Microsoft news from FierceFinanceIT

To demonstrate how willing people are to give up PII (personally identifiable information), Microsoft set up the fake Greater Offshore Bank & Trust branch and lured people into giving up their... Read more...

The Boston Globe offers an interesting column suggesting the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon.com--perhaps even Wal-Mart--will someday want to jump into the financial services industry,... Read more...

Does it surprise you that Linux has become the the most widely used operating system at big Wall Street firms? It might surprise some at first glance, but considering all the problems Sun... Read more...

In the financial services industry, people are accustomed to the latest and greatest--which often means fastest--technology. Many still assume that means some sort of proprietary, customized... Read more...

Banks would be unwise to ignore the Millenials, those aged 18-29, when they ponder the future. They represent an important demographic, and you want them as customers, which makes Microsoft's survey... Read more...

Citi's Global Transaction Services and Microsoft have announced the development of a new online corporate banking service, one that debuted at the Sibos event in Hong Kong. The new services are built... Read more...

It's no secret that Microsoft aims to be an essential player in the enterprise market, especially the financial enterprise. To that end, it will soon start testing a complex event processing... Read more...

Bank branches are as crucial as ever to top banks' consumer strategies. In fact, they may be the lynchpin. Especially now, banks need to wring every ounce of competitive advantage they can out of... Read more...

The giant of Redmond is convinced it's browser plug-in known as Silverlight is ideal for the financial services industry. It will be making its case in a series of demos and events soon, reports... Read more...

People tend to think of Microsoft as a software Leviathan. But in the enterprise, it has spent billions aiming to convince CIOs and other that it is as enterprise-ready as any other vendor. It is... Read more...