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Ray Ozzie: Bill Gates' Fifth Guy

When Microsoft formally acquires Groove Networks next quarter, Groove founder Ray Ozzie, an outspoken advocate of peer-to-peer virtual workspaces and a collaboration software pioneer, will join Bill Gates' personal stable of big thinkers.

Gates Holds Top Spot on Billionaire’s List

Add to the list of things you can count on – death, taxes and Bill Gates as the world’s richest man.

Microsoft Buying Groove Networks

Microsoft is buying Groove Networks with the intent to roll the company's collaboration products into the Microsoft Office System and leverage Groove founder Ray Ozzie's skills across Microsoft in the role of Chief Technical Officer.

Third Parties Roll Out Support for Microsoft Collaboration Tools

Third-party companies this week rolled out services and add-on products to complement Microsoft’s Office Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS) real-time collaboration tools.

StorageX Update Unifies Net File Protocols

NuView's StorageX 5.5 adds the ability for administrators to build a unified global namespace across CIFS and NFS protocols and perform policy-based heterogeneous data management across Linux, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, NetApp and others.

New NCR Server Supports Data Warehouse App

NCR’s Teradata division is shipping NCR’s new 5400 Server, which it claims performs as much as 20 percent faster than previous servers running the company’s data warehousing solution.

Istanbul Becomes Office Communicator 2005

Microsoft will call its new integrated communications client Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and release the product to manufacturing in 90 days.

Revised Security Bulletins Released

As promised last week, Microsoft released no new security bulletins during its monthly "Patch Tuesday" event for March, but the company did push out two minor revisions of older security bulletins.

Dogfood Report: Microsoft IT Outlines its Windows 2003 SP1 Experience

The Microsoft IT Department this month posted a public account of its efforts in deploying Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 -- a sure sign the release of the service pack is imminent.

SQL Server 2005 Technical Preview Features Reporting Improvements

Microsoft released its third Community Technical Preview for SQL Server 2005 this month with a new ad hoc reporting tool and 64-bit support for more components of Microsoft's flagship database.

Windows x64 Editions Coming in April

Microsoft will deliver the x64 editions of Windows Server 2003 at the beginning of April and the x64 edition of Windows XP later in the month, Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin said at the Intel Developer Forum this week.

Intel Presents Roadmap for Multi-Core CPUs

Intel officials announced new details regarding the company’s upcoming dual and multi-core processors at its Spring 2005 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week, including a two-year timeline for the arrival of key chips and technologies.

That's William Henry Gates III, KBE, to You

Critics associate Bill Gates with an "Evil Empire," but Microsoft's chairman is now formally attached to an official empire.

eTrust Adds Security Management 'Architecture'

Computer Associates’ eTrust division this week announced a new “security management architecture” that will eventually permeate its entire line of security and identity management tools. At the same time, it began shipping new versions of two of its eTrust products that take advantage of the new architecture.

No Microsoft Security Bulletins Planned for March

After releasing 12 security bulletins in February, Microsoft has zero new security bulletins on tap for March.

VMware and Intel Team on Virtualization Technologies

VMware and Intel announced this week that the virtualization software vendor is customizing its mainstream products to work with the chipmaker’s upcoming “Vanderpool” chip-level virtualization technology.

IE Usage Falls Below 90 Percent in Both Major Surveys

Two Web analytics companies that track usage of Web browsers now agree that Microsoft's Internet Explorer usage share is below 90 percent due to competition from the open-source Firefox browser.

ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition Generally Available

Microsoft also releases a service pack for ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition.

Overseas Server Market Sees Healthy Growth

The non-U.S. server market continues to enjoy strong growth, with Windows and Linux-based servers leading the charge.

Microsoft's Deadline Problem

When it comes to predicting ship dates for its operating systems, Microsoft is about as accurate as your local weatherman. Keep that in mind when planning for its next-generation OS, code-named Longhorn.