Microsoft plans to bolster the Software Assurance component of its volume licensing program next month with several additional benefits covering deployment services, enhanced support, training and exclusive software, according to a source familiar with Microsoft's plans.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 18, 2005
According to a senior Microsoft executive, Microsoft is introducing
what he calls a "big change" to Visual Studio 2005 in the August
Community Technology Preview that is coming out shortly. Such a major change is unusual for a product this late in the development cycle.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 17, 2005
Microsoft plans to release a Community Technology Preview of
Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 on Friday.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 17, 2005
CNN, New York Times, Caterpillar and others reported serious problems
from worms stemming from the Plug and Play vulnerability in
Windows 2000. Microsoft continues to rate the worms a low threat.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 17, 2005
VMware announced this week it will price its products per CPU and not per core, assuring users that they will not be penalized for moving to emerging multi-core processors.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 17, 2005
Biometric firm that once targeted government now looks to partners to address SMBs.
- By Michael Domingo
- August 17, 2005
Houston, Texas-based BindView Corp. says this quarter it will ship an update to its regulatory compliance tracking and reporting tool, that adds support for major databases and for Microsoft Exchange.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 17, 2005
As the multi-core duel heats up, Intel moved to steal some thunder from AMD this week by announcing it will ship its first dual-core Xeon CPUs earlier than promised. Additionally, over the weekend, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company slashed prices on several of its Pentium 4 desktop processors.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 16, 2005
Quest Software this week revealed its initial blueprint for the integration of Vintela technology with Quest tools. Quest bought Vintela in a $57 million deal that closed last month.
- By Doug Barney
- August 16, 2005
A Microsoft official said that a dangerous new worm dubbed Zotob is spreading slowly, but Microsoft is on high alert and the company recommends that customers apply a patch for the Windows Plug and Play vulnerability the worm exploits.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 16, 2005
Hosting.com offers users a chance to test out betas of Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. Also, SyncCast develops a digital music kiosk with partner Mix & Burn.
- By Dan Hong
- August 16, 2005
Confused by Microsoft's jumble of directory technologies for user-account management? ENT contributing editor Stuart Johnston sorts out the differences between Microsoft's existing Microsoft Identity Integration Server and its forthcoming Active Directory Federation Services, and explains where third-party tools from Quest/Vintela and Centrify fit into the puzzle.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 16, 2005
From the business wires this week:
- By Dan Hong
- August 12, 2005
Systems Management Server 2003 exam being beta tested from Aug. 8 to Aug. 22. Will count toward MCSE and new Technology Specialist cert.
- By Michael Domingo
- August 11, 2005
Mike Lynn is being hailed in some quarters as a hero, but I don't buy
it. I'm sure his heart was in the right place when he discussed a serious
vulnerability in Cisco routers at the recent Black Hat USA conference, and his
courage in quitting his job, rather than be censored by Cisco and his
own employer, is admirable.
- By Keith Ward
- August 11, 2005
Houston, Texas-based data management tool vendor NuView says in the next month it will ship a new Active Directory security product aimed at providing administrators with a centralized view of all users and the resources they have access to on an enterprise-wide basis.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 11, 2005
RightNow Technologies released RightNow CRM 7.5, the latest version of the company’s on demand CRM solution.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 11, 2005
AMD says it will release later this month SimNow, a free AMD64 simulator that will let developers work with the company’s next-generation processor technologies, including AMD’s virtualization technology, codenamed “Pacifica,” today.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 10, 2005
Software maker VMware announced this week it is working with a wide range of other technology companies to establish “open” virtualization standards based on its products and technologies.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 10, 2005
A problem in Microsoft's process for posting patches to the Microsoft Download Center during the August patch day on Tuesday caused users attempting to pull down a critical cumulative patch for Internet Explorer to receive a corrupted file.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 10, 2005