Bloggers and analysts on Monday poured cold water on rumors that Microsoft plans to lay off a substantial number of its employees.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/05/2009
Developers are angered by Microsoft's shift to Entity Framework.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/01/2009
Embarcadero Technologies releases CodeGear RAD Studio 2009, a rapid application development tool for Windows, .NET and Web.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/01/2009
Alfresco Software and Joomla partner up to develop an integration module based on Content Management Interoperability Services.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/01/2009
Microsoft releases the first public beta of BizTalk Server 2009, its integration platform based on service-oriented architecture.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/01/2009
Redmond continues to investigate a new zero-day bug affecting popular database application SQL Server.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/23/2008
MySQL 5.1 was released by Sun Microsystems in April, but I decided to test it out this month.
Microsoft released a beta version of its Code Analysis Tool and Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library for developers.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/16/2008
Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL Server 2005 by releasing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Monday, along with SP3 Cumulative Update 1.
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/16/2008
"Kilimanjaro" and "Madison" will enable centralized application- and systems-management and massive parallel processing in SQL Server.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/15/2008
Release candidate of Redmond’s Web Platform Installer now supports Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/15/2008
David DeWitt talks about building parallel processing into SQL Server.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/15/2008
The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) on Monday unveiled a limited private community technology preview (CTP) of "SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management [tools], as part of the SQL Server codename 'Kilimanjaro,'" according to a PASS spokesperson.
DataDirect Technologies this week upgraded its ADO.NET database drivers, which provide connectivity between .NET-based applications and DBMSes from Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and Sybase.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/12/2008
Microsoft server and tools exec Bob Kelly told an investment banker audience how Microsoft plans to take advantage of opportunities in the enterprise IT market.