Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT

HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced new solutions for business intelligence, data warehouse, messaging and database consolidation to help increase employee productivity and reduce IT complexity. Find out more about the joint news announcement.

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Microsoft announces the international availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, which signifies another milestone in Microsoft's cloud and CRM strategy. Steve Ballmer will be making a keynote highlighting several key customers that have switched from competitors to Microsoft's new product. For more details on the announcement, click here.

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Microsoft and Logica have entered into an agreement to offer cloud based solutions to clients, utilising public and private cloud offerings with Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, Hyper-V Cloud and Microsoft Office 365 enabling clients to realise the benefits of and start their journey to cloud computing. This alliance has already proven to be successful, with three new clients Talentsoft, Backelite and Ventadis now working with Logica and Microsoft's teams in France to develop innovative solutions based on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. Read the announcement made today by Microsoft and Logica and how both companies will go to market side by side to help enterprises move from consideration of cloud computing to adoption cloud solutions.

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT

The Royal Mail group has recently undergone huge modernisation of its services. Royal Mail needed to improve the resilience and flexibility of its IT infrastructure to prepare the company to meet the challenge of a changing market for postal services. The company looked to CSC as its IT outsourcing and systems integration partner to virtualise its servers using the Hyper-V feature of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter. The savings that this has created are huge, saving them over £1 million over the next four years. Read here the full case study and how Royal Mail benefits with Windows Server 2008.

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:45:00 GMT

Transport for London (TfL) has taken to the cloud by moving their Developers Area and new Trackernet data feed to the Microsoft Windows Azure platform. This forms the first major step of their comprehensive Digital Strategy and open data policy initiative. Read here the announcement made today at the Windows Azure team blog to find out more about the news and how TfL, developers and customers will benefit with Microsoft cloud computing platform.

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:00:00 GMT

On December 7, the Office Web Apps (on Windows Live SkyDrive and Hotmail) become available in 15 additional countries in Asia and EMEA, including China, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey. People in these countries can now use the Web Apps to view, edit, and share Office documents from anywhere with a browser and an internet connection -- this includes viewing, editing and sharing Office document attachments in Hotmail. Jevon Fark, Sr. Marketing Manager, Office Team, discusses the introduction of Office Web Apps to a further 15 countries in Asia and EMEA. Read more here.

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:30:00 GMT

Microsoft yesterday released an Open Letter from Michael Park, corporate vice president, sales, marketing and operations, Microsoft Business Solutions, inviting customers to learn about and evaluate Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. As part of the letter, Microsoft announced the "Cloud CRM for Less" offer for Salesforce.com and Oracle customers.

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Read here how Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is helping a leading Swedish hotel chain to strengthen customer service while reducing costs, giving employees a more flexible, streamlined way to communicate and share information and to increase productivity.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Jean-Philippe Courtois, President Microsoft International, talks about the concept of the New World of Work at the Rotterdam School of Management. Read his full speech here to find out more about Microsoft's vision of placing the employee at the centre of the business, making information technology work for them to help make their lives easier.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT

As the industry starts to strengthen, manufacturers are looking for new, innovative ways to enhance efficiency, drive growth and meet other critical needs; the natural next step is to look to the cloud. Windows Embedded, Intel and Siemens demonstrate latest version of Innovative Production Line proof-of-concept at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010.