Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft has added a Project Online content pack to the growing pile of content packs available for Power BI, the software giant’s cloud-based business intelligence and analytics product. “The Project Online content pack for Power BI allows you to explore your project data with out-of-box metrics such overdue projects or a burndown of current project […]

More than many other technology companies, Microsoft has had to endure a relentless onslaught of threats to its software ecosystem. In fact, during a speech at the Government Cloud Forum in Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, CEO Satya Nadella told attendees that Microsoft spends more than $1 billion in security research and development. Signaling a change […]

Windows 10’s first “major” patch is being rolled out today, and it brings with it new tools that change the way enterprises manage future updates. “With the introduction of Windows Update for Business, Microsoft is telling our enterprise customers that we’re willing to take that burden on for you, but we’re going to give you […]

Apple’s iPad Pro, the larger, more business-friendly version of the Cupertino, Calif.-based device maker’s popular tablet, is finally on sale to the general public. Not missing a beat, Microsoft released updated Office apps that exploit the iPad Pro’s larger screen size. “As we announced in September, we have optimized Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote […]

Project Oxford, a collection of machine-learning application programming interfaces (APIs) from Microsoft, has learned a new trick. The technology made a splash early this year after Microsoft’s age- and gender-guessing Website, How-Old.net, went viral. While not always accurate—in fact, it was sometimes comically off base—it hinted at the potential of computer systems that can make […]

Microsoft has partnered with T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, to offer Azure cloud services in Germany, CEO Satya Nadella said today, after announcing a major expansion in the UK on Tuesday. Two new data center regions, located in Magdeburg and Frankfurt am Main, will start delivering Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online to […]

Microsoft has teamed up with ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based blockchain development specialist, to offer Ethereum Blockchain as a Service on Azure. Ethereum is a framework for building blockchain-based applications. Financial services companies are keeping an eye on blockchain technology, and not only because it is integral to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Many in financial technology circles […]

Microsoft will be offering Azure cloud services and Office 365 from new UK-based data centers in late 2016, announced CEO Satya Nadella during the company’s Future Decoded conference in London today. Microsoft’s cloud-based customer relationship management software, Dynamics CRM Online, will follow suit after. The UK-based Azure cloud data centers will also support ExpressRoute connections […]

Microsoft is getting to work removing some of the last vestiges of Lync, the enterprise communications software platform now known as Skype for Business. Earlier this year, Microsoft replaced the Lync client app with Skype for Business after a two-year rebranding effort. The software giant not only integrated the formerly separate platforms, it borrowed Skype’s […]

Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring Secure Islands, an Israeli data security specialist, for an undisclosed amount. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, according to the companies. IQProtector, Secure Islands’ policy-based technology, “immunizes” corporate data by injecting protection within a file itself at the moment of creation, enabling businesses to classify, encrypt and […]