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July 21, 2006
Microsoft has released the Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Management Pack, which monitors that health of the components key to ADFS.
July 17, 2006
Novell released SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and Linux Enterprise Desktop calling the event “one of the most important product launches in our company's history. “
July 12, 2006
Microsoft on Wednesday made available to customers with Software Assurance maintenance contracts software designed to put new life in old PCs.
July 11, 2006
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer on Tuesday said Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 R2, the next version of its all-in-one business platform for small and medium sized organizations, would be available in August. He also announced pricing reductions.
July 07, 2006
If you have IPv6 on your roadmap and you are a Windows shop, Microsoft has a guide for getting a test lab going.
July 06, 2006
Long an opponent of the XML-based OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft now plans to offer translators to support the file format.
June 30, 2006
Last week, Goldman Sachs speculated that the ship date for Vista would slip, and now it appears they should have thrown in Office as well.
June 27, 2006
Microsoft today opened up a free Web-based test drive for Office 2007, a cornerstone of its collaboration and unified messaging strategy going forward.
June 23, 2006
Goldman Sachs has adjusted its outlook on Microsoft’s stock and one of the reasons is that it sees yet another slip in Vista.
June 20, 2006
Author’s Robbie Allen and Laura Hunter are serving up recipes for mastering Active Directory.
June 19, 2006
Stratus Technologies has added 64-bit Linux support to its high-availability ftServer models that previously were only available with Windows.
June 08, 2006
Yeah, we know they have been out for about two weeks starting with the handouts at WinHec in Seattle the week of May 22, but now it is official.
June 07, 2006
The Ubuntu project has released what it says in an enterprise version of its Linux distribution for both servers and desktops.
June 06, 2006
More than software will be on the menu when Microsoft opens its annual TechEd conference next week.
June 05, 2006
Or hype depending on what you think of it. But next week, Microsoft kicks off the biggest show of its conference year, TechEd, on June 11. This year the five-day event is happening in Boston.
June 02, 2006
Digging under the covers yet of the newest Longhorn beta? Well the Windows Server team is ready to help you get started.
May 31, 2006
Linux desktop and server vendor Xandros is now offering its wares with support for high-performance computing using 64-bit processors from Intel and AMD.
May 30, 2006
Microsoft has released the latest version of the management pack that helps users manage Virtual Server installations.
May 25, 2006
Revenue for the worldwide server market fell off 1.9% in the first quarter of 2006, but Windows and Linux servers still showed strong growth, according to research firm IDC.
May 22, 2006
Microsoft on Tuesday will clear up what has been a virtualization strategy that has lacked shape.
May 19, 2006
Microsoft plans to use its annual WinHec show to roll out the Beta 2 versions of Vista, Longhorn and Office. Virtualization also promises to be a hot topic.
May 18, 2006
Microsoft today launched its Get Ready website, which details the hardware requirements for running Windows Vista.
May 17, 2006
Bill Gates had some choice words Monday during a keynote Q&A, but he didn't get the same chance at extra chin wags on Wednesday.
May 16, 2006
Bug hunter Tom Ferris says the patch recently issued by Apple does not close all the holes in OS X.
A collection of open source companies has formed an organization in an effort to make it easier for corporate IT to use open-source management tools.
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