SoftwareWill Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year?

Recent hints suggest Microsoft might release the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, earlier than the expected 2010 date, suggesting that the company may also want to cut its losses on Vista.

SoftwareMicrosoft System Center gets cross-platform support

Microsoft has released beta technologies that enable its System Center software to manage servers running operating systems other than Windows.

SoftwareVMware only major holdout on multivendor server management

Customers are increasingly refusing to stick to just one vendor's virtualization approach, analysts say.

SoftwareMicrosoft service packs boost developers

Enhancements in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 include improved tools for developing AJAX applications.

SoftwareDelivering on the Promise of ELearning

(Source: Adobe) The use of eLearning is reemerging as a solution for delivering online, hybrid, and synchronous learning regardless of physical location, time of day, or digital reception or distribution device type. This white paper considers some of the reasons that institutions and enterprises are turning to eLearning to engage learners with ideas and information. It takes a look at a number of the "lessons eLearned" based on more than 20 years of empirical evidence exploring the use of learning technologies and cognitive achievement. Finally, it offers practical suggestions for creating digital learning experiences that engage learners by building interest and motivation and providing opportunities for active participation.

SoftwareIs Google your next data center?

Lower costs, snap upgrades and other benefits of cloud computing are leading IT organizations to increasingly outsource traditional IT infrastructure activities like storage and server management to managed services providers. How will this alter the makeup of the IT department of the future? Computerworld looks ahead.

SoftwareBusiness Objects bets on convergence of IT tools

SAP's Business Objects unit unveiled new products to take advantage of what it sees as a convergence of BI, compliance and performance management tools.

SoftwareSun close to releasing xVM Server

The product supports Sun and non-Sun x86-based and x64-based hardware, along with the Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems.

SoftwareMagic Quadrant for Web Conferencing

(Source: Adobe) Web Conferencing, due to its convenience and cost-saving benefits, is transitioning into a generally available collaboration tool popular in many organizations. While still used as a tool for e-learning and online marketing events, it is increasingly becoming a collaboration tool open to all employees, similarly to Instant Messaging and E-mail, as opposed to be provisioned to a specific group. Learn more about web conferencing and why Garner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant positioned Adobe as the "leader" in this quadrant.

SoftwareSQL Server 2008's future 'cloudy' as Microsoft releases new database

Microsoft began making SQL Server 2008 available to users, slightly later than planned but still within the three-year development window that the company set for itself.