Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday warned of multiple vulnerabilities in its IOS FTP server, an optional service that's disabled by default. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 10, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off its first-ever Business Intelligence (BI) Conference in Seattle with a keynote speech by Business Division President Jeff Raikes, who spoke in general terms about Microsoft’s efforts to integrate existing products into businesses processes, without offering much in the way of specifics. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If you're taking your first MCP or Microsoft Dynamics exam, you're eligible for a 40 percent discount on your very first exam. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- May 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While most corporations eventually intend to migrate, it could be a long process, and there are still significant concerns with Vista.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. today published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Shavlik Technologies is offering a free download of its network solution to detect security misconfigurations and missing critical updates in older installed Microsoft products.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista's mail client is obsolete after just a few months of life as a commercial product.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s free Web-based e-mail is now widely available to the public in 36 languages.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Branch offices present special challenges for IT, mostly because of often slow or unreliable WAN connections, and a lack of onsite IT personnel to secure the local network and computers. Microsoft Corp. and Cupertino, Calif.-based Packeteer believe they have found a solution with iShaper, which is being promoted as a "branch office in a box."
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent study commissioned by systems management and deployment appliance maker KACE found that the majority of IT professionals working in "Fortune 100,000" or mid-sized companies" (defined as those companies with 100 to 100,000 employees) fear they could lose their job in the event of a security breach at their company. 
                    
			            - By James E. Powell
- May 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BizTalk R2 represents a change in thinking about RFID, or radio frequency identification, says Microsoft product manager.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Formally announces availability of security suite for Microsoft clients
                    
			            - By Keith Ward  and Lee Pender
- May 02, 2007