From the business wires this week: grid computing software, NAC solutions, SATA RAID storage systems and a Windows XP Media Center.
- By Dan Hong
- October 21, 2005
Shipments of new PCs rose at a healthy rate during the third quarter of 2005, according to two leading analyst firms. Both Gartner and IDC put unit shipment growth at 17 percent compared to the year-ago quarter.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 20, 2005
Microsoft this week posted the second release candidate of Windows Server 2003 Release 2 for download.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 20, 2005
At its customer conference in Boston this week, Siebel Systems announced the availability of a new line of custom application development tools, including one especially designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Visual Studio 2005.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 20, 2005
A new Microsoft Office Communicator client for Windows mobile devices entered beta testing on Thursday.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 20, 2005
A Gartner analyst predicts Microsoft will charge less than $15 per user per year for its new anti-malware product and recommends that enterprises immediately leverage Microsoft's entry into the desktop security market to win concessions from competitors.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 19, 2005
Microsoft is preparing to announce some structural changes to the Microsoft Learning program that will benefit Microsoft Certified Partner members.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 19, 2005
Microsoft this week released a second Community Technology Preview for Windows Vista that includes self-healing capabilities, big changes for Internet Explorer and hints of an integrated Windows AntiSpyware.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 19, 2005
Microsoft posted Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 to the Web on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 19, 2005
At first blush, they may seem a bit like the odd couple. But Microsoft believes its partner and small-business divisions were made for each other.
- By Anne Stuart
- October 19, 2005
Two groups to become more closely aligned; new "blended training" tools also being added.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 18, 2005
VMware this week unveiled the feature set for the next versions of two of its flagship virtualization products in an announcement that coincided with its annual conference being held in Las Vegas.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2005
Computer Associates is shipping release 2 of its Protection Suites for small and medium-sized businesses, and has expanded the offering to include six separate products to address specific market segments.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2005
A little more than a year ago, Intel gave customers and analysts a peek at its roadmap for both the Xeon and Itanium 2 architectures. This month, at an event highlighted by an appearance by legendary comedian Carl Reiner, executives of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel gave a status update that basically has them on track.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 18, 2005
From the business wires this week: a patch management system, a software licensing solution and remote access software for help desk technicians.
- By Dan Hong
- October 14, 2005
California State University selects Softricity’s SoftGrid application virtualization platform to run Chancellor’s Office’s apps.
- By Dan Hong
- October 14, 2005
One other change: MCTs with tenure excused from meeting minimum training delivery requirements.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 13, 2005
Citrix Systems is shipping an update to its flagship Presentation Server product that adds support for 64-bit memory addressing technology in Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, the company told attendees at its iForum conference in Las Vegas this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 13, 2005
At its iForum conference in Las Vegas this week, Citrix unveiled a major technology initiative that will provide the foundations for “next generation” virtualization products it plans to introduce in the same timeframe as Microsoft’s Windows “Longhorn” server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 13, 2005
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! announced an initiative on Wednesday to make MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger compatible with each other.
- By Becky Nagel
- October 12, 2005