Denise Dubie
Senior Editor
Denise Dubie is a senior editor at Network World. She is a longtime, high-tech industry journalist and content creator. Previously she was a content marketer at CA Technologies, Berkshire Grey, and Cisco.
Microsoft OCS update promises to replace PBX
Microsoft unveiled its updated unified communications software that the company says will help customers move off PBX systems, but industry watchers wonder if the previewed Communications Server "14" will integrate with more than...
Microsoft touts speed, HTML 5 support in IE9
Microsoft wants the world to abandon Internet Explorer 6 and upgrade to IE7 or IE8 for security reasons, but the company says Web and application developers will want to upgrade to the next version of Microsoft's Web browser, IE9,...
Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries
For high-tech workers, it pays to be certified, according to research conducted by Dice Learning that shows 10 IT certifications stand out for delivering higher salaries. Five ways to get affordable IT certification skills"Not all...
10 big IT management moves in 2009
Enterprise IT management technologies underwent an image makeover in 2009. No longer just the mandatory tools discussed by engineers troubleshooting problems, IT management capabilities such as automation and service delivery became...
Excel vulnerabilities revealed on 'slower' Patch Tuesday
Following a heavy patch month in February, Microsoft Tuesday announced a lighter load of security bulletins for its users, but security experts say the potential impact is considerable if vulnerabilities aren't addressed.Microsoft...
Microsoft seeks browser comeback with IE 9
Microsoft is expected to share details about Internet Explorer 9 at its upcoming MIX10 conference, and industry watchers say the forthcoming release could help the software giant put part of its embattled browser past behind...
SMBs want Windows 7 now
After Microsoft officially released Windows 7, interest in rapidly adopting the operating system increased for one in five IT pros from small and midsize companies, according to a survey by an IT management company. Essential guide...
Shut-down security Web site revived after Microsoft recants
Visitors of Cryptome.org can continue browsing government and corporate documents now that a copyright infringement complaint issued by Microsoft earlier in the week has become null and void.Court order helps Microsoft tear down...
CA continues cloud computing buying spree
CA Wednesday announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum a company called 3Tera, a move that industry watchers say will equip the management software maker with tools to offer customers a...
Google Chrome chips away at Microsoft IE
Recent market share statistics deliver good and bad news for Microsoft. The company saw its Internet Explorer browser lose more ground, seemingly to Google Desktop and Chrome, while its Windows 7 operating system quickly gained...
Could Tiger Woods render networks impotent today?
As the world awaits Tiger Woods' press conference today, network managers might be worried about how well their networks will handle the load created by multiple end users streaming the much-anticipated event to their desktops,...
Essential guide to Windows 7 management
Now that Windows 7 is on the scene, enterprise IT managers can consider using 2010 budget dollars to implement the software in the coming months. For those IT departments in the process of deploying the operating system or those...
10 best IT jobs right now
IT professionals looking to find new employment or upgrade their current positions should investigate job opportunities that address growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing...
The 10 best IT jobs right now
Today's hot IT jobs are those that can help satisfy growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills. Here we examine 10 IT jobs and the technology know-how required to land...
Apple's iPad: can it rise to enterprise IT demands?
After 90 minutes of Apple iPad superlatives, demonstrations, and slick videos, which didn't quite mask a distinct sense of disappointment among his listeners on the Web, Apple CEO Steve Jobs ended his unveiling with the...
SolarWinds buys Tek-Tools for storage resource management
SolarWinds Wednesday announced it acquired for $42 million the technology, customer and employee assets of Tek-Tools, a storage resource management vendor that SolarWinds executives say will enable the network management software...
WhatsUp Gold buys Windows security management vendor
WhatsUp Gold, the network management division of Ipswitch, Tuesday announced it had acquired for an undisclosed sum Dorian Software, a maker of security event and log management products for Windows environments.Hottest tech M&A...
Gartner: CIOs don't expect IT recovery
CIOs who survived 2009, during which IT budgets dropped by 8% on average, don't expect to see business recover or IT dollars return immediately in 2010. They do, however, intend to makeover IT departments as leaner, more lightweight...
Gartner: CIOs look to lighter-weight, social technologies to transform IT
CIOs working to return to business growth have made technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing, Web 2.0, networking and mobility top priorities for 2010, according to research released Tuesday by Gartner.Outlook 2010 IT...