Thor Olavsrud

With an eye to beefing up server consolidation on Intel-based servers, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it has acquired some assets from partner Connectix, including its Virtual PC and Virtual Server products and many of its employees. Microsoft confirmed late Wednesday it has acquired some assets from partner Connectix that include its Virtual PC and Virtual […]

With Microsoft planning two major releases this year — Windows Server 2003 on April 24th and Office 11 in late summer — the software giant Monday moved to rebrand team collaboration technology, which it considers a key component of both offerings. Microsoft said Monday that its SharePoint Team Services will now be dubbed Windows SharePoint […]

Oracle, which pledged its support for Red Hat with its Unbreakable Linux initiative last June, extended that commitment to UnitedLinux Thursday. Following on its Unbreakable Linux initiative last June, Oracle extended that commitment to UnitedLinux Thursday. Oracle said it will provide customers with enterprise-level technical support for the operating systems powered by UnitedLinux, in addition […]

It seems Red Hat (Quote, Company Info) is going to skip maintenance builds for its Red Hat Linux 8 distribution and skip directly to version 9. Red Hat plans to skip its traditional intermediate releases and head straight to a release of Red Hat 9 on April 7. Red Hat Network subscribers will get early […]

Just a little more than a month after Microsoft dished up the official designation of its “Greenwich” Real-Time Communications Server, the software titan altered the branding to tie it more closely with its Office System line of products. Just a little more than a month after Microsoft dished up the official designation of its ‘Greenwich’ […]

Five months after unveiling the FreeBSD Release 5.0 operating system, The FreeBSD Foundation followed up with the release of FreeBSD 5.1 Monday. Five months after unveiling release 5.0 of the FreeBSD operating system, The FreeBSD Foundation followed up with the release of FreeBSD 5.1 Monday. The Foundation said FreeBSD 5.1 provides additional stability, reliability and […]

A security hole in one of the Internet”s most basic protocols — discovered by security consulting firm Guardent, Inc. — leaves the door open for potentially devastating network attacks that would be difficult to defend against, detect, or trace. Guardent senior research scientist Tim Newsham discovered a weakness in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which […]

Worldwide server shipments and revenue were up in the third quarter of 2011, research firm Gartner said Monday, noting that x86-based servers were thriving while mainframes declined. Regionally, Asia/Pacific and Eastern Europe showed the strongest growth while Western Europe lagged.  “The third quarter of 2011 produced growth on a global level, but there was some […]

One of the highest-end products on the market, the Simeon Message Service is a tool designed for enterprise environments that need a scalable and robust solution for more than 500 users. But with a price tag of $6,000, Simeon is probably not the best choice for sites under 500 users, where there are numerous Windows […]