Microsoft hopes to draw crowds to its upcoming Professional Developers Conference by making Windows 7 bits available to the public attending the event.
The United States was the top source of distributed attack traffic, originating nearly three times as many attacks as second-place China, according to a recent study by security service provider SecureWorks Inc.
- By William Jackson
- 09/23/2008
Microsoft released Windows HPC Server 2008, the datacenter-class OS that promises to broaden development and implementation of high-performance computing applications.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/22/2008
Microsoft's strategy for keeping recent builds of its latest operating system tightly under wraps sprang a few holes last week.
One thing you won't find underlying a cloud computing initiative is a relational database. And this is no accident: Relational databases are ill-suited for use within cloud computing environments.
- By Joab Jackson
- 09/22/2008
According to international marketing brand firm Interbrand, IBM and Microsoft are No. 2 and No. 3 respectively in its 2008 ranking of the "Best Global Brands."
In the United States, IT spending in education will reach $47.7 billion by the end of this year and is expected to top $56 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Compass Intelligence.
McAfee Inc. has agreed to purchase Secure Computing Corp. for about $465 million.
- By David Hubler
- 09/22/2008
Microsoft released on Monday Windows HPC Server 2008, the datacenter-class operating system that promises to broaden the development and implementation of high-performance computing applications on the Windows platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/22/2008
In an announcement at VMworld last week, VMware unveiled plans to deliver a portfolio of solutions intended to turn virtualized desktops into "universal clients." The initiative, dubbed vClient, begins with a series of products called VMware View.
- By Chris Riedel
- 09/22/2008
Despite speculation that Microsoft might make an announcement around its Silverlight runtime environment at Zend/PHP Conference and Expo, the company's profile was lower than past events.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/19/2008
LAS VEGAS, SEPT. 18 -- VMware announced a number of initiatives this week at VMworld, but gave few specifics on products and availability. The company has revealed, however, that all the technologies to implement that vision will be available by the end of next year.
Alistair Croll, a principal analyst for consulting coalition BitCurrent, argues that moving to Internet-based Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, "won't eliminate work [but will] just change the work," for IT administrators.
- By Joab Jackson
- 09/18/2008
With RTM milestone met, Windows Essential Business Server is expected become generally available on November 12.
- By Herb Torrens
- 09/18/2008
HP has completed the acquisition of EDS, an outsourcing innovator; now it's restructuring, with plans to cut jobs, the companies announced on Monday.
- By Jim Barthold
- 09/18/2008
Microsoft is crossing the aisles to see the security process through from start to finish -- not just internally, but for outside software developers too.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/18/2008
Microsoft this week released a white paper on identity theft with the aim of starting a "vendor-neutral" discussion on the use of "information cards" as an Internet security solution.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/18/2008
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) appears to be heading toward a reconciliation with Microsoft.
VMware CTO Stephen Herrod adds texture and detail to CEO Maritz's Tuesday keynote.
Microsoft won't say when the first public beta release of its Windows 7 operating system will occur, but some possible dates have been anonymously leaked.