Microsoft releases out-of-band patches to address issues from January’s Patch Tuesday

Starter kit being offered with 50 per cent discounts for partners

New methods for increasing your customer retention rate

Vendors sign a confidential agreement ending all patent disputes between them

Vendors to push new products at Enterprise 2.0 show

Apple may be bringing out a new platform

Alcatel-Lucent, Samsung also join but Motorola does not

COMPUTEX: Other Taiwanese companies see Linux as a key to developing the low-cost laptop market

Blueprint launches new Requirements Center 2009 solution

Plus, a place for cloud computing and collaboration and video conferencing solutions

Reality check: Windows 7 will be a lot like Vista

Seven sets of security patches to be released next week

Company qualifying other vendors’ load balancers as replacements