Although Microsoft had hoped to release a CTP of its newest database server every 60 days, the latest test release will slip, company officials acknowledged this week.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 21, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
 - September 19, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. today officially unveiled PerformancePoint Server 2007, its highly anticipated performance management (PM) software.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 19, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In its first major refresh in nearly two years, MySQL is set to release a new version of its flagship open source database accompanied by a bevy of new tools and beefed-up subscription-based services.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 12, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will unveil three security enhancements as part of its upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) release, slated for early 2008.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 10, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    By 2012, smart phones that use a scaled-down variant of  the open source Linux operating system will account for roughly 31 percent of  all smart devices in the marketplace, according to ABI Research. Linux  smartphone technology will see its fastest growth, with annual growth rates as  high as 75 percent, in the 2007 to 2012 period.
                    
			            - By Will  Kraft
 - September 10, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has dropped one fix from its September "Patch Tuesday" update, pulling Security Bulletin 5 that affected Windows and SharePoint Server.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 07, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yesterday, Microsoft released the next component in its growing virtualization product line, announcing the release to manufacturing (RTM) of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). General availability is expected in October.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - September 07, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's patch rollout looks to be on the light side in September, with just five patches -- one of which is labeled "Critical" and four rated "Important" -- as part of its upcoming Patch Tuesday release.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 06, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT workers continue to ride a strong wave of increasing experience to a third straight year of high earnings, according to <i>Redmond</i> magazine's 12th annual Salary Survey.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - September 06, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CodeGear is releasing a rapid application development (RAD)  environment for database-driven Web-based applications that supports multiple  versions of Microsoft Windows as well as the .NET Framework. The company's new  RAD Studio 2007integrated development environment (IDE) supports Windows 2000,  XP and Vista operating systems.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 05, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Group devises a more flexible method of handling policy  changes for Web services and service-oriented architectures.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 05, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next beta versions of the products that make up the Windows Live suite were made available today.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - September 05, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has turned on the Silverlight.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - September 05, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Seeking new markets, Oracle invites SMBs to take a fresh look at its offerings.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2007