For Microsoft, 2010 is a platform building and marketing year with no less than the future success of its cloud …
MySQL developers release 5.5 beta
The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version …
Mozilla ships Firefox 3.6 Beta 5, pushes final into 2010
Mozilla issued a fifth beta of Firefox 3.6 rather than move on to a release candidate, a decision that will …
The 2009 data breach hall of shame
If there was anything even vaguely comforting about the data breaches that were announced this year, it was that many …
Is Windows 7 the last major chapter in Windows story?
Microsoft Windows 7 may represent the last ever, large in-mass upgrade of the Windows client environment and define the line …
Unified communications making cosmetics firm look good
Kroma Makeup went from using plain old telephone service lines supplemented by cable Internet access to running all its voice, …
EU accepts Microsoft deal on browser choice
Microsoft’s promise to allow Windows users to choose which Internet browser they use has been accepted by the European Commission, …
Sybase is latest RDB maker to embrace MapReduce
Who says there is a war raging between traditional SQL database vendors and the upstarts touting the so-called ‘NoSQL’ technology? …
Avaya unified communications helps patients reach doctors by phone
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 …