Analyst firm Gartner put Microsoft at the top of its "leaders" category for information access technology, which includes enterprise search.
Microsoft Springboard Virtual Roundtable examined Vista performance, fielding technical views from panelists that had actually carried out system upgrades.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/08/2008
In a survey of CIOs, network admin skills -- particularly, expertise with Cisco, Nortel and other networking technologies -- continue to be in strong demand.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/07/2008
A new study from Gartner concludes that the WLANs of today comprise a "significant vulnerability" for enterprise IT organizations.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/07/2008
Migration to virtualization won't be the quick transition that some technology evangelists have predicted, according to recent surveys by two IT security companies.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2008
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer denied knowing the details of "Vista Capable," a Microsoft hardware certification and Vista marketing campaign.
Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates expressed confidence in the current economic system, despite plunging market values, in a TV interview broadcast on Sunday.
Microsoft kicked off its BI Conference this week in Seattle with news that it's planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of SQL Server database.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/06/2008
Open source software vendor Red Hat went global with its high-performance computing (HPC) product on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/03/2008
Rumors that Microsoft initiated a hiring freeze are not true, according to Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos, who denied it in accounts published on Friday.
Jet-setters should be careful about how they use the Internet connections supplied by hotels, as most are not secured properly, according to a new study from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
- By Joab Jackson
- 10/03/2008
Yahoo plans to resolve a password security vulnerability identified last week in its Zimbra open source e-mail and collaboration software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/02/2008
The Microsoft Learning Group is in the midst of beta testing a new exam for Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/02/2008
Is "cloud computing" the next big thing in IT, or are you just a victim of "cloud wash"?
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/02/2008
A Microsoft partner subsidy promotion to stimulate cross-selling, upselling and license sales gets renewed for part of fiscal 2009.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2008
Ten PCs = One Car? Here's how Microsoft interprets and derives this oft-repeated factoid.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2008
Cisco, Microsoft and other players have bet big on unified communications, touting it as another in a line of Next Big Things.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/01/2008
Likewise Software CEO Barry Crist wants to bring the open source and Windows worlds together.
Microsoft Office pioneer Charles Simonyi, PhD, will visit space for the second time in the spring of 2009, according to Space Adventures, a Virginia-based company that organizes flights for private space explorers.</
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/01/2008
As Google releases Chrome, Microsoft and Mozilla gear up to do battle.