Research institutions that are part of the Ontario Centres of Excellence have launched a "Tools as a Service" (TaaS) cloud computing pilot program with IBM in an effort to provide researchers, students and faculty with access to business software and software development tools.
A weakened economy will serve as a catalyst to push enterprises from on-premise computing to accessing services over the Internet cloud, according to Microsoft exec Doug Hauser, who delivered an address on Wednesday at the Thomas Weisel 2009 Technology and Telecom Conference.
- By Jim Barthold
- 02/11/2009
Research shows Software as a Service development is on the rise, especially in North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/01/2009
A new framework for data synchronization.
Microsoft releases second CTPs for Windows Azure.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/01/2009
A survey of more than 300 open source software (OSS) developers found that many plan to distribute their solutions as services over the Internet cloud.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/20/2009
Microsoft released the second community technology previews of its Software Development Kit and Visual Studio extensions for the new Windows Azure cloud services platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/16/2009
Microsoft announced a client update to the beta version of Live Mesh on Tuesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/16/2009
New global research forecasts a swift rise in development plans for Software as a Service applications in the next 12 months.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/12/2009
Bob Muglia was named president of Microsoft's $13 billion Server and Tools Business, Microsoft announced today.
- By Kathleen Richards and Ed Scannell
- 01/06/2009
Bob Muglia on Microsoft's new cloud programming model.
- By Kathleen Richards and Ed Scannell
- 01/01/2009
"Kilimanjaro" and "Madison" will enable centralized application- and systems-management and massive parallel processing in SQL Server.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/15/2008
Developers face a long trek to Microsoft's ambitious "Oslo" modeling vision.
- By Michael Desmond
- 12/01/2008
Microsoft's Robert Wahbe on Azure and S+S applications.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz and Michael Desmond
- 12/01/2008
Engine Yard releases Merb, a new open source Web framework for building Ruby applications.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/15/2008
New .NET libraries support data and task parallelism.
- By Stephen Toub
- 11/15/2008
A look back at the 2008 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 11/15/2008
IBM launches a cloud-computing initiative in an effort to evolve its software-delivery model into a mix of on-premises and online apps.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/15/2008
Why Windows Azure and Windows 7 will change the way you work.
- By Kathleen Richards and Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/15/2008
First Visual Studio 2010 CTP offers IDE upgrades and advancements in tooling designed for .NET Framework 4.0.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/15/2008