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Dell, Microsoft Team for Management of Dell Servers

Microsoft and Dell are pairing to develop free software for Dell server customers that will integrate Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Dell's OpenManage 4 Change Management tool.

Novell Sues Microsoft over WordPerfect

Just days after a $536 million settlement with Microsoft over its NetWare operating system, Novell filed a federal lawsuit in Utah seeking damages from Microsoft for alleged efforts to eliminate competition in the office productivity applications market.

IBM Buffs Workplace and WebSphere Portal

Adds role-based “solutions” for small and mid-sized businesses.

VMware Cuts Prices

Thanks to a thriving market for its virtual systems software, VMware is drastically cutting the cost of one of its flagship products. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company says that with double-digit growth in sales in recent quarters, VMware can afford to lower prices.

Microsoft Unveils Beta MSN Search Site

Microsoft on Thursday officially unveiled the new beta version of its MSN Search site, the company's hotly anticipated attempt to take on Google for Web searching.

Otellini Elected CEO at Intel

Paul Otellini, the president and chief operating officer at Intel who led the introduction of the Pentium processor in 1993, was elected by Intel's board of directors as the next CEO, the chip giant announced Thursday.

NEC Ships Itanium 2 Blade Server

NEC Solutions began shipping blade servers based on the new Itanium 2 processors released by Intel this week.

Fix Released for ISA Server

Microsoft posted a patch for Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2000 and Proxy Server 2.0.

Microsoft Estimates Remaining Antitrust Exposure at $950 Million

With more than a dozen antitrust cases settled, or at least already accounted for in the case of the European Commission fine, Microsoft's lawyers are telling investors they're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Microsoft Enters Legal Agreements with Novell, CCIA

Microsoft this week reached legal and financial settlements with two of its most vocal antitrust critics -- Novell and the Computer & Communications Industry Association.

Intel Fleshes out Itanium 2 Line with High-performance, Lower Power Chips

Intel is shipping six new processors aimed at filling out its burgeoning Itanium 2 server CPU lineup. But, more than that, Intel hopes that the new CPUs will provide it with traction in server markets such as high-performance computing and large-scale databases that until only recently were strictly the domain of RISC processors.

IBM Plugging Away in High-end Windows Space

IBM to release upgraded Enterprise X chipset next year to bring support for Xeon processors with EM64T.

Microsoft Changes Name of HPC Edition to Compute Cluster Edition

Microsoft changed the name of its specialized edition of Windows Server 2003 for massively parallel computing from the HPC Edition to the Compute Cluster Edition.

Updated OpForce from Veritas Discovers Applications

Veritas will ship this month version 4.0 of its OpForce Enterprise Edition distributed server provisioning software.

UK Health Agency Enters Huge, Long-term Licensing Deal with Microsoft

Agency claims nine-year deal on up to 900,000 desktops will save British taxpayers more than 330 million pounds. Deal's overall worth reported at about 500 million pounds.

Unisys to Ship Three New ES7000s

Unisys this month plans to ship three new Intel Itanium-based servers, including one that enables IT shops to run both 32-bit and 64-bit processors in the same rack-mounted unit, giving customers a more cost-effective migration path for expanding into 64-bit applications.

Microsoft Throws Doors Open on Early Security Bulletin Notifications

Microsoft officials said on Thursday that the controversial early notification program on security bulletins that has been available to certain customers for a year will be open to everyone starting immediately. The company posted its first advance notification on Thursday. Expect one bulletin next Tuesday addressing an important flaw in ISA Server.

NEC and Softricity in SoftGrid Bundling Deal

NEC Solutions has teamed up to offer its fault-tolerant servers with Softricity’s SoftGrid application management system.

Hotfix Available for Windows XP SP2

Microsoft on Wednesday made available a hotfix for a problem on Windows XP Service Pack 2 systems where Internet Explorer 6.0 crashes on certain types of Web pages.

Microsoft Faces Market Share Erosion on Two Fronts

A pair of reports this week show minor erosion of Microsoft's share in two separate desktop markets where the company dominates.