The opening keynote address at Tech-Ed on Monday featured Bill Veghte, senior vice president of Windows business, who described a number of upcoming milestones for Microsoft's new products.
Microsoft has set up a repository in which government agencies may upload and store their public-facing datasets so that they can be reused by other parties.
- By Joab Jackson
- 05/12/2009
To add predictability to its offering, Skytap Inc., a start up cloud provider targeted at application developers and testers, this week added new capabilities to its cloud service.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/08/2009
The middleware software market has entered the slow lane in 2009, according to a Gartner report announced on Wednesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/07/2009
Microsoft plans to roll out only one "critical" patch on Tuesday, affecting PowerPoint, for its May security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/07/2009
IT pros can now get a package of remote server management tools that work with the new Windows 7 release candidate, which Microsoft released to the public on Tuesday.
Microsoft laid off an undisclosed number of employees today as part of a cost-cutting plan that was initiated back in January.
Microsoft announced that the Windows 7 release candidate (RC) is now available to the general public.
In a move that promises to extend the appeal of the Spring Framework to enterprise developers, SpringSource on Monday said it has acquired Hyperic Inc., a supplier of open source Web application and infrastructure management.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/05/2009
Microsoft announced that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.
Microsoft announced some SharePoint product updates that may have gotten trampled under a stampede of information flowing out of Redmond this week.
ESXi isn't the end of the line for our beloved command line.
- By Rick Vanover
- 05/01/2009
Virtualization continues to shine amid economic distress in other IT segments.
The future of desktop virtualization may hinge on display protocols. VMware and Citrix take different paths: Which company is likely to win?
While most companies in IT are hoping to just ride out the recession storm, those in the virtualization space are finding clearer skies.
WANem makes it easy to simulate low bandwidth and latency conditions.
Certification is still relatively rare in the virtualization field. That can work to your advantage, if you don't put it off.
End users can contribute to virtual machine sprawl by using readily available, free downloads. Here are a few simple steps to head off problems before they begin.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 05/01/2009
PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.
- By Rick Vanover
- 05/01/2009
Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.
- By Brian Mislavsky
- 05/01/2009