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Microsoft Expands SQL 2000 with Notification Services

Microsoft released a downloadable service built on its flagship SQL Server 2000 database for generating personalized notification messages for different client devices.

Microsoft Syncs Server OS, Development Tools

It's all about timing. Microsoft formally synchronized the release of the next version of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework with Windows .NET Server.

IBM Scales Down Modular Server

IBM Corp. will introduce an entry level version of its new modular, Intel-based servers. On Aug. 30, IBM will begin offering two-way versions of the eServer x440 servers.

Iomega Shipping Windows Powered NAS

Iomega Corp., best known for its handy Zip personal storage drives, is getting into the game of "Windows Powered" Network-Attached Storage by releasing devices running Windows 2000 technology.

Netcraft: Microsoft Loses Web Server Share in August

The market shares of the major Web servers surge and ebb with the fortunes of the largest Web hosters. When major ISPs go out of business or shift to Apache or to Internet Information Services, market shares for the platforms, as tracked by researchers at U.K.-based Netcraft, rise or fall.

Rational Updates Development Tool for .NET

Rational Software is delivering a .NET Edition of its visual design and development environment. The Rational XDE Professional: .NET Edition earns the Microsoft .NET part of its name by supporting Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET.

Roll-up Patch Issued for SQL Server

Microsoft created a new cumulative patch for SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000. A fix for a new flaw involving extended stored procedures in SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 prompted Microsoft to roll up all the recent SQL Server patches.

Elevation of Privilege Flaw in Windows 2000

Microsoft warned users of an important new flaw in Windows 2000. A hacker could use an elaborate process to elevate his or her privileges through a security problem in the Network Connection Manager (NCM) within Windows 2000.

Apache Flaw Affects Windows Implementations

A security company released information this week about what it calls an "extremely high risk" vulnerability involving the Apache open source Web server running on non-Unix platforms, such as Windows.

Microsoft Gives Out More Information on Stand-Alone Active Directory

IT professionals interested in the stand-alone version of Active Directory for applications that Microsoft started discussing last month can find out more about the technology in a new white paper on Microsoft's Web site.

IDC: 2001 Thin Client Shipments Surpassed 1 Million Units

Economic downturns can be bright spots for certain industries. That appears to be partially the case with thin client computing.

Dell-EMC Jointly Roll Out Storage Array

Dell and EMC this week released the first new piece of storage hardware under their five-year partnership unveiled in October.

Dataquest: HP Gained Lead in IA-32 Server Shipments in Merger Quarter

HP, which was supposed to be plagued by merger-related malaise and confusion in the second quarter of the calendar year, instead roared through the quarter in terms of U.S. server sales, according to a study by Gartner's Dataquest market research arm.

Sun, IBM Face Off at LinuxWorld Expo

Linux used to be about the little guy, independent developers working to perfect the grassroots operating system. But the loudest voices at this week’s LinuxWorld Expo are the giants of enterprise computing, IBM and Sun.

Microsoft Delivers SP2 for .NET Framework

Microsoft issued a second service pack for the six-month-old Microsoft .NET Framework this week.

Critical Flaw Found in Content Management Server

Microsoft revealed a critical flaw in its Microsoft Content Management Server. The most serious of three newly discovered vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a server in the Local System context.

HP Offers Failover Clustering on Vanilla NT, W2K

Failover clustering is an upsell in Microsoft server operating systems. Users must buy Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition, to get it. Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced clustering software on Tuesday that works with plain-old Windows NT 4.0 Server of Windows 2000 Server. But there's a catch: It's only supported on HP's ProLiant servers.

IDC: Linux Revenues Declined in 2001

Still, the open source operating system did better than every operating environment but Windows in 2001 and should realize a 28 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years, according to analysts at market research firm IDC.

Microsoft Secures Windows-Based Supercomputer

Microsoft, Dell and Intel commit $60 million over four years to fund the expansion of an existing high-performance-computing cluster at the Cornell Theory Center. The agreement assures Microsoft of a continuing Windows presence in a large-scale research cluster, a field dominated in the price-performance end by Linux configurations.

Microsoft: Windows XP SP1 Due in August-September

During a news conference on steps Microsoft is taking to comply with the antitrust settlement, company officials said Windows XP Service Pack 1 will be available in the next two months.