IT pros are having a hard time balancing security, software patch management and IT auditing with a host of other duties, says a Shavlik Technologies survey.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/12/2008
A bug that caused problems when backing up files in Windows Home Server has been fixed, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft on Wednesday.
Microsoft appealed penalty for noncompliance with an earlier European Commission antitrust ruling against the company.
Three patches will target critical remote code execution exploits in Microsoft Office, Publisher and the Jet Database Engine.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/08/2008
Thirty years after the first unsolicited e-mail advertisement was sent, the phenomenon now known as spam is continuing to grow -- and becoming more sophisticated, creative and malicious.
- By William Jackson
- 05/07/2008
Deepening its existing partner relationship with Dell as a new competitive dynamic and pricing model unfolds, Citrix has announced the availability of a Dell-specific embedded version of XenServer for Dell PowerEdge servers.
Just because you've deployed an enterprise-grade instant messaging (IM) solution from a well-known vendor, doesn't mean you've mitigated -- let alone completely licked -- the threat posed by rogue, unsanctioned or illicit IM use in your enterprise environment.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/07/2008
Microsoft issued the second community technology preview of its scripting and management tool for servers using Windows operating systems.
Redmond hopes to challenge SAS Institute and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/07/2008
A Microsoft executive involved with the company's Windows Live efforts outlined some of the company's ideas about cloud-based computing and social networking technologies today.
Microsoft said that users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.
Last month researchers at online security company Finjan uncovered a 1.4 gigabyte cache of stolen data from North America, Europe, the Middle East and India on a Malaysian server that provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to being a drop site for data harvested from compromised computers.
- By William Jackson
- 05/06/2008
The plunge of Yahoo's stock happened as expected after Microsoft withdrew its takeover bid for the Web app company on Saturday.
Anyone interested in working for Microsoft on future editions of SQL Server might want to check out this blog post from Lead Program Manager Debra Dove.
Just two days after walking away from its $49.6 billion bid for Yahoo, the Times Online U.K. is reporting that Microsoft is meeting with Time Warner executives regarding a possible bid for America Online -- the very company Yahoo turned to in a possible attempt to stave off the takeover bid from Redmond.
Citing a hefty price tag and other concerns, Microsoft this weekend officially scrapped its plans to acquire Yahoo.
Shares of Microsoft closed just shy of 7 percent higher on Friday May 2 based on new speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are now actively negotiating to seal a deal.
According to a recent survey of 850 "enterprise software customers," Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continues to be the most important enterprise software trend.
Leaks from unnamed sources to The Wall Street Journal constitute the only "news" so far this week about Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo.
One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.