Virtualization and configurability in Microsoft's new server OS present enterprise IT shops with both challenges and opportunities.
- By Peter Varhol
- 02/01/2008
Enhanced administration, security, IIS updates and virtualization promise to make moving to Microsoft's new server OS worthwhile.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 02/01/2008
As the clamor from IT shops for better internal search grows louder, competition among vendors both large and small gets hotter.
- By Paul Korzeniowski
- 02/01/2008
Any of these solutions can help ensure that you're following organizational policies or regulatory requirements.
- By Peter Varhol
- 02/01/2008
Redmond's new database server is a complex product often running mission-critical apps. You can't afford to not get it right.
With Service Pack 1 out, admins should know that there are a few tricks to updating clustered Exchange 2007 servers the right way. Here's a guide.
Disaster recovery tends to become a focus during any period of economic uncertainty -- and 2008 will deliver uncertainty in spades if market pundits are correct.
- By Jon William Toigo
- 01/18/2008
Windows Server 2008 is just a month away and one can't-miss feature is Terminal Services. In this second of three parts, we look at the Server Manager makes managing TS a breeze.
- By Greg Shields
- 01/11/2008
While it soft pedals direct competition with Microsoft, the search giant quietly keeps working on open source projects designed to undermine its archrival.
Here are our selections for the products we believe you just can't live without.
Infrastructure Optimization is Microsoft's shot at an IT maturity model. It may not be a panacea, but it can help streamline IT operations.
SmartArt and other new features clinch its spot as the must-have presentation tool.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 01/01/2008
One shining gem you can't ignore in the new Windows Server 2008 OS -- one which might compel you to upgrade -- is the implementation of Terminal Services.
- By Greg Shields
- 12/14/2007
Although most users still struggle with the new ribbon interface, many say Excel 2007's new features make it a worthwhile upgrade.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 12/01/2007
Our staff picks out the best, the worst and the most unusual in this eclectic set of categories.
Packaged software or Web service for running mapping applications?
- By Peter Varhol and Bill Heldman
- 12/01/2007
Redmond is gaining, but when will it -- or can it -- overtake longtime market leader Oracle?
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/01/2007
Like their Office 2007 brethren Word and PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook have some snazzy new features as well.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 12/01/2007
The ultimate killer app is e-mail and Microsoft's lastest version of Exchange taps into 64-bit power to drive a host of new capabilities.
IBM Corp. plans to announce Thursday that it will boost what it spends developing computer security products to $1.5 billion in 2008, reflecting an intensifying focus for the company.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/01/2007