IBM on Monday said it has acquired Guardium, a leading supplier of real-time database application monitoring software.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- December 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Since Windows 7 launched, Microsoft has resuscitated two well-received partner funding programs: The Big Easy and the HP/Microsoft Frontline Partnership.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- December 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It is customary to end a year by reflecting on positive moments. But by nearly all measures, 2009 was one of the worst business years on record since the Great Depression. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- December 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Long the subject of benign neglect, the Services Provider License Agreement has been rejuvenated in the last year with significant program changes.
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
- December 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new zero-day Internet Explorer bug awaits IT pros returning from the holiday break.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- November 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    First release of Microsoft's flagship database in two years offers substantial scalability gains. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Resources designed to help with Windows 7 desktop virtualization.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some partners worry that Microsoft is undercutting the value proposition of Exchange, selling below cost to fend off Google.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Latest version of e-mail server emphasizes S+S and unified communications.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco, EMC, VMware partner for virtualization of data centers.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- November 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google has fixed bugs in Google Chrome Frame, including one that Microsoft called out as a security problem.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google, Microsoft and Amazon pitched their respective cloud offerings during the keynote panel session at Interop New York Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yousef Khalidi talked about Microsoft's new Azure cloud services at the Interop trade show on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is extending its Dynamics enterprise resource planning products capabilities with three add-on services.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- November 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise customers that start to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- November 19, 2009