Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Microsoft and CoreFiling have confirmed that UK corporations can now use CoreFiling's Seahorse service to file their taxes electronically, thanks to a technology licensing agreement the XBRL specialists forged with Microsoft to create Inline XBRL (iXBRL) documents by intelligently tagging Microsoft Word versions of financial statements.

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:15:00 GMT

Microsoft and its EMEA PR agency Weber Shandwick have won a Bronze SABRE for Media Placement: Newspaper for the Financial Times ‘Where the Internet Lives' article (November 2009) and achieved a certificate of excellence for Media Placement: Magazine for the BA Business Life piece: ‘Microsoft: The Revival' (August 2010). Read here the full details.

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:30:00 GMT

Software vendor HRLocker lowered their costs by 77 per cent after using Microsoft Azure cloud-based solutions for their HR management application offerings. Click through to find out more.

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Learn how to be a dynamic business at Microsoft Dynamics' leading event of the year, Convergence 2011. Click through to see Steve Ballmer's opening keynote speech beginning 1.30pm BST on Monday 11th April.

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:30:00 GMT

Microsoft will have a significant presence at Hannover Messe, the leading international showplace for industrial technologies, materials and product ideas, taking place on 4 - 8th April 2011. Click through to find out the latest announcements and read all the press materials.

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:15:00 GMT

Microsoft's Worldwide Government Solutions Forum takes place 6-7 April in Rome, bringing together partners, customers and international public sector experts to discuss how more effective citizen services can be delivered. With a focus on how the cloud is powering future governments, the forum will look at the innovative but cost-effective solutions available to the public sector and showcase some of the best uses of technology for citizens.

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:30:00 GMT

Microsoft announces the findings from its annual SMB Cloud Adoption study, looking at SMB attitudes toward the adoption of hosted IT and what opportunities that offers service providers. Designed and conducted in conjunction with Edge Strategies Inc, the research questioned 3,258 SMBs that employ up to 250 employees across 16 countries worldwide to gauge their feelings and attitude towards cloud computing.

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT

Microsoft demonstrated its push into the private cloud space with new capabilities in its System Centre 2012 technology at the company's Microsoft Management Summit 2011. At the summit yesterday, Microsoft corporate vice president Brad Anderson demonstrated how private clouds built with Microsoft technologies can help IT organisations meet their companie's demands for more agile services. Read here Darryl K. Taft's full article about yesterday's announcement.

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:30:00 GMT

Today Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Intune for purchase or as a free 30–day trial in 35 countries. Windows Intune uses the cloud to help computers and users operate at peak performance from virtually anywhere, lowering costs while increasing productivity. Read here the full release, customer case studies and additional media materials.

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:30:00 GMT

Microsoft today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Living PlanIT, one of the world's leading smart city and urban development technology providers. The partnership integrates Microsoft Connected Government Framework (CGF) with Living PlanIT's Urban Operating System (UOS), a real-time control platform that converges cloud computing, deep sensing, simulation, analytics and application services with the fabric of buildings and infrastructure.