This month hits the 10-year anniversary of Microsoft's first monthly security update release. And in celebrating a decade of Patch Tuesdays, Redmond is gifting IT four bulletin items rated "critical" and four "important" for October's monthly rollout.
Adobe alerted customers on Thursday that a breach by hackers has resulted in the loss of 2.9 million customers' personal data -- including user names, encrypted credit card information and passwords.
Casper Bowden said Microsoft is involved in a program that is anti-democratic.
Don Jones breaks down how Microsoft's cloud approach ties into its commitment to faster release cycles and renewed focus on small- and mid-sized enterprises.
Two questions I get asked most are: "How do you keep up with changing technology?" and "What do you use for your lab?"
- By Greg Shields
- 10/01/2013
Despite Microsoft entering a transformative period, 69 percent of Redmond readers are confident the company will continue to be a key player in the enterprise software market.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/01/2013
Microsoft may be once again falling into its monopolistic ways as it tries to dominate both the service and device markets.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 09/30/2013
A reader takes issue with Mary Jo Foley calling Microsoft's recent .NET developer attitude as an apology to the community.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 09/28/2013
Brien discusses that with the trend towards tablets, IT will survive by adapting.
More than half of readers say Microsoft allows government access to everything stored in its cloud services.
Brien breaks down the step-by-step procedure to add more storage to an existing pool.
How trustworthy does IT view Microsoft's patches?
Brien takes a look at cracking passwords with reader-suggested rainbow tablets.
In a report by Mashable, the BitLocker team was approached by agents multiple times about creating an easy access point for federal law enforcement.
Microsoft's September patch includes 13 items and addresses 47 flaws.
Microsoft has followed a long and winding road with configuration management, and the company is taking some interesting new steps on the path.
The security also is accused of paying millions to tech firms to build in encryption backdoors.
While the products are somewhat similar, using a combination of both may be the answer for most shops.
- By Greg Shields
- 09/06/2013
The most important bulletins include fixes for SharePoint and Microsoft Office.
Mary Jo Foley breaks down where Microsoft stands with its voice recognition technology and why Redmond is confident it will outperform its competitors.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 09/04/2013