Pedro Hernandez

In May, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled a plan to expand the Lifeline program to include broadband Internet service. Last week, Microsoft voiced its support for the plan. Established in 1985, Lifeline provides low-income Americans with affordable access to phone service. Decades later, the Internet has not only reshaped telecommunications, but it has […]

Windows 10 managed to surpass Mac OS X during its first full month on the market. According to Net Applications, Windows 10 was running on 5.21 percent of the systems measured by the Web analytics firm in August. By comparison, Apple’s Mac OS X operating system holds 4.76 percent of the market. Windows 7 remains […]

Microsoft is looking to improve Office collaboration and enhance the effectiveness of its productivity tools by focusing its analytics know-how on workforces with offerings like Delve and the upcoming Delve Organizational Insights product. Today, the company announced a new acquisition to further those aims. The software giant announced today that it entered into an agreement […]

A day after Intel officially rolled out a full portfolio based on Skylake, the company’s sixth-generation, 14-nanometer Core processing technology, Acer is showcasing some of the Windows 10 hardware based on the new chips at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin. Available in the United States in October ($899 to start), the new systems include the […]

Microsoft is making more room on its cloud for big enterprise application workloads. In January, the company announced the general availability of high-performance G-Series virtual machines (VMs) for Azure that offered up to 32 virtual CPUs powered by cutting-edge Intel Xeon server processors, 6TB of storage capacity provided by solid-state drives (SSDs) and 448GB of […]

Microsoft wants to make it easier for legal professionals to work together in Office. So the company is releasing to the public its own Office 365-based technology for organizing and collaborating on legal matters, announced Nishan DeSilva, senior director for Technology Solutions and Evangelism at Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs. Dubbed Matter Center for Office […]

Few things in personal computing are more jarring than when add-on software foists unfamiliar and cumbersome UI elements and workflows on users, bringing productivity to an unceremonious halt. Microsoft wants to help Office developers get in step with the rest of the company’s productivity software ecosystem with the release of the Office UI Fabric framework […]

Inside Microsoft Headquarters: Innovation, Cyber-Crime Lab on Display A tour of Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters finds not only the typical office fare, but some surprises, including maker workshops and cyber-crime labs. First, Grab a Badge Without it, don’t expect to get far. Also, wandering around unescorted is ill-advised. Stop by the Garage Located in Building […]

As promised, Microsoft officially released its Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) product for Active Directory in August, Alex Simons, director of program management for the company’s Identity and Security Services unit, announced in a brief Aug. 26 statement. “You can download the GA [generally availability] evaluation bits and implement ATA in your organization,” wrote Simons. To […]

Windows 10 is off to a strong start. Last week, the company announced that tens of millions of PCs and tablets were now powering the company’s newest operating system. On Aug. 26, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of marketing for Windows and Devices, tweeted that in less than a month after its launch, more than […]

REDMOND, WASH.—Windows 10 just launched, but Microsoft’s head already is back in the cloud. The tech giant gathered industry watchers at the company’s sprawling campus here in Redmond, Wash., where company executives demonstrated some of its latest innovations in enterprise cloud software and services. Having already come to grips with the basics of cloud architectures […]

Microsoft has upgraded its Azure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) virtual machine backup service, providing enterprises with more headroom as they implement their cloud-based data protection programs, the company announced. “The new set of features includes support for virtual machine backup with more data disks, long-term retention and more,” said Trinadh Kotturu, a program manager in Microsoft’s Cloud […]