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Chip maker Intel is introducing a series of new processors designed especially for business and e-commerce uses.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/29/2006
Microsoft announced this week it has restructured its Custom Support Agreement (CSA) program for legacy products to provide large customers with more options when it comes time to begin migrating off of products for which long-term support has expired.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/29/2006
The real scoop on how Microsoft is handling accounts burned by Software Assurance, and what you can do about it.
- By Scott Braden
- 08/24/2006
CrossTec Corp. announced it is shipping an updated version of its Activeworx security event management software.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/23/2006
IBM Corp. said Wednesday it will spend $1.3 billion in cash to acquire Internet Security Systems Inc., which performs network monitoring and analysis services for companies.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
The good news for hardware vendors is that growth in revenues for so-called "volume servers" -- servers that cost $25,000 or less -- continued to grow in the second quarter.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/23/2006
Microsoft confirmed this week that it has hired a well-known security and anti-virus executive.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/17/2006
Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against testing materials vendor TestKing, alleging that the company is illegally selling the actual answers to its certification exams.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/17/2006
Although Carly Fiorina was sacked in one of the most humbling ousters in corporate America, her initial moves to reinvigorate Hewlett-Packard Co. are now paying off in HP's healthy profit and recent stock surge.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/17/2006
Dell Inc. on Thursday posted disappointing second-quarter earnings amid a regulatory probe.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/17/2006
World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/15/2006
A recent high-profile Microsoft hire, brought onboard to work on Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's Windows Live vision, has suddenly announced his pending departure, citing a pullback on plans he had signed on to implement.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/10/2006
As the competition for information management and control platforms heats up, IBM announced late this week that it will acquire content management vendor FileNet in a deal valued at $1.6 billion in cash.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/10/2006
Also, Patch Tuesday brings 12 fixes, Symantec surveys Black Hatters, Microsoft challenges hackers to violate Vista, and more details on Windows Server 2003 SP2.
An unusual merger is adding loads of cash to St. Bernard Software's coffer, which will be used to build new products and buy up security vendors, said company CEO John Jones in an interview this week.
Microsoft continued its management reorganization this week as it moved to realign responsibilities within its operating systems group to reflect newly minted Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's growing influence.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/02/2006
When malware strikes Microsoft code, Stephen Toulouse and the MSRC team rush in to extinguish the fire.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2006
Are you the master of your Windows domain?
- By Doug Barney and Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2006
New management team must fill the void left by Gates.