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...
The list includes: Greenwich, Microsoft's new business-class instant messaging technology; Group Policy Management Console; collaboration tool Windows Team Services; security enhancement Windows Rights Management Services (RMS); and Windows...
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...
It will not stretch to include Microsoft's Tablet PC operating system which is a member of the XP family. Microsoft has released this year's update to its Pocket PC software for PDAs and has also rebranded all its mobile OS software - including its...
But after some early testing and conversations with customers, Microsoft decided to keep the SMS patch-management product separate from the MOM console program. Microsoft is dropping plans to combine several of its management software titles into a...
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.