Windows surged again in 2004 as a platform for new relational database management system licenses, but Linux is growing at an extremely rapid pace as Unix loses popularity, according to new research from Gartner Inc.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 25, 2005
Microsoft released more pre-release code for some core elements of the Longhorn operating system in advance of the general Longhorn Beta 1 scheduled for this summer.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 24, 2005
The battle with Linux gives both companies a vested interest, aside from benefits to customers, in better interoperability. Meanwhile, Sun's recent acquisition of Citrix competitor Tarantella goes a long way toward boosting Sun-Microsoft interoperability efforts.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 19, 2005
Microsoft on Thursday released to manufacturing Service Pack 1 for Windows Small Business Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2005
Microsoft issues one of its first security advisories under a new program. Citing several mitigating factors, the company says the flaw is not considered a significant threat.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2005
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Thursday offered his vision of the "New World of Work" for information workers during a keynote to 100 CEOs from the Global 1000 at the annual Microsoft CEO Summit. Microsoft also unveiled the timeline for Office 12 -- beta this fall with general availability in the second half of 2006.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2005
A year after Microsoft paid nearly $2 billion to Sun Microsystems to settle legal claims and license technologies in a 10-year technical collaboration, some undisclosed amount of money is starting to flow the other way.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2005
Microsoft has distributed enough copies of Service Pack 1 to update nearly one-fifth of the installed base of Windows Server 2003, the company estimated on Thursday.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2005
As details trickle out on Microsoft's "Eiger" operating system for less powerful PCs, analysts at Gartner are offering usage recommendations for the enterprise.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 19, 2005
NetIQ will ship this month a bundle of existing management tools that aims to help small and medium-sized businesses meet regulatory compliance requirements for recent laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA acts.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 18, 2005
A social engineering attack resulted in secure e-mail service provider
Hushmail having its Website redirected to a defaced site. According
to reports, Network Solutions, the Domain Name Service provider
behemoth, gave out information through a customer support line
sufficient to allow an attacker to alter DNS record information for
Hushmail.com.
- By Russ Cooper
- May 17, 2005
Internet Explorer 7.0 will include the tabbed browsing feature already present in several rival browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Netscape, Microsoft developers confirmed this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 17, 2005
The Windows Server Roadmap, a handy document on Microsoft's Web site with rough delivery date guidance, got an update this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 17, 2005
It's not easy to turn years of animosity between two massive corporations into a working technical collaboration.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 16, 2005
As it launched a consumer search toolbar with desktop search capabilities on Monday, Microsoft revealed that it is working on a corporate version of desktop search.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 16, 2005
A U.S.-based carrier is onboard with Microsoft's MapPoint Location Server, providing a major boost to Microsoft's fledgling server software for real-time tracking and management of vehicle fleets and highly mobile employees.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 16, 2005
In an effort to reduce the pain users face in combing through Licensing 6.0 documentation, Microsoft this week previewed a change coming in July to its massive Product Use Rights document.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 12, 2005
PGP Corp. is shipping updates to both its desktop and server encryption products aimed at centralizing policy management and expanding enterprise management features.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 12, 2005
Defrauded customers may be eligible for free Windows XP Pro, but with some strings attached.
RSA Security announced Wednesday that it will ship in June a tool to help IT organizations that are already using the company’s event-logging software to comply with new rules required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA and other regulations.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- May 12, 2005