Despite speculation that Microsoft might make an announcement around its Silverlight runtime environment at Zend/PHP Conference and Expo, the company's profile was lower than past events.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- September 19, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With RTM milestone met, Windows Essential Business Server is expected become generally available on November 12.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week released a white paper on identity theft with the aim of starting a "vendor-neutral" discussion on the use of "information cards" as an Internet security solution.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is crossing the aisles to see the security process  through from start to finish -- not just internally, but for outside software developers  too.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    HP has completed the acquisition of EDS, an outsourcing innovator; now it's restructuring, with plans to cut jobs, the companies announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- September 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    LAS VEGAS, SEPT. 18 -- VMware announced a number of initiatives this week at VMworld, but gave few specifics on products and availability. The company has revealed, however, that all the technologies to implement that vision will be available by the end of next year.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Alistair Croll, a principal analyst for consulting coalition BitCurrent, argues that moving to Internet-based Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, "won't eliminate work [but will] just change the work," for IT administrators.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- September 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) appears to be heading toward a reconciliation with Microsoft.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- September 17, 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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft won't say when the first public beta release of its  Windows 7 operating system will occur, but some possible dates have been  anonymously leaked.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has two new licensing options under its Vista  Enterprise Centralized Desktop program.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware CTO Stephen Herrod adds texture and detail to CEO Maritz's Tuesday keynote. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cray Inc., in conjunction with Intel and Microsoft, on  Tuesday unveiled a relatively low-cost supercomputer that works in office  environments.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Security firm Sophos disclosed on Monday that BusinessWeek magazine's Web site had been hacked.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On the first day of VMware's VMworld conference happening in Las Vegas this week, Citrix Systems -- a competitor of VMware that's also at the conference -- announced the release of XenServer 5, the latest version of its server virtualization solution. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- September 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The annual VMworld user conference gets underway today in Las Vegas, with the event's host betting big on a new strategy that redefines its market-leading virtualization management products. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- September 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond continued to rebuff assertions that a "suggested sites" feature in Internet Explorer 8, currently at Beta 2 release, invades user privacy.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An industry specification for content management  interoperability services has been floated by three players in the  enterprise content management (ECM) space.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel this week began rolling out its new line of Xeon processors targeted toward server markets.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- September 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The sluggish global economy has migrated to the IT industry,  according to a survey released this week by Forrester Research.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 12, 2008