To address customer complaints and users going to unofficial patches for the answer, Microsoft has fixed a critical flaw five days early.

The final release of Redmond's updated server software should hit the shelves within the next 60 days.

Continuing its open source rollout, Sun releases the latest reference implementation to its Web application developer technology under CDDL.

The open source vendor is standardizing the migration path away from competing, commercial app server vendors.

Big Blue has refreshed its WebSphere Extended Deployment 6.0 for more business flexibility

The PowerEdge 830 and 850 expand on the launch of the dual-core processor lineup.

On Tuesday, Sun took the much-anticipated step of releasing the source code to the Solaris operating system. Now the question is how it's managed.

With this release, the Linux vendor addresses both the Fedora and commercial communities.

Big Blue will use Gluecode's open source software as a springboard to paid services and its WebSphere line.

After nearly two years of beta testing, Redmond releases an OS for the next-generation technology.

The OSI will hold a meeting Wednesday to address the growing pool of open source licenses.

Three months after starting an ISV support program for Red Hat, Big Blue has added Novell's Linux distro to the mix.

Life cycle management vendor Altiris announced it will round out its server management portfolio with the acquisition of Tonic Software.

The company's new networking services software — which blends Netware and Linux — is now available for a sneak peek.

The company adds a second Linux distro to its line up, and, in so doing, helps Novell gain a stake in the North American market.

The company has released a major upgrade to its server management suite targeted at hybrid Linux/Microsoft shops.

Although AMD's Opteron dual-processor chip is months away, Big Blue is getting companies ready with a beefed-up eServer 325 called the eServer 326.

Oracle's Application Server 10g is targeting smaller businesses by delivering more bang for the buck.

In a bid to entice more ISVs to adopt its middleware software suite, BEA released 'SOA in a box,' a kit for building service oriented architectures.

IBM this week released a copy of its Java-based Cloudscape relational database application to the Apache Software Foundation.

Software from any device is Big Blue's latest mantra for enterprise application computing.

Microsoft's next iteration of its enterprise instant messaging software, Live Communication Server 2005, is set to begin next month. The server's new feature set is designed to lure more business users.

The latest version of the Sun Java System Application Server Platform incorporates Java Server Faces and WS-I support, and includes an SDK for J2EE 1.4.

Mere months after investing $50 million in one commercial Linux vendor, IBM announced it will help another with its sales.

In his keynote speech at Oracle Appsworld last week, CEO Larry Ellison was all about data.