A top Microsoft official answered questions about the state of IT spending and Microsoft's product offerings at the Nasdaq OMX 23rd Investor Program on Tuesday. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- December 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM on Monday said it has acquired Guardium, a leading supplier of real-time database application monitoring software.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced last week that Chris Liddell is stepping down as Microsoft's chief financial officer. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new zero-day Internet Explorer bug awaits IT pros returning from the holiday break.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- November 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    More than 99 percent of Microsoft voting shareholders have approved the company's executive compensation practices in its first "say-on-pay" vote.
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    First release of Microsoft's flagship database in two years offers substantial scalability gains. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Resources designed to help with Windows 7 desktop virtualization.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some partners worry that Microsoft is undercutting the value proposition of Exchange, selling below cost to fend off Google.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Latest version of e-mail server emphasizes S+S and unified communications.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco, EMC, VMware partner for virtualization of data centers.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google has fixed bugs in Google Chrome Frame, including one that Microsoft called out as a security problem.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google, Microsoft and Amazon pitched their respective cloud offerings during the keynote panel session at Interop New York Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google's previously under-wraps operating system is now  available to developers as open source code, the company announced on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is extending its Dynamics enterprise resource planning products capabilities with three add-on services.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- November 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise customers that start to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out multiple public betas at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- November 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft officials briefed financial analysts on the company's cloud computing strategy at its Professional Developers Conference on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A year ago, at the 2008 Professional Developers Conference, Steven Sinofsky earned plaudits when he offered a mea culpa for the mess left by Vista.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- November 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 to manufacturers on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday released betas of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to its MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 17, 2009