By Jeff James, 05/16/2012
Windows 7 is arguably one of the most hardened and regularly updated OSes available, and now Apple and the Macintosh are in the headlines for fighting off malware and patching ...
By Jeff James, 05/14/2012
Concerns about cloud security have helped dampen enthusiasm for cloud computing among some IT professionals, a perception that Microsoft hopes to reverse with some findings from a ...
By Jeff James, 05/11/2012
Google is the undisputed king of internet search, but Microsoft has been a distant (albeit tenacious) competitor. Microsoft hopes to change that situation with some forthcoming ...
By Jeff James, 05/09/2012
Another Patch Tuesday has passed, with Microsoft releasing a total of seven security bulletins that address 23 security vulnerabilities. Three of these are classified as ...
By Jeff James, 05/09/2012
Mobile devices are showing up in ever-increasing numbers in enterprises these days, from smartphones and ultralight notebooks to iPads and Androids tablets. The bring your own ...
By Jeff James, 05/07/2012
Sometime last year I posted an article listing some of the best Microsoft Hyper-V resources on Twitter. It was one of the most well-received articles I'd posted in 2011, so I ...
By Jeff James, 05/02/2012
Cloud computing adoption is gradually picking up steam, yet legitimate concerns about security, data portability, auditing, compliance, and other issues have kept some IT ...
By Jeff James, 04/24/2012
VMware seems to be on a roll these days, having announced impressive earnings last week that included a hefty $1.06 billion in revenue for Q1 2012, a more than 25% increase over ...
By Jeff James, 04/23/2012
Microsoft announced that MMS 2013 will be held June 2013 in New Orleans. Given that TechEd normally falls in June, is it possible that both shows will share the same dates and ...
By Jeff James, 04/21/2012
A fundamental shift in what firewalls are expected to do has led to a new class of products known as Next Generation Firewalls and many new features.
By Jeff James, 04/18/2012
In one of the lighter moments of today's MMS keynote, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson was telling keynote attendees about the time and effort Microsoft went ...
By Jeff James, 04/18/2012
Brad Anderson once again took the keynote spotlight at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas this morning, this time focusing primarily on Microsoft's approach to ...
By Jeff James, 04/17/2012
Speaking in front of 5300 attendees at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) here at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson used his keynote ...
By Jeff James, 04/16/2012
It's the first day of the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 in Las Vegas this week, and we're expecting to hear more about Microsoft's plans for System Center 2012 and the ...
By Jeff James, 04/13/2012
Like every MMS that has preceded it, this year's show will focus on Microsoft's System Center product family, which has gone through a significant transformation over the last ...
By Jeff James, 04/12/2012
Microsoft released a new round of updates for a variety of products and platforms on Patch Tuesday this week, prefaced by a reminder that support for Windows XP and Office 2003 ...
By Jeff James, 04/10/2012
It may be late to the public cloud computing party, but HP definitely made a grand entrance today by taking the wraps off of its HP Converged Cloud initiative, which includes a ...
By Jeff James, 04/09/2012
AccessNow uses modern web browsers -- specifically those that support the canvas and web sockets features of HTML 5 -- to allow direct access to virtual machines that may be ...
By Jeff James, 04/02/2012
With demand for IT professionals with virtualization and cloud computing skills booming, Cisco and EMC announced this morning that they've partnered to develop and offer ...
By Jeff James, 03/29/2012
Find out how the Samsung Galaxy S II compares to Apple's iPhone 4S. If you're in the market for a good Android-powered smartphone, you can't go wrong with the Galaxy S II.