Oracle on Wednesday took the wraps off the long-anticipated new version of its flagship database, a release that provides a substantial increase in performance, storage management and availability, according to the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/11/2007
Meeting past promises, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship in September.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/11/2007
Microsoft plans to sink more money into Forefront, its comprehensive suite of tools for desktop, server and remote security, and its security partners stand to benefit -- perhaps substantially.
Vista Ultimate has been out more than half a year now, and several prominent Windows bloggers have been asking when more Extras are coming.
A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is supposed to bring flexibility to IT resources and lower costs by letting IT personnel reuse software components instead of coding from scratch. However, some experts have suggested that reuse -- the principal justification in most cost-benefit analyses for SOA -- might amount to just 10 percent.
Massachusetts has decided that Microsoft's latest format may meet its standards.
Microsoft's 'Acropolis' aims to speed up smart client development.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 07/01/2007
Microsoft execs continue pushing standards recognition for Open
XML but soften tone.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/01/2007
Microsoft’s recent deal with Facebook could foretell broader use of
social networking software within companies.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/01/2007
Microsoft issues technology preview of SQL Server 2008, a release set
to have significant implications for developers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/01/2007
Visual Guard for .NET allows dev managers to add security features to
projects and manage users and roles among coders.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 07/01/2007
Interface 21 bows Spring.NET 1.1, a dev-deployment framework for
.NET apps.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/01/2007
Analysts say Microsoft’s IP deals won’t have a big impact on enterprise developers
- By John K. Waters
- 07/01/2007
A hacker managed a rare feat Wednesday, successfully attacking a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain and replacing the page with several graphics related to Saudi Arabia.
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Israel-based GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. to bundle the vendor's extreme transaction processing middleware with a Microsoft front-end and enterprise grid. The agreement is on the heels of GigaSpaces' announcement of version 6.0 of its flagship data grid and caching platform, expected in September.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/19/2007
Novell later this week will demonstrate Microsoft’s Silverlight 1.1 browser plug-in running on Linux.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/19/2007
ACORD XML standards guide Microsoft's effort to improve data exchange between insurance companies and third parties.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 06/15/2007
OutSystems Inc. offers platform for developing Web service-based apps.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 06/15/2007
Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 ties Office suite to corporate phone systems.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/15/2007