On April 24, 2002, Microsoft promised the world it would build a desktop version of Windows to run on 64-bit AMD processors. Nearly a year and a half later, Microsoft has delivered beta versions of both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition designed to exploit the speedy AMD processor.
Microsoft's virtual monopoly on the desktop puts networks and computing at large, at grave risk, according to authors of a paper on security.
The number of active Windows Server 2003 sites more than doubled since July, according to the U.K.-based Internet services and research firm Netcraft. One in 20 of those Windows Server 2003 sites migrated from Linux, Netcraft found.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/24/2003
New, renewing MCTs can begin preparations for renewing into 2005 program.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/24/2003
Columnist Joe McKendrick writes that there’s nothing remarkable about Microsoft’s heavy-handedness on licensing. Many vendors are pushy with their licensing terms. IBM has a long history of locking customers into upgrade paths. Oracle’s licensing is just as heavy-handed, and even more expensive, than Microsoft's. Even in the carefree Linux world, coercion seems to be the rule.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 09/23/2003
Teamplate released a new version of its workflow software for creating human-based business processes that leverage Microsoft infrastructure components.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/23/2003
This column is a lot more fun when readers solve their own problems. Plus, a CAL follow-up.
- By Bill Boswell
- 09/23/2003
The recent rash of severely critical patches from Microsoft has left many IT administrators with a tough choice. Leave enterprise systems vulnerable to a dangerous Internet-based attack or rush the patch onto critical production systems without adequate testing.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/22/2003
Microsoft has released latest exam, this time for Small Business Server implementers, to beta testers.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/22/2003
In 2000, Microsoft released 100 security bulletins and patches. This year the company is on a pace for about 50-60 patches. But with several flaws rolled up into each patch, and a rash of extremely urgent flaws recently, patch management is not much easier than it was a few years ago.
AMD plans to offer what it calls mid- and low-power AMD Opteron processors in 2004, the company announced this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/18/2003
Microsoft MapPoint 2004 entered general availability on Thursday. The updated release of Microsoft's business mapping software brings expanded demographic data, more map coverage and better support for mobile users.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/18/2003
The new Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 will be installed on all Toshiba Corp. laptops and Tablet PCs -- a huge distribution boost for Microsoft's fledgling note taking application.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/18/2003
Even as the industry awaited the breakout of a new Blaster-style worm and the G version of Sobig, a variation on another familiar piece of malware began making the rounds on Thursday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/18/2003
Security firms warned that hackers have published exploit code to the Web that takes advantage of the latest critical security flaw in Windows. The publication of exploit code for a vulnerability is a common precursor to the outbreak of a worm based on the flaw.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/17/2003
Check out these publications, tools, and community sites for additional information about application lifecycle management (ALM).
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 09/17/2003
NEW YORK -- During his keynote kicking off the TECHXNY show, Dell’s president and COO Kevin Rollins was coy on plans to support new initiatives in the enterprise and consumer spaces, preferring instead to emphasize the computermaker’s changing role in a maturing industry.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 09/17/2003
Voucher giveaway for free attempt at 70-300 Analyzing .NET Requirements exam
ends Sept. 30.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/17/2003
Microsoft pushed ahead this week with two of its real-time communications initiatives under the Office umbrella.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/17/2003
Microsoft hit the key development milestone for the final piece in its six-month-long rollout of Windows Server 2003 on Tuesday with the release to manufacturing of Windows Small Business Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/16/2003