Pedro Hernandez

Making good on their promise earlier this year to deliver a mobile point-of-sale (POS) solution for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), Microsoft and PayPal have officially launched PayPal Here for Surface. “In January [at the National Retail Federation show], Surface and PayPal announced plans to introduce a mobile payment solution designed to help solve these […]

The Microsoft-Salesforce partnership continues to bear fruit with the release of a beta version of the Salesforce App for Outlook. “This exciting integration gives you a brand new way to experience Salesforce, right from Outlook and Office 365. Even better, it’s 100 percent cloud based with nothing to install,” said Ryan Aytay, senior vice president […]

Windows 10 will be debuting this summer, Microsoft announced on March 18 at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) summit in Shenzhen, China. Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft’s operating system group, said in a statement: “Windows 10 will be available this summer in 190 countries and 111 languages.” The Redmond, Wash.-based company reiterated that the […]

The cloud computing market has evolved, offering more opportunities for vendors that venture beyond providing the essentials of getting business clouds off the ground. A Microsoft-commissioned survey (PDF) of 1,700 hosting and cloud customers worldwide conducted by 451 Research reveals that in terms of IT spend, 70 percent of the opportunity for cloud providers now […]

Office 365 customers seeking to add an extra layer of security and minimize service disruptions will soon be able to use a secure connectivity option that is currently available for other Azure-backed cloud services from Microsoft. ExpressRoute, a private, secure link to Microsoft’s Azure data centers via partner network and data center operators, is coming […]

Office Delve is branching out, digging into more data sources and reaching more territories. During Microsoft’s business-themed Convergence 2015 conference this week in Atlanta, the company announced that more Office 365 customers can take Office Delve for a spin. In a March 16 blog post, Julia White, general manager for Office 365, said, “We are […]

At the Convergence 2015 business technology conference, taking place in Atlanta this week, Microsoft is preparing businesses with the next big opportunity, the Internet of things (IoT). Empowerment was a major theme of CEO Satya Nadella’s March 16 keynote address. While onstage, he said Microsoft is focused on empowering users and organizations to “achieve more […]

A preview of Skype for Business, set to replace Lync, is now available for organizations that want to get an early jump on preparing for its release, which is currently scheduled for next month. “I am thrilled to announce that the technical preview of the Skype for Business client starts today, and that the new […]

Microsoft has updated its OneNote Clipper browser add-on, offering users more control over the content they collect from the Web. Once installed, OneNote Clipper integrates with OneNote, allowing users to incorporate their Web surfing discoveries into the company’s cloud-enabled note-taking app. “Responding to some of the more popular requests from Clipper users, in this update, […]

SAP, the German business software giant, has certified Microsoft SQL Server 2014 to run its NetWeaver-based applications. NetWeaver is the software foundation that underpins many of SAP’s applications and enables them to integrate with other applications. “Now you can run even more of your Tier-1, mission-critical workloads on SQL Server,” Microsoft’s SQL team announced in […]

A few months after kicking off its government cloud offering, Microsoft adds new media services, Oracle virtual machine images and new regional virtual network options. Microsoft’s government customers can now stream media, fire up Oracle databases and set up regional virtual networks on Azure. The Redmond, Wash.-based technology company launched Azure Government Cloud in the […]

OneDrive users will soon have more of a desktop-like file management experience on the service’s Web-based client. Microsoft is updating the OneDrive Web interface that should make keyboard and mouse users feel right at home. “We’re adding a simple right-click menu to make it easier to access the most common actions you want to perform […]