The launch of "McKinley" or Itanium 2 marks a major step for the Intel Architecture into the mainstream of 64-bit computing. While the first Itanium can be considered a proof-of-concept, Itanium 2 represents Intel's first real grab for this high-end market.
Microsoft officially entered the 64-bit computing fray when it introduced its Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition last year. Microsoft’s 64-bit story has gotten dramatically better in the last 12 months.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 08, 2002
Looking to sell high-end system buyers on its version of the 64-bit architecture, Intel has been discussing an entire 64-bit roadmap in conjunction with its Itanium 2 launch to assure customers that it is committed to the high-end market.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 08, 2002
Pricing for Intel's second generation of 64-bit processors will be fairly similar to the chipmaker's pricing for the first generation.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 08, 2002
Intel on Monday formally launched the Itanium 2.
The much-anticipated processor is the second-generation of Intel's
64-bit processor technology and the one that many industry
participants have predicted would mark the entrance of Windows/Intel
servers to the 64-bit space that RISC and Unix have occupied for years.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 08, 2002
Microsoft reissued the security bulletin for a chunked encoding vulnerability in its IIS Web server this week to upgrade the severity rating of the problem to "critical."
The decision to rerelease the bulletin comes after a similar vulnerability was discovered in the Apache Web Server and worms have been developed to exploit the flaws.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 03, 2002
Better get used to supporting those mobile workers. They're not going anywhere, or rather, they're not going to disappear. A study released this week by market research firm IDC predicts that the percentage of mobile workers will increase to 66 percent of the workforce by 2006.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 03, 2002
A best practices guide that'll turn you into a troubleshooting efficiency expert.
- By Anil Desai
- July 01, 2002
Just because you don't have a "C" at the beginning of your title doesn't mean you're not influential.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- July 01, 2002
Windows XP has more efficient tools for backup and recovery.
- By Zubair Alexander
- July 01, 2002
Our experts troubleshoot your technical problems.
- By Gary Olsen et al.
- July 01, 2002
Can academia provide the same quality of MCSE instruction as a CTEC? James attends a local community college and reports his findings.
- By James Carrion
- July 01, 2002
What can you do to help your people roll with the inevitable?
- By Greg Neilson
- July 01, 2002
Itanium servers, which utilize 64-bit architecture, are ready for the datacenter. This guide can help you decide whether your company should consider adding these high-muscle machines.
- By Bill Boswell
- July 01, 2002
Active Directory’s trust model makes administration easier than NT, but also introduces the potential to do more damage. Make sure your administrators are trustworthy.
- By Roberta Bragg
- July 01, 2002
Is your shoestring caught in the tractor?
- By Em C. Pea
- July 01, 2002
We solicited readers to provide us with their technical problems, and we were inundated with letters. Here are some of the more provocative problems that we put to you—the readers—to solve.
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- July 01, 2002
If it ain't broke, well, you might try refactoring to make sure your systems remain that way.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- July 01, 2002
Security is a full-time job, but keeping an eye on your perimeter network can cut down the work.
- By Bill Heldman
- July 01, 2002
Microsoft is carrying out a security investigation into problems with its Microsoft Office Web Components, a client-side technology for making Web pages more dynamic that has come to be used in many companies' server-side applications.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 01, 2002