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Have your say about Windows Server 2008
Help us sort the marketing hype from the genuinely new and useful and you could win an iPod Nano more
Analysis: Partners frustrated by Microsoft launch delays
Insiders broadly welcome Microsoft's virtualisation push but voice some frustration at the fact some products are later than expected more
Four Windows Server 2008 storage improvements
Microsoft is making a number of major improvements to the server's underlying storage mechanisms with its latest release more
Windows Server 2008 review
Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade more
Hyper-V: why all the fuss?
Why is Microsoft's implementation causing such a stir, and how will Hyper-V fit into the increasingly competitive server virtualisation market? more
Cisco embeds Windows Server 2008 on appliances
The tie-up with Microsoft should make it easier to manage Windows Server services in remote offices more
Heroes happen on Microsoft's big day
Microsoft have billed today’s triple UK launch of Windows Server 2008 along with SQL Server and Visual Studio at the Wellcome Centre in central London. more
Microsoft officially launches Windows Server 2008
At an event in London on Wednesday, Microsoft launched Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, and announced that SQL Server 2008 will be available later this year more
Analysts: Windows Server 2008 will please users
Microsoft has listened to users, with many tweaks to its latest server OS making for a significant improvement over its predecessor, say analysts more
Microsoft's virtual spin
The software giant loves virtualisation so much it's slapped the term on everything, for virtually no reason more
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Tom Espiner Court cases are never pleasant or simple. The ongoing battle between security companies Trend Micro and Barracuda Networks took a new twist on Wednesday, when Barracuda launched a counter-suit... more
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Quad Boot - Friday Update - It's Good!
J.A. Watson After nearly a full week of working with this quad-boot setup in various stages of completion, I can say that I am very pleased. It is working well and it is allowing me to easily... more
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Coming Soon: Dialogue Box Series 4
Charles McLellan Believe it or not (and we have trouble believing it ourselves) Dialogue Box has been recommissioned for a fourth series — and we didn't have to resort to Alan Partridge-style babbling... more
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Do the maths: HAL 9000 by 2018?
Rupert Goodwins There's a new science in town: connectomics. A specialised form of neuroanatomy, connectomics is in the business of mapping out the brain's networks – in particular, how the various... more
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Featured Talkback
So - if people can see the benefits from using virtualisation tools and approaches for consolidation (yes - I think that really is all we are talking about here!), does anyone think we are ready to finally wake up to the fact that we do not actually need to have a physical desktop at every desk? ... or, heaven forbid, that we can access our logical desktops remotely from practically anywhere?
By: Brian Murray
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Virtualisation is a priority, say CIOs





