This year has been a trying one for many, but it’s time we remind ourselves about what’s really important in life.
- By Em C. Pea
- December 01, 2001
Microsoft deserves all the credit for thinking of customers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- December 01, 2001
Hitachi joins Toshiba and NEC as resellers of Stratus fault-tolerant Windows 2000 servers in Asia.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 29, 2001
Venturcom launched a bootable NIC supporting Windows XP Embedded that gives device makers an option for creating thin client, point-of-sale and other devices that don't require hard disks.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 29, 2001
Microsoft released Windows XP Embedded nearly two months ahead of schedule on Wednesday at the Windows Embedded Developers Conference.
The footprint of the componentized version of the operating system ranges from 4.8 MB to 70 MB.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 28, 2001
Wyse Technology unveiled the first of its Windows XP Embedded-based thin clients on Wednesday as Microsoft announced general availability of the componentized operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 28, 2001
Microsoft released a beta version of an administration pack for Windows XP Professional that lets IT administrators manage Windows 2000 Server and Windows .NET Server systems from XP consoles.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 28, 2001
The market for large SMP servers based on Intel processors will gain a second competitor in early December when IBM Corp. begins shipping its "Summit" systems in limited quantities.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 27, 2001
As hearings begin on Microsoft's antitrust class action settlement, an industry trade association urges the judge to reject the agreement involving an education giveaway as meaningless to Microsoft and compoundly anticompetitive.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 27, 2001
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Compaq, HP and Avanade all develop knowledge worker-focused intranet offerings based on Microsoft technologies, including SharePoint and Office XP.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 27, 2001
A month before the year is over, corporate anti-virus vendor Sophos declares Nimda the most problematic virus of 2001.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 27, 2001
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows Media Player could allow attackers to run the code of their choice on users' machines. A patch is available.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 21, 2001
Analyst firm Cahners In-Stat/MDR predicts Intel will need a few more years to catch up to the capabilities of enterprise server processors produced by IBM and Sun. The market research house also predicts that Intel will keep some of its non-Xeon 32-bit server processors alive for awhile.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2001
Microsoft formally released the Beta 3 version of Windows .NET Server on Friday, a few days after unveiling the next-generation operating system's feature set.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2001
Microsoft settlement agreement would give up to $1 billion to the nation's poorest school districts. Red Hat weighs in to offer its Linux OS to allow Microsoft's money to extend to more hardware purchases.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2001
The dual-processor PowerEdge 1500c, intended for e-mail, Web serving and file sharing, ships with Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2001
Microsoft updated its IIS lockdown tool this month by adding templates, support for unattended installations and the ability to remove services.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 19, 2001
Symantec updated its Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) and Intruder Alert (ITA) security assessment tools. Symantec acquired both products when it purchased Axent Technologies Inc. in July 2000.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 15, 2001
Fujitsu is wading into the U.S. application server market with the 4.0 release of an appserver its been selling in Japan for several years. The J2EE application server is generally available now for Windows in the United States. Fujitsu will bring over a Sun Solaris version later this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 15, 2001
In this special report, ENT looks at the new generation of hotfix and service pack management tools designed to help enterprise IT keep on top of Microsoft's patches. In a related article, we take a look at the recent worm-related unpleasantness surrounding IIS, finding that many IT administrators fully intend to stick with Microsoft's Web server despite some advice to the contrary.