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What You Need To Know About Server 2008 Core Edition

whitepaper Back in the days of Windows 3.1, you could choose what Windows components you wanted to install. Since then, however, Windows setup has given customers less and less control over what bits should make it over onto your servers and workstations.

Tags: file and network servers, edition, core, components

[30 Apr 2008]

Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid

News Earlier on Thursday, Microsoft reported weak Windows sales for its fiscal third quarter ended in March and gave a forecast for the fourth quarter ending in June at the low end of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares down nearly five per cent.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[25 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket

Comment Like every other market, Microsoft is there too with its own Windows Mobile operating system and platform. Yet it was an event that could make 2008 a significant milestone in the evolution of the mobile phone as a platform, says Seb Janacek.

Tags: smart phones, apple, android, iphone

[23 Apr 2008]

'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market

News He said that while the market is currently dominated by Nokia and Symbian, Linux and the "growing stature" of Windows Mobile will put pressure on the establishment. The 'iPhone effect' is filtering through the rest of the handset market as other...

Tags: iphone, ipod, mobile, smartphone

[25 Mar 2008]

Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!

News It is our view that Microsoft has significant potential upside given the continued solid growth in our core businesses, the recent launch of Windows Vista, and other strategic initiatives. Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, web, ads, yahoo!

[01 Feb 2008]

Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up

News As part of the patches, Apple also shipped a patch for Windows users of Safari that was addressed for Mac users as part of the larger series of patches. It's download time again for Mac OS X users, as 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger...

Tags: apple, mac, tiger, leopard

[18 Dec 2007]

One year on: XP still outshining Vista

News However, when Vista with the SP1 beta was put through benchmark testing by researchers at Devil Mountain Software the improvement was not overwhelming - leaving the latest Windows iteration outshined by its predecessor.

Tags: vista, microsoft, windows, xp

[28 Nov 2007]

Automated Storage Provisioning for Windows Using TotalStorage Productivity Center and Tivoli Provisioning Manager

whitepaper This paper looks at how an automated storage provisioning solution can be realized for a Windows environment using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1 (TPC) and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 3.1 (TPM).

Tags: file and network servers, capacity, automated, attached

[30 Oct 2007]

Microsoft extends Windows XP's lifeline

News Bowing to pressure from customers and computer makers, Microsoft plans to keep Windows XP around a little longer. However, they have successfully lobbied Microsoft to allow them to continue selling PCs with all flavors of Windows XP preloaded until...

Tags: windows, microsoft, vista, xp

[28 Sep 2007]

Psst! Don't want Vista? You're not alone...

News While Microsoft is still pushing Vista hard, the company is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a "downgrade" option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Windows XP.

Tags: windows, xp, microsoft, vista

[24 Sep 2007]

XenSource XenEnterprise 3.1 Hardware Assisted Server Virtualization Software - Introduction and Installation for HP ProLiant Servers

whitepaper It supports Linux and Microsoft Windows unmodified operating systems as well as virtualization-ready Linux operating systems. XenSource XenEnterprise 3.1 software enables the consolidation of multiple operating systems onto a single physical HP...

Tags: blades, virtualization, linux, operating systems

[08 May 2007]

Virtual Iron 3.1 Enterprise Edition Data Center Virtualization Software - For HP ProLiant Blade Servers

whitepaper Virtual Iron 3.1 Enterprise Edition, when installed on the HP BladeSystem with an HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA8000), creates a virtualized data center model supporting both Linux and Microsoft Windows guest operating systems...

Tags: application servers, virtual, operating systems, proof

[08 May 2007]

Microsoft coffers swell on Vista, Office sales

News In the first quarter to include consumer sales of Windows Vista and Office 2007, Microsoft reported profits that topped Wall Street estimates. Chief operating officer Kevin Turner said in a statement: "This quarter marked the consumer launches of...

Tags: microsoft, vista

[27 Apr 2007]

Windows has fewest security holes

News Microsoft Windows has the lowest number of vulnerabilities and the fastest turnaround time for patches of all commercial operating systems - but it also has the most serious flaws, according to Symantec.

Tags: microsoft windows

[23 Mar 2007]

IT Management Solutions Help Nissan Reduce Costs, Improve Reliability and Productivity

whitepaper The company uses Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to closely monitor its messaging infrastructure and help keep such mission-critical Windows-based systems up and running smoothly. When Nissan needed to improve desktop management and server...

Tags: management server, microsoft system center, monitor, messaging

[08 Feb 2007]

Nokia gets smart about mapping services

News The smart2go service will initially work on Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile 5.0 platforms but will be rolled out to other platforms too, including Linux. Nokia has launched a mapping, navigation and location-based services (LBS) system for use on its...

Tags: sat nav, lbs, nokia

[08 Feb 2007]

Lack of Vista not felt on Gates' bottom-line

News With holiday PC sales apparently unscathed by the lack of Windows Vista, Microsoft reported quarterly profits that topped expectations and its own forecast. In addition, Microsoft said it took in, but deferred, $1.64bn of revenue to account for an...

Tags: windows vista, vista, microsoft

[26 Jan 2007]

CIO Agenda: The 2007 tech shopping list

News Other over-hyped technologies last year included web 2.0 and Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, with Vista tipped to be the most-hyped technology over the next 12 months, along with SOA and software as a service.

Tags: cio agenda

[15 Jan 2007]

Windows Vista: The First PC Operating System That Requires a GPU to Get the Best Experience

whitepaper Windows Vista will be the biggest change in PC computing since the introduction of Windows 3.1 in 1992. Windows Vista brings all these developments together and exploits them to the user's benefit. Windows Vista taps into that horsepower and makes...

Tags: decade, windows vista, vista, pc

[08 Dec 2006]

Helpdesk survey lukewarm on Vista

News The hype around Microsoft Windows Vista does not appear to have turned it into a priority for many IT directors/CIOs and helpdesk managers," he said. According to an online survey of 1,305 IT professionals conducted last week, 46 per cent of...

Tags: windows vista, operating system

[08 Dec 2006]

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