Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, and the company spilled a lot of pixels explaining the beta's  new features.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond  responded on Wednesday to an independent security vendor's discovery of a  hard-drive encryption vulnerability affecting  Microsoft's BitLocker function, Intel/HP's BIOS and several other products and  programs.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Last week, market watcher Gartner Inc. issued a report in which it projected that IT spending should eclipse $3.4 trillion this year. That's a year-over-year growth rate of 8 percent.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 26, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The writing's on the wall, it seems, for purveyors of security point solutions. Gone is the day of the best-of-breed anti-virus, firewall, e-mail security or encryption vendors. These days, it's a security suite play.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 26, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Check Point Software Technologies today released a new  solution to address Internet security woes.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Businesses may have been slow to adopt Microsoft Windows  Vista, but expect that to change by late 2008 to 2009, according to a recent Forrester  Research report.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix Systems has upped the competitive ante by adding a new set of performance-related features to its flagship XenApp product.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- August 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Software as a service (SaaS) for the small to medium-size  business (SMB) market has opened potential opportunities for vendors, and a  report released last week by Forrester Research offers some advice for gaining  entry.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Windows Small Business Server  2008 to hardware manufacturers, with an eye toward achieving a full  product launch in November.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a sign that hackers have no problem taking advantage of open source solutions, Linux-based product distributor Red Hat issued a "critical" security advisory on Friday, saying that its servers had been compromised.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The old jokes are rolling in as Microsoft plans to include comedian Jerry Seinfeld as part of its new $300 million ad campaign, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    This year's Democratic National Convention will offer up something new: a series of products from Microsoft designed to make this cornerstone of the political process more accessible.
                    
			            - By Trudy  Walsh
- August 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday released an improved security filter for  its Internet Information Service (IIS) Web server that is designed to help thwart  SQL injection attacks.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to pour an additional money into business and open source technology collaboration with Novell.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft really wants SharePoint users to upgrade to SQL Server 2008, which was released to manufacturing on August 6.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 19, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In what might seem to be a shocking business move, Jas Dillon, former head of business development and M&A at Microsoft, has been named chief strategy officer and general manager of the new TASER Virtual Systems Division.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 19, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies can avoid attacks and minimize security cost overruns by practicing IT vulnerability management, according to a July study published by the Aberdeen Group.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 19, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In early August, Bellevue, Wash.-based Nintex rolled out a  solution for those concerned with governance in Microsoft Office SharePoint  Server and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out the highest level of its enterprise support programs to date, adding a new offering called "Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 18, 2008