Stuart J. Johnston

As it looks to expand the corporate performance management capabilities in its Dynamic ERP line, Microsoft has begun shipping Management Reporter, an upgrade of its FRx financial analysis application. With the new tool, Microsoft is promising enhanced reliability and scalability, and direct integration with the general ledger in Dynamics ERP systems already in use. Datamation […]

Microsoft hasn’t always been known as a champion of open source software development, but the company is now inviting developers to build programs that will run on top of its Outlook e-mail client. Microsoft has released two new tools, the File Format Software Development Kit (SDK) and the PST Data Structure View Tool, that will […]

Across the tech industry, vendors have been eagerly anticipating the enterprise refresh, that happy time when IT buyers feel confident enough with the state of the economy to begin opening their wallets and replacing old systems and software. Looking only at early sales of Windows 7, Forrester Research is projecting that the next major corporate […]

The highly competitive smartphone industry has seen a number of new devices from companies new to the industry achieve relatively quick sales success much to the chagrin of established players . As EnterpriseMobileToday reports, Microsoft has invested considerable resources into its mobile phone efforts, but hasn’t kept up with more nimble, innovative competitors. Now Microsoft […]

Microsoft might not have done itself any favors with the release of Windows Vista, an operating system that was generally rejected by consumers polled in a prominent index gauging customer satisfaction. But with Windows 7, Microsoft appears to be winning back some of the good will it lost over the past few years. How much? […]

Two key Microsoft tools for enterprise developers are edging toward completion: the new edition of BizTalk Server 2010 and Windows Server AppFabric. That’s big news for developers working with Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation-based composite apps, while BizTalk gives new features to make creating apps simpler and more efficient. CodeGuru takes a look. […]

For governments around the world that rely on Microsoft’s software, the monthly patch cycle just isn’t fast enough. Officials have been asking the software giant for earlier warnings about flaws in its programs, and now Microsoft has complied. The company has announced a pair of programs to accelerate the sharing of threats and technical information […]

Click fraud has long been a blight on search engines, but Microsoft says that it’s taken on a new form. According to the company, the latest scam disguises the source of bogus ad clicks and navigates unsuspecting users to dead-end Web sites. In response, Microsoft has filed lawsuits to halt the practice and reassure its […]

Microsoft has scored itself a potent ally in its move to roll out and sell cloud services in the form of Capgemini. The international services firm will help Microsoft sell and provide support for Microsoft’s cloud-based Office productivity services to customers worldwide. Datamation has more information. Microsoft and consulting powerhouse Capgemini announced an alliance whereby […]

Chalk this one up to a failed experiment. Microsoft has decided shutter Response Point, the small-business phone system it launched in March 2007. The company had signaled that Response Point’s days might be numbered last year when it put the service onto “engineering maintenance,” but now it’s official. Microsoft said it will retire Response Point […]

Microsoft’s CEO Summit is an annual event at which the company spells out what technology developments are crucial for the world’s top executives to understand. For Microsoft, which is highly invested in reshaping its offerings to embrace the burgeoning interest in cloud computing, that meant that the topic of company CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote was […]

A new zero-day security vulnerability is at the heart of a new Microsoft Security Advisory, which warns about a flaw that could impact a variety of 64-bit Windows systems. It’s the latest unpatched zero-day security vulnerability that Microsoft has warned IT administrators in recent weeks. eSecurity Planet takes a look at the latest vulnerability and […]