Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released "within the first half of calendar year 2011," Microsoft announced this week.
Dell Kace today rolled out a free browser virtualization solution that can help protect against Web threats.
Stuxnet is on the attack. Plus: old-school encryption makes a comeback; sniffing out threats, more.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/19/2010
Microsoft today announced the beta release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Plus: Microsoft cozies up to Russia, China on security; virtualization's security shortcomings.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/12/2010
Proponents of cloud computing Thursday gave members of Congress an update on federal initiatives designed to achieve cost-savings and make the computing model more secure for wider agency adoption.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 07/02/2010
As of July 1, Microsoft will bundle VDI/VDA licensing for the Windows client OS into Software Assurance (SA). Here's how the changes may affect you.
- By Greg Shields
- 07/01/2010
Microsoft touted its operating system interoperability partnership with Novell on Monday.
Microsoft announced earlier this month that failover cluster support using Hyper-V R2 has gotten a boost.
VMware has extended a helping hand to consumers considering migrating from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 7.
Leading provider of application delivery networking devices announces integration with Microsoft System Center.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/08/2010
The day-one keynote centered on product enhancements to the Windows Azure platform, Bing Maps, Windows 7, Windows Server and Communications Server, among other technologies.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/07/2010
Microsoft on Monday announced virtualization and other improvements coming with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
Monitoring, migration and quality of service are some of the major challenges waiting in the world of virtual networking.
User virtualization offers IT shops more control, makes remote management easier and improves the overall experience for end-users.
- By Greg Shields
- 06/01/2010
Microsoft this week released Service Pack 2 for its App-V 4.5 application virtualization solution.
A report issued on Wednesday by Forrester Research chronicles the declining use of Windows XP, as well as Internet Explorer 6, as staples of the corporate desktop.
Read how IT pro Kirk Foutts used virtualization, Windows 7 and other technologies to create a reliable yet robust touchscreen device for his injured son.
Patch-management pioneer and long-time Microsoft partner Shavlik Technologies LLC revealed this week new cloud offerings that the company will use to distribute patch data and IT-management applications rapidly to customers.
Citrix takes wraps off new XenClient, the first bare-metal client hyper-visor.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/17/2010