Microsoft is letting its federal customers choose between Office 365 public or private cloud solutions, Microsoft‘s U.S. public sector vice president Curt Kolcun announced Thursday. Kolcun said in a blog post that cloud comes in a variety of forms for a variety of functions, similar to how agencies use them.  The Agriculture …

Microsoft Corp. employees raised a company record $100.5 million for U.S.-based nonprofit organizations in 2011, the company announced Wednesday. Overall, Microsoft employees have raised $946 million for community organizations and nonprofits since the company launched its giving program in 1983. Microsoft is currently in the 30th year of its corporate …

Microsoft has formed an alliance with the D.C. local government to provide technology access and computer-skills training in the District, Microsoft announced Wednesday. Microsoft will assist the D.C. Department of Employment Services in providing residents with basic technology training to develop skills required for most entry-level jobs. The D.C.-Microsoft alliance will …

Geary Brummell currently serves as federal healthcare sales manager at Microsoft. In this position, he is responsible for developing sales strategy, managing accounts and dealing with government agencies. Agencies and organizations he works with include the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security …

Microsoft recently partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and healthcare systems firm Unival to establish a statewide electronic healthcare registry, according to published reports. The registry will allow residents to provide doctors with instructions regarding what steps to take protect their lives in case of a medical emergency. Residents’ healthcare records will …

HP Enterprise Services and Microsoft Corp. have announced a global, four-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s communications and collaboration products via the public and private cloud. Through the public cloud, Microsoft will deliver its collaboration and productivity tool Microsoft Office 365. A Microsoft release said the companies’ cloud solutions will shift …

Microsoft Corp. and AgreeYa Mobility today announced a protocol licensing agreement that allows AgreeYa Mobility solutions to interoperate with select Microsoft enterprise applications and services. The agreement will enable AgreeYa Mobility to create solutions for non-Microsoft mobile platforms that connect with Microsoft enterprise back-end systems. “The consumerization of IT presents …

CIBER has been selected to implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM systems over multiple phases for Security Service Federal Credit Union. CIBER will begin working by implemented CRM systems used by service centers and call centers personnel. CIBER says this will simplify workforce training, reduce errors and costs and expedite member care. …

Microsoft recently announced the availability of the Microsoft Dymanics CRM November 2011 service update for its website. The service update brings new customers social collaboration capabilities along with a complete Microsoft Office 365 experience and enhancements for enterprises using Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the cloud. “By bringing together new social …

Microsoft has developed a wearable system that allows projection screens on everyday surfaces, including the palm of your hand, named OmniTouch, according to a CNET report. The technology combines a laser-based pico projector and depth-sensing camera, the latter not unlike Microsoft’s Kinect camera for the Xbox 360, says CNET. But it is modified …

Accenture and Avanade have been named to the 2011’s President’s Club for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The companies were jointly recognized as being in the top five percent of partners worldwide. The pair received the honor for its performance as a Microsoft Dynamics CRM partner and its commitment to customers.  The …

Scott Miller is the general manager of Microsoft Corporation’s U.S. Public Sector National Security Group and U.S. Cyber Security Group. The primary focus of this group is to lead customers in the adoption and deployment of Microsoft solutions in the most secure method possible while providing advisory services to both …

Vince Menzione is general manager of U.S. public sector partner strategy at Microsoft. Menzione leads a team responsible for partner engagement within the U.S. public sector. Menzione’s teams span the federal, state and local government, education and healthcare businesses in the U.S. The team engages with partners of all types …

In a keynote earlier this week at PASS Summit 2011, Quentin Clark, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s SQL Server Database Systems Group,  highlighted the company’s cloud commitment and announced several new technologies that will create greater flexibility and scalability in public, private and hybrid cloud deployments.  Clarke expanded on the …

Skype will become a business unit of Microsoft Corp. after the board of directors of each company agreed on the terms of an $8.5 billion acquisition. Microsoft said the move will accelerate the companies’ efforts to transform real-time communications for consumers and enterprise customers. In the long term, Microsft will integrate Skype into many …