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.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 03, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After releasing 12 security bulletins in February, Microsoft has zero new security bulletins on tap for March.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 03, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- March 02, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 02, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft also releases a service pack for ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- March 02, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The non-U.S. server market continues to enjoy strong growth, with Windows and Linux-based servers leading the charge.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- March 01, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- March 01, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has brought in a heavy-hitter from AT&T Wireless and E*TRADE to take over management of the long-delayed Windows Longhorn client.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- March 01, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amid all the industry-shaking security moves Microsoft unveiled last week, the company also updated its progress on distributing Windows XP Service Pack 2 -- its most far-reaching effort to date to improve the security of the average computer on the Internet.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 24, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    HP’s ProCurve networking division says it will ship in April its first two WAN routers aimed at SMBs and branch offices, as well as an access control module for its ProCurve 5300xl series switches.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 24, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft pushed a rare non-security fix to Windows XP users through Automatic Update this week for a problem that can cause the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 24, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will raise prices for SQL Server 2005 compared to SQL Server 2000, but SQL Server will continue to come in a free edition, a new low cost edition is being added and functionality previously reserved for the Enterprise Edition is working its way down to lower cost versions.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 24, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel is shipping five 64-bit Pentium 4 processors for use in desktop computers. The release comes on the heels of the company’s shipment earlier this month of early production versions of its dual-core CPUs.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 23, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM will ship the first of its X3 32/64-bit, dual-core capable servers within 30 days, the company said this week. The eServer xSeries 366 (x366) is the first in a planned IBM family of dual-core-capable Intel-based server offerings.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 23, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some of Windows NT's oldest subsystem and protocol friends will be left behind when the codebase moves to x64.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 23, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Columnist Russ Cooper would have liked a few more specifics out of Bill Gates' much-anticipated keynote address at the RSA conference last week.
                    
			            - By Russ  Cooper
- February 22, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this month started a blog dedicated to its Windows Server family. The Windows Server product team appears poised to use the blog as an information clearinghouse for minor product milestones, such as release candidates and other betas, to float trial balloons for potential features, and as a place to gather user input.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 22, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced the purchase of a third-party wizard for implementing Microsoft Axapta.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 22, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel announced this week it is shipping upgraded versions of its 64-bit Xeon processors, and also said it will ship new multi-processor Xeons within three months.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 17, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD announced this week that it will ship two new Opteron processors within the next month, and also announced that Cambridge, England-based startup XenSource will port the Xen open-source system virtualization platform to run on Opteron-based systems.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 17, 2005