. has developed away from the watchful eye of Bill Gates, …
Microsoft patches first critical bug in Windows 7 beta
Microsoft Corp. patched the first critical vulnerability in Windows 7 yesterday as it rolled out an update that fixes three …
Microsoft slashes software leasing prices
In an attempt to retain recession-hit companies seeking to opt out of their software maintenance contracts, Microsoft Corp. is wooing …
Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Microsoft, Citrix join forces against VMware
Microsoft Corp. and Citrix Systems Inc. announced today that they have tightened their virtualization partnership to help both companies compete …
Microsoft Visual Studio to boost SharePoint
Developers building solutions based on Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration and business process platform will gain expanded support in the planned Visual …
Microsoft adds features to unified communications suite
The upgrade to Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 suite contains features targeted at driving IP-based communication within and outside of …
Microsoft Win Server 2008 R2 pre-release details
Microsoft is offering pre-release documentation on how to configure new technologies that are part of Windows Server 2008. The documentation, …
Riverbed bundles Microsoft Server in its WAN optimization appliances
Riverbed will sell Microsoft’s Windows Server bundled with its WAN optimization devices as a way to simplify purchasing for its …
EMC and Microsoft renew deal
Storage giant EMC and its similarly big partner, Microsoft renewed their deal last week to bolster product innovation and interoperability …
Microsoft plugs critical Exchange, IE holes
Microsoft Corp. today patched eight vulnerabilities — three of them marked “critical” — in Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange and SQL …
Microsoft to upgrade SharePoint
Microsoft said that it plans to formally integrate enterprise search technology from its US$1.2 billion acquisition of Fast Search and …
Four security updates due from Microsoft
Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software this week. In total, the …