Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
I was working on a briefing for a client yesterday, and one trend I outlined was the file sync-and-share storage war, where I suggested that we are on a trend toward functionally… Read more »
Got Office? Microsoft just boosted your OneDrive cloud storage to a whopping terabyte of data. It’s a smart strategy to help keep Office more attractive than other online productivity suites that… Read more »
The week in cloud: Structure 2014 was abuzz about the impact of NSA spy-gate on cloud adoption; if there’s enough business to sustain umpteen-different providers; and whether security concerns will strangle… Read more »
Anytime you combine two vastly different product types into a single device, you’re going to have to make compromises. Up to now, Microsoft’s Surface line made too many. This time, with… Read more »
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 is now available in the U.S. and Canada. The company also moved up availability for the Core i3 and i7 versions, and is now taking orders for… Read more »
The new $189 Lumia 635 picks where the $159 Lumia 630 left off, adding LTE mobile broadband to Windows Phone 8.1. The handset is now available in select European and Asia-Pacific regions. Read more »
For some time now, businesses have faced many challenges when it comes to the infrastructure needs of consumer-facing applications. But today there are metrics that can help them justify and benchmark… Read more »
Data security is a uniquely complex problem and lawmakers have struggled to enact new legislation. Cloud companies have to take their own steps to ensure their customers’ data is safe. Read more »