Software security vendors like to point to glitches in Microsoft products, but they don't always get much acknowledgment from Redmond.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Worldwide server revenues decreased more than 30 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with last year's second quarter, according to a report announced last week by IDC.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced a test version of an extension that's designed to help speed up PHP-based Web applications running on Windows platforms.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 03, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is forecasting a rare Patch Tuesday next week, with all of the September security bulletins expected to be deemed "critical."
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 03, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out yet another free test version of Windows 7 on Tuesday -- this time targeting IT pros who haven't previously had access to the new operating system.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 03, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft launched a new licensing promotion on Tuesday aimed at midsize companies vying to better manage their servers and IT resources.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 02, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced the availability of a test version of its Windows Embedded Standard 2011 operating system, formerly code-named "Quebec."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 02, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the second time this year, Microsoft issued a security advisory for possible vulnerabilities in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 02, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM released a virtualized client computing offering it touts as a cloud-based desktop. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 02, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a competitive pricing model established and different licensing options on the table, partners are starting to see how Microsoft's cloud-computing offering can drive new business.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Features of partner-delivered, next-generation point-of-sale solution include smart search and security-enhanced payment processing.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite the ongoing recession, partner peer-group members are holding their own for now -- and watching for the cloud on the horizon.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released the latest version of its free standalone server virtualization solution on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft got it right with Windows 7, according to Michael Cherry, vice president of research on operating systems for Directions on Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two of the most troubling new threats are in the Domain Name System and Secure Sockets Layer, services users have trusted for years.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 31, 2009