As a result of the HP-Compaq merger, assuming good execution, enterprise customers can expect HP to beef up its services offerings, as well as its Windows-based server and workstation lines. There will be an added thrust in developing and marketing Itanium-based processors.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 03/20/2002
Precise Software Solutions is using its prominent position in Windows server storage to attempt a step up into the software sector that provides higher level views of a company's storage capacity.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/20/2002
Hewlett-Packard Co. chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina announced that a preliminary examination of shareholder votes shows that HP shareholders approved the company's merger with Compaq Computer Corp.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/19/2002
As is common with launches of new processor lines, the new Intel Xeon MPs do not deliver on their performance promises yet, even in benchmark situations.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/19/2002
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/19/2002
Microsoft changed the keynote topic for its 10th annual TechEd show in New Orleans in April from Windows .NET Server to just .NET.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/19/2002
Redmond opened the nomination process late last month for users and organizations interested in beta testing the forthcoming 64-bit version of SQL Server, codenamed Liberty, and for a fourth service pack for SQL Server 7.0.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/14/2002
In just two years since exploding onto the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) market with SQL Server 7.0 OLAP Services, Microsoft already shares the No. 1 position in market share with Hyperion Solutions, according to an analyst report. The same report projects that Microsoft will easily overtake Hyperion for sole ownership of the No. 1 spot in 2002.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/14/2002
IBM took a major step toward broadening the choices for customers interested in greater-than-eight-processor Windows servers. IBM rolled out the eight-processor version in its Enterprise X-Architecture line. The next piece, set to come in July, will be a 16-way system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/13/2002
Microsoft shifted its focus in developing an embedded version of the Windows .NET Server operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/13/2002
A Microsoft technical white paper, however, explains that Windows 2000 Server in many cases cannot properly exploit the Hyper-Threading technology in the Xeon MP.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/13/2002
The way the operating system interacts with the BIOS means Windows counts the virtual processor created by Intel's new Hyper-Threading technology against the processor licensing limit. The glitch raises problems for users with more than half the physical processors their version of Windows 2000 is supposed to support.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/13/2002
Sun filed a private lawsuit against Microsoft seeking damages and penalties for what the company claims Microsoft did to its Java-based business by abusing monopoly power.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/12/2002
Intel formally launched the 32-bit processor that will provide the foundation for multiprocessing on Windows servers for the next several years.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/12/2002
Unisys refreshed its high-end "Wintel mainframe" with a new model for the first time since launching the 32-processor server in 1999.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/12/2002
Microsoft Corp. notified customers that a third patch is available to protect Windows platforms from the industry-wide SNMP security vulnerability. This time the patch covers Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/12/2002
Microsoft to recognize early adopters with wallet card and special certificate.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/12/2002
One of the big issues facing enterprises that have committed to the Windows platform is the security of Microsoft's Web server, IIS. This ENT Special Report takes an objective look at the IIS-related security problems of the last year, and what Microsoft has done to address them. Stories in this Special Report also examine IIS in the broader context of the Web servers it competes against.
Microsoft continues to work on bringing out patches for all versions of Windows affected by the industry-wide security vulnerability in SNMP.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/07/2002
Hoping to better reflect the current data management environment, BMC Software, Inc. unified its database products and business units. In addition, it launched new products for IBM's DB2 database.