Stuart J. Johnston

Microsoft’s SharePoint and Office productivity suite are indispensable tools for many businesses, but couldn’t they work better together? Workshare thinks so, and has begun shipping a tool that aims to more closely integrate the two packages. Dubbed Workshare Point, the new product enables users to access the document management collaboration features provided in SharePoint from […]

For more on cloud computing and the data center, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Microsoft may be “all in” on the cloud, but building out the infrastructure to support a new breed of Internet-based services doesn’t come cheaply. The company has been building and expanding data centers around the world at a brisk pace […]

Who’s ahead in Windows security, the good guys or the bad guys? The software giant has invested considerable resources in trying to anticipate new and emerging threats and its latest security advisory is another attempt to get ahead of the curve. The vulnerability takes advantage of a common method of transferring media types in […]

Microsoft delivered record revenues and earnings for the second quarter of its fiscal 2011, a busy period that saw the introduction of the new Kinect game controller, as well as preliminary sales of its last best shot at becoming a serious mobile player, Windows Phone 7. During the quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2010, Microsoft […]

The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, high up in the Swiss Alps, has become a renowned get-together for global elites of all stripes to discuss the great political and economic issues of the day. And there’s always a healthy dose of prognostication about what’s to come, technology being no exception. In that spirit, Microsoft […]

Microsoft has opened another chapter in its intellectual property squabble with TiVo, suing the digital video technology company this week for infringing on four patents. The lawsuit is the second infringement case Microsoft has brought against TiVo. Last August, Microsoft sued TiVo asserting two patents in a case that was entangled with TiVo’s own lawsuit […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. For all the buzz, in the world of enterprise computing, not every executive has caught cloud fever. According to a new survey conducted by the IT Governance Institute, C-level executives expressed significant concerns about moving their systems to the cloud. At […]

The past two decades have been a study in contrast for Microsoft. After a meteoric rise propelled by the near-ubiquitous distribution of its Windows platform, Microsoft continues to be immensely profitable. Yet despite a series of record earnings performances, the company’s stock has barely moved. Traditional cash cows like Windows and Office keep milking, but […]

Oracle is looking to add a new page to the playbook for enterprise applications, shipping what it touts as a major update to its WebCenter Suite 11g. With the new version, Oracle is combining elements from its various portal offerings, promising “a comprehensive, modern enterprise 2.0 platform.” “[The suite] enables organizations to develop and deploy […]

The latest storage appliance built to integrate with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) promises an impressive rate of capacity usage. The new Application Optimized Storage (AOS) appliance, unveiled by startup storage vendor BridgeSTOR on Monday, aims to help SMBs lower their capacity requirements by as much as 90 percent. “The BridgeSTOR AOS DPM […]

CIOs in major companies around the world might not be looking ahead to stout budget increases this year, but they are planning to shift their spending priorities, according to a new survey from research firm Gartner. In its 2011 IT spending outlook, Gartner found that an increasing number of CIOs are planning to shell out […]

In the year ahead, consumers and businesses will purchase more smartphones and tablets than traditional PCs, according to professional services firm Deloitte. The company has made a habit of publishing reports offering predictions of the prevailing currents reshaping the technology and telecom sectors. This year, vendors figure to ship more mobile devices of a fundamentally […]