Microsoft announced that it will be releasing four patches, all rated critical because they allow remote-code execution, and all involving Microsoft Office in some way.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- March 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is Apple acknowledging the power and ubiquity of Microsoft's messaging platform? That might be a stretch, but the company has announced a forthcoming update to its iPhone 2.0 software that will include built-in support for Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- March 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At last week's VMworld, BEA and VMware announced their partnership on a project to allow BEA's Java applications to work within virtual environments created with VMware's tools. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- March 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a name like "Cult of the Dead Cow" you know these guys are probably up to no good, and they are living up to expectations with the release of Goolag Scan, a tool to automate the use of search engines to scan for vulnerable applications, back doors and sensitive information on Web sites.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- March 06, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One week after Microsoft officially launched the 2008 versions of Windows Server, Visual Studio and SQL Server, the company has taken its show on the road.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zend Technologies has achieved Microsoft Windows Server 2008  certification for one of its PHP products. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A newly released report from Forrester Research makes predictions about enterprise software trends within the forthcoming decade. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Google both recently added to their  in-the-clouds application offerings. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After nearly three months of private beta testing, Microsoft Office Live Workspace is being rolled out worldwide as a full public beta. 
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- March 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Web applications, by far, dominate the list of application security vulnerabilities facing IT organizations, according to a report released recently by security firm Cenzic Inc., "Application Security Trend Report for Q4 2007."
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- March 03, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One of the biggest risks enterprises face in rolling out PDAs and smart phones is data getting into the wrong hands if a device is lost or stolen. Sybase Inc.'s iAnywhere business unit today is rolling out software it said will help corporate developers address that threat.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 03, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to blogger Nicholas Carr, Microsoft may be preparing  to make a major Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) announcement soon, possibly at its Mix '08 conference this week in Las Vegas
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- March 03, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft to cut prices on Windows Vista. The timing of the price cut would coincide with the retail availability of Vista Service Pack 1. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- March 03, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's SaaS initiatives gets kickstarted with online betas of Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- March 03, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company's "Vista Capable" standard appears to have been partially influenced by decision to help Intel sell components with lower graphic capabilities.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- March 02, 2008