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...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has outlined a series of new initiatives and investments aimed at shoring up the company's increasingly battered security reputation. Speaking at Microsoft's worldwide partner conference in New Orleans, Ballmer said the...
The effort, dubbed Windows XP Reloaded, refers to a range of possibilities under discussion that would improve the current version of Windows before Longhorn's arrival. Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it is looking to update its server operating...
Ballmer touched on four themes during the keynote address: "new work scenarios" made possible by better mobile software; lowering the cost of IT operations; Microsoft's advances in improving security; and applications platforms, including planned...
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.