Pedro Hernandez

The multibillion-dollar deal to take Informatica private closed on Aug. 6, announced the Redwood City, Calif., data cleanup and quality company. Stocks, which traded under the INFA ticker symbol, stopped trading on NASDAQ yesterday. Stockholders get $48.75 in cash per share under the terms of the deal. Informatica is one of the world’s leading data […]

Sway, Microsoft’s Web-based interactive presentation software, is now generally available to Office 365 business and education customers worldwide. The Web-based presentation-building software allows users, even those lacking in design skills, to create, publish and share “Sways” with professional layouts. Aided by Microsoft’s machine-learning technology and a touch-friendly toolset, Sway automatically assembles text, images and videos […]

Outlook is now available on Apple Watch, Microsoft announced on Aug. 6. Available now on the Apple App Store, the app enables owners of the wearable to access their Outlook inboxes without pulling out their iPhones or iPads. “You’ll never miss what’s important with Focused Inbox Watch notifications,” Microsoft’s Carlos Bohórquez Marín, product manager for […]

Outlook Web App is now Outlook on the Web, the company announced on Aug. 4. And with the name change, Microsoft is soon issuing an update that tweaks the user interface and adds new capabilities. These include a new Pin function that allows users to prominently affix important messages to a noticeable part of their […]

Add the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the growing list of government agencies eyeing Microsoft’s cloud for their mobile productivity initiatives. “Today, we announced an important milestone in helping HUD fulfill its mission as the agency granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) for our Dynamics CRM Online Government cloud,” said Amir […]

In the wake of the high-profile launch of Windows 10 last week, privacy advocates have been flooding the Web with tutorials on configuring the operating system’s default settings for a computing experience that keeps a closer eye on user data. New features like Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant, help make Windows 10 the most Web- and […]

Less than a week after Microsoft began rolling out the Windows 10 update to eligible users, the company has announced a refreshed line of keyboards and mice designed for the operating system. Among them is the new minimalist Wireless Desktop 900, a keyboard and mouse combo with 30-range, “quiet-touch” keys and an ambidextrous mouse. With […]

Microsoft is betting big on Uber, the San Francisco-based technology company behind the popular transportation app. In a deal finalized on July 31, Microsoft agreed to invest approximately $100 million in Uber Technologies, according to a Bloomberg report. The new infusion in cash bumps Uber’s valuation to $50 billion, an increase of $10 billion. A […]

Microsoft is looking to add some fun and games to its Dynamics CRM portfolio after acquiring Incent Games, the Austin, Texas-based maker of FantasySalesTeam. Bob Stutz, corporate vice president of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, described FantasySalesTeam as a “sales gamification platform that’s helped hundreds of companies boost sales productivity, drive revenue and improve CRM adoption through […]

Windows 10 is off to a strong start, according to Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group. “We have seen unprecedented demand for Windows 10, with reviews and customer feedback overwhelmingly positive around the globe,” he wrote in a late-day July 30 blog post. Early reaction to the operating system has […]

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now supports some of EMC’s enterprise storage systems, the companies announced. ASR is Microsoft’s cloud-based disaster recovery offering. “With features such as synchronous and asynchronous replication support, protection and recovery of shared-disk guest clusters, multi-virtual machine consistency and [standards-based management] with SMI-S [Storage Management Initiative Specification], ASR provides enterprise-grade DR [disaster […]

Although overshadowed by the splashy debut of Windows 10, Microsoft had another major release yesterday. In a June 29 company blog post, Microsoft’s Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Office Client Applications and Services, announced “the availability of the Office Mobile apps on Windows 10—bringing us one step closer to our vision of reinventing productivity. […]