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VMware's Vision of Virtualization as the OS

VMware aims for the cloud with its new Virtual Datacenter Operating System (VDC-OS)

SQL Injection Attack Hits BusinessWeek Site

Security firm Sophos disclosed on Monday that BusinessWeek magazine's Web site had been hacked.

Citrix Releases XenServer 5

On the first day of VMware's VMworld conference happening in Las Vegas this week, Citrix Systems -- a competitor of VMware that's also at the conference -- announced the release of XenServer 5, the latest version of its server virtualization solution.

Intel Rolls Out Six-Core Xeon 7400 Processors

New processors aimed at datacenter and virtualization markets.

Privacy Uncertain With New IE8 Feature

A "suggested sites" feature in Internet Explorer 8 sends information to Microsoft, but it's not retained, Redmond contends.

Microsoft, IBM and EMC Team on ECM Interop Spec

The companies plan to foster an interoperability spec for ECM systems through OASIS.

VMworld Preview: VMware's Vision of Virtualization as the OS

The annual VMworld user conference gets underway today in Las Vegas, with the event's host betting big on a new strategy that redefines its market-leading virtualization management products.

Office 2.0 Spotlighted Startups

The product announcements came fast a furious at the third annual Office 2.0 conference, which wrapped up last week in San Francisco.

Lumbering Global Economy Affects IT Industry

A second-quarter survey found sluggish IT spending in both North America and Europe.

Google's Chrome Browser Contains Microsoft Code

The newly launched Web browser uses Microsoft's Windows Template Library, and other open source code.

First Look: IE8 Beta 2 -- Catching Up With Firefox

Internet Explorer's usability has improved with the latest beta version.

Microsoft and Novell Roll Out Virtualized Linux Solution

As part of their interoperability partnership, both companies verified running Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server as a guest OS on Windows and Hyper-V.

Sun Expands Virtualization Portfolio, Partners with Microsoft

Sun launches free hypervisor, new version of Ops Center and Microsoft partnership.

Microsoft Boosts Modeling Strategy and Rejoins OMG

Redmond sees modeling as a key part of its .NET Framework and is now working with Object Management Group on standards efforts.

September Patch To Fix Windows GDI Exploit and More

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release contains four critical security fixes.

BizTalk Server 2009 To Arrive Before July

Microsoft described rollout plans for BizTalk, which can be used to enable service-oriented architectures.

VSLive! Keynote: NYC Sees More .NET and Open Source Development, Moving Toward SOA

City's top IT official says that its integrating more .NET development but is still looking toward open source.

VSLive! Keynote: NYC Sees More .NET and Open Source Development

New York City is stepping up its .NET development efforts, but at the same time it is moving aggressively to expand use of open source technology, according to the city's top IT official.

Q&A: Paul Cosgrave, Head of NYC IT

Paul Cosgrave, commissioner of New York City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), talks about the city's approach to software development in this extended Q&A.

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 Hypervisor Adds 64-bit Support

Sun released the latest version of its open source desktop app virtualization solution.