Former head of the .NET platform is promoted in the wake of Satya Nadella's ascension to CEO.
The new head has a strong engineering background, with 22 years at Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/04/2014
Microsoft announced updates to several Big Data-related services on its Azure cloud platform with preview of Azure HDInsight, Storm on HDInsight, Azure Machine Learning.
The update, available through NuGet, supports older versions of the .NET Framework.
The first release is an open source Chassis Manager software specification, which outlines power supply and fan details.
Version 5.0 of the app certification requirements is also out.
Rumors also suggest Windows 8's successor may come next year.
The cuts will be in the areas of block blob storage and disk/page blob storage pricing, and are scheduled to take effect on March 13.
Office revenue down, but Windows Phone profits pick up.
The Visual Studio Online site is also experiencing growing pains.
Microsoft dropped offering its own version of Hadoop for on-premises deployments.
Update 2 is not far behind, either.
Cisco security report finds that 76 percent of corporations studied are still running the vulnerable and unsupported Java 6.
China, meanwhile, continues to develop its own China Operating System (COS).
"Windows 9" preview is expected to be the highlight of the show.
The free extension currently works only with Visual Studio 2013.
Information expected on the next version of Windows, rumored to be called "Windows 9".
Windows 9 bits aren't scheduled to be released at this year's Build event, however.
Coverity 7.0 also focuses sharply on Web application security.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/08/2014
PC shipments expected to remain flat.