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Windows Server 2008 R2 to support up to 256 CPU cores

Microsoft Thursday said the next upgrade of its Windows Server operating system will scale up to 256 logical processors.

| News | Operating systems | Windows | 11/06/08 at 3:52 pm |


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Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug

Microsoft Thursday acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a vulnerability it acknowledged six months ago, but has yet to patch.



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Cisco, Microsoft roll out Windows network appliance

Enterprises can now buy a networking appliance from Cisco Systems that runs basic Windows Server 2008 functions, a product designed for use in branch offices, Cisco and Microsoft announced Wednesday.

| News | Networking | 10/01/08 at 7:47 pm |


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Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud

In this interview, Bob Kelly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of infrastructure server marketing, discusses the adoption rate of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft's plans for cloud-based services, and the recent declaration by Paul Maritz, an ex-Microsoft executive and current president and CEO of VMware, that the traditional server operating system "has all but disappeared."



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