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Microsoft Losing Its Enterprise Services Chief
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-11
Rick Devenuti, the senior vice president of enterprise services and IT at Microsoft, is retiring after 19 years at the company "to focus his attention on his family and consider his next challenge."
Devenuti is slated to leave the company at the end of December and Microsoft hopes to
Ballmer Talks Up Live Services
By MSW Staff | Posted: 2006-10-11
Ballmer Talks Up Live Services: Live Services are the most important initiative at Microsoft.
Final Vista Release Candidate Available: Is all well with Microsoft and security vendors?
Microsoft Goes
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Getting Ready for IE7
By James Rapoza | Posted: 2006-10-11
Internet Explorer 7 is due to come out in the very near future (definitely before the end of October), and those who haven't tested the browser or made sure that their Web sites and applications work with it should start getting busy. One fairly useful tool that I've seen is
Microsoft Goes After Adobe
By Darryl K. | Posted: 2006-10-10
Formerly noncommittal Microsoft has come out swinging in relation to Adobe Systems with a video that compares Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 to Adobe's Dreamweaver 8.
However, it's something of an
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Windows Vista RC2 Debuts; Office 2007 Set to RTM
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-06
Microsoft has released what it says should be the final test build of Windows Vista, which it is calling RC2. The software giant also notified Office 2007 testers on Oct. 6 that the product is set to be released to manufacturing in a few weeks.
The Vista RC 2 release, Build
New Licensing Terms Implemented for Windows Server Virtualization
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-05
New servers running Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition now have the license rights to run an unlimited number of virtualized Windows Server instances.
The change, which was effective Oct. 1, means
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Microsoft's New Anti-piracy Tools Come at a Steep Price
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-05
It seems Microsoft's decision to introduce a new platform and technologies designed to reduce piracy and improve authentication in Windows Vista may come at a steep price: lack of enterprise adoption of
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Microsoft Moves to Combat Vista Piracy
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-04
Microsoft is ratcheting up the anti-piracy and validation features in Windows Vista. Customers in a retail or volume environment will have to activate their product within 30 days, during which time the
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Microsoft, Security Vendors Spar
By MSW Staff | Posted: 2006-10-04
Microsoft, Security Vendors Tread Carefully: Microsoft and security vendors circle each other as Vista prepares to launch.
McAfee Chides Microsoft Over Vista Security Policies: Speaking of dysfunctional
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Vista Lockdown: McAfee Learns the Meaning of Proprietary
By Jason Brooks | Posted: 2006-10-03
eWEEK's Matt Hines offers coverage Oct. 3 on the latest chapter in the mini-saga in which Microsoft's efforts both to tighten Windows security and to cash in on the security add-ons aftermarket have placed
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The Lion and the Mice
By James Rapoza | Posted: 2006-10-03
One of the most interesting parts of Microsoft watching is the relationship that Microsoft has with all the third-party software vendors that make products for the Windows platform. It pretty much always reminds me of the fable of the lion and the mouse. Microsoft needs all the little mice around
Microsoft Buys DesktopStandard
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-02
Microsoft has bought DesktopStandard, a developer of group policy-based enterprise desktop management products, in a move designed to help customers leverage the value of policy-based management and their
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Rob Scoble's Life After Microsoft
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-10-02
CIO Insight has an interesting interview with Robert Scoble, the former Microsoft tech evangelist and blogger of note, in which he discusses what he learned inside the belly of the beast as well as the tools that are changing communications inside and outside the enterprise. Coming from a low-glamour
Phishing for Trouble
By James Rapoza | Posted: 2006-10-02
A recent study tested several popular browser-based tools for helping to protect users from phishing Web sites designed to steal their personal data. Since the study, performed by 3Sharp, was commissioned by
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The Long Journey to Windows Vista Nears Its End
By Peter Galli | Posted: 2006-09-29
It seems the long and winding road to the oft-delayed release of Windows Vista is about to hit the home stretch. Brad Goldberg, the general manager for the Windows client business group, told eWeek that Microsoft will release just one more build of Windows Vista for testing before the code
