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Windows Server 2008 ‘The Last 32-bit Operating System’
LOS ANGELES - During this morning keynote sessions at WinHEC 2007, Microsoft general manager for Windows Server Bill Laing officially proclaimed Windows Server 2008 "the last...
Microsoft Delays Virtual Server Release
Microsoft continues to modify "Viridian," a move that will delay the first public beta of the software Microsoft officially confirmed that the first public beta of Windows Server...
Microsoft: Build Your Own Home Server
Microsoft this week released a beta software development kit for Windows Home Server, the company's newest operating system version for connecting multiple PCs and digital devices...
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Quietly Released
With an absence of fanfare, but otherwise on schedule, Microsoft opened up its download page for Service Pack 2 of Windows Server 2003, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions Perhaps...
Microsoft to unveil Windows Home Server at CES
Microsoft is definitely going to talk — at long last — about its plans for Windows Home Server (code-named "Quattro") at the Consumer Electronics Show in January,...
Microsoft Delivers Another RC: .Net Framework 3.0
Tracking right alongside Windows Vista is the Net Framework 30 - the set of developer tools and technologies formerly known as WinFX The new Release Candidate of the Net Framework...
Microsoft ships Windows Server update
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has shipped Windows Server 2003 R2, a new version of its server operating system The software is shipping on servers from Dell, IBM and HP,...
Windows Is Pacing The Server Market
The worldwide server market grew at an 81 percent year-over-year rate in the third quarter paced by Microsoft Windows and Linux servers who continue to battle each other for...
Microsoft server software to go 64-bit only
In a speech at a supercomputing conference held today in Seattle, Bill Gates announced that future versions of some of Microsoft's server products, including the new Windows for...
PC Blades: A Technology In Search Of Users
Server blades have been the fastest-growing segment of the server market for the past two years, while PC blades remain an emerging technology in search of users Now that...
Fabric7 unveils Opteron-based servers
A family of servers based on AMD's dual-core Opteron processor is being pitched by manufacturer Fabric7 Systems Inc as highly scalable and flexible Fabric7 (Mountain View, Calif)...
Microsoft announces new licensing policy for virtual servers
Microsoft announced today that they are changing their licensing policy for running Windows server operating systems inside a virtual machine (VM) The old licensing system...
Next Windows Server Gets Modular
It may not have a name yet, but Longhorn Server features were detailed Thursday at PDC 2005 and the watchword was "modular" Microsoft has broken down its server OS into...
Microsoft offers preview of next Windows Server release
Microsoft on Tuesday made available yet another in a seemingly endless stream of interim product updates with the release of Windows Server 2003 Release Candidate Zero (RC0) The...
Microsoft readies Exchange 2003 update
Microsoft on Friday will release a limited preview of its upcoming service pack for Exchange 2003, including its latest tools for pushing e-mail to mobile devices In a blog...
Microsoft releases first free SharePoint apps
Microsoft has released the first set of specific applications for its Windows SharePoint Services, which aim to help businesses build collaboration websites The 30 new...
Microsoft to release BizTalk Server 2006 beta
Microsoft is set tol release the first public beta of BizTalk Server 2006, code that includes the entire feature set of the finished product Microsoft plans to post registration...
IBM’s ‘Cool Blue’ looks to help servers chill out
IBM released on Tuesday a cooling gadget for datacenters that's designed to extend the abilities of existing air conditioning systems while saving space and money The company's...
Microsoft Demos InfoPath Server
For a moment, Microsoft lifted the tarp that shrouds Office 12 in secrecy at its Worldwide Partner Conference on Friday Microsoft information worker vice president Chris Capossela...
Windows Server 2003 SP1 released
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) This unique service pack provides customers with significant security enhancements as well as reliability and performance...
Longhorn Server to have One Version for many Roles
Microsoft will let customers configure the next major release of Windows Server for specific server tasks, rather than selling a host of different Windows Server Longhorn editions...
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 coming up
Setting the stage for what it hopes will be a "breakout year" for its server operating systems, Microsoft this week announced it will ship the first Release Candidate of its...
Microsoft trims next Windows Server Release
Microsoft Corp wants to deliver its Windows Server 2003 update, known as "R2," in 2005 To make sure it will be able do so, the company is prioritizing its feature list and moving...
Microsoft prepares previews of SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Corp on Friday said it will release previews of the next version of SQL Server leading up to the release of the next beta of the technology, expected in the first...
New Microsoft Office Servers on the Way
Microsoft is well on its way to developing a server version of its desktop Excel spreadsheet product And Microsoft has been hinting since 2003 that it is strongly considering...