With April's planned patch releases, Microsoft sets pace to exceed 2009's fixes. Plus: Conficker, a year later; how you set admin rights may be key to overall security, says one vendor.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/05/2010
Microsoft this week joined a coalition to encourage Congress to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
- By Natasha Watkins
- 04/02/2010
Microsoft is betting its business on cloud computing, which will power everything from the Xbox and Windows Phone 7 to Windows, Office and a massive data center in a box.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/01/2010
A closer look at the Windows Azure Platform and the Business Productivity Online Suite.
- By Karen Forster
- 04/01/2010
The software-as-a-service security market is booming, according to a report by Infonetics Research.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/30/2010
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have established a pilot program for enterprise Windows Server licensees.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/26/2010
Microsoft increased the mailbox storage capacity for users of its hosted business productivity online suite of applications.
Big Blue is latest to add a commercial cloud infrastructure
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/17/2010
The Jericho Forum proposes security vendors self-assess and certify their security capabilities. Plus: Microsoft might release IE off-cycle update; Koobface shows itself, again.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/16/2010
CA Inc. has agreed to acquire Nimsoft for $350 million in cash.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/10/2010
Researcher says read the fine print before connecting to the cloud.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/09/2010
Microsoft's highest ranking partner executive on Wednesday plans to outline the company's cloud vision for partners.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/08/2010
Google took a step toward helping Microsoft Office users collaborate better over the Web by acquiring DocVerse on Friday.
In his strongest public statement to date, CEO Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft is "all in" when it comes to the cloud.
Microsoft on Tuesday released a community technology preview (CTP) of its U-Prove cryptographic technology.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/03/2010
The Cloud Security Alliance on Monday released the results of a security study identifying the "seven deadly sins" of cloud computing.
- By William Jackson
- 03/02/2010
Cloud computing has the ability to transform IT , but its success depends on security, said Art Coviello on Tuesday in his opening keynote.
- By William Jackson
- 03/02/2010
The speaker lineup at this year's annual RSA Security Conference and Expo, underway this week in San Francisco, is packing some serious federal heat.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/02/2010
The idea of the private cloud provides a lot of promise, but the technology is not cheap. Here's what vendors can actually offer today -- and how much it will cost.
- By Eric Beehler
- 03/01/2010
The 3X Remote Backup Appliance is a useful system that can serve as your company's private backup cloud.
- By Brian Freedman
- 03/01/2010