Another potentially big product migration lies ahead for Microsoft shops with Windows Server 2003 end-of-life milestone looming on July 14, 2015. Windows XP, the popular (if dated) desktop OS, hit the end of the road… Read more »
Microsoft said today that users can now run Docker inside a Windows machine and manage Linux-based containers using the new Docker Command Line Interface for Windows. The news follows up on… Read more »
OpenStack backer Rackspace jumps on Azure bandwagon, Microsoft ally Apprenda embraces Amazon Web Serivces. What’s going on here? The week in cloud. Read more »
In what probably never would have happened under the first two CEOs to lead the historic software company, Microsoft plans to announce on Wednesday that it is open sourcing the entire… Read more »
Now that Azure users will be able to access the Docker Hub within the Azure management portal, it’s going to be a whole lot easier for developers to spin up Docker… Read more »
Two very different companies — Apple and Microsoft — posted financial results this week. Apple is clearly the iPhone company, selling 35.2 million iPhones in the quarter ending 28 June, a… Read more »
Depending on how you define Microsoft’s new “core” areas, employees in Qi Lu’s or Scott Guthrie’s groups are relatively safe. Those working on Windows client stuff? Maybe not. Read more »
The week in cloud: Oracle and Microsoft put the finishing touches on a surprise alliance announced in June. What brought these two rivals together? A common adversary. Read more »