Microsoft has released a beta version of its App-V 4.6 application virtualization technology.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/04/2009
IDC report says expenditures by enterprises on open source software jumped 34 percent last year and spending in 2009 is on pace to increase at least another 24 percent.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/04/2009
New, all-in-one tool handles core-computing chores without fuss.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese and Tim Duggan
- 08/01/2009
Reimage's PC Repair will likely prove more useful at home than at work, but it does offer some powerful analysis and repair capabilities.
- By Brian Freedman
- 08/01/2009
Microsoft, Check Point and McAfee provide three whole-disk encryption options; we examine each and choose the best of the bunch.
- By Tony Bradley
- 08/01/2009
The Unified Computing System supports VMware and Hyper-V and aims to be a "Cloud in a Box" solution. But can Cisco transition from routers to servers?
- By Mark Ferelli
- 08/01/2009
Microsoft popped the champagne corks in Redmond today by announcing that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have both reached the "release to manufacturing" stage.
Redmond is taking steps to increase Microsoft Surface developer participation.
Google is developing an operating system designed primarily for lightweight Web-based tasks, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Joab Jackson
- 07/08/2009
Gartner reported a better-than-expected first quarter for PC shipments and is now forecasting a healthy market recovery in 2010.
- By Herb Torrens
- 06/26/2009
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.
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.
- By Herb Torrens
- 06/23/2009
Microsoft last week released a public beta of Configuration Manager Service Pack 2.
On Thursday, Mississippi announced it is the latest state to settle its multimillion-dollar antitrust suit against Microsoft.
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.
- By Herb Torrens
- 06/11/2009
The release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for public testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
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.
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.
- By Herb Torrens
- 06/03/2009
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.
Gartner revised its "worst-case scenario" forecast for the semiconductor industry due to an upswing in PC shipments, according to an announcement issued by the analyst firm on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/29/2009