Microsoft revenue rose in the second fiscal quarter, while its profits dipped a bit. Revenue for the quarter, ended Dec. …
Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent settle patent dispute
Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent have settled a patent dispute after a jury verdict last year said Microsoft should pay Alcatel $70 …
Microsoft expands its private cloud solution in new product
Microsoft will enable customers to build private clouds by integrating eight separate component products into one unified solution, they have …
Global construction group to deploy Microsoft
Global engineering and construction group Kentz is implementing Microsoft’s customer relationship management (CRM) system to support business development, help track …
GE, Microsoft launch JV aimed at global healthcare system transformation
General Electric Company through its healthcare IT business and Microsoft announced plans to create a joint venture aimed at helping …
Dubai’s dancers break marathon record using Microsoft Kinect Dance Central 2
A duo of dancers broke the standing record of non-stop video game marathon dancing using Microsoft Kinect’s Dance Central 2 …
Microsoft aims Windows 8 storage at enterprise data centres
Windows 8 includes a storage scheme suitable for business deployment that can treat hundreds of disks as a single logical …
Google, Microsoft each seek search “game changer”: analysts
While Google and Microsoft waged “trench warfare” in the search business this year, both are hoping to come up with …
MSAT partners with Liquidware Labs, Citrix and Microsoft to launch Workspace-as-a-Service solution
Mahindra Satyam, an IT consulting and services provider, today announced the launch of Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS), which leverages technology from Citrix …
Office 365: Microsoft rolls it out
A new paradigm of unified computing, targeted at small and medium enterprises, is being rolled out across the region. So …
ITC favors Microsoft in Motorola tiff
In another blow to Android, a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an initial determination that Motorola Mobility …
Microsoft, HP unveil joint cloud offering
Microsoft and HP, hardly strangers to joint product efforts, are now teaming up to sell cloud services. The two companies …
Microsoft and HP team up for the cloud
HP and Microsoft have announced a new four-year partnership to deliver public, private and hybrid cloud solutions built around Microsoft …
Microsoft delays Windows Phone 7 OS launch in China
Microsoft expects its Windows Phone 7 mobile OS to launch in China during the first half of 2012, rather than …
Office 365 a hit, especially with small businesses: Microsoft
Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud collaboration and communication suite for organisations, is selling eight times faster than its predecessor, the Business …
Microsoft ‘signs NDA’ for possible Yahoo acquisition
Microsoft has reportedly signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), alongside several private equity firms, around a potential acquisition of Yahoo. Microsoft, …
HCT and Microsoft to create MENA region’s first Microsoft Learning Center
The first “Microsoft Learning Center” in the Middle East and North Africa(MENA) region will be set up by the Higher …
Brightpoint to distribute Microsoft Windows Phone
Microsoft Middle East and Africa announced its partnership with global wireless distributor Brightpoint Middle East to bring Windows Phone devices …
Microsoft’s IE posts biggest share drop in three years
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) last month lost the largest amount of usage share in three years, a Web metrics firm …
RIM announces BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365
Research In Motion (RIM) announced BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 – a new RIM-hosted online service for …