Analysts: Marketing Vista key Microsoft hurdle for 2006
A research firm has identified its top 10 concerns facing Microsoft in 2006, putting the challenge of making Windows Vista appeal to enterprise customers at the top of the list.
A research firm has identified its top 10 concerns facing Microsoft in 2006, putting the challenge of making Windows Vista appeal to enterprise customers at the top of the list.
Salesforce.com has no plans to follow in Microsoft's footsteps and allow partner companies to host its CRM (customer relationship management) service, a Salesforce.com executive said this week.
Microsoft has filed seven lawsuits in the US against partners for allegedly violating their Microsoft Action Pack Subscriptions (MAPS) contracts by reselling software meant for internal use only and for other activities, the company said.
Several of Microsoft's Windows platform products have achieved a Common Criteria certification of 4+, a rating that bolsters their profile among government and other vertical-market customers that have high-security needs for IT products, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
Microsoft Wednesday released the first beta of the next version of its Exchange messaging server, code-named Exchange 12, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
The next pre-release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) 7 for Windows XP browser has been pushed into early next year, the company's IE team said in a blog posting.
Microsoft Tuesday released to manufacturing a long-awaited interim update to the current version of Windows Server OS, Windows Server 2003 R2.
A Chicago man has filed a class action complaint against Microsoft that claims the company knowingly distributed defective Xbox game consoles in its hurry to beat rivals to market with a next-generation gaming product.
Microsoft's research arm released a free tool to help users slog through email messages in their inbox in the order of importance, according to one of the researchers who developed the software.
Microsoft is accelerating the development of the next version of its Windows client OS and plans to test a feature-complete version by early next year, a lead on the Windows Vista development team said Tuesday.
Microsoft has made changes to its security technology programs for resellers, based on feedback from channel partners.
Microsoft Monday released an incremental upgrade to its hosted messaging and collaboration suite that includes Exchange Server technology for pushing company e-mail seamlessly to Windows Mobile devices.
A Microsoft software partner has launched the beta of a new product that will allow users of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server sites to collaborate and share documents and information even when working offline.
A California Superior Court judge has approved a settlement in which Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison will pay US$22 million in legal fees to end a 4-year-old insider trading lawsuit, according to one of the lawyers who brought the original case against Ellison.
Microsoft has introduced a test version of a hosted e-mail and instant-messaging service (IM) as part of the beta release of Windows Live.