Microsoft today shared some of the improvements being made to System Center Operations Manager 2012.
As expected, the July patch from Microsoft arrives rather light with only four security bulletins -- one "critical" and three "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/12/2011
Server Core isn't there yet, but now is the time to learn this tool that will be the key managing enterprise Windows in the future
Bing, SharePoint, Search Server and FAST: Redmond's hodgepodge of search solutions lacks a cohesive strategy, observers say, leaving enterprises confused and competitors primed to take advantage.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 07/05/2011
Training has come a long way...make sure you consider all options when planning your staff improvement.
- By Greg Shields
- 07/01/2011
According to a newly released forecast by IDC, the IT segment is projected to grow its spending in public cloud services by a compound annual growth rate of 27.6 percent over the next four years.
Should you build you own private cloud or buy someone else's? What about doing both?
- By Greg Shields
- 06/08/2011
The iPad was designed for and sold to consumers. But savvy IT pros and more than a handful of third parties are making the device a true enterprise force.
Most likely, it's time to at least consider restructuring your current domain and forest design. With the right planning and tools, migrating to a new structure won't be as painful as you might think.
Apple, Google and Microsoft are battling for market share in the smartphone OS space. While Apple and Google have more popular but similar offerings, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 represents a new vision in the market.
Windows and Office have been Microsoft's cash cows for years, but what will the next generation bring?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 06/01/2011
Microsoft is opening its management suite, already hugely popular in Microsoft shops, to handle third-party applications. The company hopes its huge customer base and the newfound flexibility of System Center will put the hurt on a raft of smaller competitors in the application-management market.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 06/01/2011
According to aggregate data collected by StatCounter, Microsoft's latest OS ended May with 33.22 percent of the market.
A dominant player in many categories of enterprise software, Microsoft is the scrappy little guy in a CRM market filled with big-name vendors. But the company is looking to scare its more established competitors by offering IT a set of enhanced applications.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 06/01/2011
Private equity firm Oak Hill Partners has acquired Exchange hoster Intermedia for an undisclosed sum and has named former Savvis CEO Phil Koen, as its new chairman and chief executive.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/26/2011
Microsoft's annual Tech-Ed conference ended today in Altanta, Ga. Here's a round-up of our (and our sister sites') coverage from this week:
It's only a matter of time before most companies make the move to Windows 7, especially with XP losing support in a few years.
IT organizations are considering alternatives to Microsoft Office, but it's no real competition, a new Forrester Research report indicates.
Everyone is pushing the cloud. But there's a raging debate as to whether the cloud is good or bad for IT. We talked to readers and analysts and other industry experts to find out what the cloud may really mean for your future, plus other implications of this emerging technology.
Virtualization has brought the lost art of performance tuning back into the datacenter. Here's how to tune your VMs and hypervisor, and optimize CPU resources and memory to get the most out of your virtual servers.