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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Just Got Easy
Today, Microsoft announced a monthly spotlight series, beginning with the SEO Toolkit, an extension...
Author: mdingle Date: 01/15/2010
Understanding Today’s News from Microsoft and HP
By now, you have likely seen the news that Microsoft and HP are expanding their 25 year partnership....
Author: mdingle Date: 01/13/2010
HP and Microsoft Simplify Technology Environments with Solutions Built on New Infrastructure-to-application Model
HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a three-year agreement to invest $250 million to...
Author: mdingle Date: 01/13/2010
Microsoft and HP Host a Joint Teleconference: Members of the media are invited to attend live Q&A
Microsoft Corp. and HP will host a teleconference tomorrow, Jan. 13, at 8:15 a.m. PST, where Steve...
Author: mdingle Date: 01/12/2010
Microsoft’s CIO Tony Scott, talks about the role of CIO
As CIOs and companies look back at 2009 and forward to the opportunities and challenges in 2010,...
Author: mdingle Date: 01/12/2010
Community Technology Preview (CTP) Upgrade for Windows® Azure™
Starting today, Azure™ users can upgrade their Community Technology Preview (CTP) accounts of...
Author: mdingle Date: 01/04/2010
Mono Project Announces the Availabity of Moonlight 2
Hot off the heels of the release of Silverlight 4 beta at the Professional Developers Conference...
Author: mdingle Date: 12/17/2009
Microsoft acquires Opalis Software
Today Microsoft announced its acquisition of Opalis Software, a Toronto-based leader in IT process...
Author: grantkd Date: 12/11/2009
Microsoft to acquire Sentillion
Today Microsoft's Health Solutions Group announced the acquisition of Sentillion, a company based in...
Author: mdingle Date: 12/10/2009
Forefront Products are Finalists in SC Magazine Readers Trust Awards
Forefront Unified Access Gateway and Forefront Threat Management Gateway are both finalists in the...
Author: mdingle Date: 12/09/2009
Frugal Fridays Podcast: Microsoft Releases Threat Management Gateway (TMG)
Checkout this week's installment of the Frugal Friday's Tech Show podcast with Jason Perlow and Ken...
Author: mdingle Date: 12/07/2009
More information on the release of Forefront TMG
Yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability of Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)...
Author: mdingle Date: 12/04/2009
Microsoft announces release of Forefront TMG and UAG 2010
Today Microsoft announced the releases of two new solutions: Forefront Threat Management Gateway...
Author: grantkd Date: 12/03/2009
Improve Web User Experience with IIS SEO Toolkit RTW and IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 RC
Today, Microsoft announced the releases of IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit RTW and IIS...
Author: mdingle Date: 11/18/2009
PowerPivot downloads for Excel and SharePoint now available
Last week, we announced the availability of the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP on the Data Platform...
Author: grantkd Date: 11/18/2009
PDC 2009: Microsoft Cloud Services Vision Becomes Reality with Launch of Windows Azure Platform
Microsoft today announced the availability of the Windows Azure platform at the Professional...
Author: mdingle Date: 11/17/2009
PDC 2009 keynote tomorrow at 8:30 am PT
The Professional Developer Conference 2009, one of the world's leading events for software...
Author: mdingle Date: 11/16/2009
Microsoft Announces Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Wave of Innovations at Tech•Ed Europe 2009
Today at the Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany, Microsoft Business Division...
Author: grantkd Date: 11/09/2009
TechEd Europe 2009 starts Monday, November 9th
On Monday, Microsoft kicks-off TechEd EMEA 2009 in Berlin, Germany. To help you track news coming...
Author: mdingle Date: 11/06/2009
Get Ready for TechEd Europe 2009
TechEd Europe 2009 is just a few days away - one of the world’s leading IT Pro and Developer...
Author: grantkd Date: 11/05/2009
Developer News Updates
Today, Microsoft announced one of the most significant updates to its developer offerings and...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/19/2009
Project “Gemini” Name Revealed
At the Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas today, Microsoft announced the official name of...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/19/2009
Provide a Better Web Site Experience with Faster Response Times
Today, Microsoft announced the beta release of IIS Application Warm-Up – an extension for IIS...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/14/2009
Forefront Update
Today Microsoft is announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010,...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/08/2009
IT Pro survey illustrates that Microsoft provides a path to success for consultants and solution providers.
Microsoft recently conducted an online survey of 2000 IT professionals about if, how and why they...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/07/2009
System Center Service Manager Beta 2 Now Available
Today, Microsoft announced the release of System Center Service Manager Beta 2, with over 300...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/07/2009
Red Hat and Microsoft Expand Virtualization Interoperability Options
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that customers...
Author: mdingle Date: 10/07/2009
Microsoft Security Essentials Available Today
Microsoft Security Essentials, the new no-cost, anti-malware service that helps protect consumers...
Author: mdingle Date: 09/29/2009
New Efficiency Launch Event
Today Microsoft is hosting a customer event for commercial customers in San Francisco. The morning...
Author: mdingle Date: 09/29/2009
Six Ways to Help Customers Extend their Web Sites
Today, Microsoft announced updates to six important IIS Extensions:· IIS Application Request...
Author: mdingle Date: 09/24/2009
Microsoft Ignites New Opportunities for Web Professionals with the WebsiteSpark Program
Today in Amsterdam, Microsoft is making a couple of exciting announcements about the Web platform....
Author: mdingle Date: 09/24/2009
Microsoft and Intel announce Silverlight for Moblin
Furthering Microsoft’s commitment to deliver interactive, high quality user experiences with...
Author: grantkd Date: 09/23/2009
Microsoft announces latest Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 customer value findings; features to come in MDOP 2009 R2 late October
As part of its efforts to help customers evaluate their existing IT infrastructures and begin...
Author: grantkd Date: 09/14/2009
System Center Configuration Manager R3 will be available to customers in Q2 2010
Microsoft announced today that System Center Configuration Manager R3 will be available to customers...
Author: mdingle Date: 09/08/2009
Microsoft announces new Smooth Streaming customers, plans to release IIS Media Services 3.0
This morning, in advance of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam on...
Author: grantkd Date: 09/08/2009
Download the New Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta
Download the New Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta Today, Microsoft is announcing the Windows...
Author: mdingle Date: 09/01/2009
Microsoft and Partners Optimize Midsize Business IT With Virtualization and Systems Management
Today at VMworld Microsoft announced a new solution for mid-market organizations that are looking to...
Author: grantkd Date: 09/01/2009
Microsoft Certified Masters for Windows Server 2008 R2
Building off of the Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM): Directory training and certification, this...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/31/2009
Businesses Save Thousands Moving to Microsoft Virtualization
Today Microsoft announced that business customers are saving on average $170,000 (U.S.) when they...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/27/2009
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 reaches RTM milestone
Today, Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/24/2009
SQL Server August CTPs Roll Out Continues – Download SQL Azure Database, SQL Server StreamInsight
We are excited to announce today that Microsoft has released the next wave of August community...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/18/2009
Converging on Microsoft: Essential Steps for Securing Hyper-V Podcast
Security in a virtual world is not an oxymoron - You don’t have to compromise security to get...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/18/2009
Frugal Fridays Podcast: Microsoft Technical PM, Kenon Owens
Checkout this week's installment of the Frugal Friday's Tech Show podcast with Jason Perlow and Ken...
Author: mdingle Date: 08/17/2009
Forefront in the News
The good news continues to roll in for Forefront this week. Ars Technica and British tech...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/12/2009
Frugal Fridays Podcast: Jeff Woolsey talks Hyper-V 2.0
Checkout this week’s installment of the Frugal Friday’s Tech Show podcast with Jason...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/11/2009
Download SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP Today
Today we are excited to announce the availability of the first community technology preview (CTP) of...
Author: grantkd Date: 08/10/2009
Registration is now open for PDC
Registration is now open for Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference, happening...
Author: mdingle Date: 08/04/2009
Brad Anderson promoted to Corporate Vice President of Management and Services Division
Today Microsoft announced that Brad Anderson has been promoted to Corporate Vice President,...
Author: grantkd Date: 07/28/2009
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to Manufacturers
Today Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008...
Author: grantkd Date: 07/22/2009
Microsoft expands its contribution track record
This week in San Jose, CA, Microsoft will participate in the 11th annual O’Reilly Open Source...
Author: grantkd Date: 07/20/2009