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.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 04, 2004
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 04, 2004
NEC Solutions has teamed up to offer its fault-tolerant servers with Softricity’s SoftGrid application management system.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 04, 2004
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 03, 2004
A pair of reports this week show minor erosion of Microsoft's share in two separate desktop markets where the company dominates.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 02, 2004
A version of the Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta application specifically developed for the life sciences industry is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 02, 2004
Microsoft is holding a series of IT administrator-focused Webcasts this week on the transition to 64-bit Windows computing.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 02, 2004
Running multiple domain controllers as virtual machines on a single physical server may not sound like a great production strategy, but Microsoft contends that it's doable in the right circumstances.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 28, 2004
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the company's anti-Linux campaign to its IT executive e-mail list on Wednesday afternoon, with a 2,600-word message that restated Microsoft's well-worn case against open source software.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 28, 2004
VMware plans to expand its virtual SMP technology from the current two-processor
support to four-processor support by the second half of 2005. By that
time the decision should be substantially more relevant as dual-core
processors come onto the market.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 27, 2004
Sybari Software this week released a new version of Sybari Advanced Spam Defense that moves the junk mail folder off the Exchange Server.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 27, 2004
- By Scott Bekker
- October 27, 2004
Microsoft will release a free toolkit later this week to help organizations migrate to Virtual Server 2005, the company announced Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 26, 2004
Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft's second-generation real-time communications server, is released to manufacturing and will be generally available on Dec. 1, the company said Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 26, 2004
Microsoft's net income rose 11 percent on strong sales in its server and tools business unit for the quarter ended Sept. 30, the company said Thursday. Company revenues grew 12 percent overall, while the server and tools business grew 19 percent.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 21, 2004
In a wide-ranging discussion with Gartner analysts, Microsoft's CEO
discussed the Windows "Longhorn" wave and WinFS, competition with Linux, 64-bit prospects and software piracy.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 21, 2004
It's good to step back and get a sense of the landscape every once in a
while. Security giant Symantec Corp. offered an opportunity to do that
recently in its semi-annual document called the "Internet Security
Threat Report."
- By Scott Bekker
- October 21, 2004
It was an ambitious, self-imposed goal -- distribute 100 million copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2 within two months of the critical security update's release. On Wednesday, Microsoft declared success.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 20, 2004
"Istanbul" is Microsoft's client component for moving its Live Communications Server-based presence platform forward with telephony.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 20, 2004
The blizzard of Microsoft security patches last Tuesday serves as a harsh reminder to organizations still running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation that you're on your own.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 20, 2004