Three new 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 entered the beta testing stage on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 15, 2003
Microsoft on Wednesday issued the first of its new monthly security bulletins. The first installment is a blockbuster, fixing seven vulnerabilities, five of them critical. Five vulnerabilities involve Windows and two vulnerabilities affect Exchange.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 15, 2003
Responding to pressure from users to release a packaged update for Windows XP as the delivery date for Service Pack 2 has fallen to mid-2004, Microsoft on Wednesday posted a rollup package of updates for the client operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 15, 2003
Windows now dominates the server market as well as the client market, even with the growth of Linux, according to new market research from IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 14, 2003
Microsoft will formally launch its long-awaited Systems Management Server 2003 next month at an IT event in Europe.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 14, 2003
In a major speech last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the
company's response to the current security furor instigated by
the Blaster and Sobig.F outbreaks of August and September.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 14, 2003
Microsoft is making several changes to Content Management Server that should widen the audience for the enterprise server product, including a far less expensive version and fresh integration with the new Windows SharePoint Services.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 09, 2003
NEW ORLEANS -- Stung by relentless viruses and hacker attacks, and a patch cycle that is spinning completely out of control, Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to mitigate, but unfortunately not eliminate, the crisis.
- By Doug Barney
- October 09, 2003
The SANS Institute along with government agencies from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada on Wednesday released a list of the Top 20 computer security vulnerabilities. IIS is the top red flag for Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 08, 2003
Intel shipped new Xeon processors for dual-processor servers and workstations.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 07, 2003
Microsoft will offer technical support for its Java Virtual Machine until October 2004 under a legal agreement announced Tuesday with Sun Microsystems.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 07, 2003
Microsoft broke from usual practice on Friday in sending out a critical security bulletin correcting critical flaws in Internet Explorer that allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 06, 2003
Critics continue to pile on Microsoft after damaging worms and viruses slammed Windows operating systems worldwide in August and September.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 02, 2003
SQL Server is proving itself as scalable as any database on
benchmarks, but now Microsoft needs to demonstrate that customers are
actually using SQL in the kinds of massive environments that Oracle is
known for.
- By Joe McKendrick
- October 01, 2003
In a remarkably quick turnaround, Microsoft announced Wednesday that Windows Small Business Server 2003 will be commercially available next week.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 01, 2003
Microsoft plans to juice up SQL Server 2000 later this year with
reporting services. This business intelligence bombshell is
already shaking up the market, probably even playing some minor role in
helping prod Business Objects acquisition of Crystal Decisions. How else
will this move affect the BI market?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 01, 2003
SQL Server 2000 is three years old, and it will be at least a
year before Microsoft replaces the aging database platform with its next
version, code-named "Yukon." Business is booming for SQL Server, but
does the aging database have enough to offer to hold off Oracle and DB2
until its Yukon reinforcement arrives?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 01, 2003
Yukon will be the biggest release of SQL Server since Microsoft
overhauled the database in 1998. Will the new features and database
engine overhauls be worth the wait?
- By Joe McKendrick
- October 01, 2003
IBM this week expanded a hosted offering to include Windows and other platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 01, 2003
Microsoft on Wednesday delivered Windows SharePoint Services, one of its most highly promoted free add-ons for the Windows Server 2003 operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 01, 2003