Pedro Hernandez

Organizations serving up their own browser-based versions of Office applications such as Word and Excel to their employees can now test new capabilities that borrow heavily from Microsoft’s cloud-delivered software. Office Web Apps Server, first released in 2012 as an on-premises alternative to Microsoft’s Web-based Office applications, is undergoing a name change to Office Online […]

NATO has signed Microsoft’s newest Government Security Program (GSP) agreement, extending the two organizations’ 12-year partnership, the software giant announced today. GSP is a program that provides governments with vulnerability and threat intelligence from Microsoft along with other resources to help agencies safeguard their data against hackers. “It is open to government agencies regardless of […]

Microsoft has appointed Brad Smith its president and chief legal officer, the Redmond, Wash., technology giant announced on Sept. 11. Smith has been with the company since 1993 and formerly served as Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president for Legal and Corporate Affairs. In his updated bio, Microsoft said, “Smith plays a key role […]

Azure Media Services, Microsoft’s cloud-based media creation, management and delivery platform, is embracing technologies from some of the company’s fiercest rivals as it strives to stream video to practically every device. “We are pleased to announce Azure Media Services now offers the ability to protect both Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Live Streams with Widevine Modular DRM […]

On Sept. 9, Apple unveiled the iPad Pro, along with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, all running iOS 9, during a media event in San Francisco. About a half an hour into the presentation, Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office, took the stage to briefly show off the Office experience on the […]

Logitech MX Master, MX Anywhere 2 Mice Graduate to Windows 10 Microsoft isn’t the only company with mice designed for Windows 10. Logitech’s MX Master and MX Anywhere 2 wireless mice boast features tailored for the new OS. Striking Design Face it. Most mice resemble eggplant-shaped pucks. But draped in black and metallic brown plastics, […]

On Sept. 9, during a media event in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, along with the company’s business-friendly iPad Pro Tablet, all running the iOS 9 mobile operating system. When those devices start filtering into enterprises—the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus go on sale on Sept. 25—Microsoft’s cloud-based Intune mobile […]

Office 2016 for Windows is nearly out of beta, announced Julia White, general manager of Microsoft Office 365 Technical Product Management, today. Office 2016 for Mac was released to Office 365 customers in July. “You may have heard the rumors, but today I’m happy to confirm that Office 2016 will be broadly available starting on […]

Forget inkjet printers. Lexmark means business—big business, in fact. That’s the message from CEO Paul Rooke during a recent interview. The Lexington, Ky.-based company’s new focus is on helping enterprises “structure the unstructured,” he told eWEEK. Although Lexmark will still offer high-end printing solutions for businesses—it divested its inkjet business in 2012, reminded Rooke—the brand […]

Microsoft has gathered the support of two major OEMs to help popularize its Surface tablet in the enterprise. In October, Dell will begin offering Surface Pro tablets and related accessories through its commercial sales unit in the United States and Canada. The program, part of what Microsoft is calling the Surface Enterprise Initiative, will expand […]

Microsoft wants to make the time-robbing ritual of switching between Dynamics CRM and other apps a thing of the past. Today, the company announced some of the features in the upcoming cloud and on-premises release of its customer relationship management platform, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016. Less an update and more of an overhaul, the new […]

In July, news began circulating that Microsoft had acquired cloud security specialist Adallom for approximately $320 million. At the time, Microsoft stuck to its longstanding policy regarding prematurely publicized business deals by declining to comment on the matter. Now, Microsoft is making it official. “I’m pleased to announce today that Microsoft has acquired Adallom, an […]