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Holiday IT Horror Stories

Being an IT pro isn’t always glamorous. Read on for some of our favorite reader-submitted holiday IT horror stories.

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IT Volunteering Resources

Are you an IT pro looking to volunteer your time and expertise? Looking for someone with IT skills to donate? Find out more about the world of IT volunteerism.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: December 9

Because I can still hear Marc Benioff screaming, this edition of Short Takes focuses on Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition, a new Premium Assurance offer for enterprises, the U.S. Supreme Court rules for Samsung, and so much more.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: January 11

Because CES is a pointless disaster, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s brief view from the top, when a partnership is not a partnership, Bing and illegal content, Cortana’s ongoing problems, and much more. All goods things must end Microsoft’s months-long run as the world’s most successful company—as measured by market capitalization—has come…

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9 Essential IT Job Skills for 2015

Looking to enhance your IT job skills? Jeff James take a look at where the hot IT jobs might be for 2015 and beyond.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: May 29

Because I heard you missed me, I’m back, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s mea culpa on open-source, a cute return to the Microsoft of the 1990s, Microsoft Teams vs. Windows, Microsoft Teams vs. Slack, the future of command lines, and much, much, more.

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Dell Rumored to be In Merger Talks With EMC

Aidan Finn weighs whether Dell is nuts for considering an acquisition of EMC. Would Microsoft own a share of VMware? How can this work?

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RSA Conference 2014: 8 Top Computer Security Trends

Couldn’t make it to RSA Conference 2014? Read our summary of the latest IT security trends to make sure you’re armed with the latest information.

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Interview: Microsoft’s Chris Van Wesep on System Center 2012 SP1

In this interview, Microsoft’s Chris Van Wesep clues us in on the new features in System Center 2012 SP1.

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Happy 10th Birthday Hyper-V!

Last Update: Mar 14, 2023

On February 19, 2003, Microsoft announced that the corporation has acquired a privately held virtualization vendor called Connectix. It might not have seemed like it then, but this acquisition was the genesis of something huge in the IT world, and I’m not limiting that to just Hyper-V.

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