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- How will Windows Server 2008 fare on the compatibility front?
- Windows Server 2008, a k a Longhorn Server, isn't expected to be released to manufacturing till the end of this year. But that doesn't mean it's too early to start thinking about compatibility issues that might arise.Microsoft, for its part, already is thinking about it -- and has been doing...
- Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Windows client, Vista, Corporate strategy, App Compatibility
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- VMware attacks Microsoft virtualization strategy
- Microsoft is "trying to restrict customers flexibility and freedom to choose virtualization software by limiting who can run their software and how they can run it." Those are the charges levied by Microsoft virtualization competitor VMware, which over the past few days, has come out swinging against Microsoft. ...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Legal, Virtualization, Vista, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Vista-compatible SQL Server 2005 SP2 likely February 19
- SQL Server 2005 Service Pack SP 2, which is designed to work on Windows Vista and Longhorn Server test builds, is expected to go live any day now. On his "Semi-Useful BI Musings" blog, Russell Christopher said that the latest SQL Server version will be "most likely available"...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, App Compatibility, Windows client, Windows server, Vista, Windows Server Longhorn
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Microsoft back ports license-management system to Windows Server 2003
- As Microsoft promised late last year, the company has ported some of its volume-activation technology to Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has made available for download 32- and 64-bit versions of its Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack SP 1 systems, as noted on the Windows...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Anti-piracy, WGA, Activation, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- What's the deal with Vista Service Pack 1?
- I thought I understood Microsoft’s plan of record for Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1 ... until I heard CEO Steve Ballmer’s Vista business-launch keynote on November 30, that is. In response to a press question about SP1, Ballmer told attendees of the “New Day for Business” Vista/Office 2007 launch...
- Tags: Brad Goldberg, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Office 2007
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Vista Server?
- Now that Windows Vista is done and is already being pirated and cracked, Windows watchers thoughts are turning to Longhorn Server. So its fair to ask what the final name of Microsofts successor to Windows Server 2003 will be. When Microsoft announced that Vista would be the final name...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Server, server
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Will Vista SP1 be a bridge to Longhorn Server?
- When Microsoft launches Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 in New York on November 30, company officials will emphasize how the three products work well on their own, but will work a lot "better together." But what about Longhorn Server? Does that fit into the equation, too, even...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows XP, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Vista down. Up next: Longhorn Server
- Now that Windows Vista is finally finished, its time to turn the spotlight onto the next version of Windows due to hit: Longhorn Server. Microsoft has been releasing regular test builds of Longhorn Server for more than a year, to far less fanfare and criticism than Vista garnered during the...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Longhorn Server, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Vista RTM marks the end of an era
- The expected announcement on November 8 of the release to manufacturing RTM of Windows Vista is a milestone on many fronts. For one, it’s the end of the Jim Allchin era and the start of the Steven Sinofsky one, in terms of Windows leadership at Microsoft. On October 18,...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows client, Windows server, Windows Live, Corporate strategy, Windows XP, Windows Mobile
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
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- Report: Three Intel Nehalems in November
- Intel will launch its first three Nehalem processors on November 17, according to a report on the site Expreview.com. These Bloomfield high-end chips will include the 3.2 GHz Core i7-965XE ($999), 2.93GHz Core i7-940 ($562) and 2.66GHz Core i7-920 ($284). Nehalem is manufactured using the same 45nm...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Nehalem, Server Processor, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Print this: Actually, please don't, but DO think about why printers should get more airtime in green tech discussions
- I was talking to someone within the past couple of months (I honestly can't remember who right now, sorry) who made a pretty profound statement that seems pertinent in the context of this post. I had just admitted, somewhat shamefacedly, to my ongoing addiction to printing out my notes, presentations...
- Tags: Green Technology, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Live Services as Microsoft's consumer Web platform
- It's been tricky keeping separate all of the "layers" in the Microsoft cloud strata. One of those layers, Live Services, has been especially amorphous. But now Live Services is a little clearer, thanks to a new Web site detailing an upcoming series of Microsoft events. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Live Platform, Channel Management, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft expected to release Silverlight 2 next week
- It sounds like Monday October 13 is the day that Microsoft will announce that Silverlight 2 is done. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Apple Mac OS X, Application Servers, Apple Mac OS, RSS, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Enterprise Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft Big Brains: Gary Flake
- Today I am launching a new series, "Microsoft Big Brains." Over the course of the coming weeks, I'll be profiling Microsoft's Technical Fellows -- the 22 or so individuals who are helping to fill Chairman Bill Gates' shoes at the company, in terms of setting Redmond's future product/strategy agenda. The...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Search, Strategy, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Corp., Tool, UAC, Productivity, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- ReadWriteWeb has a post up about the fact that Zoho has added offline access to Zoho Mail using Gears. Zoho continues to do a really good job of innovating when it comes to Ajax-based RIAs. They were very early to the game in creating offline support for Zoho Docs before...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., ReadWriteWeb, Zoho Mail, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, uac, vista, norton, microsoft, security
- Image galleries 2008-10-10
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
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