Intel this week unveiled its plans to roll out 64-bit extensions for its Intel Xeon line of high-end 32-bit processors, formalizing one of Intel's long-anticipated responses to the AMD processors that offer 64-bit computing using the x86 instruction set.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/19/2004
Microsoft is revving up to release its packaged speech-enablement server product next month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/19/2004
Microsoft Virtual Server 2004 entered the private beta testing stage on Wednesday, and Microsoft says the product will be generally available in the first half of the year.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/18/2004
Exam counts toward MCSE: Security on Windows Server 2003 track.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/18/2004
Two users critique Microsoft's understanding of security.
In a snapshot of Windows Server 2003 deployment patterns, Web researchers at Netcraft this month found that the number of hostnames found on Web servers running Windows Server 2003 just passed the number running Windows NT.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/18/2004
Microsoft's lawyers hit back on Wednesday against people viewing the leaked Windows source code by sending letters to individuals and posting alerts within peer-to-peer networks.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/18/2004
SoftArtisans, which already sells a reporting product that generates and delivers reports in Word and Excel, announced plans to extend its functionality to support Microsoft's new SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/12/2004
If you're in IT in manufacturing or banking, 2004 could be a busy year for new projects -- but busy is better than the alternative, right? According to newly published data from researchers at IDC, those are the two vertical markets in the United States that will be spending the most money on IT in 2004.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/12/2004
Dell on Thursday posted company records for product shipments, revenues, operating income, net income and earnings per share in the quarter ended Jan. 30. The computermaker credited much of its quarterly strength to growth in enterprise computing products.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/12/2004
Executive Software released a refreshed version of its Undelete utility for recovering accidentally deleted files with a new feature that allows users to find their own files on the server without having to bother the IT department.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/12/2004
Have any of you switched to Microsoft's SMS 2003 since it became available in November of 2003? If you've made the move, we want to hear your stories.
Dell this week made available three networked storage systems in the Dell/EMC product lineup that replace three previous models.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/12/2004
Microsoft makes seven titles targeting Windows 2003 training
available via on-demand service.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/12/2004
Microsoft Corp. recently announced a 30 percent discount off the price of all its certification exams in South and Central America.
The patch Microsoft released on Tuesday for one of the most severe flaws yet discovered in Windows has the company under renewed scrutiny about the length of time it takes to fix security problems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/11/2004
If SCO Group won its lawsuit against IBM, Red Hat, and Novell over the intellectual property rights to Linux code, it would seem cause for dancing in the streets of Redmond. However, a SCO victory doesn’t necessarily bode well for Microsoft in the long run, either.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 02/11/2004
The worldwide server market got a slight bounce in 2003, according to preliminary numbers for the year compiled by IDC in a report published this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/10/2004
Tuesday was Microsoft's monthly patch day, and the company marked the date with three new security bulletins, including one critical new bulletin for Windows. In all Microsoft bundled four security bulletins, including one it issued for Internet Explorer last week outside its normal patch cycle.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/10/2004
If nothing else, Juniper Networks' $4 billion acquisition of NetScreen Technologies Monday is a strong indication that the networking market segment is poised for a recovery in 2004.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/10/2004