Software Development

Microsoft changes System Center plans

Bundle is canceled but name will be used as an overall systems management brand

Smooth and swift SQL Server backups

Imceda's LiteSpeed 2005 makes light work of heavyweight database backups

Editor’s note

Worms wiggle into IM

Once the domain of e-mail, virus and worm attacks are zeroing in on instant messaging

HP to open centers in Poland and Russia

HP plans to invest $50 million in Polish BPO center

Munich chooses two local Linux suppliers

German software companies to equip 14,000 computers with Linux and other open source apps

Microsoft opens its grab bag of patches

Recent patch packs include thank-you notes; is Redmond reading Miss Manners?

Reuters shuts down IM system to fight Kelvir IM worm

IM system brought back online early Friday; no incidents of users being infected have been reported

Microsoft more open about Longhorn features

Longhorn will be easier to use, more secure, and less costly to manage, execs insist

HP to round out Opteron blades with dual-core server

Web pages for ordering the ProLiant BL45p were accidentally posted early