It's no secret that Microsoft's latest operating system hasn't taken the enterprise by storm. Service Pack 1 was supposed to convert some Vista skeptics -- but did it? We asked readers to weigh in on the first big update to the OS.
With IBM, Microsoft and Oracle jumping into the game, social-networking technologies are helping drive Enterprise 2.0.
- By Naomi Grossman
- 01/01/2009
The preview release of the Windows Azure Services Platform kicks off Microsoft's cloud-computing era, which promises to dramatically change the computing strategies of IT shops.
- By Kathleen Richards and Ed Scannell
- 01/01/2009
The three companies are getting ready to rumble over ownership of the hypervisor cloud.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 01/01/2009
Don't expect many core improvements from Windows Vista, but there are some around the edges.
- By Peter Varhol
- 01/01/2009
IT managers who don't think that their help desk employees qualify for overtime pay might be very wrong -- and that can cost companies money.
With the upcoming Virtual Datacenter Operating System, new VMware CEO Paul Maritz wants to virtualize every bit and byte of your data center.
With Service Pack 1, Exchange 2007 gets a slew of new policy settings. We take a look at how they stack up against those of the BlackBerry.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 12/01/2008
Networking giant Cisco goes after Microsoft's supremacy in the collaboration-software market.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 11/01/2008
Besides carpooling and riding a bicycle to work, using the right software can keep some gas money in your pocket.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 11/01/2008
Google's new beta browser shows promise, but needs lots of filling out.
To recognize the dynasties in our annual Readers' Choice competition, <i>Redmond</i> is introducing the "Triple Crown," a new award for products that have won (at least) three Readers' Choice honors in a row.
With the U.S. economy still circling and unemployment on the rise, it's a good time to be in IT -- relatively speaking.
- By Herb Torrens
- 08/11/2008
Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.
Redmond's System Center line may offer some answers about the software giant's move into the enterprise-management tools market.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 08/01/2008
These products can help make your occasional forays into the world of databases much easier to take.
- By Peter Varhol
- 08/01/2008
As his boss Bill Gates departs, Ozzie takes Microsoft's online strategy into the cloud.
SCCM 2007's new maintenance, configuration-tracking and updated reporting features make it a must-have for large Windows sites.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 07/01/2008
Windows Server 2008 has a new way to migrate Group Policies.
- By Rhonda Layfield
- 07/01/2008
ISVs look to fill in some of the pieces of Microsoft's unified communications vision.
- By Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2008