VMware on Monday joined the growing list of major software platform firms with a virtual partner training campus by launching a nine-language Partner University.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 02/23/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Another vendor has thrown its hat into the enterprise virtualization ring. This one is red.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and its hardware partners on Monday rolled out  preconfigured data warehouse reference architectures that incorporate Microsoft  SQL Server 2008.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMLogix has partnered with Citrix to shore up its brand-new offering, adding lab management and automation capabilities to Citrix Essentials.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Norwegian Web portal has begun a campaign to kill the use  of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft got a favorable court ruling on Wednesday in an  ongoing lawsuit against its past Vista Capable marketing practices.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft changed course on its "custom support" policy by holding down a routine price increase this year.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Trend Micro said hackers are targeting a hole in Internet Explorer 7 that was addressed in Microsoft's February security patch issued last week.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 02/18/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Red Hat inked a deal to ensure that Windows  operating systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes can run as virtual machines  on each other's platforms.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to give the Windows Mobile a facelift which includes the launch of a Web-based sync service and a developer site.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 02/17/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware has released an update to Fusion, the company's desktop virtualization solution for Mac OS X. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Worldwide shipments of PC microprocessors plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), according to a report announced on Wednesday by the International Data Group (IDC).
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 02/11/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A weakened economy will serve as a catalyst to push enterprises  from on-premise computing to accessing services over the Internet cloud, according  to Microsoft exec Doug Hauser, who delivered an address on Wednesday at the  Thomas Weisel 2009 Technology and Telecom Conference.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- 02/11/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI) today posted an  open letter to President Barack Obama on open source software.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 02/10/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's February slate of security bulletins includes four patches -- two deemed "critical" and two "important."
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 02/10/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's antitrust past has come back to haunt it, yet  again.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has followed up on the release of its Windows 7  Beta by rolling out another build of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning  (MAP) Toolkit.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A debate erupted over the effectiveness of the user account control feature in Microsoft's beta release of Windows 7.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 02/05/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to rollout four security bulletins for this month's patch cycle on Tuesday, with two "critical" items and two "important" patches on the slate.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 02/05/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    EMC and Microsoft formally renewed a partnership on Tuesday,  extending their collaborative efforts on virtualization, content management and  security solutions for the enterprise market through 2011.