Microsoft is making progress on its JDBC driver for SQL Server 2000, the piece of code that gives Microsoft's flagship database a sanctioned connection to competing platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/30/2002
Sam Palmisano is taking over as CEO of IBM Corp. on March 1, succeeding Lou Gerstner. Palmisano is currently president and COO of Big Blue.
Microsoft released a rollup patch of all security fixes issued for Windows 2000 since the release of Service Pack 2.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/30/2002
Lotus Software, which sells some of the most popular non-Microsoft enterprise software running on Windows servers, publicly committed to the J2EE platform this week. Lotus also promised to make pre-release versions of Domino 6 and Notes 6 available within 30 days.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/30/2002
Microsoft's emphasis on trustworthy computing doesn’t mean its certification group will be adding a security-specific credential in the near future.
Intel this week reduced prices on four server processors and eight desktop processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/29/2002
Although Microsoft Corp. has beefed up its presence in its many product discussion groups, a core of volunteers –- dubbed Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals–- continues to provide the bulk of assistance for most users.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/29/2002
If you’re part of a training center that offers on-site testing, MCP Magazine invites you to take part in a research project to evaluate pass/fail rates for exams.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/29/2002
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Microsoft has increased its official presence in its online discussion and support groups for IT administrators. While most users express satisfaction with the thriving community experience of Microsoft’s newsgroups, some believe the software giant could do more to improve its online support.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/29/2002
While blade servers have been positioned as a means to cram many servers into a small space, Compaq’s introduction of its blade line came with a twist. With the addition of management software, Compaq hinted at a future of Intel servers as a dynamic resource.
In an announcement to show momentum behind its XML-based enterprise application integration server, Microsoft this week noted that a half dozen system integrators are building enterprise solutions using BizTalk Server.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/24/2002
IBM intensified a public relations battle against the notion that Big Blue means Big Bucks compared to Dell when it comes to PC servers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 01/24/2002
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