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Microsoft Fiscal Results Point To Sweet Success In The Cloud

Latest financials please Wall Street, prompting Redmond shares to hit new high after strong cloud performance

8 years ago

Microsoft Boosts Windows 10 And Office 365 With Added Security And AI Features

IGNITE 2016: Office 365 gets a host of tweaks with productivity and security in Microsoft's sights

8 years ago

Oracle Now Lays Claim As World’s One-Stop IT Shop

ANALYSIS: Oracle wants to become what IBM, the original Hewlett-Packard and Dell EMC once aspired to be: the true one-stop…

8 years ago

Why Co-Founder Thinks Documentum Is Doomed Under OpenText

ANALYSIS: John Newton fears the new owner will promise customers investment in their products but that the product lines eventually…

8 years ago

Microsoft To Close Skype’s London Offices And Cut 220 Jobs

Microsoft is planning to shut down its Skype London offices and will make some of its 400 employees redundant

8 years ago

OpenOffice In Danger Of Retirement, Warns Project Leader

Lack of developers blamed, but others cite poor support from Apache for the Microsoft Office alternative

8 years ago

Microsoft Office And Skype Will Come Preloaded On Lenovo Smartphones

Microsoft and Lenovo agree software and licensing deal

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Desktop Focus As Microsoft Tackles Office And Edge Flaws

Patch Tuesday: Admin tasks return to usual following recent Black Hat security conference, with patches for Office and browser flaws

8 years ago

Open Source Office Suite LibreOffice 5.2 Targets Enterprise

LibreOffice 5.2 adds usability, interoperability and security features ahead of greater integration with cloud edition to take on Office 365

8 years ago

Skype Releases Free Meetings Tool For Small Businesses

Skype Meetings is a stripped back Skype for Business, with two months of free meetings with up to 10 participants

8 years ago

Microsoft Revamps Enterprise Software Licensing

Microsoft Enterprise Advantage makes an appearance in 2017 with other changes also coming to make software purchases more flexible and…

8 years ago

Office 365 Users Hit By ‘Widespread’ Ransomware Attack

But Microsoft insists that only a small number of Office 365 were targetted and the attack was blocked within hours

8 years ago

Security Experts Urge Caution As Microsoft Office 365 Turns Five

As Office 365 use expands, security risks are becoming harder to spot, researchers warn

8 years ago

Microsoft Sharepoint App Arrives For iOS Devices

'Intranet in your pocket' touts Microsoft, as long-awaited collaboration software arrives on Apple devices

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday Tackles Browser Flaws Amid Another Adobe Zero-Day

Fixes for Edge and Internet Explorer, but admins warned to pay attention to serious Adobe Flash zero day

8 years ago

Malicious Documents Use New Tricks To Evade Detection, Warns Zscaler

Attackers utilise social engineering to lure MS Word users to enable macros in order to avoid cyber detection

8 years ago

Microsoft Offers Minecraft Education Edition To Schools And Teachers

Minecraft beta opens up so the game can help teachers and students explore ways to build and design a world

8 years ago

Microsoft Backtracks Over ‘Sneaky’ Windows 10 Upgrade Notification

Criticism over “nasty” and “deceitful” trick as recommended Windows 10 update causes concern

8 years ago

Microsoft Publishes Office 365 Education Roadmap

Microsoft offers students and teachers forward insight into its plans for Office 365 for the education market

9 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Tackles Tame Badlock Flaw

Much hyped “critical” Badlock flaw tamer than first thought, and only warrants “important” label

9 years ago

Microsoft Tests Ad-Free Outlook.com Premium At £2.81

Microsoft tests monthly free for Outlook.com premium, which will offer personalised email, better calendar sharing and remove adverts

9 years ago

Microsoft Browsers Fixed In Latest Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's Edge and Internet Explorer browsers gain fixes for critical flaws in latest security update

9 years ago

Office 2016 Installation Routine Deleting Older Standalone Apps

NEWS ANALYSIS: If your company depends on Microsoft Office applications that are installed separately from the ubiquitous productivity suite, installing…

9 years ago

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Back To Usual Numbers

Return to normal numbers. Second update of the year sees 13 bulletins, six rated as critical

9 years ago

Microsoft Turns On Yammer For Office 365 Customers

Enterprise social network push. Microsoft activates Yammer for all eligible Office 365 business customers

9 years ago

Microsoft And Chipmakers To Ensure New PCs Only Run Windows 10

Microsoft says that devices powered by the latest chips will not support older versions such as Windows 7 and 8

9 years ago

Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 For Chinese Government

Microsoft prepares for expansion into the Chinese public sector with localised version of Windows 10

9 years ago

Preview: First Major Windows 10 Update Targets Businesses

Microsoft’s first major update to Windows 10 brings enterprise enhancements and smarter Cortana

9 years ago