VMware debuted its new VMware Technology Network (VMTN). The service includes pre-built virtual machines from leading software vendors, a subscription to a VMware’s products for software development and testing, and a Web site that provides a raft of technical resources.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/09/2005
Veritas Software said it will ship next month the latest version of its high availability storage management solution for Windows.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/09/2005
Microsoft put IT departments on alert Thursday that its monthly patch bundle, scheduled for next Tuesday, will be a monster.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/09/2005
Life cycle management tool vendor Altiris says it will support Visual Studio 2005 Team System and SQL Server 2005 in its future products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/09/2005
The versions of Windows XP stripped of Windows Media Player to comply with a European Commission order will start shipping this month, Microsoft said this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/09/2005
Update: Dozens of newly minted Microsoft Certified Architects announced as program begins "pilot phase."
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/09/2005
TNT Software says it will ship this month version 4.0 of its ELM Enterprise Manager.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/09/2005
SQL Server 2005 got its first independently audited public scalability test this week when Hewlett-Packard posted results of a run of the database against the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C and TPC-H benchmarks.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/08/2005
Welcome to the world's largest beta program. Microsoft is the ultimate "dogfood" company, testing its products on its own network, a global information system encompassing approximately 300,000 devices, 104,000 e-mail accounts and 89,000 end users spread out over 83 countries.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Microsoft this week announced an extension for its mobile platform that will more tightly integrate with Exchange Server 2003, adding new features and beefing up security for mobile devices.
A crowd of third-party software firms – including Borland and IBM Tivoli -- announced new and updated products on the first day of Microsoft’s annual TechEd 2005 conference in Orlando.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/08/2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 will launch the week of Nov. 7, Microsoft senior vice president Paul Flessner said Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/07/2005
At Microsoft’s TechEd 2005 in Orlando this week, Borland announced it will integrate its CaliberRM requirements management product to work inside of Visual Studio 2005 Team System (VSTS 2005). The CaliberRM plug-in for VSTS will ship in the first quarter of 2006, according to company officials.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/07/2005
New tools for Exchange, GPO management, and storage among IT-leaning products showcased on TechEd exhibit floor.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/07/2005
Microsoft on Monday began shipping Windows Server Update Services, its second-generation technology for patching systems in medium-sized organizations and enterprises.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/06/2005
From the business wires this week: software for keeping an eye on where and what your users are going and doing on their computers.
Ten years of verifiable experience is one of many challenges to face candidates who plan to tackle Microsoft's architecting certification.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/03/2005
With the advent of cell phone viruses and Bluetooth worms, it was bound to happen. PatchLink is readying an upgrade to its eponymous flagship patch management tool aimed at adding patch support for smartphones and wireless PDAs.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/02/2005
The open standard for Web documents will be the default file format for the next version of Microsoft Office.
VIA Technologies showed off the latest iteration of its x86-compatible CPU for notebook computers at the Computex 2005 trade show in Taiwan this week, touting the chip’s low power requirements.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/02/2005