Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it will launch Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2004 at its annual TechEd conference, which is being held this year in San Diego the week of May 24.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 28, 2004
Citrix Systems on Tuesday updated its MetaFrame Access Suite, which bundles Citrix' flagship MetaFrame Presentation Server with three other products for managing access to enterprise applications. applications.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 27, 2004
The three key areas of Active Directory development that Microsoft is focused on for that next big server release are adding new security capabilities, adding new management capabilities and improving the ease of use of the directory service.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 26, 2004
Recent survey research by <i>ENTmag.com</i> is consistent with statements from Microsoft officials and industry analysts -- Active Directory is building significant momentum among the Windows user base.
- By Joe McKendrick
- April 26, 2004
Microsoft's stand-alone version of Active Directory has gained some modest traction in its eight-month lifespan.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 26, 2004
Microsoft outlined some of its objections to the European Commission's ruling and penalties in the antitrust case with a seven-page paper that attempts to argue the Commission's actions represent a broader threat to other companies and industries.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 22, 2004
Quest Software this week released a new version of its tool for automatically generating and maintaining distribution lists and groups within Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 22, 2004
Public exploits, which are often the precursors to widespread worm attacks, have appeared in the last week for several of the vulnerabilities that Microsoft unveiled and patched last week in its blockbuster security bulletin release.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 21, 2004
HP on Wednesday began shipping its first four-way server based on the AMD Opteron processor, AMD's 64-bit server processor that uses the x86 instruction set.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 21, 2004
The release on Wednesday of the latest version of the Siebel CRM application suite highlights the ongoing coopetition between Siebel and Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 21, 2004
Dell recaptured the lead from HP for total worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2004, a period when the overall PC market saw double-digit growth on strong U.S. and European demand, according to IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 20, 2004
Microsoft is moving to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit with consumers in Minnesota, one of a handful of remaining states where Microsoft has not yet settled lawsuits alleging the company abused its desktop OS monopoly to overcharge for software.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 20, 2004
OneNote 2003, Microsoft's six-month-old note-taking addition to the Office family, will get a series of new features in a service pack that Microsoft previewed Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 20, 2004
Microsoft has taken the unusual step of patching release candidate testing software by issuing three critical patches for Windows XP Service Pack 2 RC1.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 15, 2004
Linux desktop provider Lindows, entangled in a long-running legal dispute with Microsoft over the similarity to the Windows trademark, is changing its product name to Linspire.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 15, 2004
A newly disclosed remote execution flaw involving Secure Sockets Layer encryption puts tens of thousands of Web-facing servers at risk of being taken over by attackers, according to Internet researchers at Netcraft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 15, 2004
- By Scott Bekker
- April 14, 2004
Business Objects SA unveiled a new version of its Data Integrator data warehousing tool this month. Company officials say Data Integrator 6.5 boasts a bevy of goodies, including new change-capture features for Oracle databases and optional data quality capabilities via an agreement with Firstlogic.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 14, 2004
Microsoft updated a free software add-on this week that allows the Microsoft Outlook client to connect to IBM's Lotus Domino messaging and collaboration servers.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 14, 2004
Intel took a step toward its goal of bringing pricing of 64-bit Itanium 2 processor-based systems in line with its 32-bit Xeon processor-based systems on Tuesday with the unveiling of two new Itanium 2 processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 13, 2004