Operating System news from FierceCIO

As of Monday, June 30, Microsoft has stopped offering boxed copies of the seven-year-old Windows XP operating system for sale. Having said that, various levels of product support for Windows XP Read more...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs have confirmed that the next version of Mac OS X - 10.6, will be code named Snow Leopard. The focus of this new version will be more towards Read more...

Limited trials of Windows XP on the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is slated to begin next month in "four or five" countries. The general availability of Windows XP on OLPC's XO laptop will follow

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It's been a long and winding road but we've finally arrived: today Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 via its website, the last

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After months spent in development, Microsoft finally unleashed Windows Vista SP1 Read more...

If you support OS X machines in your enterprise, you'll be happy to hear that Apple has pushed out OS Read more...

Most of us forget that computer systems are only as good as the electrical power that keeps them up and running. So it is especially alarming to hear that most business continuity plans could not Read more...

Businesses are bucking any and every trend to move to Microsoft Vista. Almost a year after its release, sales are still sluggish. And analysts say that won't change anytime soon. "From what we've Read more...

One of the more interesting high-wire acts in the enterprise IT space is how CIOs manage the tension between opening their networks to mobile workers, customers, partners and suppliers, and securing Read more...

According to a new InformationWeek survey, 25 percent of companies already have started moving to Windows Vista, but the vast majority have only installed the operating system on 10 Read more...