From the business wires this week: a policy compliance solution, Group Policy security and admin tools, and a network protocols handbook.
Latest version of educational portal solution is cool for school.
Microsoft reported net income of $3.46 billion on revenues of $10.82 billion for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. Company officials attributed the record revenues to 18 percent growth in the Server and Tools business and the first profitable quarter for Microsoft's Home and Entertainment business.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/27/2005
Microsoft's broad appeal of European Commission antitrust measures will continue, but the company has given up on an effort to put off the remedies until all appeals are exhausted a few years from now.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/27/2005
Arkeia is shipping a plug-in for hot backup of Microsoft SQL Server databases.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/27/2005
Competency exam for Microsoft partners tasked with building Windows-based systems officially debuts Wednesday.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/27/2005
Microsoft posted the first service pack for BizTalk Server 2004 late Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/27/2005
Advanced Systems Concepts is shipping ActiveBatch version 5, an upgrade to its enterprise job scheduling and management product that the company says aims to address customers’ emerging need for near real-time batch processing.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/27/2005
Microsoft this week unveiled its plans to use the technology levers at its disposal to cut off downloads and other benefits for users of counterfeit software.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/27/2005
Launches new "least privilege" security software in its core line of PolicyMaker products, which provide Group Policy extensions.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/27/2005
Following a November announcement expanding the software, service and solution options for its collaborative services initiative, IBM began delivering on that vision at Lotusphere 2005 in Orlando this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/26/2005
From the business wires this week: a solution to launch applications remotely but securely, a remote PC management suite, and more.
Eleventh year of Microsoft MVP program recognizes professionals in eight more countries. Also: Microsoft Office Outlook Live.
Exam released at private sales partner summit in Seattle.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/20/2005
The centerpiece of Microsoft's 2005 Exchange Server delivery schedule, Exchange Edge Services 2005, is officially off the roadmap, but Microsoft this week provided a laundry list of new deliverables this year for the messaging server's customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/20/2005
SAP and Citrix announced this week they have agreed to co-market a software bundle that leverages both companies’ product strengths to provide comprehensive, easy to deploy, integrated applications for small and mid-sized businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/20/2005
Microsoft Exchange Server crossed the $1 billion revenue threshold in fiscal 2004, joining Microsoft's enviable stable of products that the software company can rely on for more than a billion dollars in revenues each year.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/20/2005
Microsoft this month introduced a new Microsoft Operations Manager Management Pack for the Microsoft Password Change Notification Service.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/19/2005
HP announced this week it has passed the $1 billion mark in sales of business solutions based on its Integrity servers during fiscal 2004, and tossed in the immediate availability of the newest Itanium 2 processors in its server line to boot.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/19/2005
Veritas Software, which last month wowed the investment world by announcing it is being acquired by Symantec in what may turn out to be the largest software deal in history, is shipping the latest version of its flagship backup and restore product.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/19/2005