Besides changing Systems Management Server’s name this week, Microsoft opened the veil on new features coming in the next major release, dubbed "Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007."
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 26, 2006
Intel Corp. has waded into the debate over the future of the Internet, joining major Web companies in supporting legislation that would force Internet service providers to treat all traffic equally.
- By The Associated Press
- April 26, 2006
NetIQ is shipping version 5 of its Group Policy Administrator package, an update that includes support for after-hours Group Policy Object (GPO) deployment as well as cross-trust management.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 26, 2006
At its management show, Microsoft unveils a new System Center service desk product, renames MOM and SMS and makes Exchange Server 2007 official.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 26, 2006
The other shoe finally dropped. Microsoft admitted this week that Windows Longhorn Server will ship in the second half of 2007 rather than in early 2007 as the company, many customers and analysts had hoped.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 26, 2006
Microsoft's
market-leading browser faces competition from smaller players.
- By The Associated Press
- April 25, 2006
Sanjay Kumar, the former CEO of Computer Associates International Inc., pleaded guilty on Monday to obstruction of justice and securities fraud charges in a massive accounting scandal at the Long Island-based software company.
- By The Associated Press
- April 25, 2006
Virtualization software developer VMware is moving to popularize and standardize its virtual desktop technologies in enterprise IT through a new trade alliance.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 25, 2006
Wall Street's tepid reaction to Scott McNealy's exit as CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc. underscored a question on many investors' minds: Can Jonathan Schwartz, the ex-chief's ponytailed protege and hand-picked successor, reverse the company's long slide?
- By The Associated Press
- April 25, 2006
Microsoft on Monday evening released Beta 2 for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2, an overhaul of the browser featuring enhanced security and a redesigned user interface.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- April 25, 2006
Chip-maker Intel Corp., trying to stave off further encroachment by rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., showed off technology designed to help businesses automate the management of large fleets of personal computers.
- By The Associated Press
- April 24, 2006
SurfControl partners with En Pointe in a global VAR agreement.
- By Dan Hong
- April 24, 2006
Since leaving Microsoft seven years ago, Sam Jadallah has stayed close to
the industry and Microsoft. Currently, he's a general partner at the Menlo
Park, Calif., venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures. One of the sectors
he invests in for the firm is software, which makes his inside knowledge
of Microsoft highly valuable. In an e-mail interview with <i>Redmond Channel
Partner</i> magazine, Jadallah assessed the changes in the Microsoft Partner
Program since his departure.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 24, 2006
Microsoft Business Solutions Group's annual Convergence conference, which focuses on the company's business applications, drew thousands of customers and partners to Dallas in late March.
- By Lee Pender
- April 24, 2006
Redmond giant's latest antitrust court drama begins Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- April 24, 2006
Gates gets rockstar-like treatment as thousands come out to greet him during his visit to give Vietnamese high-tech efforts a boost.
- By The Associated Press
- April 22, 2006
Latest effort to obtain documents in its EU antitrust case fails.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006
A 25-year-old man has been charged with hacking into the University of Southern California's computer system and accessing information about student applicants.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006
Microsoft will re-release one of its April security bulletins on Tuesday to fix a flaw in the patch that caused applications to crash on systems running either an older Hewlett-Packard utility or certain NVIDIA drivers.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 21, 2006
In a move to make the freely distributed Linux operating system a stronger alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, a group of major Linux distributors announced Friday they have united on a standard set of components for desktop versions of Linux.
- By The Associated Press
- April 21, 2006