windows server - News, Features, and Slideshows

• The US Navy's warfare systems command just paid millions to stay on Windows XP

  The U.S. Navy is paying Microsoft millions of dollars to keep up to 100,000 computers afloat because it has yet to transition away from Windows XP.

• Dell: For Windows Server 2003, the end is closer than you'd think

  Administrators who spent time this year retiring their last computers running Microsoft Windows XP might have another migration task ahead -- Microsoft is set to retire its Windows Server 2003 operating system next July.

• Windows Server 2012 R2 finally arrives on Amazon's cloud

  Enterprises can now run Windows Server 2012 R2 on Amazon's cloud, taking advantage of features such as tiered storage, and they can also combine the OS with SQL Server 2014.

• Microsoft offers Azure discounts in renewed cloud push

  Microsoft will offer discounts on its Azure cloud service next month as part of a cloud computing push that also includes new releases of its Windows Server and Systems Center software.

• Windows Server 2012 R2 bulks up on storage and networking

  The pending launch of Windows Server 2012 release 2 focuses on offering a number of advanced capabilities in storage and networking, which used to require the purchase of additional software, or even a full-fledged storage system.

• Who are the real winners in the Microsoft-Oracle deal?

  The new Microsoft-Oracle partnership benefits both companies, as Oracle gets access to Azure and Microsoft can finally license Java. Will the deal have any effect on either company's enterprise customers?

Whitepapers about windows server

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  Long-distance IT: Driving efficiency in remote offices

  In this paper, IDG research highlights the many ways WAN optimisation solutions with a built-in Windows Server lead to more efficient branch office it. · Supporting branch offices is a costly, time-consuming job made tougher by having no one on-site to do it · WAN optimisation solutions mostly do a good job of improving remote office performance and lowering network costs but are now facing new demands · There is currently only one on the market with all of the capabilities that businesses with branches need

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  The drive for efficiency in branch office IT