Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a concept touted by Microsoft and various Linux vendors as proof that their products are cheapest to run. But TCO claims aren't what they're cracked up to be, and most IT shops never use TCO, or just plain do it wrong.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 01, 2005
With the launch of SQL Server 2005 coming in November, Microsoft has formalized the implementation guidance and marketing support it will provide to its partners and customers.
- By Michael Domingo
- September 29, 2005
- By Scott Bekker
- September 15, 2005
When SQL Server 2005 is released to manufacturing in the next few months, Microsoft will take the exceptional step of designating one of its high-profile features as being intended for evaluation only.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 14, 2005
SQL Server 2005 will raise the bar in terms of integration and standardization.
- By Kathy McKinney
- September 01, 2005
Partners to get new opportunities in delivering deployment services and training.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2005
A problem in Microsoft's process for posting patches to the Microsoft Download Center during the August patch day on Tuesday caused users attempting to pull down a critical cumulative patch for Internet Explorer to receive a corrupted file.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 10, 2005
Microsoft released six security bulletins on Patch Tuesday, including three bulletins rated "critical." All six bulletins involved Windows, and one of the bulletins also involved Internet Explorer.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 09, 2005
Framework for "new generation" certifications to debut in September, beginning with SQL Server, Visual Studio.
- By Michael Domingo
- July 11, 2005
Small Business Server is the first step for your customers needing to integrate their business infrastructure.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- July 01, 2005
Life cycle management tool vendor Altiris says it will support Visual Studio 2005 Team System and SQL Server 2005 in its future products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 09, 2005
SQL Server 2005 got its first independently audited public scalability test this week when Hewlett-Packard posted results of a run of the database against the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C and TPC-H benchmarks.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 08, 2005
Patching your servers is an art that takes time to master. Here's a paint-by-numbers kit to help you get started.
- By Greg Shields
- June 01, 2005
Love Microsoft? Hate it? Somewhere in between?
It's all of the above in the Redmond magazine survey of your attitudes
toward the world's most important computer company.
- By Keith Ward
- June 01, 2005
Advice from an in-the-trenches expert for getting the most out of Microsoft
Operations Manager.
- By Tim Cornett
- May 01, 2005