SoftwareWill Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year?
Recent hints suggest Microsoft might release the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, earlier than the expected 2010 date, suggesting that the company may also want to cut its losses on Vista.
SoftwareJitterbit debuts open-source data integration tool
The company, complete with online marketplace, joins other open-source data integration vendors, including Talend, XAware and SnapLogic.
SoftwareMicrosoft System Center gets cross-platform support
Microsoft has released beta technologies that enable its System Center software to manage servers running operating systems other than Windows.
SoftwareUpdate: Microsoft to alpha-test Office 14 before end of year
Microsoft will begin alpha-testing the next version of Office in November or December, according to a Microsoft employee's blog.
SoftwareBusiness Objects provides data visualization through Excel interface
The company said it helps users ultimately make better business decisions by applying data to interactive graphics like dials, charts and gauges to convey business cases and illustrate "what if" scenarios.
SoftwareIs Google your next data center?
Lower costs, snap upgrades and other benefits of cloud computing are leading IT organizations to increasingly outsource traditional IT infrastructure activities like storage and server management to managed services providers. How will this alter the makeup of the IT department of the future? Computerworld looks ahead.
SoftwareGmail users report yet another outage
Gmail users, including those who use it for work as part of the Google Apps hosted suite, are again reporting p...
SoftwareSybase sues database start-up in east Texas court favored by 'patent pirates'
In a lawsuit filed quietly in a federal court in Texas that is seen as a favorable venue for patent suits, Sybase is charging start-up Vertica Systems with infringement.
SoftwareMicrosoft Puts Out 11 Fixes, Pulls Another
Microsoft released its largest batch of security fixes since February 2007: 11 software updates designed to plug 26 holes in Windows, Office and other products.
SoftwareMicrosoft may have 2,000 developers working on Windows 7
Microsoft's head of engineering for the Windows 7 operating system says there are 25 "feature teams" of about 100 employees each working on the upcoming replacement to Windows Vista.