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Reller Lands at Microsoft's Platform and Services Division

Tami Reller, a Microsoft Business Solutions veteran, has a new job as CFO of Microsoft's Platform & Services Division.

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Coming Friday

Service pack will be released about a year after the server first shipped.

First Look: Popfly

Microsoft's new Web animation tool for nondevelopers is easy to use, and a potential hook into the Silverlight platform.

Telelogic Adds UML 2.1 Modeling to Architect Solutions

Two of the company's enterprise lifecycle management products now use the same modeling environment, allowing improved team collaboration.

Affero General Public License V3 Released

The new license applies open source principles to network-run software.

Microsoft Not Giving Thanks for Vulnerabilities

QuickTime and WPAD flaws announced over holiday weekend.

GoldenGate 9.5 Boosts Data Management

Solution aimed at supporting mission-critical data in the enterprise.

IBM and Mainsoft Ink Deal To Integrate .NET Apps

WebSphere Portal will be sold with Mainsoft's .NET-Java interoperability solution.

Coming: Virtualization Validation Program From Microsoft

Redmond makes way for virtualization competitors.

First Look: DB4Objects Database

Product offers ease-of-use to those new to object-oriented databases.

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2008

.NET Framework 3.5 also released.

OASIS Ramps Up SDO Efforts for SOAs

The standards group formed a technical committee to foster the Service Data Objects specification, an approach for handling data in service-oriented architectures.

Former Lotus Exec Now Hatching Ideas for Microsoft

Reed Sturtevant reunited with Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect.

Vista Still Getting Mixed Reviews

Corporations are beginning to warm up, though.

Sun's CEO Unveils Virtualization Solution

Schwartz describes virtualization management platform at Oracle OpenWorld event.

Security Experts Alarmed by Exposed Database Servers

Number of unprotected SQL servers continues to rise.

Two Hot-Fixes for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft also re-released an older patch and plans to roll out nonsecurity fixes.

Nonsecurity Vista Updates Released

Microsoft added three updates to various components in its Patch Tuesday release.

Microsoft Releases Beta of High-Performance Computing Server

Replaces Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003.

Microsoft Details Windows Server 2008 Versions, Pricing

Eight versions of new server coming.