Last week at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., Microsoft unveiled a streamlined Open Value licensing structure for small and mid-size companies.
- By Paul Desmond
- 07/11/2005
The Sasser worm exploded onto the Internet in May 2004, taking down hundreds of thousands of computers, slowing network traffic and causing millions of dollars of damage with its automated exploitation of a flaw in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The worm's trajectory ended Friday with a conviction and 21-month suspended sentence for Sven Jaschan, who succeeded spectacularly in what German authorities suggested was his motive -- gaining fame as a programmer.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2005
Microsoft continues to investigate a vulnerable component in Internet Explorer for which it posted a kill bit last week, but it is unlikely the software giant will include the fix as part of its monthly patching event on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2005
Executive Software changed its company name to the match name of its signature product, the popular Diskeeper disk defragmenter.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2005
Microsoft took advantage of two conferences in the last week to provide an early look at Microsoft CRM 3.0, the follow-on to Microsoft CRM 1.2.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2005
Framework for "new generation" certifications to debut in September, beginning with SQL Server, Visual Studio.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/11/2005
Microsoft distributed more than 218 million copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a senior Microsoft executive told an audience of Microsoft partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/11/2005
Check this out: A new, "specialist" certification for Small Business Server experts.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/10/2005
From the business wires this week: SurfControl gets the thumbs up from Microsoft for its Web filter; a network monitor for IP devices; a registry optimization tool and a database management solution.
It's no secret that Microsoft is eager to increase its midmarket sales. On Thursday, Microsoft launched one of its first specific initiatives in the space with a discounted, three-server solution that it will rely on partners to deliver.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
Active Directory was a star of Microsoft's TechEd 2005 Europe show, with the company rolling out a number of programs and partnerships for improving the interoperability of its proprietary directory service.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
Citrix Systems announced it is shipping Citrix Access Essentials, a variant of its popular remote access products that run on top of Microsoft’s Windows Terminal Server designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/07/2005
Following a familiar pattern of chasing heavy patching months with light months, the Microsoft Security Response Center on Thursday said that its monthly security patch release day next Tuesday will bring three new security bulletins.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
In conjunction with the launch of a Windows Server System promotion for midmarket businesses on Thursday, Microsoft is making available a number of new resources for organizations with 25-500 PCs.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
Microsoft solidified its plans to launch SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 in November.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Microsoft posted an update this week that fixes a memory leak in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
The new title will recognize “the practice” of designing and delivering custom learning solutions for organizations.
Unitrends is shipping new software for its disk-to-disk backup and restore appliances that enables administrators to back up the entire system all the way down to the bare metal without having to take down the server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/06/2005
Security expert Russ Cooper surveys the field of Microsoft security bulletins for June, assessing which matter the most.