Database developers are turning to Windows NT kernel-based workstation operating systems for an increasing share of their development work. That's according to a new Evans Data Corp. survey that also found database security breaches are remarkably common and that the database software in use by developers remains remarkably mixed.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/24/2002
Established hardware load balancing vendor F5 Networks Inc. on Thursday said it will support and interoperate with Microsoft's enterprise firewall and Web caching software, known as Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/24/2002
Microsoft is on schedule to release its Windows .NET exams at about the same time the products themselves are released-whenever that is.
Microsoft trumpeted a modest jump in Exchange Server seat licenses sold that gets the company to a nice round number with lots of zeroes behind it -- 100 million users.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/23/2002
AOL-Time Warner subsidiary Netscape filed a federal lawsuit seeking triple damages from Microsoft for financial harm to Netscape's browser business.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/23/2002
Redmond may introduce more "composite" tests in future, says Microsoft's certification group.
Wyse, a longtime Microsoft partners says the move is a response to the recent IBM-Neoware alliance on thin clients rather than a strategic move toward the open source operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/22/2002
Most industry observers seem to have received Bill Gates’ “Trustworthy Computing” memo of last week with a healthy dose of skepticism. End users, on the other hand, have on the whole reacted more warmly to news of Gates’ companywide directive that Microsoft employees make security a top priority.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/22/2002
As a result, MCSA title to be launched officially.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/17/2002
In a memo to the entire company, Bill Gates ordered his Microsoft troops to emphasize security and stability over whiz-bang features in every development decision they make moving forward. The move would represent a significant reversal of direction for Redmond.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/17/2002
Microsoft is expected to make available for download Thursday an enhanced version 3.3 release of its popular HFNetChk hotfix management tool.
At the same time, the software giant disclosed plans to introduce a substantially revamped version 4.0 release of HFNetChk, which will include new support for Internet Acceleration Server (ISA), Exchange and Office, among other platforms, sometime later this year.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/17/2002
Microsoft elevated its .NET Web services initiative from an immature infrastructural technology to a solutions offering in a few vertical markets on Wednesday with a new partnership.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/16/2002
IBM and Dell both submitted results in a relatively new Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmark for Web infrastructures. Together the results represent a big leap in performance and a major drop in price.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/16/2002
Microsoft gave developers access Tuesday night to the final version of the centerpiece of its .NET Web services strategy.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/16/2002
Microsoft released the beta version of Commerce Server 2002, a .NET Enterprise Server scheduled for release this spring.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/15/2002
Smart Tags are ba-a-ack. Microsoft has been mostly silent about its controversial Smart Tags since being pressured to shave them from Windows XP. But this week Microsoft announced two new knowledge worker tools -- one of which highlights the Smart Tags in Office XP.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/15/2002
Infrastructure vendor NetIQ bolstered management of the Active Directory this week with the release of a tool for managing directory security.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/15/2002
Oracle purchased the assets and intellectual property of Indicast Corp, a creator of software for voice-enabled technology. The technology expands Oracle’s ability to support voice-driven applications on its line of enterprise software.
Test policy applied to all exams as of December 2001.
In its fourth annual Enterprise Server Technical Forecast, ENT looks at the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers family and tells you what you can expect to see in terms of product development in 2002.