Microsoft doesn't mind making its customers jump through hoops when it comes to licensing its software.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The all-critical patch release of hotfixes served up by Redmond Tuesday hadn't even cooled off yet when Microsoft issued yet another security advisory on late Tuesday night.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its September security patch, which is notable for containing five "critical" security bulletins.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Federal agencies will need to hire over 270,000 new employees for mission-critical jobs over the next three years, including more than 11,000 IT pros.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday stayed an injunction against Microsoft, pending appeal, in a patent dispute involving Microsoft Word.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 05, 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citing the economy, Dallas-based MIS Group went out of business in July. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The numbers are in. And they stink.
                    
			            - 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft partner account managers will see compensation more tightly tied to partner performance.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The aim is to provide partners with transparency, predictability and consistency.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 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