As Windows Vista grinds ever closer to commercial release, Microsoft has begun converging its beta test program and its technology preview program for customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/31/2006
BMC releases an identity management solution for .NET.
From the business wires this week: Windows/Mac inventory system, SQL Server tools and a developer contest.
Intel claimed this week it has become the first manufacturer to make chips using 45-nanometer technology.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/26/2006
Microsoft reported Thursday a 5 percent boost in profits for the financial quarter ended Dec. 31 compared to its second quarter a year ago. The company credited strong performance by its server and tools and Windows client products.
Adobe Systems delivered this week a 3D version of its popular Acrobat document design and authoring package.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/26/2006
Stratus Technologies is poised to ship its first fault-tolerant server systems built on dual-core CPUs.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/25/2006
Microsoft this week debuted an enhanced suite of online resources and tech support offerings designed for users of its Small Business line of products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/25/2006
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it would license source code in the Windows Server operating system, in order to comply with a 2004 ruling from European Union regulators.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/25/2006
Microsoft has released Community Technology Previews (CTP) of two tools it is readying to help Web page and Windows applications designers more easily perform those tasks.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/24/2006
E-learning solution provider IntraLearn attains Front Runner status.
Microsoft confirmed Friday that it has changed the codename for the next version of Windows beyond Vista, though it revealed little else.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/20/2006
Microsoft has quietly moved the delivery date of the next service pack for Windows XP to the second half of next year.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/20/2006
From the business wires: SQL Server 2005-based e-learning solution provider gets Front Runner status, free CompTIA A+ study guides and more.
NetPro Computing announced it is shipping a major upgrade to its distributed services management product for Active Directory.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/19/2006
In a little-noticed move that promises to change the landscape for project portfolio management software vendors and consultants, Microsoft announced Thursday it has completed its acquisition of New York-based UMT.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/19/2006
Microsoft announced late Wednesday that it is shipping the latest version of its software solution for customer service centers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/19/2006
Seagate Technology says it is shipping the first 2.5-inch notebook PC hard drive built on perpendicular recording technology, producing drives that can contain up to 160GB of storage.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/18/2006
Corel announced this week that it will ship the latest release of its graphics bundle in February.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/18/2006
Microsoft released to developers a previously promised community technology preview – or CTP – for a set of key technologies coming in Windows Vista.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/18/2006