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Microsoft: Windows 2000 Hits 1 Million Units

Microsoft today released an estimate that customers have obtained more than 1 million copies of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server since the product's launch Feb. 17.

Citrix Systems Unveils MetaFrame for Solaris

IBM Rolls Out Content Management Suite

March 14, 2000

IBM Unveils NetVista Brand of Computing Devices

IBM today took the wraps off a new brand of PC devices that the company has been talking about for months. The NetVista line includes next-generation PCs, Internet access devices and thin clients.

Microsoft and Andersen Create Joint Company

Microsoft and Andersen Consulting today announced development of a new company that will focus on enterprise customers. The joint venture, dubbed Avanade, will deliver Internet-specific and other enterprise platform services based on the Windows 2000 operating system platform.

Microsoft Releases SQL Bug Warning

Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0. The vulnerability could allow a remote author of a malicious SQL query to take unauthorized actions on a SQL Server or MSDE database or on the underlying system that was hosting the SQL Server or MSDE database.

Microsoft Extends Terminal Services Client Family

Microsoft announced a new client for use with Terminal Services, and foreshadowed another that will emerge later this year.

Microsoft Splits Exchange and Conferencing Server, Hits RC1

Last month, Microsoft broke the conferencing functionality out of Exchange Server 2000, said it will ship as a standalone product called, not surprisingly, Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server, and chalked both products up as the first of release candidates.

64-bit Windows 2000 To Be Ready for Itanium

At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) last month, Intel and eight hardware partners showed off prototype Itanium 64-bit servers, and Intel claimed the chip will reach production mid-year.

Novell to Provide Directory Services for W2K

Novell fired another shot in the directory services war this week by introducing its NDS eDirectory for Windows 2000.

LANovation Rolls Out PictureTaker 3.0

March 9, 2000

Intel: 1-GHz Pentium III is Here

Last week, several OEMs announced plans to release 1-GHz Pentium III-based consumer PCs this month, only to be trumped on Monday by AMD's announcement of its 1-GHz Athlon processor. Now Intel has continued the fray with today's announcement of the release of its 1-GHz Pentium III processor.

Rule Machines Turns Out New Developer's Suite

AlphaBlox Introduces E-Business Analysis Suite

Thin Clients Getting Fat

A recent report by IDC states that the company expects shipment of thin clients to reach almost 1.3 million by the end of 2000. IDC estimates much of the 2000 expansion will result from the integration of Terminal Server into Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system.

Gravity Storm Releases SP Manager 4.4

March 8, 2000

Xbridge Systems Ports OS/390 Data to Windows

Tandberg Data Unveils New Autoloading SLR Drive

VeriSign Buys Network Solutions

VeriSign, a provider of Internet trust services, has acquired Network Solutions, the registrar of domain names, in a stock transaction valued at $21 billion.

Microsoft Puts Data Mining Specification into Beta

Microsoft opened the beta testing phase today for its OLE DB for Data Mining specification, a key precursor to the release of SQL Server 2000 with its built-in data mining functionality.