Research firm's Channel Panel also reports continuing drop in confidence.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2009
The Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF) publicly launched its "Open Cloud Manifesto" on Monday, but the document, which advocates open standards and interoperability between cloud platforms, generated few sparks after a spokesperson indicated that the CCIF isn't vouching for it.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2009
Congratulations to the following organizations that have recently joined Microsoft's top partner group...
The Conficker frenzy continues as IT security pros prepare for April 1, when the worm is expected to take some action from infected systems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 30, 2009
Mozilla rolled out security updates for Firefox after the Web browser was hacked during a contest two weeks ago at a software security convention in Vancouver.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 30, 2009
Microsoft is providing specific guidance to ISVs preparing to make the jump to the Software as a Service model.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2009
More than a year after its first community technology preview was released, ASP.NET Model View Controller has finally shipped.
- By Michael Desmond
- March 30, 2009
Gold Certified Partner attempts to restructure debt load.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 30, 2009
Microsoft has devised a Windows Touch Logo Program for its hardware and software partners that are integrating products with Windows 7.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 27, 2009
Microsoft may be trying to send a message that the next release of Windows 7 will happen in May of this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2009
Microsoft's Windows Home Server got a boost with the release of Power Pack 2 (PP2), which became available to Microsoft Developer Network subscribers.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 26, 2009
Microsoft has tinkered with IE 8 and is now claiming a resolution to vulnerabilities amid a firestorm of chatter surrounding the browser's release last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 26, 2009
A Microsoft official took umbrage on Thursday to an "open standards" initiative proposed by a coalition of cloud computing technology providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 26, 2009
Since Microsoft's acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer last year, users have been keen to find out precisely what Microsoft plans to do with the company's search know-how.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 25, 2009
Microsoft announced this week that it's partnering with NASA to develop and deploy technology to deliver planetary images and data over the Internet.
- By David Nagel
- March 25, 2009
Sun has released Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3, a major update to the company's virtualization management suite.
- By David Nagel
- March 25, 2009
The Distributed Management Task Force has released the first finished version of the Open Virtualization Format, a set of metadata tags that can be used to deploy a virtual environment across multiple virtualization platforms.
- By Joab Jackson
- March 25, 2009
A Microsoft-sponsored report found that SMBs could represent an opportunity for future sales of IT software and services, despite the current economic downturn.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 25, 2009
IT departments should depart from the usual SP1 milestone when deciding when to deploy Windows 7, according to a Gartner analysis.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 24, 2009
Forrester Research found that enterprises predominantly use Windows and Internet Explorer, but they're currently sticking with the older Microsoft technologies.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 24, 2009