A senior Microsoft official in the United Kingdom confirmed this week that no computer manufacturers took up the option to install Windows XP N, the operating system Microsoft created in response to the European Commission decision against it.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/07/2005
The European Commission, which proved with its 497 million Euro fine and behavioral restrictions last year to be a formidable antitrust adversary for Microsoft, is showing interest in the American software giant's security plans.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/07/2005
Texas picks Winternals Software to provide system recovery solution.
Microsoft's first major release of the product since buying Sybari earlier this year will enter beta testing in the first half of 2006.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/06/2005
Microsoft on Thursday formally unveiled its much-anticipated corporate client protection software that combines the anti-virus and spyware technologies the company has been developing since purchasing GeCAD Software in mid-2003 and Giant Company Software in late 2004.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/06/2005
Lifecycle management tool vendor Altiris says it is readying a virtualization product for release later this year aimed at driving down support costs and making operations more efficient by eliminating application conflicts.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/06/2005
As an enterprise IT pro, you may think Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 is beneath you. For most of the needs of your enterprise organization, that's true. But in cases where you might want to install SBS, say for a home business on the side, your enterprise experience with Microsoft products might blind you to useful features and expose you to common gotchas in this unique server.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/05/2005
Even as the SQL Server 2005 launch takes place in San Francisco Nov. 7, Microsoft will be quietly giving developers and ISVs inside details on the next version of its other major back-end server -- Exchange.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/05/2005
NuView is shipping version 3.5 of its File Lifecycle Manager (FLM) package, a policy-based data administration tool for managing the lifecycles of file data on storage appliances from its OEM partner, Network Appliance (NetApp).
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/05/2005
Microsoft cites priority developing SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 exams, as well as sim refinements based on testers' feedback.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/05/2005
ScriptLogic is shipping version 5.0 of its Security Explorer file permission management and server security tool.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/05/2005
Sun Microsystems and Google announced an initiative Tuesday to further collaboration between the Java creator and the search engine Goliath.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/04/2005
Motorola and Microsoft are working together on a line of communication and incident management applications for law enforcement, first responders and criminal justice systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/04/2005
Office "12," the next version of Microsoft's market-dominating office productivity suite, will allow users to save documents in PDF.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/04/2005
Symantec Corp. continued its buying spree Monday as it announced it will acquire compliance software maker BindView, enabling the security and data integrity firm to flesh out its offerings for corporate customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/03/2005
Plan calls for support for Linux guest OSes and, eventually, use of hypervisor to incorporate virtualization into the OS.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2005
New beta includes only a client version, but sheds light on new details.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2005
From the business wires this week: a remote desktop solution for 64-bit Windows, a portable fingerprint scanner for laptops, a spam filter for Outlook and 64-bit servers and workstations.
Sun Microsystems this week released a new version of its StarOffice business software suite, selling for the cut-rate price of $70. The competitor to Microsoft Office is touting features including "seamless compatibility with Microsoft Office," support for XForms XML-based forms and lots of ease-of-use improvements.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/29/2005
With the launch of SQL Server 2005 coming in November, Microsoft has formalized the implementation guidance and marketing support it will provide to its partners and customers.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/29/2005