A first-quarter 2008 survey conducted by Computer Economics  suggests a possible slowdown in IT spending and staffing lies ahead.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Out with the old (frame relay, ATM and subscriber lines) and in with the new (e.g., Ethernet or IP MPLS VPN services). 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Speculation continues as to what the ultimate systemic  Domain Name System (DNS) flaw could be.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The UC market grew by 20 percent in both 2007 and 2006, according to market-watcher Infonetics Research. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new Forrester Consulting report based on a survey of 389 global technology decision-makers who work with service management finds serious deficiencies with current SLAs.
                    
			            - By James E. Powell
- July 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Update adds product support plus a fix for an infamous bug that has plagued Microsoft's consumer server offering since December.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yahoo partly acceded to the demands of corporate raider Carl  Icahn by agreeing to seat Icahn and two of his proxy-slate candidates to  Yahoo's board. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise security is an expensive proposition, one that's likely to get even more expensive as organizations take further steps to protect themselves.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Maker of popular BlackBerry handset issued a patch to plug a vulnerability in its BlackBerry  Enterprise Server (BES) solution.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter and 2008 year-end  financial results were announced in a Webcast on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix has released details of a new tool that will speed virtual machine interoperability between hypervisors from Microsoft, VMware and its own offering.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft quietly opened its Live Mesh preview to more testers on July 15, but by today (July 17), the offer had been narrowed to just waiting-list only.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    U.S. House and Senate Judiciary Committees looking into antitrust  matters heard testimony on Tuesday from executives representing the top-three  Internet search ad companies -- Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle has released the latest quarterly round of critical patches for all its products.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- July 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A scan of Web servers by Internet security company Finjan Inc. has found more than 1,000 legitimate Web sites that had been compromised by a new wave of attacks in recent weeks.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- July 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Chief Architect Ray Ozzie and some say the sky will be the limit for cloud computing in the enterprise, but there's still a need for IT security too.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New director of product management talks up database and hints at future technologies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In its first product release since acquiring Borland's CodeGear business, Embarcadero Technologies Inc. this week released a new tool set designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel is publicizing its new Centrino 2 processors, which  are currently being integrated into laptop computers by about 250 equipment  manufacturers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 15, 2008