Microsoft plans to juice up SQL Server 2000 later this year with
reporting services. This business intelligence bombshell is
already shaking up the market, probably even playing some minor role in
helping prod Business Objects acquisition of Crystal Decisions. How else
will this move affect the BI market?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/01/2003
Yukon will be the biggest release of SQL Server since Microsoft
overhauled the database in 1998. Will the new features and database
engine overhauls be worth the wait?
- By Joe McKendrick
- 10/01/2003
SQL Server 2000 is three years old, and it will be at least a
year before Microsoft replaces the aging database platform with its next
version, code-named "Yukon." Business is booming for SQL Server, but
does the aging database have enough to offer to hold off Oracle and DB2
until its Yukon reinforcement arrives?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/01/2003
In a remarkably quick turnaround, Microsoft announced Wednesday that Windows Small Business Server 2003 will be commercially available next week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2003
Microsoft on Wednesday delivered Windows SharePoint Services, one of its most highly promoted free add-ons for the Windows Server 2003 operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/01/2003
Reuters and Microsoft on Tuesday announced a deal that is one of the first concrete examples of the way that firms can use the promise of instant messaging technology to enhance their business-to-consumer offerings.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/30/2003
Beta of newest exam for Small Business Server 2003 implementers ends Oct. 5.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/30/2003
Microsoft on Tuesday launched the second edition of its consumer-oriented Windows XP Media Center Edition.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/30/2003
Analysis: CCIA's damning report on Microsoft monoculture seems off target.
Depending on who’s telling the story, Microsoft Corp. recently introduced changes to its Software Update Services with or without giving users adequate prior notice.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 09/24/2003
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
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
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