Microsoft Corp. announced that Force 3 Inc., a leading IT solutions provider to the federal government and other organizations, has selected Microsoft Dynamics NAV to integrate and streamline its project accounting and financial management operations, manage its fast-growing business, and handle the stringent compliance obligations it faces as a government contractor.

AdECN Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, today at the ad:tech New York conference invited advertising networks that buy and sell online advertising to join in a limited pilot of its new federated system.

LG Electronics, Inc. (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications and Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft), the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions, today announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form strategic collaboration in Mobile Convergence.

The global economic climate presents new challenges and opportunities for information technology organizations, Brad Anderson, general manager of the Management and Services Division at Microsoft Corp., told approximately 5,000 attendees gathered at Tech•Ed EMEA 2008, Microsoft’s leading technology show in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for IT professionals.

On Tuesday, at PDC, Microsoft made an API-complete, pre-beta version of Windows 7 (also known as "Milestone 3") available to attendees and press, as expected. While there was no further information on an exact release date, in a keynote address, Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft's senior vice president of Windows and Windows Live, said that the first public beta of the OS will be available early next year.

Next generation of Windows Embedded Standard will offer a richer set of solutions for building smart, connected, service-oriented devices.

Univision Online Inc., the interactive subsidiary of Univision Communications Inc., the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, and Zune, Microsoft Corp.’s end-to-end music and entertainment service, today announced the launch of an exclusive music download service via Univision.com, to be powered by Zune.

Turns out Windows Strata wasn't Microsoft's initiative for cloud computing, despite it showing up in their catalog. And it wasn't Windows Cloud, either. No, it appears the real name is Windows Azure, as Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie called it as he unveiled it at PDC in Los Angeles.

Way back in January, Netflix promised to add Mac video streaming to its "Watch Instantly" feature before the end of 2008. Well, they've done it, ironically, with the help of Microsoft technology. Microsoft's Silverlight to the rescue.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is joining the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group, an organization focused on the development of the AMQP specification.

Nothing wrong with expanding into some new areas, eh? After all, Microsoft seems unable to catch up with Google on the search front, Vista hasn't been well received, and we could go on and on. Here's something that's sort of a new area to work on.

New “managed self-service” business intelligence technologies and enhanced enterprise-class data warehousing capabilities usher in era of truly pervasive BI.