Systems and security management software company NetIQ Corp. will lay off 150 people, or about 15 percent of its workforce over the next 12 months and will outsource some development to India as the company realigns to regain profitability.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 22, 2005
From the business wires this week: performance-improving solutions for SQL Server and Windows Server environments, a tool for managing remote users and a program for customizing your Windows desktop.
Microsoft officially named the next version of its Windows operating system "Windows Vista" in a naming ceremony streamed via Windows Media Player Friday.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 22, 2005
More than 25,000 students in 41 countries competed to see just who's best at Word and Excel.
Finjan Software, a security firm involved in a recent public spat with Microsoft over publicly discussing the software giant's security flaws, has landed a minority investment and patent deal from Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 21, 2005
Microsoft posted strong revenue and profit growth in the quarter and fiscal year that ended June 30 as PC and server growth fueled software sales, but growth remained soft in the important Information Worker segment that includes Microsoft Office.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 21, 2005
Company known for remote computer access tools recognized for ability to deliver Microsoft solutions to enterprises, mid-market companies.
Citrix posted hotfixes for two of its products that were crashing after users installed Microsoft Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 21, 2005
Microsoft faces high expectations when it reports financial results for the year later Thursday because the company's key external variable -- worldwide PC sales -- are way up.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 21, 2005
Next Friday marks the sixth annual System Administration Day.
Lawsuits claiming ex-employees violated so-called “non-compete” clauses in their work contracts by leaving one company to go to a competitor are nothing new. Microsoft has been involved in its fair share of them in the past, both for cherry picking other companies’ employees as well as to try to stop defections from its own ranks.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 20, 2005
Microsoft agreed to terms to acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a provider of hosted e-mail security, compliance and archiving services. Assuming regulatory approval, Microsoft hopes to sell the FrontBridge services as a complement to its Exchange messaging server in the near term and later integrate its on-premise Exchange server with the hosted technologies.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 20, 2005
Microsoft this week delivered a new version of the Windows AntiSpyware beta.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 20, 2005
Visionpace announces a new style of classroom/on-site training that lets students apply their knowledge in real-world situations.
Microsoft is working to fix a publicly disclosed flaw in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services that can lead to a denial of service attack against certain Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 19, 2005
Intel is shipping a pair of new Itanium 2 processors that aim to boost the chips’ performance in compute intensive applications by increasing bus transfer speeds.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 19, 2005
HP on Tuesday announced it is cutting 14,500 jobs worldwide -- about 10 percent of its total workforce -- in an ongoing effort to bolster the computer and printer firm’s bottom line.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 19, 2005
Microsoft has purchased an OEM license to use voice-processing software from Global IP Sound, a developer of voice codecs.
- By Michael Domingo
- July 18, 2005
At Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference earlier this month, Austin, Texas-based Neverfail Group announced the introduction of a virtual environment that allows Neverfail partners to present live, on-demand demonstrations of the company’s product line to potential customers via the Internet.
- By Wendy A. Hernandez
- July 18, 2005
Last week at the Automotive Conference 2005 in Yokahama, Japan, Microsoft announced the release of a new version of its customizable software platform Windows Automotive 5.0.
- By Becky Nagel
- July 18, 2005