Microsoft Reorganizes Again, Moves Server Division
by Alex Woodie

The Windows Server Division is on the move once again. In an e-mail message sent to employees Monday, chief executive Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is moving the team that develops the Windows Server operating system from its current home in the Platform & Services Division into the Microsoft Business Division. The move separates, for the first time, the teams that develop the client and server versions of Windows, even though the code bases for the two operating systems are as close as they have ever been. READ MORE >

Microsoft Boosts Office Security with New Tools
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft yesterday quietly announced a pair of new tools designed to protect Office 2003 and Office 2007 from zero-day exploits. The new products, unveiled on the company's TechNet security Web site, protect users by converting older Office formats into the new Open XML format that Microsoft is now pushing. Because Open XML is so new, there are few known vulnerabilities in it, providing users a window of protection. But the big question is: How long will it last? READ MORE >

Jive Ventures Out of the Box with Clearspace X
by Alex Woodie

In today's Web-connected world, people have a multitude of ways to communicate. Depending on the participants or even the time of day, users might reach out via e-mail, telephone, or IM, or they might seek a wider audience by using RSS, Wikis, blogs, or Web forums. Instead of using a separate application for each communication type, companies like Jive Software are providing a single integrated collaborative stack. Now, Jive is enabling organizations to discriminate between internal and external communication with the delivery of Clearspace X. READ MORE >

As I See It: Education--the Other Dysfunction
by Victor Rozek

"For the cost of 15 B-2 bombers, we can give three million teachers real incentives to raise student achievement and stay in the classroom." Now hold on. Before our more hawkish readers get their knickers in a bunch and accuse me of a commie liberal, weak on defense, America hating bias, it wasn't Jane Fonda who made that observation, it was Louis Gerstner. READ MORE >