The Payment Card Industry Council on Wednesday released an updated version of its PCI data security standard, which is designed to help protect transmitted charge and debit card information.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco, a company synonymous with telecommunications networks,  is flexing its muscles in yet another arena -- unified communications. 
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - September 25, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With RTM milestone met, Windows Essential Business Server is expected become generally available on November 12.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - September 18, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's unclear how a Virginia Supreme Court ruling may  influence other state and federal laws, but the court on Friday struck down a Virginia law that  prohibits the sending of unsolicited e-mail.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - September 17, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond on Tuesday rolled out four critical fixes, as expected, for as many as eight remote code execution exploits for various Windows applications.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 09, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Network goliath Cisco Systems last week stepped further into  the cloud-computing space by announcing the acquisition of privately held  PostPath, a provider of hosted e-mail and calendaring solutions based in Mountain View, Calif.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - September 04, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to roll out just four "critical" fixes in September's security bulletin release expected on Tuesday, according to an advance notice.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 04, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hosting partners live on the edge as Microsoft plays in their cloud. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - August 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Maker of popular BlackBerry handset issued a patch to plug a vulnerability in its BlackBerry  Enterprise Server (BES) solution.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - July 18, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Unisys announced yesterday that it is offering companies a free 30-day unified communications trial using Microsoft solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 15, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's partner community got new marching orders today  as Microsoft unveiled its hosted service offerings and pricing -- something  that has been deferred, to partner unease, for about two years or so.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 08, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner  Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date  of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for  small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other  Microsoft server technologies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 07, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft updated documentation on protocols used in some of  its core applications today.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 30, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft yesterday kicked off the NXTcomm08  event by showcasing its IPTV telco and service provider offerings.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 17, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Masters series aims to fill gap between Professional series and Architect series of certifications.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - June 10, 2008