Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Linux distributor Xandros is licensing messaging protocols from Microsoft as part of an expansion of the partnership the two companies forged in June. Xandros, which offers desktop and server versions ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Cisco’s highly publicized cooperation with Microsoft on unified communications will focus on sharing presence information as well as on voice mail, Web conferencing and other areas, a ...

Commercial customers running older versions of Outlook have two months to upgrade before losing access to the company's Microsoft 365 and Office 365 services. Microsoft has reminded commercial ...

Microsoft is changing some of its licensing rules, which are already complex. Here’s what small businesses should know.

Artificial intelligence tools are making it simpler and more cost-effective for companies and government agencies to switch software providers, according to The Information. New software licenses, ...

Likewise Software has released a new version of its open-source authentication software for allowing Linux, Apple Macintosh and commercial Unix-based computers to hook into Microsoft Active Directory ...

In addition to voicemail and Web conferencing, Cisco is aiming to include presence information in its unified communications partnership with Microsoft Cisco’s highly publicized cooperation with ...