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Microsoft makes SBS 2008 bits available to (some) subscribers

The RTM version of Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 is posted to Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN for subscribers. Some subscribers that is. A few subsets of that population still cannot...

Cisco’s Jabber acquisition heats up the collaboration race

Cisco Systems has acquired open source instant messaging and presence company Jabber less than a month after it picked up e-mail and calendaring software provider PostPath. The move signifies Cisco’s ongoing moves to reach out of the network and onto the desktop. Terms of the deal have not yet...

Maritz flattered by Microsoft’s guerrilla marketing

LAS VEGAS -- I just left a Q&A session with VMware CEO Paul Maritz, where I asked him about the "poker chip" guerrilla marketing campaign that Microsoft launched this morning at...

Microsoft attacks VMware with poker chips

LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft has a booth here at VMworld 2008, but they’re not being a very good guest in VMware’s house. On my way through the Venetian this morning, I...

Microsoft, Citrix rumors: Here we go again

 VMworld 2008 kicks off Monday and all through the blogs,  lots of creatures are stirring with tales of a soon-to-be-announced Microsoft buyout of Citrix. SearchITChannel.com's Colin Steele pinged me...

A complete 180: Dell virtualization news highlights partners

Dell made its big virtualization announcement today, and the channel is an important part of it -- despite the

Microsoft’s virtualization party

Microsoft wants customers and partners to know that it's really, really REALLY ready to virtualize. So it's hosting its "Get Virtual Now" event Monday.

It's invited a few dozen of its...

Will IBM acquire Nortel?

In case the speculation of a Microsoft-Nortel acquisition wasn’t enough to keep partners talking, now there are rumors that IBM could snap up the networking company, according to Mark Evans at the

Google Chrome’s tremendous upside potential

Google Chrome isn't anything special as a Web browser -- at least not yet. Sure, Chrome is fast and clean-looking. But it really doesn't have any "Cool! I...