Authored by Mike Walker, Enterprise Strategy and Architecture Chief IP Architect The face of today’s CIO has changed dramatically. Once upon a time the CIO was only concerned about the business of IT, from the development process and implementation...

Take a sneak peek at some of the buzz around Big Data at the Microsoft's recent US CIO Summit in Redmond, WA. CIOs share their thoughts on opportunities around Big Data and how SQL Server 2012 will help their companies lead the way in this new world of...

Take an exclusive look into the Microsoft US Spring 2012 CIO Summit as Kenneth Cukier, Data Editor from the Economist shares his thoughts on the data deluge. Is "big data" on your agenda? According to most analysts, it should be. How a business...

Bruno Aziza, Director Product Marketing, Microsoft Server and Tools Business Microsoft’s BI expert, Bruno Aziza shares his perspectives around Big Data including: opportunities and challenges associated with Big Data, ideas on the role Big data...

Jordan Chrysafidis, Vice President, US SMS&P, Microsoft Corporation I would like to personally invite you join me on April 24, 2012 at 8:30am (PST) as I host the 2nd Annual US CIO Summit Virtual Event. This exclusive event will be broadcast live...

Interviewed with Rick Mears, by Bob Violino, TechWeb When Owens & Minor, Inc., a Richmond, Va., distributor of medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply-chain management company, needed to move its business applications to a more cost...

Written by Bob Violino, TechWeb No matter what industry a company is in and whatever the size of its operations, chances are it is looking for ways to enable IT to better address the ever-changing needs of management, end users, customers and partners...

Presented by Dave Campbell, Microsoft Technical Fellow from the Strata Online Conference on Wednesday, 12/07/11 Big Data is all the rage. While the big data systems, patterns, and value were initially demonstrated at Petabyte scale with large scale...

Guest Blog post by Roy Sharples, Principal, Enterprise Strategy Services, Microsoft Corporation and Fred Warren, Lead Architect, Office of CTO, Microsoft UK Putting people and culture right at the center of the experience We have always identified...

Presented by Dave Campbell, Microsoft Technical Fellow at the Strata 2012 conference in Santa Clara, CA on Wednesday, 02/29/12 In a world where data increasing 10x every 5 years and 85% of that information is coming from new data sources, how...

Interview with Dave Campbell, Microsoft Technical Fellow at the Strata 2012 conference in Santa Clara, CA in February 2012 O’Reilly Media sits down with Microsoft Technical Fellow, Dave Campbell to discuss topics related to Big Data. Listen...

By Eugene Saburi, General Manager, SQL Server Marketing Team We are excited about the launch of SQL Server 2012. Please join us for SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event kicks off on March 7, 2012 starting at 8:00AM Pacific (-8:00 GMT) with keynotes...

By Bob Violino, TechWeb The business world is becoming much more mobile, and the workforce more technologically savvy. At the same time, new opportunities are arising in cloud computing, social media, “Big Data” and data analytics. CIOs...

An interview with Dave Mariani, Vice President of Engineering, Klout Social networking analysis site Klout is in the business of measuring online influence. Vice President of Engineering David Mariani explains how deriving insight from large volumes...

Join Microsoft® Dynamics CRM Director and industry expert, Matt Keenan, as he breaks through all the hype and shares his point of view on the importance of understanding the stakeholders in your social communities. In this session, he will focus on...

GroupM Customer Story Turning to Avanade to address its collaboration challenges, GroupM is now empowered with an automated global solution which helps to easily capture multiple data sources from its agencies worldwide. Business Situation...

Jean-Philippe Courtois, President Microsoft International As we begin a new calendar year, we’ve been excited to read analysts’ predictions that 2012 will be the year that many companies truly embrace cloud computing. Today, Microsoft is...

Written by Stephanie Stahl, TechWeb When it comes to plotting a cloud strategy, CIOs should stop thinking about labels and start looking for configurations that best fit their applications, says analyst Alistair Croll, founder of and principal analyst...

Garth Fort, General Manager of Microsoft's Security and Management Division, discusses what is new with applications management in this new world of the cloud, the ongoing need to optimize the development and operations relationship, compelling applications...

Garth Fort, General Manager of Microsoft's Security and Management Division, discusses what factors are leading IT executives to evaluate a private cloud solution, the benefits a private cloud offers, and how to implement a cloud environment with their...

Register here . In 2012, cloud computing will transition from hype and discussion, to part of every enterprise's reality, and IT is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation and help business reap the benefits of cloud computing. To help you...

W ritten by Bob Violino, TechWeb A growing number of companies are moving to cloud computing environments to take advantage of potential benefits such as lower IT costs, increased efficiencies and the greater flexibility provided by the cloud model...

By Bob Violino, TechWeb Business innovation not only helps companies enhance processes and improve the bottom line, it also allows them to stand out from competitors in a dramatic way. That’s certainly true in the retail sector, where innovative...

Interview with Paul Bryan, Senior Director, Windows Phone Product Management Innovation comes in different shapes and sizes. Where should organizations put their focus today? With the rapidly growing use of smartphones and slates, opportunities...

By Paula Klein, TechWeb It would seem that all an IT team has to do is snap its fingers and innovation happens. After all, these are the best and brightest technologists in the enterprise working on leading-edge systems and devices that should bring...