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
- 03/06/2008
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.
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
- 03/05/2008
Microsoft ushered in two highly anticipated betas: the first public downloads of Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 2.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/05/2008
After nearly three months of private beta testing, Microsoft Office Live Workspace is being rolled out worldwide as a full public beta.
In a major shift of position, the next release of Microsoft's widely deployed Internet Explorer browser will set standards-based rendering as the default, a move that will impact how developers build and deploy Web content.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/04/2008
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
- 03/03/2008
Microsoft's SaaS initiatives gets kickstarted with online betas of Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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
The company's "Vista Capable" standard appears to have been partially influenced by decision to help Intel sell components with lower graphic capabilities.
Semantic Web concepts and technologies gain traction in mainstream development with new crop of tools.
- By Alice LaPlante
- 03/01/2008
"D" declarative programming language is the newest component of Redmond’s "Oslo" project and Dynamic IT strategy
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/01/2008
Microsoft's chairman outlines his vision for a next-generation development platform.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/01/2008
Infragistics’ newly released "Aikido" framework is optimized for Web 2.0 development .
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/01/2008
Following recent acquisitions, IBM and SAP unveil a host of new products and services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/01/2008
Silverlight and online banking work together at Web Services/SOA on Wall Street Conference
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/01/2008
Microsoft and Talend partner up to bring Open Studio, Talend’s open source BI tool, to the Windows platform.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/01/2008
European Union fined Microsoft 899 million Euros for failure to comply with the EU's 2004 finding that Redmond was engaged in monopolistic practices.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/27/2008
Redmond officially rolls out Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 in Los Angeles event.
One of the great things about virtualization is that it makes it incredibly easy to add a new server -- or 10, or 100 new servers.