Recent articles by John Fontana
February 05, 2010
IBM/Lotus took another stab at Microsoft Office, releasing a beta 2 version of Symphony 3.0, its free suite of productivity applications.
February 05, 2010
Microsoft Windows shops will see one phrase repeated over and over on Patch Tuesday: "required reboot."
February 03, 2010
The CodePlex Foundation, an organization funded and created by Microsoft, Wednesday named its first executive director, industry veteran Paula Hunter.
February 02, 2010
Microsoft said it will deepen ties between its Visual Studio development tools and the secure applications development processes first developed inside the company and now available to outsiders.
February 01, 2010
Microsoft has more than made good on its promise a year ago to eliminate 5,000 positions by the middle of June 2010, the company reported as part of its quarterly 10Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
January 29, 2010
In the shadow of record quarterly revenue, Microsoft Thursday said 60 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold in the past six months, but most of those have been from the consumer side and business uptake has been flat.
January 28, 2010
Microsoft shouldn¿t be shaking in its boots after this week¿s unveiling of Apple¿s iPad, but the tablet computer could give the software giant fits in the future on several fronts
January 27, 2010
Free is becoming a popular form of software for CIOs, with nearly two-thirds of companies using it on their desktops and with applications, according to a new survey.
January 27, 2010
Microsoft's SharePoint 2010 server is growing up, but may include too many capabilities for those users seeking to meet isolated or specific requirements, according to a study by Forrester Research.
January 24, 2010
IBM/Lotus has introduced Project Vulcan, no less than an outline for the future of its collaboration business. Can it become a hit and circle the bases at the expense of competitors such as Microsoft, Google and Cisco?
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