Microsoft announced a client update to the beta version of Live Mesh on Tuesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- January 16, 2009
Microsoft released the second community technology previews of its Software Development Kit and Visual Studio extensions for the new Windows Azure cloud services platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- January 16, 2009
Netezza last week appeared to close the loop on one of its perceived competitive shortcomings when it unveiled a new interoperability strategy for Microsoft's business intelligence platform
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 16, 2009
Google on Wednesday launched a beefed-up Google Apps reseller program for the enterprise, opening the program beyond its initial 50 core team members
- By Jim Barthold
- January 16, 2009
Pink slips at the world's largest software provider may become a reality soon, according to several reports published this week, citing unnamed sources.
- By Herb Torrens
- January 15, 2009
Datacenter managers in both the public and private sectors report being caught between increasing demands for performance and shrinking budgets, according to a Symantec study.
- By Patrick Marshall
- January 14, 2009
When the going gets tough, it's the jobs that get going -- increasingly overseas.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 13, 2009
Microsoft is the key investor in the latest round of funding to N-trig, a supplier of digitizers and software that enable touch-based computing.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 12, 2009
New global research forecasts a swift rise in development plans for Software as a Service applications in the next 12 months.
- By Kathleen Richards
- January 12, 2009
TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers have reportedly had problems getting product keys for the Windows 7 Beta, and the free general public version is slightly delayed, Microsoft says.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2009
The beta release of the update to Windows Server 2008 will be of special interest to those who work with virtualization, as it unveils a key technology long-promised by Microsoft.
- By Keith Ward
- January 09, 2009
The beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 is currently available for download by TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers, as well as by technology enthusiasts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2009
Users of Apple's iPhone may have been able to connect to Microsoft's Exchange Server, but they haven't been able to edit Office files in their native file format. Quickoffice this week moved to change that.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 09, 2009
Improved power management got briefly mentioned among the expected benefits of Windows 7 on Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show.
- By Jim Barthold
- January 08, 2009
When Microsoft issues the general release of Internet Explorer 8, enterprises will be able to deploy a new blocking tool to prevent unauthorized installations of the browser.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 07, 2009
Chinese sellers of counterfeit Microsoft software, arrested in China in 2007, were sentenced to jail terms ranging between 1.5 years and 6.5 years, according to a Microsoft statement issued on New Year's Eve.
- By Herb Torrens
- January 07, 2009
If last year was any indication, enterprise IT security pros will be busy in 2009.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- January 07, 2009
A pair of researchers are claiming to have sussed out how to circumnavigate the security protections in Intel's vPro remote management technology.
- By Joab Jackson
- January 07, 2009
Application lifecycle management tools maker Borland Software CEO Tod Nielsen has left the company to join VMware as chief operating officer.
- By Michael Desmond
- January 07, 2009
A memo purportedly from Microsoft to its OEM partners suggests that Microsoft will offer upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7, starting possibly on July 1, 2009.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 06, 2009