Customer confusion over Lotus' messaging software strategy and its potentially complex upgrade path will help Microsoft widen its lead over the IBM subsidiary, according to an analyst firm specializing in messaging.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 30, 2004
Microsoft is readying a free version of SQL Server and low-cost versions of developer tools for enthusiasts and non-professional users.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 29, 2004
Microsoft confirmed that the Download.Ject security issue, a multi-level attack in the wild that compromises Web servers that are then pressed into service infecting clients with a trojan, exploits a patched flaw in IIS but that there is no current effective patch for the client.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 28, 2004
Javelina Software released a new version of its two-year-old toolkit for Microsoft's Active Directory.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 25, 2004
To make good on their data warehousing investments, some organizations are creating the role of “BI Evangelist.” This person is responsible for spreading the “good news” about the data warehouse and what it can do for the organization.
- By Wayne Eckerson
- June 25, 2004
Quest Software began shipping a new version of its Exchange Migration Wizard with an important enhancement for moving laptop users from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 without interruption.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 25, 2004
After a huge jump in the number of unique phishing attacks from March to April, the number of attacks stayed relatively flat from April to May, according to a group studying the problem.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 25, 2004
Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it will deliver the high performance computing version of Windows Server 2003 that the company has been hinting at for several weeks.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
Oracle keeps turning an unwelcome spotlight on Microsoft during an antitrust trial that is supposed to have Oracle in the hot seat.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
Virtualization software provider VMWare delivered support this week for 64-bit extended systems in two of its products, marking the first delivery in a plan to provide support for the platforms across all its products over the next 16 months.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
MediaLive International, which last year took over what was once the IT industry's largest and most important show, cancelled Comdex 2004 on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday refreshed its six-month-old reporting platform for SQL Server 2000 with a service pack that adds some minor functionality.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2004
Microsoft shipped version 8.0 of Great Plains, its packaged financial management software for mid-market companies across all business sectors.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2004
Microsoft released another trial balloon in the last week over what it should do with its anti-virus technology. The company is dragging its feet on a decision because it really has no good options here.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 21, 2004
Based on the restored demand for enterprise servers that began late last year, researchers at IDC are predicting strong growth for server systems through 2008, especially for Linux- and Windows-based boxes.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 17, 2004
Veritas Software Corp. this week released an incremental update to its flagship, heterogeneous backup product that includes several key enhancements for Windows-based environments.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 17, 2004
A week after the controversial disclosure that Microsoft had been in merger talks with ERP giant SAP, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the roadmap for its own fledgling bundle of four ERP products.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 16, 2004
Microsoft is leaning toward offering a paid anti-virus subscription service.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 16, 2004
AMD completed design of its AMD64 dual-core processor and plans to deliver the chips to the x86 server market in the middle of next year.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 16, 2004
Microsoft posted the second release candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 2, but the software giant is refusing to say when it hopes to ship the final version of the service pack, which amounts to a minor new release of the Windows client.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 15, 2004