Neowin News Feed for: Enterprise

Microsoft continues Hyper-V growth, catching up to VMware

Christopher White — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:59:00 +0100

One theme was clear at MMS 2013: Microsoft is serious about competing with and overtaking VMware in the virtualization market, and companies like Dominos Pizza and Xerox are on the forefront. Read more...

Microsoft Management Summit Keynote highlights

Christopher White — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:02:07 +0100

What did Brad Anderson have to say at the MMS 2013 keynote conference? We learned about cloud computing, especially around Azure and Intune, as well as the consumerization of IT, and yummy pizza! Read more...

Microsoft joins OpenDaylight Project to help shape SDN

Christopher White — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:40:39 +0100

Microsoft announced that they are one of the founding members of the OpenDaylight Project, an effort run by the Linux Foundation designed to create a new and common Software-Defined Networking. Read more...

Many companies planning Windows Phone, Windows 8 enterprise apps

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:32:17 +0100

A new survey shows that a large amount of companies are planning to deploy applications for Microsoft platforms (including Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone) over the next year. Read more...

Microsoft Management Summit: desktop, datacenter, and cloud

Christopher White — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:22:17 +0100

What does Microsoft have planned for the enterprise environment? We'll be traveling to Las Vegas next week to talk with company leaders to find out their vision for the corporate world. Read more...

Lenovo ditches Windows 8 for 7 for the enterprise

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:57:46 +0000

Rather than installing the latest version of Windows on PCs designated for the enterprise, Lenovo is shipping out Windows 7 on new machines with a discreetly-bundled Windows 8 DVD, just in case Read more...

Mall of America ditches BlackBerry, switches to Nokia Lumia 920s

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:34:59 +0000

Nokia has announced that Mall of America is switching from BlackBerry to the new Nokia Lumia 920, with the integrated Office Mobile features in Windows Phone 8 cited as a major reason for the change. Read more...

Samsung keeps us SAFE from the Unicorn Apocalypse

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:38:49 +0000

With a little help from the impending Unicorn Apocalypse, Samsung show that it is ready for the enterprise with security and workflow features of the Galaxy S III and Note 2 offered out of the box. Read more...

Windows Phone 8, The Enterprise, and a two-week adventure

Brad Sams — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:17:05 +0000

Windows Phone 8 has come a long way in terms of functionality, stability and development and to test the platform in all circumstances, I used the device in an enterprise environment for two weeks. Read more...

Google to Microsoft: We will steal 90% of your Office users

Christopher White — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 06:52:02 +0000

All Google wants for Christmas (of 2013) is to steal away 90% of Microsoft Office users from their chief competitor. Do users need all of the advanced features that Microsoft offers? Google says no. Read more...

Microsoft's 2013 enterprise software getting price hike

Paul Ferson — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:14:23 +0000

Microsoft's software prices are set to rocket within the workplace, while their Office 365 subscription price goes down. Say what you will, but Microsoft is really pushing a switchover for the future. Read more...

Analysts: Windows 'Blue' will hurt the enterprise

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:13:59 +0000

According to analysts, the rapid release of (the still unconfirmed) Windows "Blue" will hurt enterprise customers, and Microsoft should split the cycle to cater for both consumers and the enterprise Read more...

HP webinar will discuss gaps in traditional storage solutions

Christopher White — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:34:32 +0000

HP is teasing a major announcement in the arena of enterprise storage and it's expected to be released at HP Discover in Frankfurt. Join HP for a free storage webinar on November 1st at 5pm ET. Read more...

Taking Windows 8 into the Enterprise: The good, the bad, and the Modern UI

Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:47:37 +0100

Windows 8 is a unique operating system from Microsoft as it is the first to take a bold new step in uncharted territories. While consumers have weighed in with their opinions, what about corporations? Read more...

Four more Windows 8 RTM ISOs leak; two to web

Steven Parker — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:04:58 +0100

Yet another four images of Windows 8 have leaked, two can already be found on torrent websites or other means, this time they aren't the "N" editions, meaning Windows Media Player is included. Read more...

Microsoft: XP-Vista PC businesses should start Windows 8 planning now

John Callaham — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:23:15 +0100

Microsoft has offered more information on what the completion of the RTM build of Windows 8 means for businesses if they are running earlier versions of Windows. Read more...

TechEd day 2: Keynote highlights in pictures

Andy Weir — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:05:11 +0100

In the day 2 keynote at TechEd 2012, Microsoft highlighted the role that Windows 8 and Windows RT can play in business and enterprise environments. We take a look back at the keynote in pictures. Read more...

Review: SolarWinds Patch Manager

News Staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 +0100

In the last review in our series taking a look at SolarWinds, we're giving our impressions on SolarWinds' Patch Manager: a great piece of software that helps you deploy patches to your network. Read more...

Review: SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

News Staff — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:54 +0100

For detailed performance and issue reports on a host of applications and servers in your networked infrastructure, look no further than SolarWinds' Server & Application Monitor Read more...

Review: SolarWinds Log & Event Manager

News Staff — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:01:55 +0100

Managing security issues and keeping network performance at its best is time consuming, but with SolarWinds LEM it got a whole lot easier to deal with thanks to solid reporting tools and automation Read more...