Matt Berger

Microsoft Corp. is planning to release this month the third service pack for its Exchange 2000 server software, which will include fixes for bugs discovered as part of its lengthy review of the software code.

Aiming to attract medium-sized business customers in the market for CRM (customer relationship management) software, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday detailed a plan to release a new Web-based business application later this year based on its .Net platform.

With less than a month remaining before the deadline to switch to Microsoft Corp.'s new bulk software licensing plan, a provider of IT asset management services has made available a service designed to help organizations assess their current software inventory.

With less than a month remaining before the deadline to switch to Microsoft Corp.'s new bulk software licensing plan, a provider of IT asset management services has made available a service designed to help organizations assess their current software inventory.

The consortium of companies known as the Liberty Alliance Project, which is developing a technology to link various single sign-on authentication systems using a standard specification, is set to unveil the first public release of its work at an event next week in San Francisco.

Hewlett-Packard Co. has confirmed that it will shutter a computer manufacturing facility in New Jersey that it acquired as part of its merger with Compaq Computer Corp.

Fujitsu Ltd. announced plans Tuesday to broaden its existing global partnership with Microsoft Corp., saying it will offer products and services based on Microsoft's .Net platform to enterprise customers around the world.

An industry consortium cofounded by Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to appoint two new members to its board, one of which could be Microsoft rival Sun Microsystems Inc. This could pave the way for the consortium to develop Web services standards that are embraced by software rivals.