Users testing Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta have been asking Microsoft when it will release the final product, but Microsoft isn't saying right now, according to a Windows 7 team blog posted on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 30, 2009
A dispute with the European Union might change how Microsoft distributes its software in the region.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 29, 2009
One bright spot in the IT economy appears to be virtualization, with leading provider VMware today announcing that its yearly revenue rose 42 percent in 2008 to $1.9 billion. Fourth quarter revenues were a "solid" $515 million -- up 25 percent over last year.
- By Becky Nagel
- January 27, 2009
For the second time in as many weeks, after a breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a company storing a large volume of personal data has been hit by a major theft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- January 27, 2009
Microsoft today made available Release Candidate 1 of its ASP.NET Model View Controller, a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications.
- By Kathleen Richards and Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 27, 2009
Microsoft will discontinue its PerformancePoint business intelligence product and will merge its function into SharePoint Server, the company said late last week.
- By Michael Desmond
- January 26, 2009
A survey of more than 300 open source software (OSS) developers found that many plan to distribute their solutions as services over the Internet cloud.
- By Herb Torrens
- January 20, 2009
Netezza last week appeared to close the loop on one of its perceived competitive shortcomings when it unveiled a new interoperability strategy for Microsoft's business intelligence platform
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 16, 2009
Pink slips at the world's largest software provider may become a reality soon, according to several reports published this week, citing unnamed sources.
- By Herb Torrens
- January 15, 2009
TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers have reportedly had problems getting product keys for the Windows 7 Beta, and the free general public version is slightly delayed, Microsoft says.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2009
The beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 is currently available for download by TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers, as well as by technology enthusiasts.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 09, 2009
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
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
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
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