http://redmondmag.com/rss-feeds/news.aspx IT purchasing has been so bad recently that things have got to be looking up. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Worst-May-Be-Over-for-IT-Market.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:36 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Worst-May-Be-Over-for-IT-Market.aspx Why can't a Web browser be more like an operating system? That's a question being investigated with "Gazelle," an ongoing project at Microsoft Research. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Microsoft-Gazelle-Browser-Going-on-Tour.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:44 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Microsoft-Gazelle-Browser-Going-on-Tour.aspx Microsoft is planning to deliver Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Server Update Services, starting on Aug. 25. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Internet-Explorer-8-Coming-Next-Month-Via-WSUS.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:23:57 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Internet-Explorer-8-Coming-Next-Month-Via-WSUS.aspx Networking giant Cisco Systems on Tuesday showed an interest in the hosted productivity suite space that Microsoft is poised to dominate. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Cisco-Describes-Plans-for-Office-Like-Service.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:20:14 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Cisco-Describes-Plans-for-Office-Like-Service.aspx Google came through with fixes to its newly introduced e-mail and calendar synchronization application that works with Microsoft Outlook. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Google-Fixes-Bug-in-Sync-App-for-Outlook.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:19:28 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Google-Fixes-Bug-in-Sync-App-for-Outlook.aspx A Symantec survey reveals the "rising [disaster recovery] pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service-level requirements to mitigate risk to the business." http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Report-Disaster-Recovery-Improving-but-Downtime-Hurts.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:20:38 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Report-Disaster-Recovery-Improving-but-Downtime-Hurts.aspx Microsoft last week announced the availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Microsoft-Deployment-Toolkit-2010-Beta-Released.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:18:26 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Microsoft-Deployment-Toolkit-2010-Beta-Released.aspx Microsoft's new Windows 7 "upgrade option program" for consumers and small businesses has a catch: the offer is restricted to buying 25 PCs or less. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Windows-7-Consumer-Upgrade-Limited-to-25-PCs.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:57:10 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Windows-7-Consumer-Upgrade-Limited-to-25-PCs.aspx The general economic downturn is leaving its mark on IT salaries, according to an independent study released on Monday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/29/IT-Salaries-Getting-Pinched-in-2009.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:07:41 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/29/IT-Salaries-Getting-Pinched-in-2009.aspx Microsoft is working with the government to establish secure system settings that are expected to become the Federal Desktop Core Configuration for Windows 7. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Microsoft-DOD-Defining-Windows-7-Security.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:18:38 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Microsoft-DOD-Defining-Windows-7-Security.aspx Gartner reported a better-than-expected first quarter for PC shipments and is now forecasting a healthy market recovery in 2010. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Gartner-Forecasts-Better-Than-Expected-PC-Shipments.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:13:18 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Gartner-Forecasts-Better-Than-Expected-PC-Shipments.aspx Microsoft on Thursday announced that hotfixes are now available to patch a SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) glitch that surfaced last month. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Hotfixes-Issued-for-SharePoint-SP2-Glitch.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:03:39 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Hotfixes-Issued-for-SharePoint-SP2-Glitch.aspx Microsoft on Thursday announced Windows 7 consumer pricing, an upgrade program for new PC buyers and a limited-time discount offer -- starting on June 26. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Windows-7-Pricing-Discounts-Unveiled.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:36:52 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Windows-7-Pricing-Discounts-Unveiled.aspx In an effort to give students a portal to real-world volunteer service, the federally operated Corporation for National and Community Service has announced a partnership with Microsoft to establish a virtual helpdesk. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Microsoft-Teams-with-CNCS-in-IT-Education.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:22:57 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Microsoft-Teams-with-CNCS-in-IT-Education.aspx Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint is now available, company officials announced this week. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Zoho-Bypasses-Microsoft-Office-With-SharePoint-Integration.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:13:44 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Zoho-Bypasses-Microsoft-Office-With-SharePoint-Integration.aspx The beta trial for Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) 1.0 is now closed after 75,000 testers downloaded it following Tuesday's debut. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Microsoft-Making-Waves-With-Consumer-Security-Beta.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:24:52 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Microsoft-Making-Waves-With-Consumer-Security-Beta.aspx Microsoft has extended service-pack support for its Dynamics products from 12 months to 24 months, the company announced on Tuesday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Dynamics-Service-Pack-Support-Extended-to-2-Years.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:42:28 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Dynamics-Service-Pack-Support-Extended-to-2-Years.aspx Microsoft last week unveiled a surprise concession for users of its Office PerformancePoint Server product: a new Financial Planning Accelerator offering that could extend the life of that product. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/PerformancePoint-Server-Planning-Gets-New-Lease-on-Life.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:22:03 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/24/PerformancePoint-Server-Planning-Gets-New-Lease-on-Life.aspx The downturn in the economy is affecting the role and spending strategies of IT organizations, according to a Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Microsoft. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Some-IT-Orgs-Spending-Strategically-in-Bad-Economy.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:35:22 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Some-IT-Orgs-Spending-Strategically-in-Bad-Economy.aspx Microsoft last week rolled out a beta of its new planning tool, which is designed to help its partners and customers migrate to products within the Microsoft stack. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Microsoft-Releases-Planning-Toolkit-Beta.aspx Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:02:18 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Microsoft-Releases-Planning-Toolkit-Beta.aspx Last month, according to Symantec Corp. subsidiary MessageLabs, the spam tally eclipsed 90 percent of all business e-mail. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Report-Spam-Levels-Continue-To-Surge.aspx Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:23 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/23/Report-Spam-Levels-Continue-To-Surge.aspx Microsoft last week released a public beta of Configuration Manager Service Pack 2. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/22/Configuration-Manager-2007-SP2-Released.aspx Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:39:12 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/22/Configuration-Manager-2007-SP2-Released.aspx Microsoft on Tuesday will roll out a public test version of its free consumer security application, which was previously known by its code name, "Morro." http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/18/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-Beta-Available-June-23.aspx Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:46:08 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/18/Microsoft-Security-Essentials-Beta-Available-June-23.aspx Microsoft has clarified its downgrade rights policies for Windows 7 purchasers when that operating system becomes generally available. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/18/Microsoft-Unveils-Windows-7-Downgrade-Plan.aspx Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:01:15 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/18/Microsoft-Unveils-Windows-7-Downgrade-Plan.aspx Researchers at Finjan Software Inc. have discovered a professional network for buying and selling botnets anywhere in the world. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/17/Researchers-Discover-Online-Botnet-Market.aspx Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:20:55 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/17/Researchers-Discover-Online-Botnet-Market.aspx Microsoft found a problem with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, a new data synchronization plug-in launched by Google last week. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/17/Microsoft-Finds-Bug-in-Google-Sync-for-Outlook.aspx Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:44:05 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/17/Microsoft-Finds-Bug-in-Google-Sync-for-Outlook.aspx Virginia's governor has announced that the state is partnering with Microsoft to offer free technology training and skills certification to residents. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/16/Microsoft-Offers-Free-Training-to-Virginians.aspx Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:32:10 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/16/Microsoft-Offers-Free-Training-to-Virginians.aspx A report shows many organizations have limited or no knowledge of the systems to which their active and terminated employees actually have access. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/16/IT-Underestimates-Risk-from-Zombie-Accounts.aspx Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:37:19 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/16/IT-Underestimates-Risk-from-Zombie-Accounts.aspx On Thursday, Mississippi announced it is the latest state to settle its multimillion-dollar antitrust suit against Microsoft. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Microsoft-Settles-Antitrust-Suit-for-100M.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:03:15 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Microsoft-Settles-Antitrust-Suit-for-100M.aspx Cyber-Ark's survey reveals that a significant number of IT staff use their IT administration rights to access privileged or confidential data. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Insider-Snooping-Serious-Security-Issue.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:30:20 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Insider-Snooping-Serious-Security-Issue.aspx Dell announced late last week that it is the first company aside from Microsoft to offer Microsoft software for sale via direct download. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Dell-Selling-Microsoft-Software-via-Download.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:46:52 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Dell-Selling-Microsoft-Software-via-Download.aspx A new survey of 17,000 IT security professionals by Cloakware should be cause for alarm for security administrators. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Report-Disgruntled-Employees-Growing-Security-Threat.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/15/Report-Disgruntled-Employees-Growing-Security-Threat.aspx Microsoft is releasing new betas of Forefront enterprise security products, according to announcements issued this week. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Microsoft-Rolls-Out-New-Forefront-Betas.aspx Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:40:36 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Microsoft-Rolls-Out-New-Forefront-Betas.aspx A setting in Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows Vista can help stave off a particular remote code execution attack, according to Microsoft's security team. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Protected-Mode-To-Secure-IE-7-Microsoft.aspx Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:41:14 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Protected-Mode-To-Secure-IE-7-Microsoft.aspx Worldwide shipments of portable PCs surpassed desktop PCs in the first quarter of this year, marking the first time it has occurred, according to an IDC report announced on Thursday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Netbooks-Overtake-Desktop-Shipments-for-First-Time.aspx Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:20:43 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Netbooks-Overtake-Desktop-Shipments-for-First-Time.aspx AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points and nearly 550 clients in different financial centers and found that half of them were either open -- unprotected -- or used Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Study-Finds-Wireless-APs-Open-to-Attack.aspx Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:08:50 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/11/Study-Finds-Wireless-APs-Open-to-Attack.aspx Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed answered some questions about the software giant's business prospects on Wednesday at an investment firm-sponsored technology conference. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/10/Windows-7-Will-Face-Tough-Market.aspx Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:00:51 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/10/Windows-7-Will-Face-Tough-Market.aspx Google just made it easier for IT organizations to ditch Microsoft Exchange Server. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/10/Google-Unveils-Potential-Exchange-Killer.aspx Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:49:03 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/10/Google-Unveils-Potential-Exchange-Killer.aspx Cost-cutting IT organizations may delay Microsoft Office upgrades, but they don't appear to be switching to alternative productivity suites, according to a Forrester survey. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/09/IT-May-Wait-for-Office-2010-Survey.aspx Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:05:03 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/09/IT-May-Wait-for-Office-2010-Survey.aspx It only took six months for Microsoft to break its own record for addressing the most vulnerabilities in a single patch. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/09/Microsoft-Breaks-Record-With-Massive-June-Patch.aspx Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:23:33 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/09/Microsoft-Breaks-Record-With-Massive-June-Patch.aspx The release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for public testing, Microsoft announced on Monday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/08/Microsoft-SCVMM-2008-R2-RC.aspx Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:07:37 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/08/Microsoft-SCVMM-2008-R2-RC.aspx Microsoft's Bill Veghte spoke at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference on Monday, providing a general overview of the Windows 7 business plan. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/08/Windows-7-Modest-Bump-in-PC-Sales-Veghte.aspx Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:59:28 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/08/Windows-7-Modest-Bump-in-PC-Sales-Veghte.aspx A leaked memo from consumer retailer Best Buy has disclosed the start date for Microsoft's incentive program for Windows sales -- June 26. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Windows-7-Consumer-Discounts-To-Begin-June-26.aspx Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:07:03 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Windows-7-Consumer-Discounts-To-Begin-June-26.aspx June may prove to be a busy month for IT pros, with Microsoft planning to release 10 fixes in its next security patch. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Heavy-Security-Patch-Coming-on-Tuesday.aspx Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:10:40 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Heavy-Security-Patch-Coming-on-Tuesday.aspx At the Computex event in Taiwan this week, Microsoft presented its vision of a mobile computing world that will include "consumer Internet devices" alongside netbooks. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Microsoft-Sets-Stage-for-Netbook-vs-Smartbook.aspx Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:43:20 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/05/Microsoft-Sets-Stage-for-Netbook-vs-Smartbook.aspx Microsoft and Intel on Wednesday touted the ability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM to expand to meet multiple user needs when powered by Intel's Xeon 5500 processor. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/03/Intel-Xeon-Adds-Metal-to-Microsoft-Dynamics-CRM.aspx Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:11:15 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/03/Intel-Xeon-Adds-Metal-to-Microsoft-Dynamics-CRM.aspx Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22, 2009. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Windows-7-To-Ship-Late-October.aspx Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:22:26 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/02/Windows-7-To-Ship-Late-October.aspx Microsoft cancelled its standalone Office Developer Conference for this year and instead will fold the content into its SharePoint Conference 2009 event, which is scheduled for the fall. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Office-Developer-Conference-Cancelled.aspx Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:18:44 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Office-Developer-Conference-Cancelled.aspx This year's JavaOne represents a changing of the guard for Sun Microsystems, longtime conference sponsor and steward of the Java platform, which is set to be acquired by Oracle. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Clouds-Cast-Over-Sun-on-Eve-of-JavaOne.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:58:34 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Clouds-Cast-Over-Sun-on-Eve-of-JavaOne.aspx Microsoft changed course on its product marketing plans for the Windows 7 Starter edition and removed a restriction that critics said would have artificially "crippled" the operating system. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Windows-7-Starter-Freed-of-Three-App-Limit.aspx Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:11:51 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/06/01/Windows-7-Starter-Freed-of-Three-App-Limit.aspx Microsoft executive Tami Reller fielded questions about the company's Windows business segment on Thursday in New York City. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Reller-Assures-Financial-Crowd-on-Windows-7-Readiness.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 04:03:57 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Reller-Assures-Financial-Crowd-on-Windows-7-Readiness.aspx Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday describing a newly disclosed bug in Microsoft DirectShow that could enable remote code execution attacks. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/DirectShow-Subject-to-Attacks-Microsoft-Warns.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 02:49:22 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/DirectShow-Subject-to-Attacks-Microsoft-Warns.aspx Now that there's some movement toward a U.S. cybersecurity policy, it's time to roll up the sleeves and get to work, and that task won't be easy, software security experts suggested on Friday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Cybersecurity-Policy-Will-Pose-Challenges-Security-Pros.aspx Sat, 30 May 2009 00:58:56 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Cybersecurity-Policy-Will-Pose-Challenges-Security-Pros.aspx Google this week took developers off guard by revealing Google Wave, a real-time shared communications stream that can include text, photos, videos and maps to which all participants have access. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Google-Reveals-Wave--at-IO-Dev-Conference.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 23:04:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Google-Reveals-Wave--at-IO-Dev-Conference.aspx President Barack Obama on Friday announced the creation of the position of a cybersecurity coordinator who will direct national cybersecurity policy from the White House. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Obama-Action-Plan-Calls-for-Cybersecurity-Coordinator.aspx Fri, 29 May 2009 22:39:14 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/29/Obama-Action-Plan-Calls-for-Cybersecurity-Coordinator.aspx President Barack Obama will release the long-awaited report on U.S. cybersecurity policy on Friday, May 29. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/28/President-To-Release-Report-on-Cybersecurity.aspx Thu, 28 May 2009 22:01:34 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/28/President-To-Release-Report-on-Cybersecurity.aspx Microsoft announced "Bing" on Thursday, the company's newest search engine technology and brand campaign. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/28/Microsofts-Bing-Search-Engine-Unveiled.aspx Thu, 28 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/28/Microsofts-Bing-Search-Engine-Unveiled.aspx Microsoft published Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Monday for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/SP2-Windows-Vista--and-Windows-Server-2008.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 23:50:56 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/SP2-Windows-Vista--and-Windows-Server-2008.aspx A recent study from IT staffing specialist Robert Half Technology suggests that CIOs plan to invest in new IT initiatives over the next year, in spite of a bad (and possibly worsening) economic climate. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/IT-Shops-Still-Spending-Despite-Downturn.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 22:07:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/IT-Shops-Still-Spending-Despite-Downturn.aspx A private cloud could offer almost all the benefits of a public cloud, but without the attendant security and privacy headaches, said Jim Whitehurst, president and chief executive officer of enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Private-Clouds-Better-for-Security.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 21:53:29 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Private-Clouds-Better-for-Security.aspx Microsoft on Wednesday announced the creation of the "Social Enterprise Alliance," a partnership centered on the customization and integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Microsoft-Forms-Social-Networking-Partner-Alliance.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 21:06:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Microsoft-Forms-Social-Networking-Partner-Alliance.aspx Software security continues to trouble IT pros, who often have to do more with less in the current recession, according to two industry-sponsored studies. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/IT-Dogged-by-Security-Issues.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 01:40:04 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/IT-Dogged-by-Security-Issues.aspx Microsoft on Thursday issued an "evaluation edition" of its System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 product. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Operations-Manager-2007-R2-Available-for-Trial.aspx Tue, 26 May 2009 23:13:19 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Operations-Manager-2007-R2-Available-for-Trial.aspx Microsoft recently received a U.S. patent on technology that can restrict software and hardware use on a computer http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Microsoft-Gets-Patent-on-OS-Disabling-Technology.aspx Tue, 26 May 2009 21:07:22 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Microsoft-Gets-Patent-on-OS-Disabling-Technology.aspx AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points (APs) and nearly 550 clients in seven different financial centers and found that half of these WAPs were either open (unprotected) or used WEP encryption. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/WiFi-a-Welcome-Mat-for-Attackers.aspx Tue, 26 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/WiFi-a-Welcome-Mat-for-Attackers.aspx Microsoft has cancelled a hearing on alleged competition violations that was scheduled to take place before European Commission (EC) officials in early June. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Microsoft-To-Skip-EC-Hearing.aspx Tue, 26 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/26/Microsoft-To-Skip-EC-Hearing.aspx Microsoft on Friday announced that there's a problem for those who applied Service Pack 2 (SP2) to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) -- namely, it's timed to expire in 180 days. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/22/Microsoft-Big-Problem-SharePoint-Service-Pack-2.aspx Fri, 22 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/22/Microsoft-Big-Problem-SharePoint-Service-Pack-2.aspx Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, fielded questions from financial analysts at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Ozzie-Microsoft-Vision-at-JP-Morgan-Event.aspx Fri, 22 May 2009 00:35:12 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Ozzie-Microsoft-Vision-at-JP-Morgan-Event.aspx VMware on Thursday announced the general availability of the vSphere 4 family of virtualization products. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/VMware-vSphere-4-Now-Available.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 21:15:21 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/VMware-vSphere-4-Now-Available.aspx Microsoft on Monday alerted users of its Exchange Server 2007 product that Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be coming sometime in the third quarter of this year. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Exchange-Server-2007-SP2-Arriving-This-Fall.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 16:25:09 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Exchange-Server-2007-SP2-Arriving-This-Fall.aspx Cisco's announcement this week of a new "Smart Grid" secure network infrastructure offering takes it further afield from its enterprise networking roots. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Ciscos-Smart-Grid-to-the-Rescue.aspx Thu, 21 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/21/Ciscos-Smart-Grid-to-the-Rescue.aspx Microsoft and HP expanded their existing agreements on unified communications (UC) products and services on Tuesday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/20/MicrosoftHP-Renew-Unified-Communications-Push.aspx Wed, 20 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/20/MicrosoftHP-Renew-Unified-Communications-Push.aspx Responding to public reports of a wild bug, late Monday Microsoft issued a security advisory to address a potential vulnerability in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Microsoft-Issues-Security-Alert-on-IIS-Web-Server.aspx Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/19/Microsoft-Issues-Security-Alert-on-IIS-Web-Server.aspx The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 bits became available to MSDN subscribers Monday. A public beta is scheduled for release on Wednesday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/18/Visual-Studio-2010-and-NET-FX-4-Beta-Drops.aspx Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/18/Visual-Studio-2010-and-NET-FX-4-Beta-Drops.aspx Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change_0.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change_0.aspx The Microsoft Learning group introduced its first virtual lab-based MCP exam this week. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Microsoft-Debuts-Virtualized-Windows-Exam.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Microsoft-Debuts-Virtualized-Windows-Exam.aspx Adobe and Apple rolled out security updates on Tuesday on top of Microsoft's lone patch for PowerPoint. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Adobe-and-Apple-Address-Security-Holes.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Adobe-and-Apple-Address-Security-Holes.aspx Microsoft Office Groove 2007 will get a name change next year that's more in tune with the SharePoint side of things. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Groove-To-Get-a-Name-Change.aspx The Microsoft Learning group introduced its first virtual lab-based MCP exam this week. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Microsoft-Debuts-Virtualized-Windows-Exam_0.aspx Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/14/Microsoft-Debuts-Virtualized-Windows-Exam_0.aspx SAP AG, the latest major software vendor looking to bring business intelligence (BI) to the masses, is launching a Web-based search interface that lets individuals query information from large data warehouses and ultimately other enterprise resources. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/13/SAP-Launches-Data-Warehouse-Search-Tool.aspx Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/13/SAP-Launches-Data-Warehouse-Search-Tool.aspx The European Union has slapped Intel with a 1.06 billion euro ($1.45 billion) fine for anti-competitive behavior in the x86-based microprocessor market. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/13/Intel-Fined-1.45B-in-Competition-Case.aspx Wed, 13 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/13/Intel-Fined-1.45B-in-Competition-Case.aspx As expected, Microsoft rolled out only one patch for this month's Patch Tuesday, a critical bulletin for PowerPoint. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Microsoft-Patch-Fixes-PowerPoint-Vulnerability.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Microsoft-Patch-Fixes-PowerPoint-Vulnerability.aspx Microsoft has set up a repository in which government agencies may upload and store their public-facing datasets so that they can be reused by other parties. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Federal-Agencies-Using-Azure.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Federal-Agencies-Using-Azure.aspx Outsourcing activity is increasing, experts say, even as the scope and nature of that activity changes. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Outsourcing-Smaller-Selective-Deals.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Outsourcing-Smaller-Selective-Deals.aspx The opening keynote address at Tech-Ed on Monday featured Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Windows business, who described a number of upcoming milestones for Microsoft's new products. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Windows-Timeline-Unveiled-at-Tech-Ed.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/12/Windows-Timeline-Unveiled-at-Tech-Ed.aspx Looking to give its Surface table top device more functionality, Microsoft today released its first service pack with a new SDK that the company says will give developers more flexibility in adding more features. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/Microsoft-Updates-Surface.aspx Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/Microsoft-Updates-Surface.aspx The second community technology preview of Microsoft's System Center Service Manager is now available for a virtual test drive, according to a Microsoft announcement last week. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/Microsoft-Releases-CTP2-of-System-Center-Service-Manager.aspx Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/Microsoft-Releases-CTP2-of-System-Center-Service-Manager.aspx The next release of Microsoft's SQL Server database, code-named "Kilimanjaro," will offer master data management (MDM) and support real-time data feeds for business intelligence (BI), reporting and analytics, the company revealed today. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/SQL-Server-To-Get-Real-Time-Boost.aspx Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/SQL-Server-To-Get-Real-Time-Boost.aspx Microsoft on Monday launched the second beta of its claims-based identity management server platform, code-named "Geneva." http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/Microsoft-Releases-Second-Beta-of-Geneva.aspx Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/11/Microsoft-Releases-Second-Beta-of-Geneva.aspx Microsoft has restructured its .NET Micro Framework (MF) team and plans to eventually open up the .NET MF source code for community development. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/08/Microsoft-To-Open-Up-NET-Micro-Framework.aspx Fri, 08 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/08/Microsoft-To-Open-Up-NET-Micro-Framework.aspx Chip maker AMD announced some strategic moves this week regarding the race for dominance in the graphics-plus-microprocessor space. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/08/AMD-Moves-To-Fuse-Graphics-and-Processing.aspx Fri, 08 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/08/AMD-Moves-To-Fuse-Graphics-and-Processing.aspx The middleware software market has entered the slow lane in 2009, according to a Gartner report announced on Wednesday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/07/Middleware-Market-Hits-the-Brakes-in-2009.aspx Thu, 07 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/07/Middleware-Market-Hits-the-Brakes-in-2009.aspx Microsoft plans to roll out only one "critical" patch on Tuesday, affecting PowerPoint, for its May security update. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/07/Tuesdays-Patch-Will-Target-PowerPoint-Security.aspx Thu, 07 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/07/Tuesdays-Patch-Will-Target-PowerPoint-Security.aspx IT pros can now get a package of remote server management tools that work with the new Windows 7 release candidate, which Microsoft released to the public on Tuesday. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/06/Windows-7-RC-Remote-Server-Tools-Available.aspx Wed, 06 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/06/Windows-7-RC-Remote-Server-Tools-Available.aspx Microsoft laid off an undisclosed number of employees today as part of a cost-cutting plan that was initiated back in January. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/05/Microsoft-Cuts-More-Employees-Not-Done-Yet.aspx Tue, 05 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/05/Microsoft-Cuts-More-Employees-Not-Done-Yet.aspx Microsoft announced that the Windows 7 release candidate (RC) is now available to the general public. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/05/Windows-7-RC-Goes-Live.aspx Tue, 05 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/05/Windows-7-RC-Goes-Live.aspx Microsoft announced that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/04/Microsoft-Testing-CloudBased-Data-Sharing.aspx Mon, 04 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/04/Microsoft-Testing-CloudBased-Data-Sharing.aspx How Adobe is handling critical vulnerability discovered in its Reader software gets mixed reaction from IT security experts. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/01/Adobes-Reader-Fix-Disable-JavaScript-For-Now.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/01/Adobes-Reader-Fix-Disable-JavaScript-For-Now.aspx Microsoft's "Perspectives" on its relationship with the open source world creates confusion by being pragmatic in some places and too friendly in others. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/01/Microsofts-Open-Source-White-Paper.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/01/Microsofts-Open-Source-White-Paper.aspx The networking giant won't necessarily storm into the server space, observers say. http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/01/Mixed-Views-on-Ciscos-Server-Play.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/05/01/Mixed-Views-on-Ciscos-Server-Play.aspx