Microsoft News & Articles

If you've been following the progress of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, you will be aware that it is on a release cycle of two outings a year. Today, Microsoft has announced that second of those releases for this year will be available in December, and that it comes with enhanced device, collaboration, social and marketing support, not to mention Yammer and Skype integration.

Last week I had the great opportunity to participate in the Tweet Jam for the Evolution of Enterprise Collaboration. During this quick one hour community chat there seemed to be just a few underlying concepts that brought everyone together in agreement. I was reminded of these concepts with Microsoft's launch last Thursday.

It’s moving quickly towards the end of the year and enterprises everywhere are starting to do the sums to see how much all their computing is costing them. If a newly published reported by Osterman Research is anything to go by, the cost of running SharePoint has jumped by 16% this year.

       The scores are in on Apple's unexpected update to the iPad 3 and the contentious iPad mini. Will these gadgets finally see the decline in Apple's fortunes, or will the juggernaut continue? 

Content connector and enterprise search company, BA Insight will use its Longitude Connectors to connect the newest version of SharePoint to about 30 different business related enterprise systems, upon its release in November.

Microsoft shows off Office for Windows Phone 8, Hyland Software announces a new app for Windows 8, and then announces an entire new subsidiary in the UK, while Google makes Docs, Sheets and Slides available for Chromebook. Busy times in the document management industry.

 Buried under the news of Hurricane Sandy and Apple's executive reshuffle, you might not have realised that Microsoft officially launched its biggest play in smartphones yesterday. Many models and makes are coming soon, with first releases in Europe, followed by the States. 

During the opening keynote address at the YamJam ’12 Yammer user conference in San Francisco, Yammer Founder/Microsoft Corporate VP David Sacks and two other speakers discussed how enterprise social technology is quickly evolving to a point where in the near future the enterprise social platform will actually serve as the main platform where employees communicate and do business.

Yammer has announced a new comprehensive social layer called the Enterprise Graph, and it's a set of enterprise collaboration features that integrate into existing business workflows.

 It looks like Microsoft has the stage all to itself today with a west-coast launch of Windows Phone 8. Google has been forced to postpone its Fall product launch due to the impending hurricane, which is being recording in minute detail across the web. 

Microsoft isn't the only company making an announcement surrounding the newest version their Windows Operating System. Box has also announced that they have designed a new version of their file managing app -- specifically for Windows 8.

Enterprise workflow integration specialist harmon.ie is releasing Connect for SharePoint, a collaboration tool designed to create a single, unified user experience that crosses not only multiple devices but also the Microsoft and Apple platforms.

       The computing world won't change overnight with the launch of Windows 8, but in a few years time, the digital environment could be influenced heavily by what Microsoft shows today in New York. 

 Ahead of Google's big event, we've already seen the new Nexus phone leak out, now a new pair of tablets have been exposed to the world before their bow.  

IBM’s intranet information architecture is not good enough for you; nor is Microsoft’s.