Microsoft’s 5 biggest weaknesses
Microsoft isn’t going anywhere. The company’s wide mix of software will help it stay relevant to businesses and consumers for many years to come
IBM says PC going way of vacuum tube and typewriter
IBM says we’re moving into the post-PC era, but Microsoft begs to disagree
Microsoft matches Google Docs with collaboration
Microsoft is still grappling with the question of how much functionality to extend to the browser-based versions of Office
Five questions to ask before buying Microsoft licenses
Licences and upgrades can be costly, but asking the right questions can mean major savings
Is HTML5 the “Holy Grail” of the Web, or is the browser outdated?
The debate is fierce but the jury still appears to be out
Want to stop cybercrime? Follow the money
Cybercrime could be the new outsourcing
As iPad sales boom, Gartner downgrades PC forecast
PC sales are still growing, but maybe not fast enough for some companies
VMware causes second outage while recovering from first
VMware’s new Cloud Foundry beta service suffered downtime over the course of two days last week
Microsoft issues $25 price hike for certification exams
Exams will increase in price starting July 1
Cloud failover a challenge for Amazon competitors, too
Things do fail and customers should not interpret a 100 per cent service-level commitment as a 100 per cent service-level guarantee
Novell patent sale to shield Microsoft, Apple, EMC and Oracle from lawsuits
Deal for Novell’s patents would let the four companies split the patents and immunize themselves from any potential lawsuits
Slideshow: Meet Microsoft’s top 12 rivals
We focus on the rivals we think pose the biggest threat to Redmond and give a status update on each rivalry
Microsoft to raise license price, add software rights
Company also expected to lower price of an enterprise license that includes more robust access to key Microsoft software
Microsoft can’t wait for IE6 to die
Microsoft’s goal is to push IE6 usage under one per cent
Microsoft, HP selling $2M data warehouse appliance
HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance is available this week starting at nearly $2M