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Special Report: Windows 2002 Brings New Server Mix

In the Windows 2002 generation of servers, Microsoft Corp. is considering demoting Windows Server to a small business product and creating a Web-farm specific server edition.

Column: Don't Lose Sleep Over Windows XP

As an IT manager, you’re pretty busy. That’s why I suspect any curiosity you have about Windows XP boils down to this: Is this a business upgrade that I’m going to have to deploy or what? The short answer: It’s not looking that way yet.

Microsoft Names Whistler Server Windows 2002

Whistler is out. Windows 2002 is in. Microsoft Corp. has settled on a name for its next generation of server operating systems, the company announced Monday at a Gartner Group conference in Los Angeles.

Compaq Backs Away from Unisys CMP Systems

Just 2 weeks after HP publicly pulled out, Unisys loses Compaq as its flagship reseller of its 32-processor 'Wintel mainframe' systems.

Special Report: Beta 2 a Bigger Distribution Than Beta 1

Microsoft Corp.'s Beta 2 of Windows 2002 and Windows XP is a far more ambitious distribution than the Beta 1 release that preceded it. The focus is clearly on client versions.

Special Report: IIS Architecture Overhauled for Reliability in 6.0

Microsoft Corp's Internet Information Services team rewrote the architecture of IIS for version 6.0 to make the Web server more reliable.

Special Report: Whistler Server Takes Shape With Beta 2

As the Whistler/Windows 2002 server family takes shape with the recent release of the beta 2 version, it is becoming an operating system with a major overhaul of its Web serving capabilities and relatively modest improvements to deployment and management technologies.

.NET Program Launched to Serve Developers

Microsoft gets ISVs and developers to rally around .NET technology.

Microsoft to Grow .NET With Developer Program

Microsoft Corp. launched another offering aimed at the ASP space this week with a program designed to help independent software vendors and developers build hosted applications.

Analyst: XML Spec a Coup for Hyperion

An agreement between Hyperion and Microsoft means Hyperion will serve as a bridge between Microsoft technologies and the JOLAP initiative led by Oracle, IBM, Sun and Hyperion.

Exchange Support For W2K Datacenter Not There Yet

Despite its certification logo, Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server won't be supported on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server until the first Exchange 2000 service pack ships.

Eprise Upgrades Content Management Server

Oracle Promises Global CRM in 90 Days

Microsoft's Business Mapping Software RTMs

Aelita Adds Migration Tools

Embarcadero Intros SQL Tuner

Unisys Puts 32 Processors to the Test

Seven months after the release of Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Unisys benchmarks a fully loaded Cellular MultiProcessing system – 32 processors running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and SQL Server 2000. Performance is comparable to the best Unix-based SAP benchmarks.

IBM Buys Informix DB Business

The consolidation of the database and data warehousing industry intensified Tuesday as IBM Corp. moved to swallow up Informix' once mighty database business.

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