John Fontana - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by John Fontana

Article | 17/12/2009 Is Windows 7 the last major chapter in Windows story?

Microsoft Windows 7 may represent the last ever, large in-mass upgrade of the Windows client environment and define the line where the desktop PC was ...

Article | 16/12/2009 Microsoft SharePoint add-ons offer tantalizing system tweaks

SharePoint 2010 may be on Microsoft's immediate road map, but users churning away on the current 2007 platform can still juice their rollouts with a h...

Article | 12/12/2009 Microsoft buys Opalis to strengthen cloud management capabilities

Moving to strengthen its management tools related to virtual environments, Microsoft Friday said that it has purchased IT process automation vendor Op...

Article | 10/12/2009 Microsoft creates new server and cloud division

Microsoft Tuesday created a new division designed to brings its cloud and on-premises software development together and provide a consistent platform ...

Article | 10/12/2009 Microsoft getting better at Patch Tuesday updates, experts say

All told, Microsoft released 74 patches in 2009 and while some months were worse than others (such as October), security experts say the software gian...

Article | 10/12/2009 Microsoft creates new server and cloud division

Microsoft has created a new division designed to bring its cloud and on-premises software development together and provide a consistent platform for c...

Article | 9/12/2009 Gluster extends file system into Storage Platform, VM failover

Open source file system vendor Gluster released its Storage Platform, integrating a file system, an operating system and a management UI to create a c...

Article | 2/12/2009 Microsoft readying SP3 for Exchange 2007

After reversing course on Exchange 2007 support, Microsoft now says a third service pack for the messaging server that adds compatibility with Windows...

Article | 2/12/2009 Microsoft game software preps soldiers for battle

Soldiers may go into battle better prepared to handle equipment and with a greater knowledge of their surroundings after an intellectual property lice...

Article | 2/12/2009 Cloud identity service gets provisioning, management

Cloud identity provider Symplified Tuesday added provisioning and management capabilities to its service platform that lets users create a bridge betw...

Article | 25/11/2009 Microsoft issues security advisory on IE vulnerability

Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at I...

Article | 25/11/2009 Microsoft issues security advisory on IE vulnerability

Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at I...

Article | 25/11/2009 Microsoft issues security advisory on IE exploit, patch in works

Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at I...

Article | 24/11/2009 Microsoft begins paving path for IT, cloud integration

Microsoft last week launched its first serious effort to build IT into its cloud plans by introducing technologies that help connect existing corporat...

Article | 19/11/2009 Microsoft touches on cloud management system

LOS ANGELES –Almost as a forgotten footnote, Microsoft introduced System Center "Cloud" Tuesday providing little detail other than a name on a slide d...