Infrastructure

ATM validates bills and recycles cash; Teradata and SAP team up on analytical solutions; Microsoft takes aim at IT complexity

Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday pointed to 2006 as the release year for the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn.

When Enterasys Networks Inc. realized that large enterprises weren’t willing to spend $30,000 to $50,000 to secure their remote sites, the company decided to...

Plumtree Software announced it is bringing corporate instant messaging (IM) to its Enterprise Web suite through a new partnership with Yahoo! Inc.

Not every effort at standardization catches on, but sometimes conditions are ripe for new ideas. In the world of business applications, standards-based efforts are gaining momentum.

The European Commission's order for Microsoft Corp. to ship a version of Windows without the Windows Media Player could stifle innovation and help Microsoft's rivals instead of promoting fair competition, the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief said Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. will appeal the fine and sanctions imposed upon it by the European Commission on Wednesday, a process that could keep the battle rumbling until 2009, Brad Smith, the company's senior vice president and general counsel, said in a conference call shortly after the Commission's decision was announced.

ORLANDO - Delivering on its commitment to release product updates every 12 to 18 months until 2009, Microsoft Corp. has announced the latest iteration of its Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software application, slated for release this July.