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August 16, 2007  7:24 AM

“Bloated, business-reject” Vista will surpass XP, but not any time soon



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Channel, Microsoft, News

Gartner: Vista will surpass XP, but not any time soon Windows Vista will overtake Windows XP sales, but not for a couple of years, according to recent Gartner estimates. Gartner predicts Vista sales will surpass declining XP sales sometime in the middle of 2009. Their projections show worldwide...

August 16, 2007  7:14 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 16, 2007: Citrix buys VMWare rival; Novell “won’t sue over Unix;” Office 2007 SP1 ships; Sun, IBM prep OS surprise; WSJ helping employee hackers?



Posted by: Brein Matturro
News

Citrix buying VMWare rival for $500M Citrix Systems Inc. is buying 3-year-old startup XenSource Inc. for $500 million, marking the second big deal...


August 15, 2007  6:54 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 15, 2007: MSFT fixes Win/IE, Excel flaws; Oracle 11g for Linux, not Win; Citrix to buy ZenSource?; VMWare IPO gets warm welcome; Symantec, Intel prep security chips.



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Channel, News

Latest Microsoft flaws affect Windows, IE, Excel Microsoft released nine security updates Tuesday -- six of them critical -- for flaws in Internet Explorer, Excel and other...


August 14, 2007  1:17 PM

VAR eye view: Mail migrations overstated



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Collaboration software, IBM, Microsoft, News

When Microsoft made the second beta of Exchange Server 2007 SP1 available to testers on Monday, it used the occasion to once again tout mass migrations of IBM/Lotus Notes customers into the Microsoft...


August 14, 2007  9:30 AM

Novell enters endpoint security market



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Network and application security, News

There's a new player in the endpoint security market. Networking giant Novell has acquired Senforce Technologies and plans to integrate the Draper, Utah-based vendor's products into an endpoint security suite. The move should help Novell go up against security...


August 14, 2007  7:03 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 14, 2007: Novell owns Unix, SCO must pay; SCO stock dives; Vista SP1 reviews; Novell buys endpoint security firm; VMWare to IPO; Oracle readies 11g prices; Google tinkers with ads.



Posted by: Brein Matturro
News

Vista SP1: The first reviews are in Build No. 6001.16549 of Vista Service Pack 1 -- which Microsoft now is confirming as one of the "early, pre-beta test builds that were made available to a select...


August 13, 2007  6:51 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 13, 2007: Google offers storage; Wipro nails Boeing services deal; iPhone poses security risk; MSFT fixes critical flaws; Vista gets boost; XP just won’t die; CEOs don’t take security seriously.



Posted by: Brein Matturro
News

Google rolls out paid storage services Web search and Internet services company Google Inc. on Friday began selling expanded online storage, aimed at users with...


August 10, 2007  7:32 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 10, 2007: Symantec security, isn’t; MSFT’s six critical patches; fake Win certificates lead to prison; Cisco: serious IOS flaws; Google, MSFT battle over online storage.



Posted by: Brein Matturro
News

Symantec security products less than secure Two words: Live Update. [TheReg]

Microsoft plans six...

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August 9, 2007  7:41 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 9, 2007: Cisco patches VoIP; MSFT SPs for Vista, XP; Vista drives Linux PC sales; Microsoft MSP too expensive? credit crunch hits vendors; Google protects Linux, lets newsmakers respond.



Posted by: Brein Matturro
News

Cisco patches serious holes in voice-enabled offerings Four updates in all. [TheReg]

Microsoft releases service...

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August 8, 2007  7:24 AM

Channel headlines for Aug. 8, 2007: VoIP risk threatens data; MSFT fixes Vista; Sun lays off; Apple unveils iMac; coder gets royalties on commissioned app; conviction in option-backdating; IBM, Novell repackage Linux, WebSphere.



Posted by: Brein Matturro
News

VoIP vulnerability threatens data...