Two years ago, patients calling Group Health Cooperative in Seattle for medical advice had zero chance of getting their questions …
Microsoft buys Opalis to strengthen cloud management capabilities
Moving to strengthen its management tools related to virtual environments, Microsoft said that it has purchased IT process automation vendor …
Realigning Microsoft's Azure unit could boost innovation, squabbling
Unifying Windows Azure with its on-premises counterpart Windows Server should hasten the rollout of new features in Microsoft Corp.’s enterprise …
Mozilla exec suggests Firefox users move to Bing
A Mozilla official pointed Firefox users to the extension that adds Microsoft’s Bing to the list of the browser’s search …
Red Hat open sources desktop application protocol
Red Hat has open sourced a virtual desktop protocol it acquired last year, called the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing …
IBM offers hosted Tivoli monitoring for the midmarket
IBM is offering a hosted version of its Tivoli monitoring software for companies that would rather pay a subscription fee …
Novell vows first identity management for cloud, virtualized apps
Virtualization and cloud computing have taken off, despite strong concerns lingering over how companies can secure and manage their apps …
Symantec upgrades storage suite to add SSD, Hyper-V
Symantec Corp. announced several enhancements to its storage management suite, its cluster file system and cluster server software, including the …
Oracle aids partners to compete globally
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized program has officially been launched. This announcement will make a difference to Oracle’s more than 22,000 …
Microsoft game software preps soldiers for battle
Soldiers may go into battle better prepared to handle equipment and with a greater knowledge of their surroundings after an …
Microsoft adds identity to cloud
Everyone eyeing Azure, their candidate for cloud-based computing, can at least agree on one thing: Redmond is late to the …
Google's Chrome OS is a work in progress
Google released its Chrome operating system last week to a great deal of hoopla and debate — depending on your …
Microsoft's top developers prefer old-school coding methods
Microsoft Corp. has done more to popularize graphical programming than any other vendor. The company’s development tools, led by Visual …
Microsoft delays open-sourcing of Windows 7 tool
Microsoft has delayed re-releasing a Windows 7 installation tool that it has admitted included open-source code, saying that it’s still …