Microsoft reached the released-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone on Wednesday for Lync, its next-generation universal communications platform. The company will launch Lync at an event in New York Nov. 17.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/28/2010
An industry-sponsored survey of IT professionals found that just four percent have deployed Microsoft Office 2010, although interest remains high in the productivity suite.
The release candidate version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can now be downloaded.
Microsoft today released Office for Mac 2011, the seemingly neglected Apple Mac OS X-based version of the company's productivity suite.
Software security provider Symantec commissioned a study on Windows 7 migration experiences that was published this month.
Microsoft today unveiled a new cloud-based version of a suite of productivity tools that combines SharePoint, Exchange, Lync (formerly Communications Server), and both the Office Web applications and the Office Pro Plus desktop client.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/19/2010
Java should be considered a top software security threat, even more so than Adobe PDF files, according to Microsoft's announcement issued today.
Microsoft released Volume 9 of its "Security Intelligence Report" this week, which includes a section specifically honing in on the botnet problem.
Marathon Technologies last week rolled out software aimed at broadening the availability of fault tolerant computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/15/2010
Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.
Microsoft broke its own patch delivery record again with the release today of its October security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Baltimore-based AVIcode Inc., a provider of .NET application performance monitoring software.
Microsoft's forthcoming October security update will be another historic rollout.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2010
With a focus on the super-small business market, Aurora offers a cross-premises Active Directory solution that's easy to manage.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 10/01/2010
A look at what FIM, Microsoft's latest evolution of meta-directory services for active directory, might be able to do for your shop.