Eric Lai

Database and business intelligence software vendor Sybase alleges database maker Vertica Systems infringed on its patents in the areas of column-oriented databases. It remains mum on its choice of a Texas court

A senior VP from Redmond offers a glimpse on the massive development efforts involved in the yet-to-be released operating systems. Scheduled to arrive in 2010, Windows 7 will be similar under the hood to Vista

Microsoft Corp.'s plan to fill its mammoth Chicago data centre with servers housed in 40-foot shipping containers has experts wondering whether the strategy will succeed. In Microsoft's plan, each container in the data centre, still being built, will be filled with several thousand servers.

The company says the pricing of its new offering will be disruptive. "I don't think Oracle will like it," says the CTO

Microsoft's acquisition of FAST raises questions about which works better behind the firewall.

Despite being best known as an online retailer, Amazon.com's moves into cloud-based computing -- an arena that Microsoft Corp., IBM and other IT vendors also want to dominate -- have been hailed by some users

Stuart Scott was let go from the world's biggest software maker for violating company polices, but that hasn't stopped him from landing a new gig as chief operations officer. He'll even be reporting to "Paul Allen"

Microsoft's new Server Virtualization Validation Program is aimed at helping companies using Windows Server and third-party virtualization platforms get technical support