If last year was any indication, enterprise IT security pros  will be busy in 2009.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - January 07, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When Microsoft issues the general release of Internet Explorer  8, enterprises will be able to deploy a new blocking tool to prevent  unauthorized installations of the browser.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 07, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A memo purportedly from Microsoft to its OEM partners suggests  that Microsoft will offer upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7, starting  possibly on July 1, 2009.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 06, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bob Muglia, a Microsoft veteran of 21 years, has been named to the newly created position of president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - January 06, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bloggers and analysts on Monday poured cold water on rumors  that Microsoft plans to lay off a substantial number of its employees.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - January 05, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond continues to investigate a new zero-day bug affecting popular database application SQL Server.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - December 23, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    MySQL 5.1 was released by Sun Microsystems in April, but I  decided to test it out this month.
                    
			            - By Will  Kraft
 - December 19, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While developers feel blindsided by Microsoft's shift to Entity Framework, company officials defend move and say LINQ to SQL is not on death row.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 18, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a beta version of its Code Analysis Tool and Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library for developers.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - December 16, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL Server  2005 by releasing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Monday, along with SP3 Cumulative Update  1.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - December 16, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) on Monday unveiled a limited private community technology preview (CTP) of "SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management [tools], as part of the SQL Server codename 'Kilimanjaro,'" according to a PASS spokesperson.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 15, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DataDirect Technologies this week upgraded its ADO.NET  database drivers, which provide connectivity between .NET-based applications  and DBMSes from Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and Sybase.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - December 12, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft server and tools exec Bob Kelly told an investment  banker audience how Microsoft plans to take advantage of opportunities in the  enterprise IT market.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 10, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The silicon industry's plans to use multiple processor cores  on the same chip to improve computer processing performance may have hit a bump  on supercomputing highway.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - December 09, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    This year, the IT industry reached an inflection point,  where more new malicious programs were created than useful ones.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - December 03, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Facing criticism that the beta of its Web Platform Installer didn't support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft addressed that complaint with the release candidate made available yesterday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 25, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft exec Kirill Tatarinov on Wednesday described some  new features to expect in the forthcoming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009  enterprise resource planning solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    ISO/IEC on Tuesday published the Office Open XML (OOXML)  file format standard, formally known as ISO/IEC 29500:2008.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - November 19, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft held its Shareholder meeting for 2008 on Wednesday,  and shareholders approved all nine board-member nominees on the proxy slate.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 19, 2008