Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and process raw data.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/18/2006
In the countdown to Vista's release, there have been no reports of dumpster diving by enterprising reporters, but the largest circulation Seattle paper says it has seen a sign that points to the end of testing on Oct. 25th.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/17/2006
Microsoft is readying to ship in January a suite of tools that aims to make it less painful for volume customers to deploy and manage applications and desktops.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/17/2006
Microsoft Corp. said Friday it is on track to deliver the new Windows Vista operating system to its volume license customers around the world in November and to the general public in January.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/13/2006
With Windows Vista's promised ship date to corporate customers less than two months away, the rumor mill has been going wild with reports of phantom release candidate sightings. The latest is that Microsoft may release a new test build on Friday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/05/2006
Storage virtualization vendor DataCore Software announced it is shipping its SANmelody Virtual Infrastructure Foundation – a low-cost, entry-level virtualization solution for small and mid-sized businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/05/2006
Microsoft announced it has acquired DesktopStandard Corp., a smaller firm that develops Group Policy-based enterprise desktop management products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/03/2006
This week, Microsoft announced the acquisition of DesktopStandard Corp. of Portsmouth, N.H. Formerly called AutoProf, the company was known for its line of PolicyMaker group policy tools
Virtualization vendor VMware will ship this week the latest iteration of its infrastructure bundle as well as the beta of a third-generation virtual machine conversion utility.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/03/2006
Vocational education classes may be poised for comeback in U.S. high schools.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2006
Using Microsoft's new File Storage Resource Manager tool to stop users from filling up their hard drives with all sorts of useless stuff.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/01/2006
The new Server Core is a stripped-down, rock-solid version of Longhorn.
Itching to deploy Microsoft's powerful new SharePoint portal server technology? Better know what you're getting yourself into first.
Lift the load of downloads using Window's Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0.
What happens when a query goes wrong -- very, very wrong.