Microsoft's "Greenwich" project for real-time communications raised questions about whether the technologies would end up as a new server product the company would charge for or as a free add-on for Windows Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 09, 2003
Microsoft on Wednesday reinforced its commitment to AMD's Opteron processors with an announcement that it will put out beta versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP that run the AMD 64-bit processor in mid-2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 09, 2003
SQL Server consolidated its No. 1 position in the 2002 worldwide OLAP market, where Microsoft's presence continues to drive down the value of the average sale. But even so, Redmond is not enjoying the kind of market dominance it has achieved in other markets, according to preliminary estimates for 2002 from the U.K.-based OLAP Report.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 09, 2003
A critical flaw in the controversial Microsoft VM could allow an attacker to execute code on a victim's Windows system, Microsoft warned in a bulletin Wednesday night. The problem is fixed in a new version of the Microsoft VM.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 09, 2003
In an otherwise light week for infrastructure security news, Microsoft
issued a reminder to customers to beware of bogus security bulletins
that look like they come from Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 08, 2003
Microsoft's fledgling SharePoint Portal Server is being renamed to emphasize its close integration with the Microsoft Office suite, the company revealed this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 08, 2003
- By Scott Bekker
- April 08, 2003
At a recent announcement staged at the opening bell of the New York-based Nasdaq, Citrix Systems said it is repositioning and renaming its flagship MetaFrame XP product line to incorporate more robust enterprise portal capabilities. The move underpins what the company views as four essential elements of any enterprise portal environment: devices and networks, security and authentication; personalization and aggregation; and collaboration.
- By Joe McKendrick
- April 03, 2003
Think you've got a big Exchange installation? Unisys and Avanade may have a server for you. The companies on Thursday announced a packaged offering based on the Unisys 32-processor-capable ES7000 server that can support more than 45,000 Exchange users.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2003
Citing the war and continuing economic uncertainty, analyst firm IDC on Thursday downgraded its growth forecast for IT spending in 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2003
BMC Software showed a deepening commitment to Microsoft SQL Server on Monday by updating a SQL Server backup and recovery tool and extending two of its existing database management tools to support the Microsoft database.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2003
Microsoft formally finished the code last week on a 64-bit version of its flagship database, SQL Server 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2003
NEW YORK -- The future of even the largest enterprise computing applications lies with small two-processor and four-processor servers ganged together to build larger systems, according to Michael Dell.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2003
A low-key re-release of a 64-bit desktop version of Windows was quietly Released to Manufacturing on Friday along with the higher profile Windows Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2003
Web researchers at Netcraft Ltd. say Windows 2000 crossed the threshold of 1 million IP addresses in March. Together with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Server 2003, there are slightly over 1.5 million IP addresses running Microsoft operating systems, according to Netcraft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2003
Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 to manufacturing, clearing the way for OEMs to begin building systems with the new operating system and for Microsoft to begin boxing and distributing the OS for the April 24 launch.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 28, 2003
HP this month began shipping an ultra-dense ProLiant server that packs four Intel Xeon processors into 2U of rack space.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 27, 2003
Stratus Technologies this month unveiled its next generation of entry-level fault-tolerant servers for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 27, 2003
Dell this week formally announced the first four models in its long-expected entry into the printer market, where the company will use its direct sales approach to aggressively cut prices in targeting printer industry leader HP.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 26, 2003
Microsoft on Wednesday warned users of an "important" new vulnerability involving the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP that can allow a denial-of-service attack.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 26, 2003