Microsoft keeps delivering or promising new SKUs of Windows Server 2003. After the original six versions the company launched on April 24, Microsoft has delivered or announced an additional seven splits of the server operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/16/2003
Microsoft on Wednesday issued the first of its new monthly security bulletins. The first installment is a blockbuster, fixing seven vulnerabilities, five of them critical. Five vulnerabilities involve Windows and two vulnerabilities affect Exchange.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2003
Three new 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 entered the beta testing stage on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2003
Responding to pressure from users to release a packaged update for Windows XP as the delivery date for Service Pack 2 has fallen to mid-2004, Microsoft on Wednesday posted a rollup package of updates for the client operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2003
Windows now dominates the server market as well as the client market, even with the growth of Linux, according to new market research from IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/14/2003
In a major speech last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the
company's response to the current security furor instigated by
the Blaster and Sobig.F outbreaks of August and September.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/14/2003
Microsoft will formally launch its long-awaited Systems Management Server 2003 next month at an IT event in Europe.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/14/2003
Microsoft introduces new certification, MCDST, and two new exams aimed at help desk and desktop support experts.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/13/2003
NEW ORLEANS -- Stung by relentless viruses and hacker attacks, and a patch cycle that is spinning completely out of control, Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to mitigate, but unfortunately not eliminate, the crisis.
Microsoft is making several changes to Content Management Server that should widen the audience for the enterprise server product, including a far less expensive version and fresh integration with the new Windows SharePoint Services.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/09/2003
Newest Windows System Server software for small/medium business makes debut at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/08/2003
The SANS Institute along with government agencies from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada on Wednesday released a list of the Top 20 computer security vulnerabilities. IIS is the top red flag for Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/08/2003
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses security, promises new tools to combat growing problems.
Microsoft will offer technical support for its Java Virtual Machine until October 2004 under a legal agreement announced Tuesday with Sun Microsystems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/07/2003
Intel shipped new Xeon processors for dual-processor servers and workstations.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/07/2003
Microsoft broke from usual practice on Friday in sending out a critical security bulletin correcting critical flaws in Internet Explorer that allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/06/2003
Critics continue to pile on Microsoft after damaging worms and viruses slammed Windows operating systems worldwide in August and September.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/02/2003
Microsoft puts Exam 70-298 through its paces with beta testers the week of Oct. 6.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/02/2003
SQL Server is proving itself as scalable as any database on
benchmarks, but now Microsoft needs to demonstrate that customers are
actually using SQL in the kinds of massive environments that Oracle is
known for.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 10/01/2003
IBM this week expanded a hosted offering to include Windows and other platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2003