Pedro Hernandez

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 […]

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 […]