By Matt Hines (InfoWorld)
One year ago, Microsoft was defending the quality of its products, battling with the world's largest security vendors over features in its next-generation platforms, and pitching the company's nascent promise as a provider of IT systems-defense tools at the annual RSA conference.
With the release of its Stirling security management platform at the ongoing RSA Conference 2008 in San Francisco on Tuesday, company officials and industry watchers contend that the software giant is rapidly proving itself a force to be reckoned with in the sector.

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