Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
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Virtual servers: VMware vs Microsoft
Insight With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualisation is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you?
Tags: Business applications
Microsoft to 'host' Linux virtually
News The Windows giant will support customers that run Red Hat and SuSE Linux in Virtual Server 2005 R2, which will now be offered as a free download.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003, Linux, Open source
Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief
News Tom Hanrahan, formerly of the Linux Foundation, will head up Microsoft and Novell's jointly run Interoperability Lab.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Leadership
DirectX targeted in Microsoft security updates
News Microsoft Patch Tuesday preview shows that one of six security updates slated for next week will target critical hole in DirectX.
Tags: Hacking, Microsoft Windows, Web sites, Security, ActiveX Control, DirectX, Microsoft Virtual PC, Video, Microsoft Windows, Security Update
VMware, IDC play virtualization hardball
News VMware disputes recent findings by IDC about the growth of a competitive product from Microsoft. IDC says "confusion and misinformation being sown" by VMware.
Tags: Virtualization, Analyst reports, Microsoft Corp., International Data Corp., VMware Inc., Server, server virtualization, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, blog
Microsoft plugs critical DirectShow, Video ActiveX holes
News Latest Patch Tuesday updates plug nine holes in Windows, Office, ISA, Virtual PC and Virtual Server, including several holes that have been targeted in attacks.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Microsoft Windows, Security, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Virtual PC, Vulnerability, Internet Security, Video, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft fixes 14 flaws in 9 patches; 6 are critical
News Microsoft today released its August 2007 security bulletin, which includes nine updates: Six are designated as "critical" by the software giant and three are deemed "important".
Tags: Security, Software, Microsoft Windows
Replicating your infrastructure in a lab
Techguide Learn two ways to replicate your current environment for testing and evaluation of new server platforms.
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms
Microsoft, Novell talk up 'meat' of technical collaboration
News Microsoft and Novell have fleshed out the technical aspects of their corporate partnership, saying that the two firms are committed to optimizing their respective products in the years to come.
Tags: Linux, Utility computing, Open source
Microsoft: Virtualization customers in AP to double
News The software giant says more customers in Asia are using its server virtualization software. Rival VMware says it's no big deal.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Server consolidation, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, App servers
10 ways to give old servers a second life
Techguide If you're responsible for a network, you've probably seen Moore's Law' marching relentlessly on your servers. Today's cutting-edge server can be tomorrow's entry-level home PC.
Help users utilize Windows 2000's accessibility features
Techguide Windows 2000 includes several features to help users who have certain physical requirements more easily access and use their PCs. These accessibility features are installed by default and are available through the Accessories/Accessibility menu on the Start menu. These tools include the following:
Utility computing: What killed HP's UDC?
Insight comment Hewlett-Packard's Utility Data Center (UDC) which used to be a proof of the company's leadership in the emerging on-demand, adaptive computing, pay-as-you-go world, is a footnote in computing history, says Dan Farber.
Tags: Utility computing
Microsoft: Virtualization is overhyped, underused
News Server virtualization is over-hyped and less used than reported, according to Microsoft executives speaking at the launch of Windows Server 2008.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms
