Microsoft is feverishly trying to get users to apply a patch it released two weeks ago for a critical RPC vulnerability that affects most supported versions of Windows before a widespread worm based on the vulnerability can break out.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 29, 2003
Windows Server 2003 is selling much more rapidly than Windows 2000 Server did at this stage in the product lifecycle, according to Microsoft officials.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 29, 2003
Complete server systems running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition will cost less than $1,000, a Microsoft executive says.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 28, 2003
Microsoft issued three security bulletins this week fixing a critical flaw in DirectX, some important problems with SQL Server and a moderate security bug in Windows NT 4.0 Server.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 24, 2003
A major security hole in Microsoft's DirectX technology makes it possible for attackers to take over computers running most versions of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 24, 2003
Two major business intelligence vendors whose products are used heavily on Windows platforms announced a major merger this month. Business Objects will acquire privately-held Crystal Decisions for about $820 million in a deal the two parties expect will close near the end of 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2003
NSI Software moved to push data replication into more cost-conscious sectors of the enterprise by introducing a workgroup NAS-focused version of its Double-Take product.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2003
Microsoft plans to offer a scaled-down version of Content Management Server 2002 later this year for medium-sized businesses.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2003
Microsoft's core business software drove the financial gains the company reported in its fourth quarter, according to the company's financial statements.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 22, 2003
Chipmaker AMD set a Sept. 23 launch date for its AMD Athlon 64 processor, a 64-bit processor designed specifically for desktop and notebook PCs.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2003
Microsoft alerted users on Wednesday to the first critical flaw found so far in Windows Server 2003. The flaw with the Remote Procedure Call protocol could allow a remote attacker to take full control of a Windows machine. It affects all supported versions of Windows except the consumer-oriented Windows Me.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2003
A survey by analyst firm Aberdeen Group found that CIOs have slightly upgraded their IT spending plans over the next six months to a year but that even the increased spending remains in the low single digits.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2003
Researchers at Netcraft say Windows Server 2003 is closing in on its 100,000th active Web site in the three months since the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2003
Network Attached Storage devices built on Windows are continuing to gain market share, according to research by IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 15, 2003
Intel released a new Xeon processor this week for front-end servers and workstations with more on-die cache. The 3.06-GHz Intel Xeon processor with 1 MB of L3 cache complements the Intel Xeon MP processors released last month for four-processor and larger servers.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 15, 2003
Windows Server 2003, the operating system Microsoft delayed for a complete security code review, got its first formal patch from Microsoft last week.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 14, 2003
Any new Microsoft operating system offers a few flashy improvements
where a quick upgrade of a server here and a server there for a
valuable feature guarantees an immediate benefit. Windows Server 2003 is
no exception.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 07, 2003
Microsoft's Next Generation Secure Computing Base is misunderstood. The controversial proposal for delivering client security through integrated hardware and software has some privacy advocates and conspiracy theorists crying foul. But several details have emerged that demonstrate that this code won't be running secretively in the background, and in fact that it looks like a promising, user-controlled defense against privacy intrusions and security violations.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 07, 2003
When it comes to long-term return on investment, many of the arguments that held sway for the Windows 2000 generation of servers apply to the Windows Server 2003 group.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 07, 2003
After making relatively little noise about metadirectory services for several years, Microsoft on Wednesday said it had released to manufacturing a new metadirectory product called Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 03, 2003