Recent articles by Tom Sanders

Nortel dives into SOA with IBM

Nortel dives into SOA with IBM

Nortel Networks has entered the service oriented architecture space by expanding its partnership with IBM.

Tom Sanders Nov 16 2007 6:59AM Software
Microsoft unveils Forefront management console

Microsoft unveils Forefront management console

Microsoft has unveiled a management console for its Forefront enterprise security suite..
Tom Sanders Nov 15 2007 7:20AM Security
TechEd 2007: Office 2007 security tool

TechEd 2007: Office 2007 security tool

Software offers automatic security settings through Active Directory.
Tom Sanders Nov 14 2007 10:35AM Security
Microsoft brings back automatic ActiveX

Microsoft brings back automatic ActiveX

Microsoft is to remove a feature from Internet Explorer that required users to activate certain interactive features on a website..
Tom Sanders Nov 13 2007 7:15AM Software
Microsoft helps firm secure Office 2007

Microsoft helps firm secure Office 2007

Microsoft is scheduled to release a tool and documentation that helps businesses to better tweak the security settings of Office 2007..
Tom Sanders Nov 13 2007 7:15AM Security
Enterprises struggle with social network bans

Enterprises struggle with social network bans

Enterprises are having difficulty coping with the rise of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook..
Tom Sanders Nov 9 2007 7:52AM Software
Father of web 2.0 slams Google OpenSocial

Father of web 2.0 slams Google OpenSocial

Tim O'Reilly, the father of the term 'web 2.0', has denounced Google's OpenSocial as "boring" and a "full blown disappointment"..
Tom Sanders Nov 8 2007 11:24PM Software
Attackers target Windows DRM flaw

Attackers target Windows DRM flaw

Microsoft has warned that attackers are actively targeting a security vulnerability in the SafeDisc DRM technology that ships as part of Windows.
Tom Sanders Nov 8 2007 7:14AM Security
Microsoft accused of pulling Nigerian scam

Microsoft accused of pulling Nigerian scam

Redmond allegedly squeezed out Mandriva in educational laptop sale.
Tom Sanders Nov 5 2007 11:40AM Security
Microsoft accused of pulling Nigerian scam

Microsoft accused of pulling Nigerian scam

Redmond allegedly squeezed out Mandriva in educational laptop sale.
Tom Sanders Nov 5 2007 9:41AM Security
Microsoft takes proprietary shortcut to SOA

Microsoft takes proprietary shortcut to SOA

Microsoft plans to enhance its existing middleware range and introduce new products in an effort to catch up in the service oriented architecture (SOA) space.
Tom Sanders Nov 1 2007 11:30AM Software
Oracle drops BEA acquisition offer

Oracle drops BEA acquisition offer

Oracle has retracted its US$6.7bn offer to acquire middleware maker BEA, after BEA allowed a Sunday deadline to expire.
Tom Sanders Oct 30 2007 6:39AM Software
Microsoft rediscovers the path to growth

Microsoft rediscovers the path to growth

Microsoft posted a 27 percent growth in revenue, making for the fastest single growth quarter since 1999.
Tom Sanders Oct 29 2007 7:16AM Software
Sun threatens NetApp with patent war

Sun threatens NetApp with patent war

Sun Microsystems is preparing to file a patent suit against storage vendor Network Appliance (NetApp), chief executive Jonathan Schwartz revealed on his blog..
Tom Sanders Oct 25 2007 2:19PM Software
Mozilla logs record US$67 million sales

Mozilla logs record US$67 million sales

The Mozilla Foundation has posted a 21 percent rise in revenues over 2006, increasing its earnings to US$66.8m..
Tom Sanders Oct 25 2007 2:19PM Software
Attackers target PDF vulnerability

Attackers target PDF vulnerability

Online criminals have started targeting a vulnerability in Adobe's PDF reader.
Tom Sanders Oct 25 2007 9:59AM Security
Microsoft's EU patent pledge incompatible with GPL

Microsoft's EU patent pledge incompatible with GPL

Linux vendors will be unable to license Microsoft's interoperability patents under the terms that were mandated by the European Commission, open source legal experts argue.
Tom Sanders Oct 25 2007 7:40AM Software
EU forces Microsoft to cage open source patent dogs

EU forces Microsoft to cage open source patent dogs

Redmond forced to provide free, irrevocable patent pledge to non-commercial open source..
Tom Sanders Oct 24 2007 2:59PM Software
Microsoft preps functional programming language

Microsoft preps functional programming language

Microsoft is preparing to release a new functional programming language dubbed F# (pronounced: F-sharp)..
Tom Sanders Oct 23 2007 3:26PM Software
Microsoft builds mini Windows core

Microsoft builds mini Windows core

Microsoft has developed a minimised version for the next release of its Windows operating system codenamed Windows 7..
Tom Sanders Oct 23 2007 7:46AM Software

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