By many accounts, the Apple iPad has been a disappointment -- even Apple "fanboy" bloggers and tweeters have proclaimed themselves underwhelmed.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 03/01/2010
What can Microsoft do to preserve the relevance of Windows -- and the crucial revenue stream that derives from it?
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 02/01/2010
I began writing Redmond Review one year ago, with a column covering the 2008 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC2008).
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 01/01/2010
The Microsoft SharePoint Conference (SPC) 2009 event defied the tough economic times. With more than 7,400 attendees, SPC eclipsed the size of this year's TechEd and MIX confabs combined.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 12/01/2009
After the much-delayed release of SQL Server 2005 finally came to pass at the end of its namesake year, Microsoft made a promise to release a new version of SQL Server every two to three years, from that point on.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 11/01/2009
REDMOND REVIEW: Since Bill Gates proclaimed Microsoft's Internet strategy in his Internet Tidal Wave memo of 1995, people have been cynical of Microsoft's embrace of the public network.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 10/01/2009
Since the birth of Visual Basic and Access, Microsoft has burned through a series of data-access APIs.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 09/01/2009
How .NET developers can help Microsoft face growing threats to its .NET franchise.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 08/01/2009
Microsoft isn't exiting the business intelligence market; it's redefining it.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 07/01/2009
PHP and MySQL have beaten Microsoft at the game it practically invented.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 05/01/2009
Aligning SQL in the cloud to SQL on the ground is about more than just common sense. It's about getting things done.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2009
Microsoft needs to move toward a more robust Web presence and enable a compelling -- and increasingly necessary -- Web-Windows integration offering.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 01/01/2009
Where should Microsoft draw the line between adopting outside standards and technology, and building its own technologies?
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 12/15/2008
Business Intelligence to get a boost from "Gemini" -- a BI adjunct to Excel.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 12/01/2008
A look back at the 2008 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 11/15/2008