Office users soon will be able to open, create and edit files using "lightweight" hosted versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, Microsoft announced.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/31/2008
Microsoft is providing three free vouchers toward any MCP exam for first 3,000 test takers as an incentive to take this pilot exam.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/30/2008
Microsoft on Tuesday showed off a pre-beta version of Windows Server 2008 R2 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Microsoft demonstrated Windows 7, its Live Framework, a bevy of new offerings for developers including WPF support for Visual Studio, and the first preview of Office 14.
- By Michael Desmond and Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/28/2008
At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, Microsoft is unveiling the end-to-end vision for its Software plus Services platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/27/2008
The IT security function, as a percentage of total IT staff at enterprise organizations, appears to be in decline, according to an addendum on security in a research report released this week by Computer Economics.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/27/2008
Big Blue upped its ante in the software as a service (SaaS) space this week with the release of a hosted version of its venerable corporate e-mail software.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/23/2008
"Disaster breeds opportunity," so the old slogan goes. But when it comes to uncertain economic times, companies should double-check their internal policies and procedures, security experts say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/22/2008
On-line gamers using profanity in audio chat sessions may have their act cleaned up if Microsoft has anything to say about it.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/21/2008
Enterprise IT professionals concerned about laptops holding proprietary corporate data should be heartened by a new 3G mobile security technology update from Alcatel-Lucent.
- By Jim Barthold
- 10/21/2008
Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week.
Microsoft released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008), the second major component of its virtualization strategy.
An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide market for virtualized servers.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/20/2008
The updated Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 will make the IP private branch exchange (PBX) "the electronic typewriter of enterprise voice" by using software to do the job that hardware did in the past -- only do it better.
- By Jim Barthold
- 10/20/2008
Sun Microsystems this week announced the release of the latest version of its open source office suite, OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OO3).
Microsoft's CEO talked about Windows 7 and the company's vision for syncing up applications in the Internet cloud at a Gartner-sponsored event on Thursday.
Sophos quickly warns of fake Trojan-laden e-mail disguised as Microsoft Security Bulletin update hitting inboxes.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/16/2008
In a break with tradition, Microsoft has decided to use the code name for the next version of Windows as the official moniker.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/14/2008
IT support teams can take a lesson from consumer grumblings about the commercial airline industry, says one keynote speaker at TechMentor Las Vegas.
Security-minded admins have their work cut out for them, as Microsoft coughs up 11 fixes in its October patch cycle.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/14/2008