Moving to a major new operating system is always daunting, but
for these four companies, the switch to Microsoft’s latest OS
was well worth it. In part 1 of a four-part series, here's why
one small ISP moved for the speed improvements as well as
server consolidation.
- By Linda Briggs
- December 16, 2003
Storage giant EMC Corp. will buy virtualization software vendor VMWare Inc. in a $635 million deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2004, the companies said Monday. The deal widens EMC's software portfolio and shields VMWare from a head-to-head battle with Microsoft, which acquired VMWare competitor Connectix earlier this year.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 15, 2003
The one constant in Microsoft's Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance programs has been change. Generally, that change has come in the form of added goodies for the program as the company realized it was alienating customers with too many restrictions for too little value and arming critics with a hot button issue.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 11, 2003
Microsoft found no security problems serious enough to fix in December. Microsoft's new patch policy calls for all patches to be released on the second Tuesday of the month. The company announced Tuesday that it was letting the regular patching date pass without any new security bulletins and patches.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2003
Microsoft this week released an interim version of the Microsoft Customer Relationship Management product that it initially released in January and also unveiled the globalization of the product.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2003
Aim is to encourage the largest corporations to consider Itanium 2-based systems rather than RISC-based platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 10, 2003
A quick glance at MessageLabs' end of year statistics on virus activity
and an impression that's been growing since the summer gets sharper.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 09, 2003
A quarterly report on the state of the worldwide disk storage systems market shows we're about to cross another psychological threshold.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 05, 2003
In a mid-quarter update, Intel Corp. said revenues are stronger than management had originally expected for the fourth quarter.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 05, 2003
After years of spinning its wheels, 64-bit Intel Architecture technology appears to be finally gaining some traction, according to Intel officials.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 05, 2003
Slowly but surely Microsoft is putting together a robust BI platform that will serve many companies exceedingly well.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 04, 2003
Microsoft acknowledged an installation problem this week with Windows SharePoint Services, an add-on for Windows Server 2003 and a central component of Windows Small Business Server 2003 that is one of the most highly touted new features in the server OS.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 03, 2003
Broadens line and preps for InstallShield battle with $43 million Wise buy.
- By Doug Barney
- December 03, 2003
Security experts say that the new virus could presage a raft of similar attacks, and -- as if that’s not bad enough -- an administrator who identified the virus early says that it and other ADS exploits like it aren’t detected by many of today’s most common virus- and Trojan-scanning tools.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 03, 2003
The market for Windows-based server systems is growing fast, but Linux-based systems are growing much faster in revenues and units, according to the latest quarterly data from market analysts at IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 03, 2003
When Microsoft Services for Unix 3.0 came out, a highlight was its surprisingly low price tag. In a promotion running through the end of this month, the set of tools and services for interoperating between Windows, Unix and Linux is free.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 02, 2003
Microsoft published a white paper on its Web site last week giving an overview of its internal security measures.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2003
Sybari Software launched the first utility this week for Microsoft's instant messaging and presence platform, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2003
The Mimail virus is making its way up the ranks of the most damaging viruses and worms to date, according to a security firm that keeps track of malware.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2003
LAS VEGAS -- Comdex attracted a mere fraction of its peak attendance, but that didn’t stop Windows third parties from crowding the Microsoft Pavilion and announcing new wares. In fact, the Microsoft booth was one of the few show floor areas that drew consistent crowds.
- By Doug Barney
- November 20, 2003