Redmond rolled out its next entry in its "Software Plus Services" offerings.
Company plans to offer solutions with business intelligence capabilities by the middle of next year.
JBoss Developer Studio provides more open source options for enterprise application developers.
The community technology preview will include an option to use a model view controller, which may help some developers write unit tests and better maintain code.
Framework supports .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 RTM versions.
New virtualization solution is designed to run Windows on Intel-based Mac systems.
Patches mainly affect Windows servers and desktops.
Conference for developers set for late October 2008 in Los Angeles.
Oracle closes ranks, while Microsoft opens up.
Both products expected to RTM early next year.
Upgrades include support for HL7 standard and MySQL Server.
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 also at risk.
Company adopts open source strategy with its new xVM Ops Center solution.
The consulting and marketing firm now offers software to help companies with agile development.
Service pack expected early next year for the OS.
Improvements include the ability to add mashups to the user interface, plus customization.
New products purport to ease mashup development for both IT and business users.
Latest release includes a licensing change that better supports open source Java development.
Small and medium businesses have resource constraints, making it not so easy to opt for open source solutions.
Developer portal and tools released as part of unified communications efforts.