John Fontana

Microsoft Corp.'s latest plan to secure desktop systems is complex and will require coordination with hardware and software manufacturers across the industry.

Microsoft Corp. is poised to provide new tools to join multiple implementations of Active Directory, but the company still strongly recommends against the practice because it can create unnecessary and problematic complexity.

An independent group developing one of the four foundation protocols for Web services Tuesday released version three of its specification and turned its work over to a standards body.

Network executives say they understand the benefits of building infrastructure to centralize the management of users and access privileges but worry it will be a slow and painful process, especially when it comes to including business partners.

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday released the final beta of two products that are the cornerstones of its identity management platform.

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday released the final beta of two products that are the cornerstones of its identity management platform.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that the next release of its Exchange server will ship in the middle of next year and will be a fit-and-finish upgrade of Exchange 2000 that will not incorporate the company's emerging next-generation universal data store.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that the next release of its Exchange server will ship in the middle of next year and will be a fit-and-finish upgrade of Exchange 2000 that will not incorporate the company