Microsoft announced last week that it acquired Opalis Software for an undisclosed amount.
Microsoft formed a new organization within its Server and Tools Business last week called the Server and Cloud Division (SCD).
- By Anne Watkins
- 12/14/2009
Amazon has launched the beta for Spot Instances, which lets developers and customers bid for unused capacity on Amazon's EC2 service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/14/2009
The telecom industry has joined the effort to forge interoperability among cloud providers by forming a consortium backed by some key cloud providers, including Microsoft and IBM.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/10/2009
A Microsoft corporate vice president talked about the company's business prospects, including competition with Google, at a Barclays event on Tuesday.
If recent market research is any indication, computing in the clouds could achieve a breakthrough of sorts in 2010.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 12/08/2009
Intel pushed the outer limits of computing by unveiling a new experimental processor it described as a "single-chip cloud computer."
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/04/2009
A top Microsoft official answered questions about the state of IT spending and Microsoft's product offerings at the Nasdaq OMX 23rd Investor Program on Tuesday.
Microsoft is extending its Dynamics enterprise resource planning products capabilities with three add-on services.
- By Herb Torrens
- 11/19/2009
Enterprise customers that start to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/19/2009
Microsoft rolled out multiple public betas at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 11/18/2009
Microsoft officials briefed financial analysts on the company's cloud computing strategy at its Professional Developers Conference on Wednesday.
Ray Ozzie kicked off Microsoft's 2009 Professional Developers Conference with a keynote that focused heavily on Windows Azure and cloud computing.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/17/2009
Thirteen leading technology companies including Microsoft have joined with Lockheed Martin to form a new cybersecurity technology alliance.
Cisco's announcement of a new hosted e-mail service is causing high-pressure rumblings in the cloud computing space.
- By Herb Torrens
- 11/12/2009
Google described its efforts in the enterprise software space, including its e-mail contract win with the city of Los Angeles.
Microsoft announced that it has bulked up some its software-as-a-service offerings and lowered prices.
- By Herb Torrens
- 11/03/2009
Just weeks before Microsoft is expected to launch SQL Azure, Amazon on Tuesday said it will let customers host relational data in its EC2 cloud service using MySQL.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/27/2009
The president of Microsoft's Business Division got the hot seat at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo event last week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/26/2009
For some, the move to the new OS from Vista is taking a little longer than expected. Plus: Microsoft reaches for cloud compliance; lazy hackers hit clickjackpot.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2009