Microsoft cited top TCP-E benchmark results for SQL Server 2008, but there's just one problem -- the test fielded no other DBMS competitors.
- By Herb Torrens
- September 25, 2008
One thing you won't find underlying a cloud computing initiative is a relational database. And this is no accident: Relational databases are ill-suited for use within cloud computing environments.
- By Joab Jackson
- September 22, 2008
With RTM milestone met, Windows Essential Business Server is expected become generally available on November 12.
- By Herb Torrens
- September 18, 2008
Security firm Sophos disclosed on Monday that BusinessWeek magazine's Web site had been hacked.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- September 16, 2008
The sluggish global economy has migrated to the IT industry, according to a survey released this week by Forrester Research.
- By Herb Torrens
- September 12, 2008
Developers got an indication of Microsoft's unfolding cloud platform strategy at this week's VSLive! conference in New York. Several conference sessions outlined the company's plans for Software plus Services and platforms-as-a-service, which offer hosted development and runtimes.
- By Kathleen Richards
- September 10, 2008
Microsoft on Monday issued its first service update to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, a hosted sales database and collaboration solution unveiled in April.
- By Herb Torrens
- September 09, 2008
Although the overall number of vulnerabilities being discovered in software appears to be leveling off or even dropping, two recent reports on Web security say that the overwhelming majority of Web sites studied still have unpatched vulnerabilities that could expose visitors to malicious code.
- By William Jackson
- August 28, 2008
A variety of technical flaws in an upgrade of the system that supports the government's terrorist watch list has drawn congressional fire and raised concerns that the entire system might be in jeopardy.
- By Wyatt Kash
- August 27, 2008
Microsoft on Thursday released an improved security filter for its Internet Information Service (IIS) Web server that is designed to help thwart SQL injection attacks.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2008
Microsoft really wants SharePoint users to upgrade to SQL Server 2008, which was released to manufacturing on August 6.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 20, 2008
Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2008
MessageLabs reports that the number of SQL injection attacks spiked sharply last month.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 13, 2008
Microsoft released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.
- By John K. Waters
- August 11, 2008
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 to manufacturing and, as an evaluation edition, to subscribers of its Microsoft Development Network and TechNet services
- By Joab Jackson
- August 06, 2008