Although there is evidence companies have postponed planned upgrades from Windows 98 and Windows NT, IT executives are forecasting a rapid upgrade to Windows XP on the desktop over the next two years.
Microsoft is pulling out all the stops to put NT users on the upgrade path. Microsoft has admitted that customers keen to migrate from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 face a stumbling block in running SQL Server.
Unlike Windows NT, which rode the coattails of the client/server revolution, Windows 2000 requires a migration from the installed operating system base. And most have solved the problems of the desktop or the workgroup, both areas where Windows NT...
Rather than being tied to the relatively small installed base of customers that use its NetWare operating system or its GroupWise messaging software, Novell wants to ride the rising popularity of Linux in corporations.
Microsoft has set 12 March as the release to manufacture date for the new versions of its server operating system, paving the way for a shipping date of 29 April. Support for Windows NT 4 was due to be cancelled early this year, but pressure from...
Peapod Group has released a product which it claims is the first migration software package available for the NT environment. IT directors must start preparing to upgrade to Windows NT 5 now, according to Dr Simon Moores, chairman of the Windows NT...
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