The all-critical patch release of hotfixes served up by Redmond Tuesday hadn't even cooled off yet when Microsoft issued yet another security advisory on late Tuesday night.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/09/2009
Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its September security patch, which is notable for containing five "critical" security bulletins.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/08/2009
Software security vendors like to point to glitches in Microsoft products, but they don't always get much acknowledgment from Redmond.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/08/2009
Big Iron shops have two options to run their Windows applications on System z: emulation via z/Vos or full-blown porting via Mono.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 09/08/2009
A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday stayed an injunction against Microsoft, pending appeal, in a patent dispute involving Microsoft Word.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a test version of an extension that's designed to help speed up PHP-based Web applications running on Windows platforms.
Microsoft is forecasting a rare Patch Tuesday next week, with all of the September security bulletins expected to be deemed "critical."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/03/2009
Microsoft rolled out yet another free test version of Windows 7 on Tuesday -- this time targeting IT pros who haven't previously had access to the new operating system.
Microsoft launched a new licensing promotion on Tuesday aimed at midsize companies vying to better manage their servers and IT resources.
- By Herb Torrens
- 09/02/2009
Red Hat released the fourth update of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform, which the company is calling the foundation of its virtualization portfolio.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/02/2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the availability of a test version of its Windows Embedded Standard 2011 operating system, formerly code-named "Quebec."
Oracle released the first major update of its flagship database in two years with an upgrade focused on server consolidation, improved storage and extended data warehouse performance.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/02/2009
For the second time this year, Microsoft issued a security advisory for possible vulnerabilities in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/02/2009
IBM released a virtualized client computing offering it touts as a cloud-based desktop.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/02/2009
In a move aimed at expanding the footprint of its distributed application lifecycle management platform TeamForge, CollabNet today said it will offer preconfigured professional services and new online resources.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/01/2009
New JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 boasts extended services architecture and integration with Amazon's EC2.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/01/2009
Windows 7 was released to manufacturing (RTM) by Microsoft in July, three months prior to the planned Oct. 22 retail launch.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/01/2009
Microsoft got it right with Windows 7, according to Michael Cherry, vice president of research on operating systems for Directions on Microsoft.
- By Herb Torrens
- 08/31/2009
Looking to address a key objection to hosting data in the cloud, Amazon this week said it will offer a more secure iteration of its EC2 service, dubbed Virtual Public Cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/28/2009
Microsoft filed legal papers on Tuesday appealing a final judgment against it in a patent infringement case brought by i4i LP.