IBM Corp. late last week touted the construction of two additional cloud computing datacenters -- an investment of $360 million -- which let it address what officials call "surging" demand for cloud computing resources.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 08/05/2008
Microsoft is working on a project to develop a new operating system, code-named "Midori," but the company won't disclose the details at this time.
Microsoft offers up version of exam that tests new performance-based questions covering Active Directory implementation with Windows Server 2008.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/30/2008
Microsoft late on Wednesday announced a reorganization of its Platforms & Services Division and departure of PSD president Kevin Johnson.
A KACE-sponsored survey on Windows Vista adoption represents more bad news for Microsoft's flagship operating system, even as Microsoft prepares to pour an estimated $300 million into a new Vista marketing campaign -- news that was announced at Microsoft's 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference.
Update adds product support plus a fix for an infamous bug that has plagued Microsoft's consumer server offering since December.
Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter and 2008 year-end financial results were announced in a Webcast on Thursday.
Microsoft quietly opened its Live Mesh preview to more testers on July 15, but by today (July 17), the offer had been narrowed to just waiting-list only.
Microsoft's Chief Architect Ray Ozzie and some say the sky will be the limit for cloud computing in the enterprise, but there's still a need for IT security too.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/16/2008
New director of product management talks up database and hints at future technologies.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/16/2008
Microsoft confirmed reports of a distribution glitch preventing patch uploading in certain implementations of WSUS programs and provided a solution to the problem.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/10/2008
Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/10/2008
On its face, today's July patch release from Microsoft seems to be light one. There are no "critical" or "moderate" ratings this time.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/08/2008
Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other Microsoft server technologies.
Microsoft has a new software volume licensing program in the works for large organizations, according to an announcement issued by the company today.