Interwoven, Inc. announced they have become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Interwoven, building on Microsoft technologies, will enable information workers-starting with professional services firms including legal, accounting, management consulting, corporate legal departments, and IT consulting-to manage the entire content lifecycle through the tight integration of the Interwoven WorkSite Collaborative Document…

Increased regulatory mandates, diminished customer loyalty, and growing numbers of teleworkers push companies to garner finer control over their assets, customers, and employees; whether they are inside or beyond company facilities. Four industries are vying to help enterprises meet these needs, forging a variety of nontraditional partnerships among carriers, device…

A Redmond security guru also says spyware could be responsible for up to one-third of all Windows crashes. [Via CNET News.com]

Michael Sampson has a good compilation of Office 12 material on his blog including his view on all of this … Microsoft has began to speak-up Office 12, the next version of its software suite for personal and team productivity, which is supposed to publicly ship in the second half…

This download contains the full documentation set written for the initial release of Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, prior to the release of Service Pack 1. [Via Microsoft Download Center]

BT unveils collaboration offerings with Microsoft – Computer Business Review: “BT Group Plc has made a series of announcements with Microsoft Corp around business productivity, including middleware to sit between a PBX and Microsoft’s Live Communications Server (LCS) and integration of the US software giant’s Live Meeting into BT’s MeetMe…

Microsoft heeft tijdens de D-conferentie de nieuwe MSN Virtual Earth-service getoond. Hiermee opent het bedrijf de aanval op Google. [Via Webwereld]

Microsoft today highlighted key areas of investment for the next major release of Microsoft Office System (code-named Office 12) scheduled for general availability in late 2006. Microsoft is making moves toward the information workplace, with improvements in collaboration, communication, and enterprise content management. For example, Microsoft’s focus on content will…

Ziff Davis – A Microsoft-sponsored study finds that patch management of Windows clients and servers can cost less than that of comparable open-source systems. [Via Yahoo! News: Technology News]

De telecomwaakhond OPTA heeft een boete opgelegd aan Trendywheel. De spammer verstuurde anderhalf miljoen ongevraagde e-mailberichten. [Via Webwereld]