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This report analyses and forecasts Linux software and service revenue opportunities in enterprises and public sector organisations, as well as among individual consumers. We look at both the server and client markets, but exclude the embedded Linux market.
The market for Linux products and services will grow from $2.4 billion in 2007 to $7.7 billion in 2012. Growth will slow
down from 36% in 2008 to 17% in 2012. The revenue figures Read the rest of this entry »
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is moving closer to an agreement with Verizon Wireless to become the default search provider on the wireless carrier's cell phones, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the discussions.
Under the terms being considered, Microsoft would share with Verizon revenue from ads shown in response to cell phone Web searches, with guaranteed payments to the carrier of about $550 million to $650 million over Read the rest of this entry »
While the Windows platform has become much more resistant to malware attacks, Microsoft-based applications have now become the focus of vulnerabilities, according to research firm Ovum.
"Microsoft's work in improving its Windows platform has been paying off and attackers are turning to attacking applications rather than platforms," said Graham Titterington, principal analyst at Ovum.
Microsoft's Security Intelligence report indicated that operating Read the rest of this entry »
The era of operating system vulnerability is slowly drawing to a close, with more than nine out of 10 published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, Microsoft's latest half-yearly report has suggested.
According to the company's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008, OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between 6 and 8 percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities Read the rest of this entry »
The era of operating system vulnerability is slowly drawing to a close, with more than nine out of 10 published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, Microsoft's latest half-yearly report has suggested.
According to the company's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008, OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between 6 and 8 percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities Read the rest of this entry »
The era of operating system vulnerability is slowly drawing to a close, with more than nine out of 10 published software vulnerabilities now appearing in applications, Microsoft's latest half-yearly report has suggested.
According to the company's Security Intelligence Report for the first half of 2008, OS vulnerabilities are now stable at between 6 and 8 percent of those reported, a level they have been at since the first half of 2006. Vulnerabilities Read the rest of this entry »
, BetaNews
November 3, 2008, 2:44 PM
There's fewer reports of malware in the wild for the entire industry, Microsoft said this morning -- an indication, it says, that the security field is getting smarter. But once again, do undisclosed vulnerabilities simply not count?
In a more circumspect report than those the company published previously, Microsoft is saying today that the general trend toward malware distribution worldwide is continuing Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc's co-chief executive, Sanjay Jha, plans to make more job cuts and simplify how it makes devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Tuesday.
Details of the plan, which could include thousands of layoffs, could be announced Thursday, when the company reports its results, the paper said.
Jha, who heads the mobile devices business, has decided to focus on Google Inc Android software as the operating Read the rest of this entry »
BMC Software is a leading global provider of enterprise management
solutions that empower the world's largest
and most sophisticated companies to automate their IT and increase its
business value. Delivering Business Service Management and BMC Service
Automation, BMC's solutions span enterprise
systems, applications, databases and service management. For the four
fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2008, Read the rest of this entry »
September 12, 2008 3:18 PM PDT
Even HP is fed up with windows. More evidence that Microsoft is in decline. But don't fear, Seinfeld will save them
September 12, 2008 3:43 PM PDT
Oh, I forgot to add, in a somewhat related topic, Michael Dell is on record saying
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September 12, 2008 3:43 PM PDT
I hope the boys and girls at HP that are considering taking on this responsibility completely understand the ramifications of implementing Read the rest of this entry »