At a time when financial scandals have left CEOs in the hot seat, Microsoft Corp.'s CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday went on the good corporate citizen offensive and attempted to downplay the company's enterprise agenda.
Microsoft's Bill Gates kicked off the company's annual Financial Analysts Day here Thursday by announcing the company will boost R&D spending by 20 percent from US$4.3 billion in FY 02 to $5.2 billion in FY 03.
Microsoft chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates provided some insight into the future of the .Net product line Wednesday here at a .Net Briefing day on the company's campus.
Determined to affirm support of its 81,000 strong partner community, Microsoft Corp. Friday kicked off its Fusion show here announcing new leadership and reinforcing commitment to fostering business opportunities based on its .Net infrastructure strategy.
Despite industry resignation that the immaturity of Web services standards are hindering widespread adoption, NxLight Corp. has quietly rolled out an environment that argues to the contrary.
As countless small printing jobs dominate the paperless office that never arrived, printing technologies are evolving to become an even more vital component of an enterprise IT infrastructure. Lexmark International Inc. Chairman and CEO Paul Curlander talked with Mark Jones about the company's mission to leverage the Internet as a key element in the evolution of an enterprise's business processes.
Recognizing impending demand for architectures capable of managing complex distributed networks, IBM's Tivoli Systems unit has revealed plans to roll out products supporting its "dynamic e-business initiative."
Hoping to capitalize on demand for collaboration applications, TrueDisk.com Inc. Monday announced the general release of its server-based file-sharing offering Extempo.
Keynote Systems this week unveiled two new versions of its flagship Web monitoring and performance services as it attempts to work its way up the enterprise food chain.
Technology testing outfit KeyLabs (Lab Acquisition Corp.) is set to officially unveil a customer portal within weeks, reflecting a new campaign to turn its raft of tailored services into branded product offerings.
For all the pro-Web services enthusiasm here at Forrester Research Inc.'s conference, serious security- and trust-related concerns emerged as a common theme.
For all the pro-Web services enthusiasm here at Forrester Research Inc.'s conference, serious security- and trust-related concerns emerged as a common theme.
Sun Microsystems Inc. and emerging Web services outfit Altio Inc. today revealed details of a partnership to further develop a presentation-layer platform architecture that combines both Java and XML (Extensible Markup Language).
"Carly Fiorina has taken a brand that was growing steadily and cast it into chaos - for no good reason, as the Compaq merger) deal, while it may be good, was not communicated in a clear and articulate manner, leading to the current negative perceptions," claims an anonymous survey respondent.
Eager to push deeper into the enterprise, Microsoft is touting a raft of new features in its Windows .Net server platform it hopes will entice developers, CTOs, and service providers to make the transition.