Microsoft is responding to problems with a fix for Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/21/2009
Microsoft officials described additional details about the upcoming SharePoint Server 2010 product at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/20/2009
SpringSource, now a subsidiary of VMware, unveiled the latest version of its Java development framework, along with a new developer edition of its Apache Tomcat-based application server.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/19/2009
Microsoft will hatch Windows 7 as a full-fledged commercial operating system this week, and IT professionals should be making plans for it.
Microsoft previewed the next generation of its popular SharePoint Server family, which will sport a new user interface, tighter integration capabilities, a cloud-based version and much-needed support for the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/19/2009
Microsoft said today it is discontinuing its beta of a service that lets developers building Silverlight-based applications host and distribute them free of charge and will be replaced by a paid alternative based on the company's forthcoming Azure cloud-based offering.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/19/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 are available to MSDN subscribers today and general availability is expected on Wednesday, October 21.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/19/2009
Microsoft sent a letter to T-Mobile Sidekick users claiming that most of the customer data thought to be lost during a network failure is now being restored.
With its portfolio bulging with 3,000 disparate products based on 59 acquisitions, Oracle outlined some key updates on its efforts to make them work together at its annual OpenWorld conference.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/14/2009
October has proved to be the month of record, landing one whopper of a Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/13/2009
IBM last week expanded its WebSphere middleware offering with a slew of new tools aimed at facilitating business process management and service oriented architectures.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/13/2009
Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.
Faced with a limited developer community four months after releasing its first webOS-based device, Palm Inc, this week said will offer a two-tier distribution option.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/09/2009
IT pros can expect a mammoth patch release for the month of October on Tuesday if Microsoft's advance notification is any indication.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/08/2009
In a move that will extend the reach beyond its core focus of enterprise testing and performance management, Compuware Corp. said it will acquire Gomez Inc. for $295 million.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/08/2009
New suite of .NET controls offers Excel-like pivot tables and rich presentation.
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/08/2009
The European Commission on Wednesday took another step closer to resolving its Web browser competition complaint against Microsoft.
The global IT market will see an upturn, starting next quarter, according to a report released last week by Forrester Research.
- By Herb Torrens
- 10/07/2009
Microsoft launched "Windows phone" branding on Tuesday, marking the global rollout of Windows Mobile 6.5-based phones by Microsoft's hardware partners.
Microsoft hopes to convince development shops to move from its Visual SourceSafe version control management system to the more modern Visual Studio Team Foundation Server by offering a scaled-down version of TFS.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/06/2009