An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide  market for virtualized servers.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 10/20/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's CEO talked about Windows  7 and the company's vision for syncing up applications in the  Internet cloud at a Gartner-sponsored event on Thursday.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sophos quickly warns of fake Trojan-laden e-mail disguised as Microsoft Security Bulletin update hitting inboxes. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 10/16/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a break with tradition, Microsoft has decided to use the code name for the next version of Windows as the official moniker.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 10/14/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Security-minded admins have their work cut out for them, as Microsoft coughs up 11 fixes in its October patch cycle. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 10/14/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix took another step forward in its quest to push the envelope for virtualization interoperability by releasing a technology preview of Project Kensho, the company's multi-hypervisor toolkit that allows ISVs and IT managers to develop portable virtual machine (VM) appliances.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has been talking about future changes to Windows Vista's  most maligned feature, User Account Control (UAC).
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 10/13/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's October patch release cycle promises to be a busy one as Redmond announced plans to roll out 11 security bulletins in its Tuesday security release.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 10/09/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Springboard Virtual Roundtable examined Vista performance, fielding technical views from panelists that had actually carried out system upgrades.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 10/08/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Migration to virtualization won't be the quick transition that some technology evangelists have predicted, according to recent surveys by two IT security companies.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- 10/07/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Seattle-based application delivery networking vendor F5 Networks Inc. has announced several new products for its file virtualization portfolio.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Open source software vendor Red Hat went global with its high-performance computing (HPC) product on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 10/03/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rumors that Microsoft initiated a hiring freeze are not true, according to Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos, who denied it in accounts published on Friday.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is "cloud computing" the next big thing in IT, or are you just a victim of "cloud wash"?
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- 10/02/2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is conducting a  private beta test of Microsoft's server products running on Amazon's hosted  computing platform, which is called Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The open source hypervisor Xen has  a new version, 3.3, that includes a number of upgrades and enhancements that make it more enterprise-worthy and start to move it beyond the datacenter.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix Systems has upped the competitive ante by adding a new set of performance-related features to its flagship XenApp product.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Businesses may have been slow to adopt Microsoft Windows  Vista, but expect that to change by late 2008 to 2009, according to a recent Forrester  Research report.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday released an improved security filter for  its Internet Information Service (IIS) Web server that is designed to help thwart  SQL injection attacks.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to pour an additional money into business and open source technology collaboration with Novell.