CommVault today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to offer a cloud storage capability that combines Simpana software with the …
Facebook pays Microsoft $550m for AOL patents
Microsoft and Facebook, which have struck a variety of business, technology and advertising agreements in recent years, announced yesterday a deal …
Microsoft SkyDrive upgrade takes aim at Dropbox
Microsoft has set its sights on Dropbox with a new set of features for its cloud storage service SkyDrive that syncs …
Microsoft touts corporate tools in Windows 8 Enterprise
Microsoft has laid out the exclusive features of Windows 8 Enterprise, one of three editions of the upcoming OS and …
Microsoft pares Windows 8 to three editions for Intel
Microsoft on Monday said it will sell just three Windows 8 editions for Intel PCs, half as many as the …
Microsoft Office Mobile arrives on Nokia Belle smartphones in the region
Nokia today announced the local availability of Office Mobile apps from Microsoft – including Word mobile, PowerPoint mobile and Excel …
Microsoft offers cloud-based video delivery
Microsoft has unveiled a cloud capability, Windows Azure Media Services, for delivering video to clients, including devices. Windows Azure Media Services …
Leaked Microsoft roadmap shows 2013 launch for Office 15
A leaked Microsoft roadmap shows that the next version of Office won’t ship until the first quarter of 2013, according …
Microsoft battles delays in Windows Phone app approvals
Microsoft is battling to reduce the time it takes to approve and publish Windows Phone apps, and to improve the responsiveness …
Microsoft to start charging for Bing search API
Microsoft will begin charging developers to use the API (application programming interface) for its Bing search engine, the company has announced. …
Microsoft credits partners and customers for 20 years of regional growth at Open Door
Microsoft Gulf in collaboration with Dubai Internet City (DIC) recently held the Microsoft Open Door event in Dubai. Held under …
Microsoft starts XP retirement countdown
Microsoft yesterday kicked off what it called a “two-year countdown” to the death of Windows XP, its longest-lived operating system. …
Microsoft retires Vista, Office 2007 from mainstream support this week
Microsoft will shift Windows Vista and Office 2007 into what it calls extended support over the next two days. Vista, …
AOL to sell patents to Microsoft in over $1b deal
AOL has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to …
Microsoft celebrates 20 years in the Gulf at Open Door UAE
Microsoft celebrated 20 years in the GCC region today at its Open Door UAE event in Dubai. Since coming to …
Microsoft boosts virtualisation capabilities in desktop management suite
Microsoft is boosting the virtualisation components of its Desktop Optimization Pack suite of IT management tools. The suite, known as MDOP, is …
Cloud to create 14 million jobs globally, 9.62 million in Asia-Pac: Microsoft research
Cloud computing will create 14 million jobs globally by 2015 and 9.62 million in Asia Pacific alone, according to IDC …
Axed Microsoft’s tablet concept reborn as iPad app
Microsoft killed the Courier tablet concept in favor of Windows 8 tablets, but the idea behind it has now found a new …
SMART to work with Microsoft Lync on meeting room solutions
SMART Technologies has announced its support for Microsoft Lync 2010 through its SMART Meeting Pro software and SMART Board interactive …
Microsoft not helping transition to Office 365, companies say
Companies that rely on Office Live Small Business (OLSB) for their e-mail and website hosting have complained that a required transition …