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.

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.

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.

SoftwareCisco buys into e-mail with $215M PostPath acquisition

Cisco plans to add PostPath's e-mail and calendaring capabilities to its on-demand Web Ex Connect collaboration platform.

SoftwareGoogle extends Apps Premier credit for Gmail outage

Google will provide a credit to all paying customers of its hosted Apps suite and has promised to improve its problem-notification methods after its Gmail service suffered three outages in 10 days.

SoftwareMicrosoft Office Live Small Biz suffers outage, possibly lost e-mail

Some users of Microsoft's Office Live Small Business have reported intermittent e-mail outages.

SoftwareGoogle may let users comment on, rearrange search results

Google is testing possible changes to its market-leading search engine that would enable users to re-rank search results and add comments to results pages.

SoftwareOpinion: Microsoft starts virtualization hype blitz

Besides Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft will also be talking about a desktop and application virtualization suite nicknamed App-V.

SoftwareMagic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers

(Source: Citrix) Gartner summarizes its view on Application Delivery Controllers, evaluates strengths and weaknesses of solutions, and provides Magic Quadrant reporting for a quick comparison across all vendors. Learn from Gartner how you can benefit from an all-in-one device like Citrix NetScaler that delivers the highest levels of availability, performance and security.

SoftwareDoubt cast on Seinfeld as Windows TV ads near

Microsoft is said to have rejected younger comedians Will Farrell, 41, and Chris Rock, 43, because it did not want its campaign to be seen as pandering to the youth market or to be seen as too hip.