A $4.6m NEC server using Microsoft Windows has grabbed high marks in a closely watched performance ranking traditionally dominated by machines running the Unix operating system. The fifth-place ranking on the Transaction Performance Council's TPC-C...
Microsoft is working to solve an incompatibility issue that prevents backups made with Windows Server 2003 from being read on previous versions of Windows. The software giant's latest operating system saves data to tape using a slightly different...
The blade market is still relatively small - 2 per cent of server spending, though around 5 per cent of server shipments now in Europe, according to IDC figures - but growing in importance. Dell has entered the blade server market, where companies...
Bank BNP Paribas is using a combination of blade servers and on-demand computing to provide the processing power for its fixed income derivatives business. In a multimillion dollar deal, IBM is providing supercomputing power through its new London...
In the area of document interoperability, Novell is participating in a Microsoft-sponsored open source project. Microsoft and Novell have fleshed out the technical aspects of their corporate partnership, saying they are committed to optimising...
Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this week, calling it the most significant Windows Server release since the first version.