Vendors and Providers

Microsoft finally releases a new Windows 10 Mobile build, but installing it is a doozy

Upgrading requires a downgrade to Windows Phone 8.1

Microsoft improves security for Azure SQL Database

Security capabilities for managed database service help protect data

Why companies are switching from Google Apps to Office 365

The combination of familiar software and enterprise-class support is bringing early adopters disappointed by Google’s lack of progress back to Microsoft.

Does Cisco have to respond to Dell/EMC?

Other networking vendors with ties with VMware -- like HP -- could be in a bigger bind

Cisco dedicates security project to ‘pissing off the bad guys’

Project Aspis will help hosting providers remove persistent criminal activity from their networks before it spreads to end users

Windows 10 Insider dawdlers face blank screens Oct. 15

Preview builds released between Jan. 23 and July 9 stop working on Thursday unless updated to current version 10565

Google adopts single sign-on for more desktop, mobile apps

Google Apps administrators now can use single sign on for a wider set of Web and mobile apps

The BUNCH is back: Dell and EMC have potential to change the IT landscape

Dell's expensive acquisition of EMC recalls a time when tech companies joined together to take on competitors.

Does Microsoft even want its Lumia smartphones to succeed?

By only supporting one carrier, Microsoft almost guarantees failure for the new Lumia.

Gartner guru “shocked” by corporate reaction to Windows 10