CA dug into its ranks to replace retiring CEO John Swainson, naming its chairman William McCracken to run the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/29/2010
As anticipated, Apple formally unveiled its new $499 mobile device, the iPad, on Wednesday, heralding the company's first serious move into the category of e-book readers.
Microsoft described the hardware requirements for Office 2010 late last week.
- By Anne Watkins
- 01/26/2010
The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/21/2010
Ballmer's talk at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show consisted primarily of incremental announcements and positioning statements, but there were no major surprises.
In its quarterly tracker of hardcopy peripherals, IDC trumpeted the sector's 11.6 percent sequential growth in shipments for Q3 compared to Q2 as good news.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/14/2009
Looking to extend its presence in the growing field of health care IT, Microsoft Thursday said it will acquire Sentillion Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/11/2009
According to the latest tallies from Gartner and IDC, the Unix market continues to contract dramatically.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 12/10/2009
In the age of virtualization and cloud computing, administrators need a holistic approach.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 12/09/2009
Microsoft is planning to rev up the mobility market under its "Windows phone" brand.
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/01/2009
A top Microsoft official answered questions about the state of IT spending and Microsoft's product offerings at the Nasdaq OMX 23rd Investor Program on Tuesday.
Yousef Khalidi talked about Microsoft's new Azure cloud services at the Interop trade show on Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/20/2009
The Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory now runs the world's most powerful supercomputer, according to the latest rankings from Top500.org
- By Joab Jackson
- 11/19/2009
Microsoft officials briefed financial analysts on the company's cloud computing strategy at its Professional Developers Conference on Wednesday.
Microsoft on Monday announced two product betas of note for high-performance computing professionals.
AMD and Intel on Thursday agreed to a legal settlement in which Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/13/2009
Earlier this week VMware announced VMware View 4, the latest version of its desktop virtualization product.
Someone spilled hot COFEE, otherwise known as Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor.
Sales of Windows 7 to U.S. consumers during the operating system's October debut outpaced those of Vista when it first launched.
The server market is set for a refresh cycle in the months ahead, according to IDC's latest server virtualization report.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/27/2009