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Many Enterprises Don’t Shut Off Access When Employees Depart, Study Finds

Shifts in employment show disparity between access policies and actual practice

Sun VirtualBox 2.2 Adds Open Virtualization Format Support

Release includes performance and feature enhancements and support for the Open Virtualization Format specification

Cost Replacing Functionality as Linux's Appeal

Firms are porting more applications to Linux at the expense of Unix and other legacy platforms to save money as never before

Microsoft Delays Enterprise Security Suite

Company attribues delay to customer requests for interoperability with third-party security packages

First Service Pack Released for SQL Server 2008

Provides updates but no new features

Windows 7 Will Have an XP Downgrade Option

Microsoft will permit Windows 7 Professional edition downgrades to Windows XP Professional

SharePoint Designer Offered as Free Development Tool

Microsoft didn't want price to be a barrier to SharePoint users



HP Selling Cloud Assurance to Enterprises

Helps enterprise IT departments adopt and manage cloud-based services

Exchange Tool Tests Remote Connections

Online service enables testing of incoming e-mail traffic to Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows Embedded Services

Company announces new services capability, additional support for developers working on embedded systems

Despite Criticism, Microsoft Exec Defends Open Source Progress

Microsoft official argues company has made significant progress while defending its right to enforce patents

April 1: D-Day for the Conficker Worm

IT security pros prepare for malicious worm

Sun Releases Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3

Major upgrade expands VMware support, Open Storage integration, and Active Directory support

Enterprises Hanging on to Legacy Microsoft Apps

Enterprises prefer Windows XP over Vista by wide margin; over 60 percent of IE users still on version 6