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.

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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.

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.