New versions of products to include an Enterprise Edition of Windows Vista and a Premium version of Office. CEO Steve Ballmer also promises additional small acquisitions but no blockbuster deals.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/01/2005
From the business wires this week: tools for tracking Active Directory and domain controller activities and system log data; a portable wireless router; and a tool for comparing and syncing folders.
The percentage of the Windows XP installed base protected by the firewall, Automatic Updates, virus subscription warnings, rewritten code and other baseline security measures in Service Pack 2 keeps inching up.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/28/2005
Right on schedule, Microsoft released the first beta test version of the newly-renamed Windows Vista on Wednesday. Also sent Longhorn Server beta to separate group of testers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/28/2005
Shavlik Technologies is going public with a very high-end patch management offering for the most select of Windows customers -- those who have already shelled out a reputed $200,000 or more to Microsoft for a Custom Support Agreement for Windows NT 4.0.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/28/2005
After staking out a firm position that processor cores should be counted and paid for as full processors under its software licensing, database and business applications giant Oracle Corp. has backed down slightly.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/27/2005
Patch management vendor Shavlik Technologies is branching out into enterprise anti-spyware software as a first step toward a broader enterprise security product suite.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/27/2005
Microsoft has gone live with Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0, and has made it mandatory for all users wanting to use its popular "Update" sites.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/27/2005
Bigger wafers and smaller line widths is what chip making has always been about, and today is no different. Intel announced this week it will build a new wafer fabrication facility – called a “fab” -- in Chandler, Arizona that will make 300mm silicon wafers covered with chips with line widths of just 45 nanometers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/26/2005
EMC will begin shipping in September what it claims is the largest, fastest and most scalable high-end storage array in the world.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/26/2005
Microsoft officially named the next version of its Windows operating system "Windows Vista" in a naming ceremony streamed via Windows Media Player Friday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/22/2005
Systems and security management software company NetIQ Corp. will lay off 150 people, or about 15 percent of its workforce over the next 12 months and will outsource some development to India as the company realigns to regain profitability.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/22/2005
From the business wires this week: performance-improving solutions for SQL Server and Windows Server environments, a tool for managing remote users and a program for customizing your Windows desktop.
More than 25,000 students in 41 countries competed to see just who's best at Word and Excel.
Next Friday marks the sixth annual System Administration Day.
Citrix posted hotfixes for two of its products that were crashing after users installed Microsoft Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/21/2005
Company known for remote computer access tools recognized for ability to deliver Microsoft solutions to enterprises, mid-market companies.
Microsoft posted strong revenue and profit growth in the quarter and fiscal year that ended June 30 as PC and server growth fueled software sales, but growth remained soft in the important Information Worker segment that includes Microsoft Office.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/21/2005
Microsoft faces high expectations when it reports financial results for the year later Thursday because the company's key external variable -- worldwide PC sales -- are way up.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/21/2005
Finjan Software, a security firm involved in a recent public spat with Microsoft over publicly discussing the software giant's security flaws, has landed a minority investment and patent deal from Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/21/2005