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Branch Technology for Distributed Enteprise 

Interesting news today for large orgs with branch offices looking for cost effective implementation of the BOIS architecture.   First announced by VP Andy Lees at World Wide Partner Conference in Boston, Branch Promo got its needed update to ISA 2006 and a more sophisticated enterprise older brother “Enterprise Branch Infrastructure Promotion”.
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Windows Server virtualization calculator 

Check out the new Windows Server virtualization calculator to get an estimate on the number of OS licenses needed, and the costs, to virtualize different datacenter configurations.
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Bill Gates announces Windows Home Server 

I suspect all you fans of Windows Server will be interested in this news… Last night, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bill Gates announced Windows Home Server, an new version of Windows focused on multi-PC households.
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Windows Server 2003 SP2 RC: Come and get it! 

  I am happy to announce that Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Release Candidate is available for public review. You can find more information about this release here.
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Windows PowerShell and Windows Server “Longhorn” 

Last Tuesday in front of over 4000 attendees, Jeffrey Snover and Bob Muglia announced the release of Windows PowerShell 1.0 RTW at IT Forum. Windows PowerShell is the new command-line shell and scripting language for Windows system administration.
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Linux-Watch: get the facts 

Every now and again we use this blog to correct inaccuracies in the public domain. Mostly innocent errors at media outlets. And usually I wouldn’t comment on opinion pieces at Linux-Watch because the rhetorical debate would be fruitless. You know, “taste great” versus “less filling” sort of thing.
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Windows CCS from your desktop 

I’m not talking about deskside HPC clusters, but rather learning more from your desk about the new Windows Server edition for running parallel applications on HPC clusters. First you can start with Scientific Computing, which is hosting a webcast on high-performance computing going mainstream.
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Watch the Best of TechEd 2006 

Did you miss TechEd this year?  Fear not! The folks over at TechNet captured the best sessions on high-quality video.
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Other Rejected Longhorn Server Names 

As a follow-up to my last post regarding the official name of Windows Server code name “Longhorn”, I thought it might be interesting for people to see some other names that have been touted during our brainstorming meetings, but that will never see the light of day… Windows Live Server Windows Bob Server Windows Server,.
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Supercomputers can do Windows 

The supercomputing world publishes a list twice a year of the 500 most powerful supercomputers. Conveniently, it’s called the Top500 project. The list is part bragging rights (among vendors) and part trends tracking (among scholars). But without a doubt, the list represents the who’s who of supercomputing and high-performance computing.
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10 Things about Windows CCS that You Won’t Read Anywhere Else 

Windows Compute Cluster Server has been RTM’d, and the bloggers and press are running their stories. And you can watch/listen to Zane talk about Windows CCS at the Virtual TechEd site. And of course you can go to the Windows CCS site for technical details and white papers.