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Microsoft officially added a new server to its business intelligence lineup on June 6, announcing plans for a back-end application that will support business scorecarding, budgeting, forecasting and other performance-planning activities. The new product, Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, is the latest piece of Microsofts evolving family of analytics products to get the official nod. PerformancePoint […]

Users dont buy operating systems for operating systems sake; they buy them for the applications that run on them. Given that truism, its not too early to wonder about the whereabouts of Windows-Vista-optimized apps. Microsoft will have showcase applications ready in time for the Vista launch, which is still set for January 2007, company officials […]

Microsoft is readying a host of new collaboration-specific software and service offerings that it is planning to deliver over the next two years, according to a timeline that company officials are showing privately to partners. During the past couple of months, Microsoft has shared selectively with certain partners a “collaboration road map,” according to sources […]

For IT vendors, technology comes in two flavors: homegrown and brought into the portfolio from the outside. In Microsofts case, we usually consider most of its efforts “homegrown”—with “home” being the R&D conducted around the globe in the companys many labs and offices. Still, Microsoft has a wallet fat with cash and has been on […]

Peter Coffees May 15 Epicenters column, “Save Me from Cleverness,” rightly criticizes elements of the C language. Why not follow [this] to the logical conclusion—use Pascal? Pascal is far superior to C in its innate error checking. Modern Pascal, such as Borlands Object Pascal (Delphi), can do everything C can do, and far better. It […]

In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast, Sun announces it will lay off 5,000, but analysts are wondering if thats a big enough cut; Microsoft strikes back at Googles Java tool with a C# framework for AJAX development; the porn-fetching Web browser YapBrowser is back, but dont believe its guarantees; Crackberries are getting a broadband upgrade; […]

Its not surprising that Adobe Systems is worried about Microsofts growing encroachments into its core markets. But now Adobe is said to be ready to take its dissatisfaction to the courts. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 2 that Adobe is poised to launch an antitrust suit in Europe against Microsoft, following the breakdown […]

In Labs, Jason Brooks gives thumbs up to OpenSUSE 10.1. In commentary, Peter Coffee says Address Space Layout Randomization may be a way to thwart attacks; Spencer Katt thinks hes seeing “Groundhog Day” over and over again at CA. Duration: 11:40 /zimages/3/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/3/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. […]

eWEEK, the Enterprise Newsweekly, brings you a weekly roundup of the top stories from its latest issue. Hosted by Executive Editor Stan Gibson, the eWEEK Podcast also includes reports from eWEEK editors, a product review from eWEEK Labs, commentary from columnists including Technology Editor Peter Coffee, and the latest musings from our own Spencer F. […]

Looking ahead, Microsoft will unveil its updated business intelligence roadmap; and TechEd 2006 kicks off on June 11. Duration: 5:58 /zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/1/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/1/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest podcasts by eWEEK analysts, editors and reporters.

Following a published report claiming that Adobe Systems is poised to launch an antitrust suit against Microsoft over Microsofts Office 2007 planned PDF support, Microsoft is going on the offensive and discussing what has led to the impasse between the two companies. Adobe has been in discussions with Microsoft for the past four months over […]

Despite growing 30 percent a year, Russian firms still find themselves on the “small” side of software development. Duration: 2:28 /zimages/3/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/3/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to eWEEK podcasts, click here. /zimages/3/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest podcasts by eWEEK analysts, editors and reporters.