Branch offices present special challenges for IT, mostly because of often slow or unreliable WAN connections, and a lack of onsite IT personnel to secure the local network and computers. Microsoft Corp. and Cupertino, Calif.-based Packeteer believe they have found a solution with iShaper, which is being promoted as a "branch office in a box."
- By Keith Ward
- May 07, 2007
A recent study commissioned by systems management and deployment appliance maker KACE found that the majority of IT professionals working in "Fortune 100,000" or mid-sized companies" (defined as those companies with 100 to 100,000 employees) fear they could lose their job in the event of a security breach at their company.
- By James E. Powell
- May 04, 2007
All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 04, 2007
BizTalk R2 represents a change in thinking about RFID, or radio frequency identification, says Microsoft product manager.
- By Keith Ward
- May 03, 2007
Formally announces availability of security suite for Microsoft clients
- By Keith Ward and Lee Pender
- May 02, 2007
As some Microsoft partners know all too well, a solid emergency-response plan can mean the difference between surviving or sinking when disaster strikes.
- By Fred Bayles
- May 01, 2007
Last year, all the talk at Convergence was about waves of integration for Dynamics. Now, it's all about how the suite fits into the Microsoft stack. But not everything that Microsoft is saying is clear, and some partners are confused about where Dynamics is going.
- By Lee Pender
- May 01, 2007
Look for a provider that can deliver an end-to-end view across the network.
- By Rob Aragao
- May 01, 2007
Microsoft Corp. likes to promote Windows Vista as its most secure operating system release ever. And with good reason. After all, the company put a lot of software-development elbow grease into its top-to-bottom redesign of Vista's default security experience.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 01, 2007
Microsoft's Partner Influence Program is a step in the right direction, especially when partners could be selling Linux instead.
- By Paul DeGroot
- May 01, 2007
Company recognized for its governance solution, which helps manage enterprise applications in a service-oriented architecture.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2007
Capability will allow developers to program against Silverlight for both Windows and Mac environments using any .NET-supported languages
- By Mike Pizzo
- April 30, 2007
The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday in a case that restricts
the reach of U.S. patents overseas.
- By The Associated Press
- April 30, 2007
Google Inc. yanked paid advertisements linked to some 20 search terms that online criminals had hijacked to steal banking and other personal information from Web surfers looking for the Better Business Bureau and other sites.
- By The Associated Press
- April 27, 2007
New beta called 'quantum leap' by VMM product managers.
- By Keith Ward
- April 27, 2007