In a sign that hackers have no problem taking advantage of open source solutions, Linux-based product distributor Red Hat issued a "critical" security advisory on Friday, saying that its servers had been compromised.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- August 22, 2008
The old jokes are rolling in as Microsoft plans to include comedian Jerry Seinfeld as part of its new $300 million ad campaign, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2008
This year's Democratic National Convention will offer up something new: a series of products from Microsoft designed to make this cornerstone of the political process more accessible.
- By Trudy Walsh
- August 21, 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 plans to pour an additional money into business and open source technology collaboration with Novell.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 20, 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 has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers.
- By Keith Ward
- August 19, 2008
In what might seem to be a shocking business move, Jas Dillon, former head of business development and M&A at Microsoft, has been named chief strategy officer and general manager of the new TASER Virtual Systems Division.
- By Herb Torrens
- August 19, 2008
Companies can avoid attacks and minimize security cost overruns by practicing IT vulnerability management, according to a July study published by the Aberdeen Group.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- August 19, 2008
In early August, Bellevue, Wash.-based Nintex rolled out a solution for those concerned with governance in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments.
- By Herb Torrens
- August 18, 2008
Microsoft rolled out the highest level of its enterprise support programs to date, adding a new offering called "Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 18, 2008
The Microsoft Learning Group has extended its popular "Second-Shot" exam retake program until June 30, 2009.
- By Michael Domingo
- August 18, 2008
The boards of the ISO and IEC standards bodies today rejected the appeals of four participating members (Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela) that had questioned the process by which Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format specification was approved as an international standard, called "ISO/IEC 29500."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 15, 2008
Cisco has unveiled a partnership with HP to push its unified communications products to global customers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 14, 2008
Intel Corp. on Tuesday shared technical plans for an important element needed to develop the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) specification.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 14, 2008
The good news for Cisco is that a recent survey of service provider customers has named it one of the top five VoIP vendors in the industry.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 14, 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
Microsoft closed its investigation into an update blocking issue that affected users of Windows Server Update Service 3.0 or WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2008
Yesterday, August 12, was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2."
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 13, 2008
MessageLabs reports that the number of SQL injection attacks spiked sharply last month.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 13, 2008