Microsoft announced the new Live Framework during a Tuesday keynote that addressed Windows 7 and other tools and technologies that will comprise the front-end infrastructure of the company's unfolding Software plus Services strategy. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - October 28, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, Microsoft is unveiling the end-to-end vision for its Software plus Services platform.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - October 27, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The IT security function, as a percentage of total IT staff at enterprise organizations, appears to be in decline, according to an addendum on security in a research report released this week by Computer Economics.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 27, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Looking for the coolest jobs in IT? A new survey of information technology and network security specialists suggests that the place to look is on the front lines of cyberspace -- and that the variety of work is greater than many might suspect.
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
 - October 24, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue upped its ante in the software as a service (SaaS) space  this week with the release of a hosted version of its venerable corporate e-mail  software.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - October 23, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond on Thursday released a critical out-of-cycle security patch affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 23, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    "Disaster breeds opportunity," so the old slogan goes. But when it comes to uncertain economic times, companies should double-check their internal policies and procedures, security experts say.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 22, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One of the most closely tracked companies on Wall Street's radar screen did not disappoint expectations with reported revenues for the third quarter of $472 million, a 32 percent increase achieved under increasingly difficult market conditions.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
 - October 22, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise IT professionals concerned about laptops holding  proprietary corporate data should be heartened by a new 3G mobile security  technology update from Alcatel-Lucent.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - October 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008), the second major component of its virtualization strategy.  
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - October 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide  market for virtualized servers.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - October 20, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What's the top threat to data security going to be in 2009? According to the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009 out of Georgia Tech's Information Security Center, the answer is malware specifically disguised as "benign social networking links."
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
 - October 20, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The updated Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)  2007 will make the IP private branch exchange (PBX) "the electronic typewriter  of enterprise voice" by using software to do the job that hardware did in the  past -- only do it better.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - October 20, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's CEO talked about Windows  7 and the company's vision for syncing up applications in the  Internet cloud at a Gartner-sponsored event on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 17, 2008