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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released the latest version of its free standalone server virtualization solution on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft got it right with Windows 7, according to Michael Cherry, vice president of research on operating systems for Directions on Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two of the most troubling new threats are in the Domain Name System and Secure Sockets Layer, services users have trusted for years.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Social Security Administration will to test Microsoft's HealthVault software for its disability determination process.
                    
			            - By Alice  Lipowicz
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a packed schedule and a bit of controversy.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zoho is making further inroads in the online office market with the introduction of a unified log-in mechanism that allows users to use their Google and Yahoo ID to access Zoho's suite of Office-like apps.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 28, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft pointed to e-mail account "hijacking" as becoming an increasing problem, especially among Windows Live Hotmail users.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft filed legal papers on Tuesday appealing a final judgment against it in a patent infringement case brought by i4i LP. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Spam volumes have increased fourfold during the last six months, accounting for a discouraging 94.9 percent of all e-mail delivered so far in August.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft started a new pilot help program last week for IT professionals and developers facing application compatibility issues.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday released the latest service pack for Exchange Server 2007, adding a few new features, mostly of interest to IT pros.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In its latest bid to show its support for PHP, Microsoft late last week released a toolkit that will bridge the popular scripting language to .NET-based data-driven applications.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Internet Explorer 8 will arrive as an "update rollup" via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Microsoft announced. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced the availability System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 evaluation version.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has formally appealed a judgment issued last week that would require the company to stop selling Microsoft Word within the U.S.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- August 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is merging its Data Programmability and Connected Systems Group.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers from Redmond this week unveiled an anti-hacking concept that can help track hackers or malicious content to origin servers.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 19, 2009