NUMA has appeared on Microsoft roadmaps for technologies it would include in high-end versions of its Whistler server release for several years. The topic picked up steam a few weeks ago at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) when Microsoft specified that it would support NUMA technologies in Windows .NET Server, the official name for the Whistler server family.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 25, 2002
Just because a market niche is mature doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. NetManage improved features in its Rumba product line to give end-users a better legacy system experience.
Intel on Thursday formally named its second-generation 64-bit processor the Itanium 2. The processor had formerly gone by the codename "McKinley."
- By Scott Bekker
- April 25, 2002
Microsoft launched a portal Wednesday that is a mix of technical and business resources and marketing material for organizations considering or executing a deployment of Windows XP or Office XP.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 24, 2002
Intel this week shipped a faster version of its new Intel Xeon processors for dual-processor servers and workstations. Hewlett-Packard immediately announced new systems based on the faster 2.4 GHz chip.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 24, 2002
Bill Gates was back on the witness stand Wednesday after keeping calm for two days of testimony, in which he portrayed a gloomy scenario if non-settling states' proposed remedies were to go into effect.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 24, 2002
Microsoft ended the debate over whether it would support Intel rival AMD's 64-bit processors in addition to Intel's 64-bit Itanium family. In a statement Wednesday, AMD announced that Microsoft will support its 64-bit processors in Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 24, 2002
Compaq's services arm says about a quarter of the Exchange seats it has deployed or managed since the Exchange 2000 launch a year and a half ago have been with the new version of the e-mail server.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 23, 2002
Microsoft released a minor service pack for BizTalk Server 2000 that adds support for Visio 2002 and includes a handful of bug fixes.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 23, 2002
Microsoft released its third quarter earnings at the close of business Thursday, showing profits of $2.72 billion on revenues of $7.25 billion for the quarter that ended March 31. Strong Windows XP Professional sales were a key driver, according to CFO John Connors.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 18, 2002
Enterprises using Mac clients with Microsoft desktop software got a major new patch tossed their way this week. Microsoft released a cumulative patch for its Apple products that also fixes two critical new security vulnerabilities.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 18, 2002
A flaw in the way SQL Server handles extended stored procedures makes the database vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack. Microsoft provided a patch for the problem.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 18, 2002
HP officials say a preliminary tally of the March 19 shareholder vote on HP's merger with Compaq supports HP's initial claim that the controversial proposal was approved. The preliminary tally by independent inspectors of election puts shareowners in favor ahead of those against by 45 million shares -- giving HP a margin of victory under 3 percent.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 17, 2002
Microsoft stepped along the path to its goal of providing the infrastructure for making data available "anytime, anywhere on any device" on Wednesday by posting beta versions of its Microsoft .NET Compact Framework and the Visual Studio .NET Smart Device Extensions.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 17, 2002
Jim Allchin, Microsoft group vice president for the platforms group, confirmed at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle this week that the "Longhorn" release will come later than originally planned.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 17, 2002
Sun Microsystems is rebranding its major software products under the Sun Open Net Environment or Sun ONE name.
NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft passed out an interim build of Windows .NET Standard Server beta code to attendees of its Microsoft TechEd 2002 conference last week.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 16, 2002
Intel formally refreshed its processor pricing list this week for the first time since releasing the Intel Xeon MP chips for SMP servers. Although Intel brings much greater speed and functionality to its 32-bit SMP lineup with the Intel Xeon MPs, the chipmaker will not be dropping the price of its multi-processing Pentium III Xeons for now.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 16, 2002
Microsoft issued a cumulative patch this week for its Internet Information Services Web server that fixes four critical new vulnerabilities and six other newly discovered bugs.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 11, 2002
NEW ORLEANS -- Microsoft Corp. released the latest of its .NET Enterprise Server line, Commerce Server 2002, on Wednesday at TechEd. The interim release brings tight integration with Visual Studio .NET, enhances the product's global commerce capabilities and improves upon security.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 10, 2002