Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- July 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On its face, today's July patch release from Microsoft seems to be light one. There are no "critical" or "moderate" ratings this time. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division. 
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's partner community got new marching orders today  as Microsoft unveiled its hosted service offerings and pricing -- something  that has been deferred, to partner unease, for about two years or so.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Major vendors of domain name system (DNS) servers are making an unprecedented coordinated release of patches for what is being called a fundamental flaw in DNS, a core element of the Internet.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner  Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date  of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for  small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other  Microsoft server technologies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday, a day ahead of its monthly patch release, Microsoft issued a security advisory specific to its database program in Microsoft Office.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In the wake of a report suggesting that IE was the least secure Web browser, Redmond on Wednesday touted the security features expected to appear in IE 8.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just two days after the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council announced the deadline for application security compliance and said it would be issuing guidelines for PIN entry devices, court documents have emerged detailing an elaborate plot to hack Citibank's ATM network architecture. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft unveiled a new subscription-based consumer  offering that combines an office productivity suite with security and hosted  services.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Reported data breaches increased sharply in the first six months of 2008, jumping 69 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a study by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- July 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Microsoft unveiled an addition to its SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK), a suite of tools deigned for helping developers build education solutions.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- July 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's new pricing scheme for Small Business Server 2008 reflects improvements in the product and changes to licensing policies. 
                    
			            - By Lee Pender  and RCP Staff
- July 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    More than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches -- and IE users are the biggest culprits.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent upgrade of the venerable HP/Microsoft Frontline Partnership includes campaigns, marketing funds and other partner benefits. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- July 01, 2008