VMware, an EMC subsidiary whose software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, is expected to announce next week it will begin giving away one of its key products for free.
Microsoft has released an update to the second beta of its Windows Server "Longhorn" software, offering bug fixes and improvements in performance and reliability.
With Windows Vista, Microsoft had to cut features to try to get the release out the door. With its upcoming server release, though, Microsoft is actually adding a few features.
Microsoft is continuing to drip-feed information about its forthcoming Longhorn Server and has implied that beta one code will be made available to testers by August.
Microsoft on Wednesday said it is releasing its first public test version of Windows Server 'Longhorn' as the company works to get the release out the door.
5,000 testers are to form the initial front line of testing for what is likely to become Windows Server 2007. A date for an open beta is yet to emerge
Though the next version of Windows Server is not expected until 2007, Microsoft said on Thursday that it's on track to deliver a beta version of the operating system this US summer.
In recent years, tech enthusiasts have turned to Microsoft's spring hardware conference as a chance to get juicy tidbits on where the software maker was headed with the next version of Windows.
When Microsoft abandoned the Longhorn server project, it gave all of us a little more breathing room. Are the days of simultaneous client/server upgrades over?
Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian.
Microsoft is showing some early signs of success with a version of Windows geared for a technical computing market that Linux dominates today.
Virtualisation will be the key to the popularity of Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, analysts have predicted.
What exactly does the company have in store for the server version of Longhorn?
Federal antitrust officials have expressed growing concern that Microsoft is falling behind on deadlines to revise technical documentation to licensees, according to a joint status report released yesterday.
Microsoft on Wednesday laid out its server road map, outlining a series of releases including Longhorn Server, the next major OS edition, targeted to arrive in 2007.
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