Cloud services help boost Microsoft profits

Despite a slow PC market, Microsoft reports a ninth consecutive quarter of profits.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 26, 2015

Microsoft expands enterprise program to broaden Surface appeal

The company’s Surface Enterprise Initiative is designed to better service business needs.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 21, 2015

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Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

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SAP announces strong third quarter profits

As other tech companies announce layoffs and falling profits, SAP is going strong.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 14, 2015

Amazon introduces new tool in crowded BI space

QuickSight is a low-cost tool for analytics and visualizations that can draw on multiple data sources.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 12, 2015

HP to lead new open source NOS development effort

Developers have been invited to work on innovation without restrictions — and while lowering risk.

By Justine Brown • Oct. 6, 2015

Battle between Oracle and Rimini Street under way in Vegas

Oracle is suing tiny Rimini Street over copyright infringement.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 24, 2015

Roll-out of Office 2016 under way

Microsoft said it’s begun the worldwide release of Office 2016, which promises to enable worker collaboration.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 23, 2015

Apple's App Store suffers first major attack

App developers unknowingly helped hackers introduce malicious programs.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 22, 2015

Microsoft acknowledges pre-loading new OS without user permission

The company defends the unsolicited push as an “industry practice."

By Justine Brown • Sept. 14, 2015

Report: SaaS companies growing in both revenues and personnel

Some SaaS companies plan to increase employee head count by an average of 43 percent by the end of 2015, according to a new report.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 14, 2015

Microsoft: Office 2016 broadly available starting September 22

Company spokesperson says Office 2016 includes several new tools to help businesses prepare, deploy and manage Office.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 11, 2015

Microsoft plans to make hackathon tool available to the public

Companies will soon be able to leverage Microsoft's expertise to run their own hackathon events.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 4, 2015

HP introduces new tools to help enterprises improve security

The two offerings are designed to assist businesses in rooting out malware and app vulnerabilities.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 3, 2015

Windows 10 sets user share record in August

The 4.8-point user share jump was the largest tracked by Net Applications in the 11 years it has published the data.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 2, 2015

Microsoft, VMware to collaborate on business push for Windows 10

The two companies, which are typically rivals, say they will work together to introduce software targeted at enterprises.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 2, 2015

Microsoft jumps ahead of Google in enterprise cloud adoption

Microsoft is attracting larger users, while Google appeals to SMBs.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 1, 2015

NTIA encouraging researchers, vendors to collaborate on cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure

The U.S. agency will hold a series of meetings to open up conversation about the controversial subject.  

By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2015

Taking a Swipe at PowerPoint: Presentation software space could be poised for a shakeup

Despite countless attempts, no one has been able to dethrone PowerPoint… yet.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2015

Windows 10 patch information could soon be available to enterprises after all

Convincing businesses to use Windows 10 is critical for Microsoft, so the company may be rethinking its approach to patches.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2015

Microsoft: Windows Update for Business won't be completed until 2016

The company announced WUB for Windows 10 nearly four months ago, but has made little mention of it since. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 28, 2015

Survey: Employees' Apple devices rarely comply with standard enterprise security requirements

Centrify found the devices used at work could benefit from more rigorous security controls.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 25, 2015

Salesforce earnings soar past analyst expectations

The company remains a leader in the burgeoning Software-as-a-Service CRM market.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2015

Mesosphere announces software to help enterprises instantly analyze data

Organizations will now be able to get the insight they need from their data while it’s still fresh, the vendor said.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 21, 2015

China might revise its banking cybersecurity rules

Government officials told U.S. tech companies — including IBM, Microsoft and Cisco Systems — that it will seek opinions on a new version.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 20, 2015

Microsoft releases emergency update for IE vulnerability

The company said a flaw allows attackers to execute code with the current user's privileges.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 19, 2015