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
Reuters and Microsoft on Tuesday announced a deal that is one of the first concrete examples of the way that firms can use the promise of instant messaging technology to enhance their business-to-consumer offerings.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 30, 2003
Microsoft on Tuesday launched the second edition of its consumer-oriented Windows XP Media Center Edition.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 30, 2003
Depending on who’s telling the story, Microsoft Corp. recently introduced changes to its Software Update Services with or without giving users adequate prior notice.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 24, 2003
Microsoft's virtual monopoly on the desktop puts networks and computing at large, at grave risk, according to authors of a paper on security.
- By Keith Ward
- September 24, 2003
On April 24, 2002, Microsoft promised the world it would build a desktop version of Windows to run on 64-bit AMD processors. Nearly a year and a half later, Microsoft has delivered beta versions of both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition designed to exploit the speedy AMD processor.
- By Doug Barney
- September 24, 2003
The number of active Windows Server 2003 sites more than doubled since July, according to the U.K.-based Internet services and research firm Netcraft. One in 20 of those Windows Server 2003 sites migrated from Linux, Netcraft found.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 24, 2003
Columnist Joe McKendrick writes that there’s nothing remarkable about Microsoft’s heavy-handedness on licensing. Many vendors are pushy with their licensing terms. IBM has a long history of locking customers into upgrade paths. Oracle’s licensing is just as heavy-handed, and even more expensive, than Microsoft's. Even in the carefree Linux world, coercion seems to be the rule.
- By Joe McKendrick
- September 23, 2003
Teamplate released a new version of its workflow software for creating human-based business processes that leverage Microsoft infrastructure components.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 23, 2003
The recent rash of severely critical patches from Microsoft has left many IT administrators with a tough choice. Leave enterprise systems vulnerable to a dangerous Internet-based attack or rush the patch onto critical production systems without adequate testing.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 22, 2003
Even as the industry awaited the breakout of a new Blaster-style worm and the G version of Sobig, a variation on another familiar piece of malware began making the rounds on Thursday.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 18, 2003
The new Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 will be installed on all Toshiba Corp. laptops and Tablet PCs -- a huge distribution boost for Microsoft's fledgling note taking application.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 18, 2003
Microsoft MapPoint 2004 entered general availability on Thursday. The updated release of Microsoft's business mapping software brings expanded demographic data, more map coverage and better support for mobile users.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 18, 2003
AMD plans to offer what it calls mid- and low-power AMD Opteron processors in 2004, the company announced this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 18, 2003