A recent survey shows that one of the greatest challenges facing the adoption of cloud computing is that the industry isn't selling it very well.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Baltimore-based AVIcode Inc., a provider of .NET application performance monitoring software.
Microsoft today released BizTalk Server 2010 to its hardware manufacturing partners, which means that products will ship to customers soon.
The dog days of August are a good time to take stock of some of the major themes and trends likely to shape the development space toward the end of 2010 and into 2011.
- By Bola Rotibi
- 08/23/2010
OutSystems this week released version 5.1 of its Agile Platform, featuring "1 Click" provisioning designed to help developers quickly get projects up and running on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service.
Microsoft provided more information about security for Windows Azure, publishing a talk and white paper.
Application lifecycle management (ALM) provider Collabnet rolled out a new version of its flagship TeamForge ALM platform this week, as well as a general-availability release of its free Subversion Edge product.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/11/2010
Microsoft used the occasion of an open source conference last month to advance its vision of an open cloud by breaking it down into four basic principles.
Microsoft and Salesforce.com have reached an out-of-court settlement concerning alleged patent violations.
Google yesterday pulled the plug on Wave, the company's effort to provide a shared online communications hub.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/05/2010
Microsoft's business strategies were described at the company's Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday.
After a year of working on security steps to comply with federal government regulations, Google today launched Google Apps for Government.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 07/26/2010
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/12/2010
Organizations should start experimenting with Web apps from Google, Microsoft and other software companies.
Microsoft today announced plans to introduce new SQL Azure pricing options later this month, based on the platform's improved scalability
New software development lifecycle outlines how to address security threats in the cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/15/2010
Microsoft launched its free Windows Live versions of Office Web Apps on Monday.
The day-one keynote centered on product enhancements to the Windows Azure platform, Bing Maps, Windows 7, Windows Server and Communications Server, among other technologies.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/07/2010
Microsoft on Monday announced virtualization and other improvements coming with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.