Windows Server 2003 News and Reviews

InformationWeek (September 2, 2005): "An Itanium server running Longhorn would be a good host for consolidated databases or a database system that may need to scale out rapidly," says IDC analyst Matt Eastwood.

NetworkWorld (August 10, 2005): "People were saying that it was refreshing to have someone who is from the open source community at Microsoft who understands open source issues and understands how to communicate with the community," says Microsoft's Bill Hilf, director for Microsoft's platform technology strategy group.

InfoWorld (August 1, 2005): "All the security things [in Beta 1 are] good stuff. The [User Account Protection] is a really important feature that I think will be received well by users. And the quarantine technology, which they have been talking about for a while is also a good thing" said Al Gillen, research director for system software at IDC.

SearchWin2000 (July 27, 2005): "Unisys demonstrated the reliability of Windows as a more cost-efficient alternative to Unix, and we were sold," Hamann said. "The biggest advantage of running Windows and SQL is that I didn't have to spend $100,000 in salary for an Oracle/Unix DBA."

InfoWorld (July 25, 2005): "Users that rely on Terminal Server, file and print services, and virtualization should try out the OS now to guide upcoming server purchases," recommends Tom Yager.

CRN (July 18, 2005): "Microsoft is not only building products for small business from the ground up," says Robert Faletra, "it is thinking through how to build a channel capable of selling these products successfully and profitably. In a nutshell, it is showing thought leadership in small business while other vendors try to talk a good game."

The Windows Observer (July 13, 2005): "The Windows Server System midsize business promotion is a great first step in delivering enterprise-class solutions to our midsize customers who are conscious of cash flow but have the most to gain from having a security-enhanced, well-managed infrastructure," says Richard Opal, a vice president at Peters & Associates.

Redmondmag (July 15, 2005): "R2 has a completely new DFS replication engine that handles huge files and huge numbers of files with great aplomb," says Bill Boswell.

CRN (June 27, 2005): "The beauty of the 64-bit architecture," says Vincent Randazzese, "is that it still runs 32-bit code so there is no need to rewrite any 32-bit applications as long as they do not need a kernel mode or a device driver."

SearchWin2000 (June 28, 2005): "For the SMBs [the Windows 2000 Server rollup] will be a plus because it means they won't be left behind as Microsoft continues to advance its strategic interests in security," said Scott Crawford, a security expert at Enterprise Management Associates in Boulder, Colo. "This is the customer base that gets hit with the biggest challenges."

Computerworld (June 20, 2005): Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft Corporation's Windows Server division, provided an update on the company's plans for its server operating system and related products during an interview at the TechEd 2005 conference in Orlando this month.

eWeek (June 13, 2005): Longhorn server will be a far more configurable system than past Windows releases.

InfoWorld (April 6, 2005): "Windows 2003 Server x64 Editions running on AMD's Opteron will be the darlings of the datacenter," says InfoWorld's Tom Yager.