Microsoft will launch an invitation-only SharePoint Server 2010 beta test in July with a select group of customers and then …
Microsoft, analysts tell companies to kill Vista plans
The Microsoft executive in charge of Windows urged some companies this week to dump Vista deployment plans and shift to …
Google blames outage on system error and online traffic jam
Google Inc. is blaming this morning's Google Apps service outage on a system error that caused a major traffic jam. …
Emulex fends off Broadcom once more
Emulex has once again rejected an attempt by Broadcom to take over the company, reiterating its stance that the bid …
Cloud WiFi: 2-3 times less expensive than Cisco, Aruba
Cloud-based Wi-Fi is now available for small and medium businesses, based on new gear from Meraki. The company is best …
HP’s green IT action plan hits the road
Measuring the degree to which an organization is green will eventually form part of leadership's dashboard of overall performance metrics …
Microsoft outlines OCS virtualization support
Microsoft announced that it will support server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, its first statement on what portions …
Oracle buys Virtual Iron, bolsters virtualization management lineup
Oracle is continuing its spending spree with an agreement to buy Virtual Iron, an acquisition that will help Oracle enhance …
Degrees of excellence
Al Ahli Holding Group is an enterprise holding group working in different sectors through more than 20 companies in steel, …
Aruba unveils low-priced WLAN gear
Aruba Networks showed off a new family of low-priced wireless LAN access points and controllers designed for fast setup and …
Apple delivers jumbo security update for Mac OS X
Apple Inc. patched 67 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including two bugs that researchers used in March to walk off …
EMC addresses SAN configuration problems
EMC announced Storage Configuration Advisor (SCA), a hardware-software combination designed to alert IT managers to configuration errors in storage-area networks …
3Com high-end switch: Alternative to Cisco
Our test of its new core switch backs up 3Com's claim. This chassis-based, 288-port device delivered line-rate throughput in all …
Game plan for Unified Communications
For example, customers are demanding simpler user experiences and faster service delivery and response times. Employees, especially new-generation workers, have …
Data center 10G whets switching companies appetites
Announcements from four vendors this week highlight a growing trend in data center networking: the rapid uptake of 10 Gigabit …
OpenOffice.org 3.1: The next generation
The latest version of the open-source office suite OpenOffice.org 3.1 has just arrived, and it's a good one. While some …
SAP expands business-intelligence strategy
SAP AG unveiled software for business intelligence and analytics, areas that are becoming integral to the strategy of the German …
Oracle cuts some support prices — temporarily
Just a week after rival SAP AG revised its plan to raise support costs, Oracle Corp. announced plans to offer …
Google adds app link to BlackBerry
Looking to increase corporate use of its hosted Google Apps offerings, Google Inc. last week unveiled a tool that's designed …
Sun shareholders file suit to block sale to Oracle
Sun Microsystems Inc. shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to …