A Microsoft official said this week the government must revise out-of-date statutes and lay new legislative groundwork to keep pace with technology.
The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/21/2010
Microsoft provided more advice about a zero-day Internet Explorer vulnerability exploited by hackers last week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/19/2010
Microsoft continues to investigate the first zero-day exploit of 2010 surrounding Internet Explorer.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/15/2010
At the inaugural meeting of the New York Technology Council, representatives from Google and Microsoft debated their views on how data will be stored and shared in the future.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/15/2010
Microsoft and HP disclosed a $250 million, three-year partnership to develop and market next-generation datacenter technology and application infrastructure.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/13/2010
VMware on Tuesday said it is acquiring Zimbra from Yahoo, extending VMware's reach beyond system virtualization.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/12/2010
Microsoft plans to release its January security patch today, which is expected to include just one fix for Windows systems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/12/2010
CA has acquired Oblicore, a closely held but established provider of software that measures the effect of system uptime on business performance.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/12/2010
A free toolkit helps database users migrate from MySQL to Microsoft's SQL Server database on-premise or in the cloud.
Microsoft appears to be starting the new year on a light note after issuing bulky security releases in the latter months of 2009.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/07/2010
Microsoft is starting the initial phase of commercializing its cloud computing platform this month.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/06/2010
The "ivory tower" of job security for IT professionals is deteriorating due to a dour economic climate and changing strategies by CIOs.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/06/2010
Gartner on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Burton Group, a smaller but well-regarded IT research and advisory services firm, for $56 million.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/05/2010
As virtualization becomes more mainstream, there are many anticipated developments and advancements on the horizon.
Java clustering infrastructure provider Terracotta has acquired the popular Quartz open-source job-scheduling software, filling a gap in its ability to support scaleout in virtualized environments.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/30/2009
A new zero-day Internet Explorer bug awaits IT pros returning from the holiday break.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/30/2009
Google, Microsoft and Amazon pitched their respective cloud offerings during the keynote panel session at Interop New York Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/20/2009
Enterprise customers that start to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/19/2009
Microsoft rolled out multiple public betas at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 11/18/2009