Software

Dave Duffield, the co-founder of PeopleSoft has announced the availability of the first of four planned suites from his new on-demand ERP software company Workday Inc.

Here is yet more evidence that the virtualization market is maturing as VMware competitors advance their technology: The open-source Xen virtualization project will soon support Windows.

Linux has won, said Red Hat putting a positive spin on a deal between Novell and Microsoft that may threaten the company's position as the leading supplier of Linux. The company scoffed at the financial deal that involves up-front payments from both companies in exchange for a release of patent liability. Despite Red Hat's take on the deal, most analysts agree that the deal gives Novell the edge.

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cluster computing products can now run a Microsoft Corp. cluster operating system, which should be helpful to end users familiar with the ubiquitous Windows operating system.

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) was one of the companies recognized earlier this month at the Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA) for innovative applications of technology.

Microsoft Corp. Monday confirmed that it has completed work on Office 2007

As Microsoft Corp. prepares to release Windows Vista to manufacturing next week and make it available to corporate users at the end of the month, the debate is ratcheting up over how much money -- if any -- companies could save by upgrading to the new operating system.

In a significant acknowledgement of the viability of Linux as a corporate Operating System, Microsoft on Thursday announced a deal with Novell to support Suse Linux on machines that run Windows.