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Transforming businessMon, 08 Oct 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Edwin Yuen, Microsoft’s Director of Virtualisation and Cloud Strategy, discusses how the Cloud OS, with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure at its core, brings together all the services required by end users, developers and IT to truly reap the benefits of the Cloud. Edwin highlights the City of Barcelona as one European customer already benefitting from the Microsoft Cloud OS. By using Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V to consolidate its virtualisation desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment, the City of Barcelona is giving employees more flexibility, expanding VDI to more users and enhancing security. They also hope there will be cost savings in comparison with their existing VMware virtualisation solution.

Transforming businessWed, 27 Jun 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A blog post by Niels Soelberg (Vice President, Public Sector Sales for Microsoft EMEA) marks the launch of the full and no-cost Office 365 for education solution and discusses the importance of providing IT access to students across Europe. Adopting the cloud can bring many mutual benefits for students and European governments, and gives students a head start in the technology-driven workplace. Click through to read more about how Office 365 for education meets the demands of our customers, whether they seek data security, greater collaboration or improved communication among the student body.

Transforming businessWed, 27 Jun 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A new IDC whitepaper commissioned by Microsoft sets out the key questions CIOs should ask when selecting a cloud vendor to ensure compliance in the cloud. The paper discusses the issues of privacy, security and transparency in the cloud from a CIO perspective. Click through to find out more about the IDC whitepaper and Microsoft's approach to compliance in the cloud in the Office 365 Trust Center.

Transforming businessTue, 12 Jun 2012 15:30:00 GMT

Centralized migration to Windows 7 Enterprise increased employee productivity, improved fault-tolerance and security of all systems, and reduced the cost of support and maintenance of its computer fleet. Click through to read the full press release.

Transforming businessTue, 22 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A U.K.-based events and hospitality firm providing services for sponsors of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, iLUKA has addressed the IT challenges of a tenfold increase in staff while saving tens of thousands of pounds by adopting Microsoft Office 365. The company has markedly decreased its software licensing expenses, reduced its IT workload by decommissioning redundant email servers, and is benefiting from the enterprise levels of security and availability that Microsoft offers. Click through to read the full press release.

Fueling growth and healthy communitiesWed, 25 Apr 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Today, Microsoft Corp. released the Security Intelligence Report volume 12, which includes an in-depth analysis on the Conficker worm, one of the biggest ongoing threats to organizations for the past two and a half years. Learn how the worm spreads and what can be done to help defend against it.

Fueling growth and healthy communitiesFri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT

The Anti-Piracy team at Microsoft launched a global campaign this week to inform small businesses about the risk of counterfeit software creeping into their business when acquiring or downloading software from the Internet. Most business buyers know to avoid questionable street-corner vendors when purchasing software for their business, yet they may not think twice about ordering software from an unfamiliar but professional looking website that offers steep discounts. Click through to read the full blog post.

Fueling growth and healthy communitiesThu, 08 Mar 2012 14:45:00 GMT

As the proliferation of devices and cloud services expands the amount of data becoming available globally, Microsoft's chief privacy officers have focused on developing policies, processes and technologies to help protect users' personal information. To mark the 10-year milestone of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, Richard Purcell, Peter Cullen and Brendon Lynch recently looked back at key privacy efforts on their watch and ahead to social and marketplace trends that will change how privacy is managed in the decade ahead. Click through to read the full blog post.

Fueling growth and healthy communitiesMon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

For the fourth year running, Microsoft is supporting Safer Internet Day (7 Feb 2012), an event organised by Insafe, a European Commission initiative to raise internet safety awareness. Microsoft also releases the latest findings from the Microsoft Computing Safety Index, revealing that a majority of consumers have basic online security protection, but are less knowledgeable about how to defend against cybercrime threats such as phishing, identity theft and fraudulent links.

Driving what's nextThu, 12 Jan 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Ten years ago this week, during a time when security problems were threatening trust in software products, Bill Gates sent a companywide memo to all Microsoft employees announcing the creation of the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) initiative. In marking the ten year milestone of the original Trustworthy Computing memo today, Microsoft recognizes that Trustworthy Computing has never been more important. Click through to learn about the history of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft and news at Microsoft News Center.