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Microblogging phenom Twitter hasn't achieved all that it hoped in the mobile arena, but Evan Williams, the company's CEO, describes how that might be changing.

Microsoft has been hyping the recent gains in market share Internet Explorer has enjoyed in recapturing some of its eroding market share, but the latest figures suggest that it could be slipping again.

Virtualization vendors promise enterprises substantial IT cost savings, but a new survey has found that adoption continues to lag when it comes to business-critical applications.

Thanks to its acquisition of Jigsaw, the SaaS player integrates real-time updates on CRM contacts to its solution.

RIM's encryption battle, measuring the business impact of IT, storage forecast and more.

That was the chief question on the minds of attendees at this year's VMworld. Not surprisingly, VMware and its partners had much to say on the subject.

Amid a wider rollout of new security and third-party app authentication enhancements, one feature has some Twitter users worried.

The world's largest chipmaker uses a lot of servers. But it says it's having to spend money on fewer now thanks to VMware -- and offers a few lessons to CIOs also looking to trim costs.

Big Blue drops details on its efforts to build and buy cloud products and services tailored for for uses like compliance, collaboration and communications across an array of industries.

New research from Sybase concludes that a median Fortune 1000 firm would stand to gain more than $2 billion with better, more accurate and more usable data.

HP panelists used the VMworld conference as a platform to posit their expertise in cloud computing as it emerges from its infancy.

Users express outrage at Digg's site redesign.

VMware's chief looks past the hypervisor wars to focus on data center automation and what he sees as the coming of IT as a strategic (cost-saving, security-improving, value-enhancing) service.

Search giant continues to vacuum up companies dabbling in the social arena as it is seen moving toward the launch of its own social network, dubbed Google Me.

Microsoft hits online software reseller Jigantic.com with a lawsuit alleging the outfit traded in pirated copies of SQL Server 2008 and passing off Software Assurance contracts as legitimate licenses.

Virtualization giant VMware announced two purchases targeting security and analytics -- TriCipher and Integrien -- as it looks ahead to offering "IT as a service."

If you're building an enterprise cloud or managing hybrid or public cloud apps, VMware wants to be there.

Software giant plays out its hand in effort to reverse the USPTO's ruling that upheld the patent of Toronto-based i4i relating to a custom XML technology.

Computing giant Hewlett-Packard looks to ease the transition for businesses to the cloud with the introduction of CloudStart, a suite of products and services geared for easy migration to the private cloud.

In a major patent-infringement lawsuit, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen levels a broadside against Google and many other leading lights of Silicon Valley.