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Windows Server Update Will Pre-empt Longhorn
Talkback We don't see XP (even a 'Reloaded' version) as a serious business version of Windows. My company needs to update from NT and 98 desktops to something a bit more up-to-date and reliable. W2K Pro is not an option because it is now too old and if MS...
[March 8, 2004, 9:05]
Axosoft OnTime 2006 Windows Edition
Downloads Designed with .NET and SQL Server technologies, OnTime provides a fast and scalable system for defect tracking (bug tracking) and feature management for teams of all sizes. OnTime for Windows is a Team-Based Project Management Sytem for tracking...
[December 1, 2006, 5:16]
Windows Server Update Will Pre-empt Longhorn
News Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it is looking to update its server operating system before the release of next major version of Windows but offered few details on what the new software release will contain.
[March 8, 2004, 8:10]
Windows Takes Full-year Server Market Lead
News Windows narrowly bumped Unix in 2005 to claim the top spot in server sales for the first time, according to a new report from IDC. Computer makers sold $17.7bn worth of Windows servers worldwide in 2005 compared with $17.5bn in Unix servers, IDC...
[February 22, 2006, 8:05]
NT Will Hold Back Windows Server 2003
News Microsoft says Windows Server 2003 as an operating system capable of pushing aside Unix and mainframes. Currently, the school system runs about 3,500 Windows NT 4 servers and 50 Windows Server 2003 systems.
[May 2, 2003, 11:20]
WinFS Slips Out Of Windows Server Schedule
News Although Microsoft hopes to ship a test version of WinFS in late 2006, it could be several more years before the revamped storage mechanism finds its way into Windows Server. On Friday, Windows server chief Bob Muglia said that WinFS will also not...
[December 13, 2004, 8:30]
Longhorn's Range Shrunk For Greater Speed
News Avalon and Indigo will be part of Longhorn, but also made available separately for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The code base for Longhorn will be the same as Microsoft is using for the Service Pack 1 release of Windows Server 2003, an...
[August 31, 2004, 10:50]
Analysts Claim Improved Reliability For Linux Servers
News Mainstream Linux distributions for servers have caught up substantially with Unix in terms of reliability over the past year, while Windows Server 2003 downtime has risen by nearly 25 percent, according to a Yankee Group survey.
[April 16, 2008, 15:54]
Microsoft Serves Up Longhorn Plans
News Among the features of Longhorn Server will be support for Indigo, Microsoft's new Web services architecture, as well as improved manageability and support for dynamic partitioning and other features designed to enable Windows "mainframes", said...
[May 13, 2004, 8:25]
Visual Studio 2005 Ships On Limited Release
News Executives will emphasize how its server products, including Windows Server 2003, are designed to work well together and comprise an attractive "platform" for building applications, Steven Guggenheimer, general manager of application platform...
[October 28, 2005, 9:15]
Microsoft Uses Developer Tools To Promote Longhorn
News The company has not said how it will package up the software but device drivers for a range of RFID devices will be built into Windows, said Paul Flessner, senior vice president of server applications.
[June 9, 2005, 12:05]
Virtual Server Upgrade Plans Expanded
News The Virtual Server 2006 release, though, will act as a bridge as Microsoft works to shift the work of virtualisation into the Windows platform itself, using a technology known as a hypervisor. Linux and other non-Windows operating systems already...
[August 25, 2005, 9:35]
Leaked Windows Hints At Changes To Come
News Blackcomb, the code-name for the next version of Windows Server, isn't expected before 2006. The leaked version of the new desktop operating system, code-named Longhorn, hints of major changes under the Windows bonnet, as Microsoft radically...
[March 4, 2003, 13:19]
Microsoft Issues Patch For Potential 'worm Hole'
News On Thursday, Microsoft issued a rare, out-of-cycle patch for a vulnerability in the Windows Server service that handles remote procedure calls, which allows programmers to run code either locally or remotely.
[October 24, 2008, 16:22]
Tackling Microsoft's August Patches: Part 2
News This update affects Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, all versions of Windows XP, and all versions of Windows Server 2003. While this is a critical threat, it only affects Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP SP2 (including the x64 version) and Outlook...
[August 22, 2006, 13:10]
Unix Will Reign Over Windows For Years
News The latest incarnation, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, has been specially designed to run on computing-intensive, high-availability tasks, an area which been a traditional Unix stronghold. Arora's projections show that Asia-Pacific spending on...
[April 28, 2003, 11:57]
Confusion Reigns Over Windows XP SP2
News Richard Kaplan, vice president of content and delivery at Microsoft, made the statement during a talk to an audience of around 2,000 people at the Citrix iForum conference earlier this week, in which he explained why he believed that Windows...
[October 17, 2003, 13:05]
Microsoft's February Security Bulletins
News This update doesn't apply to any other versions, including IE 6 for Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP SP2. Windows Server 2003 SP1 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Windows Media Player 9 on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1...
[February 21, 2006, 13:30]
Get The Details On Microsoft's June Security Bulletins
News It is only a moderate threat to Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-024, "Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution", affects various versions of Windows Media Player...
[June 20, 2006, 12:45]
Tackling Microsoft's August Patches: Part 1
News This is a critical threat for all affected versions, which includes Windows 2000 SP4, all versions of Windows XP, and all versions of Windows Server 2003. This security bulletin affects IE 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Windows 2000 SP4 and all versions of...
[August 22, 2006, 12:20]
