Google, Microsoft cloud crashes: Is this the new normal?

Recent outages for Google Docs and Office 365 add to a string of public clouds going dark.

  • By Kevin McCaney

Tech companies to offer jobs, training to unemployed vets

IT companies pledge to answer the president's challenge to help 100,000 vets.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Microsoft names new leader for fed sales

Greg Myers has been promoted to vice president of federal sales at Microsoft Corp. replacing Teresa Carlson.

  • By David Hubler

Microsoft's bid to buy Skype approved

The Federal Trade Commission approved Microsoft's bid to buy Skype for an estimated $8.5 billion.

  • By Kurt Mackie

Microsoft sues former GM hired by Salesforce.com

Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a former general manager working in the public sector market who left for an executive position at Salesforce.com.

Rival snags Microsoft GM

Salesforce.com has hired Microsoft GM Matt Miszewski as senior vice president for the global public sector.

  • By Kurt Mackie

Microsoft names next-gen Dynamics AX ERP solution

Microsoft announced the formal product name of its next-generation Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning solution at the Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference this week.

  • By Kurt Mackie

Agencies schooled to be vendor-neutral in RFPs

Officials have reminded agency purchasers about value-neutral IT purchases after a federal judge ruled that the Interior Department decided to buy software from Microsoft while other capable companies were interested in the work.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Google wins: Interior forbidden to award noncompetitive contract to Microsoft

Interior Department officials began considering awarding a contract to Microsoft too early in the contracting process, judge writes.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Google watches another cloud deal slip away

As another federal cloud computing contract goes to Microsoft, Google claims the government is unfairly favoring its rival.

  • By Alysha Sideman

Microsoft Federal leader moves to Amazon

The head of Microsoft Corp.’s federal division will shift to Amazon to lead its cloud computing efforts.

  • By David Hubler

Novell purchase to cost Attachmate $2.2B

Novell last week announced it will be sold to Attachmate, a business software company based in Seattle, for $6.10 per share.

  • By Chris Paoli

PowerPoint: Your guide to loving it, hating it or leaving it

FCW cartoonist and blogger John Klossner provides some handy tips for loving PowerPoint -- or for getting more time to spend with your family.

  • By John Klossner

Google sues Interior over cloud RFQ

Google and a cloud partner have sued the government alleging that an Interior Department RFQ unfairly excludes Google.

  • By Michael Hardy

Ozzie lays out 'post-PC world'

Ray Ozzie, renown for jumpstarting Microsoft's move to the Internet cloud, described a new vision for the company in a "post-PC world."

  • By Kurt Mackie

Microsoft's Ray Ozzie to retire

Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie is stepping down from his role and will retire, the company announced late Monday.

  • By Jeffrey Schwartz

Ballmer fills key executive holes

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has named three new company presidents and reorganized two of the company's business units.

  • By Jeffrey Schwartz

Microsoft tells Virginia, 'We will build it'

Virginia has enticed Microsoft Corp. to invest up to $499 million to locate its latest-generation data center in Mecklenburg County, Va.

  • By David Hubler

Would Patton survive in today's PowerPoint military?

Would Patton or MacArthur survive in the modern military's PowerPoint culture? Some of our readers doubt it.

  • By Michael Hardy

Microsoft, Salesforce settle patent dispute

Microsoft and Salesforce.com have reached an out-of-court settlement concerning alleged patent violations. Agreement includes undisclosed 'compensation' for Microsoft.

  • By Kurt Mackie
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