Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft yesterday filed an appeal to a July 31 ruling by Manhattan’s U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska requiring the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant to turn over emails stored at the company’s data center in Ireland to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Brad Smith, Microsoft’s top lawyer, announced on Dec. 8 that his company had […]

Microsoft and Accenture, a global IT services and consulting firm, announced today a new partnership aimed at fast-tracking hybrid cloud projects for enterprises. The Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for Microsoft Azure incorporates a cloud technology and services suite that will “help enterprises build and manage enterprise-wide cloud infrastructure and applications,” the companies said in press […]

One of the last big barriers between Lync, Microsoft’s unified communications platform for businesses, and Skype has been demolished. Lync users can now place video calls to Skype account holders and vice versa, the company announced on Dec. 5. “Now Lync users can conduct everyday business and collaboration ‘face-to-face’ with customers, partners and suppliers who […]

In the mobile waters, Microsoft is swimming against the current somewhat. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant announced on Dec. 5 that its Torque app is making the leap from wrist-worn Android Wear devices to Android smartphones. Since Torque’s debut in October, Android smartphone users have been clamoring for the ability to shake and search, according […]

Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Google Now, is making its way to more markets, announced the company today. Before today, the Windows Phone 8.1 voice-enabled assistant has only been available in Australia, Canada, China, India, United Kingdom and the United States. Now, Cortana is getting ready to take on more countries, specifically in […]

Microsoft announced today that its cloud-based app delivery service, called Azure RemoteApp, will be generally available in a week, on Dec. 11, after a months-long preview period. Azure RemoteApp solves a critical challenge for organizations that are unwilling or incapable of migrating their apps to the cloud, according to Andrew Conway, senior director of Enterprise […]

Betting that a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, Microsoft has updated its Office Sway software with a feature that makes it easier to find images and incorporate them into mobile-friendly interactive presentations. Office Sway represents a break from tradition for Microsoft. Instead of slide-based tools like PowerPoint, Sway enables users to create shareable […]

Azure Websites, Microsoft’s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering for secure Websites and Web-based applications, now offers developers and administrators more management and monitoring options. In a pair of blog posts, Apurva Joshi, senior program manager for Microsoft Azure Websites, detailed several of the new features and site enhancements his team has rolled out in an effort to […]

Microsoft announced today that Dynamics GP 2015, the company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), is generally available. Updates include an expanded set of workflows, according to Gordon Macdonald, head of global outbound marketing for Microsoft’s Dynamics ERP SMB segment. The enhancements “help streamline financial, purchasing, sales, payroll, and project […]

Facebook was the most searched app of the year on Bing, according to Microsoft’s analysis of its U.S. search engine activity for 2014. “Bing search results show that we are social butterflies when it comes to downloading new apps,” wrote the Bing Team in a Nov. 30 blog post. “Half of the most searched apps […]