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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
- Windows Server team: No detours from the roadmap
- The Windows client team may have decided that it's done talking futures. But the Windows Server team isn't afraid to show off its planned roadmap.At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC on May 16, Microsoft officials talked about the company's next few planned releases. As previously indicated, Microsoft is readying...
- Tags: Fiji, Corporate strategy, Code names, Vista, Windows 7, Windows client, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows server, Windows Server Longhorn, WinHEC
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 beta ready for download
- Microsoft has begun rolling out the first beta of Service Pack SP 1 for Exchange Server 2007, according to a blog posting on Microsofts TechNet site. Microsoft launched Exchange Server 2007 a little over four months ago, in December 2006. The first beta is available to select Microsoft...
- Tags: Windows Server Longhorn, Windows server, Exchange Server, Windows client, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- 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
- What's inside Microsoft's new Windows Home Server?
- 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, according to my sources. But what will this product be? Thats still murky. Will it be based on the Windows Server core?...
- Tags: Windows Home Server, CES 2007, Windows server, Windows client, Windows Server Longhorn, Vista, server, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-29
- Microsoft reissues Office for Mac patches, delivers PatchGuard interfaces
- The second times a charm (Microsoft is hoping, at least). After erroneously issuing an Office for Mac security update as part of the December 12 Patch Tuesday set of patches, Microsoft pulled the bits, claiming they werent yet ready. On December 19, Microsoft reissued the sanctioned ...
- Tags: Security, Office, Legal, Windows client, Windows Server Longhorn, Vista, patch management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Microsoft still has more OS tricks up its sleeve
- Over the past couple of days, theres been much made of Gartner Groups prediction that Windows Vista will be "the last big release of Windows." Thats a pretty sweeping -- and vague -- prediction. How is Gartner defining "big"? And what will count as an "operating system release," going forward?...
- Tags: operating system, Microsoft Corp., Corporate strategy, Windows Live, Windows server, Windows client, Windows Server Longhorn, Vista
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- Windows CardSpace gets Firefox support
- A new plug-in providing Firefox support for Microsofts CardSpace digital-identity framework is now available for public download. Solution architect Kevin Miller, who played an instrumental role in developing the technology, announced the availability of his Firefox add-on for Windows via his blog. Why is Firefox support important? Until...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows CardSpace, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- A tale of two Windows Service Packs
- If Microsofts Windows Server team is able to juggle service packs and new server releases, why cant the Windows client team do the same? Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 isnt expected until some time in 2008, at last count, which means XP users will have had to...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows client, Windows server, Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, service pack
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- 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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- A question about web server volume failures
- It's a shocking confession - I mean, I know how to use google - but I haven't found anything that really describes the nature and order of failures when a web server collapses under heavy load. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Web Server, Web, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Test, Web Servers, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- MozyPro for Mac goes public beta
- Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy's business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Backup, MozyPro, Mozy, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...
- Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- iPhone hits another security speedbump
- Apple's ongoing struggles with poor security-related design choices have extended to the iPhone. According to security researcher Aviv Raff, everyone's favorite mobile device is vulnerable to two separate security weaknesses that expose millions of users to phishing and spamming attacks. [...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Image, Spamming, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'
- Just a couple of months after releasing to manufacturing SQL Server 2008, Microsoft is starting to offer details about its next release of its flagship database. That product, code-named "Killimanjaro," will ship in the first half of 2010, according to Microsoft officials. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Kilimanjaro, Project Madison, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Team Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…
- Is Linux ready to replace Windows on the desktop? Linux advocates think that light, cheap netbooks show off the advantages of an open-source OS over Windows. Out in the real world, though, the market is arguing to the contrary. The director of sales for one especially hot-selling netbook says its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?
- The release of Mono version 2.0, the open source implementation of .NET that is available for use on Mac, Linux and Windows platforms, is an achievement in itself. I often wonder, however, why Microsoft has no interest in releasing a cross-platform, fully-supported version of the .NET framework themselves. by...
- Tags: Mono, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Development Tools, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked
- Wow, a whole lot of Blackberry-related news surfaced this weekend. First, the user's guide to the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm was leaked by the ever-intrepid BoyGeniusReport, who posted exclusive images on their website. Second, and more importantly, news of the Blackberry Application Center has emerged....
- Tags: Application, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Carrier, App Center, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- October promises to be hot month for Drupal, Mono, OpenOffice, Ubuntu
- October is promising to be a big month for open source releases. As the page on the calendar turned, Acquia launched of its commercially supported version of the popular Drupal open source social publishing system. And over the weekend, Novell-sponsored Mono project announced the...
- Tags: Mono, Ubuntu, Drupal, October, Linux, OpenOffice, .Net, Open Source, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
- Do people who pay $299 to $399 for a Linux notebook suffer greater levels of buyer's remorse compared to those buying Windows machines? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Linux Laptop, Laptop Computer, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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