As Microsoft readies pre-release bits for its Professional Developers Conference later this month, the company's Connected Services division today announced key components of its "Oslo" modeling platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- October 10, 2008
Yahoo's stock plunge has some reflecting to a time when Microsoft had initiated an unsolicited takeover bid for the online advertising company.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 10, 2008
Microsoft's October patch release cycle promises to be a busy one as Redmond announced plans to roll out 11 security bulletins in its Tuesday security release.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 09, 2008
IBM expects to announce some pretty sweet news in a sour economy when it details its third-quarter 2008 earnings on Oct. 16.
- By Jim Barthold
- October 09, 2008
What a difference a little money makes -- and it's nearly $7 billion in the case of New York-based chipmaker AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), which unveiled a major investment and restructuring deal on Tuesday.
- By Jim Barthold
- October 09, 2008
Microsoft Springboard Virtual Roundtable examined Vista performance, fielding technical views from panelists that had actually carried out system upgrades.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 08, 2008
Military information technology folks wondering if their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer.
- By Joab Jackson
- October 08, 2008
Analyst firm Gartner put Microsoft at the top of its "leaders" category for information access technology, which includes enterprise search.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 08, 2008
In a survey of CIOs, network admin skills -- particularly, expertise with Cisco, Nortel and other networking technologies -- continue to be in strong demand.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 07, 2008
A new study from Gartner concludes that the WLANs of today comprise a "significant vulnerability" for enterprise IT organizations.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 07, 2008
Migration to virtualization won't be the quick transition that some technology evangelists have predicted, according to recent surveys by two IT security companies.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 07, 2008
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer denied knowing the details of "Vista Capable," a Microsoft hardware certification and Vista marketing campaign.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 06, 2008
Microsoft kicked off its BI Conference this week in Seattle with news that it's planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of SQL Server database.
- By John K. Waters
- October 06, 2008
Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates expressed confidence in the current economic system, despite plunging market values, in a TV interview broadcast on Sunday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 06, 2008
Jet-setters should be careful about how they use the Internet connections supplied by hotels, as most are not secured properly, according to a new study from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
- By Joab Jackson
- October 03, 2008
Rumors that Microsoft initiated a hiring freeze are not true, according to Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos, who denied it in accounts published on Friday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 03, 2008
Open source software vendor Red Hat went global with its high-performance computing (HPC) product on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- October 03, 2008
Is "cloud computing" the next big thing in IT, or are you just a victim of "cloud wash"?
- By Herb Torrens
- October 02, 2008
Yahoo plans to resolve a password security vulnerability identified last week in its Zimbra open source e-mail and collaboration software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 02, 2008
Microsoft's Canadian Gold Certified Partners can qualify for even greater recognition.
- By Anne Stuart and RCP Staff
- October 01, 2008