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Microsoft Seeks Linux Expert for Windows Azure Interoperability

Support for Linux is coming to Windows Azure, and the latest job listing found on Microsoft’s website points exactly in this direction. The Redmond-based company is currently hiring a SR Software Development Engineer to help ensure “interoperability between Windows and Linux in Microsoft virtual and cl...

26 January 2012
10:49 GMT

Microsoft and AgreeYa Announce Licensing Agreement

Today, Microsoft and AgreeYa Mobility announced the signing of a licensing agreement meant to offer the latter the possibility to interoperate with a series of applications and services from Microsoft, aimed at the enterprise sector. Through the new agreement, AgreeYa Mobility will be able to come up with solutions...

29 November 2011
08:52 GMT

Windows Server Hyper-V and OpenNebula Play Nice Together

Microsoft has been continuously working to enhance interoperability for Windows Server, especially in relation to open source project, and is constantly making progress in this regard. Case in point: Hyper-V will play nice with OpenNebula. The open source toolkit for Cloud computing, OpenNebula now has Windows Se...

4 October 2011
04:52 GMT

New Java and PHP Interoperability Resources for SQL Server Codename Denali

Microsoft remains strongly committed to ensuring the developers leveraging PHP and Java for their projects will be able to enjoy interoperability with the next generation of its data platform. Still in development under the codename Denali, the next version of SQL Server will play nice with both Java and PHP applica...

30 August 2011
07:22 GMT

Windows and Linux Interoperability Marriage Expanded to Almost a Decade

  Microsoft and SUSE, formerly Novell, renewed a deal which expanded the Windows and Linux interoperability marriage to almost a decade. Many called controversial an agreement between Microsoft and Novell dating back to November 2006, which was designed to not only bridge Windows Server and SUSE Linux interopera...

26 July 2011
03:37 GMT

iPhone/iOS to Windows Phone 7 API Mapping Tool for Mobile Platform Agnostic Apps

Microsoft has already introduced a Windows Phone interoperability hub to woo developers building projects for rival mobile operating systems, and the company is continually enriching the collection of resources made available to catalyze the evolution of the WP ecosystem by supporting the development of platform agn...

30 April 2011
02:14 GMT

Customers See Consistent Benefits from Microsoft Novell Interoperability Deal

The number of companies that are moving to take advantage of the Windows and Linux interoperability deal inked by Microsoft and Novell back in 2006 continues to grow, with the duo pointing out that customers are attracted to the benefits catalyzed by their collaboration. Two recent studies from Forrester Consulting a...

24 June 2010
05:51 GMT

Outlook Interoperability Evolves with 2 .PST Open Source Projects

Microsoft has made what only seems like a natural step in the evolution of Outlook interoperability, unveiling two open source projects designed to increase the openness of the .pst file format. In all fairness, the software giant was already on the right path, having offered technical documentation for Outlook 2010 ...

24 May 2010
11:24 GMT

IE9 vs. Firefox 3.6.3, Chrome 4.1, Opera 10.52, Safari 4.05 vs. Same Markup

Internet Explorer 9’s evolution with the release of Platform Preview 2 is illustrative of the work the company is doing with the goal of achieving “same markup” across all browsers. But same markup (the same HTML, same CSS, and same script working seamlessly across all browsers) is not just about th...

8 May 2010
06:46 GMT

New File Formats and Protocol Documentation Available

New resources are available for third-party developers that want to make sure their solutions play nice with Microsoft’s Office suite in heterogeneous environments. At the end of the past week, the Redmond company announced that it had published additional documentation detailing file formats and protocols used...

22 February 2010
05:23 GMT

Windows Azure Interoperability, an Invitation to Embrace the Cloud

Windows Azure is by no means isolated in an ivory tour and accessible exclusively through Microsoft technologies. Generally available as of February 1st, 2010, Windows Azure comes with the promise that interoperability is a priority, a move designed as an invitation for developers, but also partners, customers and g...

2 February 2010
09:18 GMT

Microsoft Interoperability Efforts, Success in a Heterogeneous World

Back in 2006, Microsoft made a landmark move designed to bridge Windows Server and Linux with an interoperability agreement inked with Novell, a partnership that has evolved and grown in complexity. Although criticized for its intellectual property assurance aspect, the Novell deal signaled a cultural change for Micr...

1 February 2010
11:41 GMT

Microsoft Helps Sell Over $200 Million in Linux Support Certificates

The weak economy provides plenty of new customers for Microsoft and Novell, the Redmond company revealed, as it provided an insight into its successful partnership with the Linux vendor. In fact, Microsoft pointed to the global financial crisis as the specific reason why customers were crowding to offerings that came...

11 June 2009
09:53 GMT

Microsoft Interoperability Landmark: 50,000 Pages of Technical Documentation

Back at the start of 2008, Microsoft embarked on a new path, committing to a strong focus on interoperability. On March 19, 2009 the Redmond company announced that it had managed to hit a new landmark in its effort with in excess of 50,000 pages of technical documentation available for free to the public via MSDN. Cr...

19 March 2009
13:16 GMT

The Microsoft and Cisco Marriage: Addressing Emerging Customer Needs

The debut of September 2008 marked the one year anniversary of the Microsoft and Cisco marriage on the interoperability front. The two companies permitted customers to dictate the next move in their competitive "ballet," and in this regard kicked up a notch the interoperability level of Cisco hardware and Microsoft s...

4 September 2008
08:48 GMT

Microsoft Unveils Its Secrets in Over 44,000 Pages of Documentation

Following the embarkation on a new course focused on interoperability, Microsoft has made available in excess of 44,000 pages of protocol documentation related to its high-volume products from the Windows client to the Office System and the server platforms. In the latest push designed to fuel open connections in acc...

9 April 2008
07:20 GMT

Microsoft Made Windows Server 2008 Play Well with Unix

Microsoft's latest server operating system, Windows Server 2008, was developed to play well with rival platform UNIX. Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and then launched worldwide on February 27, at the Heroes Happen Here launch in Los Angeles. T...

14 March 2008
16:34 GMT

The Linux - Windows Love Spawns Free 2GB USB Drives Giveaway

Windows and Linux are traditionally regarded as two products situated at the opposite end of the operating system spectrum. However, Microsoft's strategy in relation with not only Linux, but also open source software has been slowly evolving. The Redmond company reached a new milestone with the landmark deal for...

3 March 2008
05:33 GMT

What's New in Microsoft Land: 18-22 February, 2008

Investing in the future is one of Microsoft's goals throughout its entire existence. It teamed with schools and supplied with everything needed for a better learning experience for the students, and even talked with governments to get them to sign on different study programs, that would benefit both the Redmond-...

23 February 2008
13:06 GMT

Microsoft Promises Vista SP1 and Windows 7 Will Be as Transparent as Aero

Windows Vista is among a collection of high-volume Microsoft products, also including .NET Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007, all impacted by the company's latest strategic move designed to expand interoperability across its tec...

21 February 2008
13:04 GMT

Microsoft Opens Up the Windows Operating Systems

Microsoft is opening up the Windows operating systems in a move to expand interoperability for developers. In this regard, the Redmond company announced the inking of several agreements focused on both the server and client platforms. Aruba Networks, BalaBit IT Security and Secure Computing have signed licensing agre...

28 August 2007
02:57 GMT

Windows/Linux Symbiosis - Not a Dream Anymore

A quick search on Google for tutorials regarding Linux and Windows interoperability, will reveal a lot of guides on how to install (emulate) Windows on a virtual machine inside Linux or how to migrate from Windows to Linux or how to dual boot Windows and Linux, but what I was really looking for was a way to run Wind...

8 July 2007
08:29 GMT

Xandros and Microsoft Work on Interoperability Between the XML Document Formats

Xandros and Microsoft seem to have taken seriously in consideration their new agreement and started working on some interoperability issues. According to the officials from the two companies, they intend to create and ship open source translators between the Ecma Office Open XML documents and the Open Documents Form...

22 June 2007
10:02 GMT

Microsoft Advances with Interoperability Camelot

Microsoft has called its interoperability customer council around the Redmond round table for the second time since 2006. The host of the council meeting, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft was joined by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and by Microsoft Senior Vice President ...

30 May 2007
11:48 GMT

Testing Windows Vista Ultimate and Linux

The Open Source Software Lab at Microsoft released at the beginning of May 2007, a document detailing Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 and Windows Vista Ultimate Beta interoperability testing. Authored by Microsoft's Hank Janssen, Chris Rawlings, Sam Vaughan, the Windows Vista Beta/Linux IPsec Interop Testing "provide...

21 May 2007
08:42 GMT

EU Watchdog Slaps Microsoft with New Monopoly Label

The Microsoft monopoly saga on the European Union's stage has once again gained focus thanks to the EU top watchdog Neelie Kroes. The European competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has lashed out at the business practices of the Redmond Company labeling them as "unacceptable." In an address to European parliamen...

23 March 2007
03:56 GMT

Picasa Web Albums - Blogger Interoperability

Yesterday, Google announced major updates for Picasa Web Albums, increasing the file storage size to 1 GB among with other interesting improvements. Today, the company reveals one more update for Picasa, adding interoperability with Blogger, the most popular blog service on the Internet. The blog owners are now able ...

9 March 2007
02:41 GMT


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