A survey of IT professionals conducted last month for systems management provider KACE found that a majority of respondents expect that they won't deploy Windows 7 in the next year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The annual Web 2.0 Expo is considered a prominent showcase and launching ground for noteworthy next-generation applications, and last week's gathering in San Francisco was no exception.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- April 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A key Microsoft team member involved with the modular design  of Microsoft's server farms has joined another company.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week rolled out the next community test version of a distributed cache platform code-named "Velocity" that promises to speed up .NET-based applications.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns that researchers on April 9 discovered a new variant of the Conficker worm that updates earlier infections via its peer-to-peer network.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- April 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The first version of Microsoft's desktop virtualization tool  was announced last week.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- April 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft may face millions in losses following two separate legal decisions announced on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After some comparatively light patch rollouts in past months, Microsoft's April Patch Tuesday promises a fuller slate with eight security bulletins.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has delayed the release of an upcoming enterprise security  suite that integrates Microsoft Forefront security solutions, the company  announced late last week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- April 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1,  which provides updates to the relational database management system, but no new  features.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While the IT security community waited anxiously to see what havoc the Conficker worm might bring to infected systems on April 1, another worm slithered into the picture and now has Microsoft's full attention.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a shrinking server market, financial services firms are porting more applications to Linux at the expense of Unix and other legacy platforms. While that has been an ongoing trend for many years, the motive has shifted in the past year from adding new functionality to reducing cost.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems has released VirtualBox 2.2, an update to the company's free and open source desktop virtualization solution.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- April 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 7 beta testers will experience some pain when moving to the release candidate version of the operating system when it comes out, Microsoft officials explained on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will permit Windows 7 Professional edition downgrades to Windows XP Professional, according a report by veteran Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley published on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Phase 2 International now offers online IBM Lotus applications to SMBs, adding to its various hosted service offerings which already include a Microsoft solution stack.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zend Technologies will release its commercial-grade server  for PHP applications on Tuesday. 
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- April 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware believes it can save you at least half on your server hardware
through virtualization. It's so confident of the savings that the
company is announcing that it will work for you for free if it can't
meet that goal.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- April 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the proposed $7 billion dollar deal for IBM Corp. to acquire Sun Microsystems virtually collapsed this weekend.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- April 05, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new zero-day remote code execution vulnerability has come  to Redmond's attention,  this time affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 03, 2009