Pedro Hernandez

Cyber-criminals are increasingly using “deceptive tactics” to circumvent the protections that Microsoft has built into its software over the past couple of years, according to the latest Security Intelligence Report (volume 16) from the company’s Trustworthy Computing division. Microsoft’s products have grown more resistant to bugs that can grant remote hackers access to Windows systems […]

Sitting through a boring PowerPoint presentation or two may be the right of passage into the corporate world, but Microsoft doesn’t believe that it has to be that way. The company has rolled out a private preview of Office Mix, a free PowerPoint add-on that incorporates interactivity and sharing features into the popular presentation software. […]

Microsoft Azure is rolling out the welcome mat for big SQL databases. Scott Guthrie, head of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise software division, recently announced some major updates to the SQL on Azure cloud database services portfolio. The enhancements, currently in preview, include an improved 99.95 percent service-level agreement (SLA), new service tiers, support for up […]

The long-rumored launch of a Surface mini tablet from Microsoft may be just weeks away, judging by the software company’s latest attempt to wrangle up technology journalists. On Tuesday, May 20, Microsoft is hosting a Surface press event in New York City. The company, not known for intimate, low-key events, is asking potential attendees to […]

Microsoft is setting up shop in downtown Miami to engage with area startups and expand the tech titan’s reach into Latin America. Sanket Akerkar, vice president of Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft, announced on May 2 that the company is opening its first U.S.-based Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) in the Floridian metropolis. Akerkar said […]

Microsoft has acquired GreenButton, a New Zealand-based cloud specialist, boosting the high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities of the software giant’s massive Azure cloud platform. Mike Neil, a general manager in the Microsoft Azure cloud division, announced the transaction in a May 1 blog post. While the financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, the […]

Available as a subscription, Microsoft’s Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) includes several components aimed to allow organizations to customize, secure and manage the user experience on Windows devices. The software bundle includes Application Virtualization (App-V), User Experience Virtualization (UE-V), Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM), BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) and Microsoft’s Diagnostics […]

Microsoft has rolled out a preview of the company’s new SQL Database for Azure service tiers, enabling businesses to tailor their subscriptions based on the performance requirements of their cloud-based SQL implementations. Scott Guthrie, who took over as Microsoft’s cloud chief after stated in a blog post. Basic is meant for light transactional workloads with […]

Microsoft is signaling that it is serious about enterprise cloud storage by giving OneDrive for Business users a massive capacity upgrade. John Case, corporate vice president of marketing for the Microsoft Office Division, announced that his company “will be increasing OneDrive for Business storage from 25GB to 1TB per user” in a blog post. Subscriptions […]

Windows 8.1 Smart Search is getting a major update this week, announced Microsoft on April 30. This week, the software giant is rolling out an update that accepts natural language queries and delivers more relevant, action-based answers. The update builds on the Smart Search feature that launched with Windows 8.1. Smart Search allows users to […]