Sun Microsystems Inc. will begin building servers with one-time foe Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system installed directly inside of them, instead of forcing customers to install the ubiquitous software on their own or defect to a competitor for one-stop shopping.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/12/2007
In its first major refresh in nearly two years, MySQL is set to release a new version of its flagship open source database accompanied by a bevy of new tools and beefed-up subscription-based services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/12/2007
Antitrust investigators in South Korea have wrapped up a two-year probe into Intel Corp.'s activities in the country, the company said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/11/2007
Microsoft's new server virtualization product is on schedule -- albeit a delayed schedule -- and expects to make a community technology preview (CTP) available with the first release candidate of Windows Server 2008.
As expected, Microsoft's September "Patch Tuesday" update contains fewer security patches than in recent months -- four, to be exact.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/11/2007
Is Microsoft Office in danger of having real competition for the first time in a decade? That's the question being asked this week, as the battle for office productivity suites heats up on several fronts.
It's an odd day when a software developer takes off in a new direction from the latest flagship product upgrade, but that appears to be the case with Serena Software and its new mashup service. The service, known to some under the code name of "Vail," was devised to let business personnel create their own simple applications, without bothering IT.
Technology consultancy Capgemini will begin recommending Google Inc.'s online suite of office software to its corporate customers, bolstering the Internet search leader's effort to drum up more sales to big businesses.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/10/2007
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to launch its highly publicized new server chip Monday, delivering the biggest jolt to its product lineup in four years.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/10/2007
Microsoft will unveil three security enhancements as part of its upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) release, slated for early 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/10/2007
By 2012, smart phones that use a scaled-down variant of the open source Linux operating system will account for roughly 31 percent of all smart devices in the marketplace, according to ABI Research. Linux smartphone technology will see its fastest growth, with annual growth rates as high as 75 percent, in the 2007 to 2012 period.
Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor company, boosted its third-quarter sales forecast on Monday amid stronger-than-expected demand for its microprocessors.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/10/2007
German engineering company Siemens AG said Friday it will work with Microsoft Corp. to develop communication, information, entertainment and navigation products for vehicles.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/07/2007
A recent graduate of Texas A&M University is charged with hacking into the school's computer system and illegally accessing information on 88,000 current and former students, faculty and staff members.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/07/2007
Yesterday, Microsoft released the next component in its growing virtualization product line, announcing the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). General availability is expected in October.
Microsoft has dropped one fix from its September "Patch Tuesday" update, pulling Security Bulletin 5 that affected Windows and SharePoint Server.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/07/2007
IT workers continue to ride a strong wave of increasing experience to a third straight year of high earnings, according to <i>Redmond</i> magazine's 12th annual Salary Survey.
Microsoft's patch rollout looks to be on the light side in September, with just five patches -- one of which is labeled "Critical" and four rated "Important" -- as part of its upcoming Patch Tuesday release.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/06/2007
Cisco Systems Inc. is still on track to meet its financial targets for the coming years as demand for bandwidth continues to drive network equipment sales, the company's chief financial officer said.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/06/2007
Group devises a more flexible method of handling policy changes for Web services and service-oriented architectures.