A group of leading standards development organizations are working jointly to foster common standards for cloud computing and storage.
- By Wyatt Kash
- July 20, 2009
Microsoft announced product names for its latest claims-based identity management server platform, dropping the "Geneva" code name.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2009
Microsoft rolled out beta 2 of its Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) enterprise security solution this week.
- By Herb Torrens
- July 15, 2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced Volume Licensing program changes that supposedly simplify matters for IT shops, as well as hosting providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2009
Microsoft announced pricing for its Windows Azure cloud computing services on Tuesday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2009
There are no surprises with Redmond's six-patch release on Tuesday, but there is plenty of work to be done, security pros contend.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 14, 2009
Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the technical preview testing stage, company officials announced on Monday at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2009
On the eve of its July security patch release, Redmond issued a security advisory on flaws in the ActiveX control function -- the second such advisory in as many weeks.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 13, 2009
Redmond is taking steps to increase Microsoft Surface developer participation.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 10, 2009
SaaS provider Zoho announced yet another online collaboration platform aimed at legacy Microsoft offerings: Zoho Plug-in for Microsoft Access.
- By Herb Torrens
- July 10, 2009
Microsoft took the wraps off version 3 of its Silverlight framework for developing rich interactive applications (RIAs)and its Expression Studio Web and graphics design suite.
- By John K. Waters
- July 10, 2009
Microsoft on Thursday announced three additional free extensions to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 that can boost the capabilities of the customer relationship management platform.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 09, 2009
On Tuesday, Microsoft is planning to roll out six fixes -- three "critical" and three "important" -- in its July security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 09, 2009
Recent denial-of-service attacks against government Web sites in the United States and South Korea appear to have had little impact and are not particularly sophisticated, experts say.
- By William Jackson
- July 09, 2009
Microsoft on Wednesday announced personnel changes to its Windows Division leadership, beginning with a promotion of Steven Sinofsky to president of that division.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 08, 2009
Given today's tight economy and growing unemployment figures, some of the latest news on the IT staffing front -- which could see a tiny rise in IT hiring -- is welcome news.
- By Stephen Swoyer, James E. Powell
- July 08, 2009
Google is developing an operating system designed primarily for lightweight Web-based tasks, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Joab Jackson
- July 08, 2009
Google took a step toward greater enterprise adoption of its hosted e-mail, document and collaboration services today by removing the "beta" tag from its Google Apps brand.
- By Herb Torrens
- July 07, 2009
Microsoft continues to investigate a new vulnerability revealed at the top of the week regarding an ActiveX control component in Internet Explorer.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 07, 2009
Azaleos Corp. now offers hosted and installed e-mail solutions based on Microsoft Exchange technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 07, 2009