Responding to a soon-to-be released study revealing that as many as a half a million database servers aren't protected by firewalls, security experts contend the findings constitute a call to action for security pros and database administrators everywhere.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/14/2007
The next preview of SQL Server 2008 supports spatial data types and a new Resource Governor feature is slated to hit in a week or two.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/12/2007
XAware Inc. has released its latest data integration software under an open source GPLv2 license and also achieved Gold Partner status in the MySQL Enterprise Connection Alliance program.
Microsoft has unveiled a multi-year, multi-product initiative, code-named "Oslo," that reflects a number of its recent enterprise solution strategies.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/06/2007
Google's attempt to take a leading role in social networking has some pundits saying yet another Google vs. Microsoft battle scenario is playing out.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/06/2007
In announcing today that it will release to manufacturing Visual Studio 2008 this month, Microsoft is meeting the most optimistic forecasts for when the long anticipated upgrade to its flagship IDE would ship.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/05/2007
The ongoing file format battle between proponents of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) took a surprising turn lthis week, when a key ODF proponent announced that it intended to abandon the ISO-approved specification.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/02/2007
The management of services by IT departments is the subject of an August 2007 report by the Aberdeen Group. The report focuses on companies that use IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-based approaches, which is a set of best practices for IT. The report specifically hones in on an ITIL discipline called IT Service Management (ITSM).
Microsoft yesterday announced that it will take a $240 million equity stake in social networking service Facebook, giving Redmond a key conduit to grow its online advertising efforts. The deal also gives tacit credence to Facebook as a platform for .NET developers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/25/2007
DataDirect has upgraded its Shadow mainframe data integration solution.
SQL Server 2008 will get IntelliSense injection.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/15/2007
Open source software (OSS) is not so much the underdog in the IT world, according survey findings announced by Barracuda Networks, a provider of e-mail and Web security appliances.
Marking perhaps the most significant BI acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/08/2007
In a surprise move, Microsoft said today it is releasing the reference source code for the .NET Framework libraries, a key step toward opening up the proprietary development platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/03/2007
Microsoft wants to help you build cloud data services with its Astoria code-named technology, a free download now in beta.
Microsoft released several major updates for its Windows lineup today, including the first release candidate (RC) for Windows Server 2008 and the initial public beta for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.
Although Microsoft had hoped to release a CTP of its newest database server every 60 days, the latest test release will slip, company officials acknowledged this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/21/2007
The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux.
PerformancePoint Server launch to bolster Redmond’s BI push.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 09/15/2007
Analyst cautions enterprise architects against Google Apps.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 09/15/2007