Within the last two months, Microsoft has announced a command-line tool for PHP to deploy applications on Windows Azure, OData interoperability with PHP and guidance for using PHP with the Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse plug-in.
I've always been a data guy. I think data maintenance, sharing and analysis is the inspiration for almost all line-of-business software, and technology that makes any or all of it easier is key to platform success.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2010
Novell's board turns down $2 billion bid calling it ‘inadequate.’
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/22/2010
Silverlight news will play a major part in Microsoft's annual MIX10 conference for Web developers and designers in Las Vegas next week.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/12/2010
$2 billion offer from hedge fund sparks speculation of rival bids from Cisco, HP and Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/03/2010
Microsoft released a community technology preview (CTP) of its U-Prove cryptographic tech, and opened up its patented crypto algorithms under the company's Open Specification Promise (OSP)
- By John K. Waters
- 03/03/2010
The new Dotfuscator Software Services in Visual Studio 2010 moves beyond obfuscation with the community edition of PreEmptive's Runtime Intelligence Service for .NET.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/26/2010
Microsoft signed a "patent cross-license" deal with Amazon.com regarding Amazon's Kindle e-reader device and "Linux-based servers."
Microsoft plans to eventually discontinue offering its standalone versions of FAST enterprise search products for Linux and Unix.
Oracle Cloud Office is the next generation of Sun's OpenOffice, company officials revealed.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/28/2010
Oracle plans to invest heavily in developing and selling hardware bundled with applications and database software.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/27/2010
The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/21/2010
A free toolkit helps database users migrate from MySQL to Microsoft's SQL Server database on-premise or in the cloud.
Microsoft provided more details about its settlement with the EC, particularly with regard to interoperability agreements
Google's previously under-wraps operating system is now available to developers as open source code, the company announced on Thursday.