Microsoft
seems like the most unlikely company to ship products that really support Enterprise 2.0. After all, the company is the poster child for packaged software.
But everything the company is saying here in Orlando at TechEd 2008 is consistent with the idea that IT has to support the linchpins of complex, agile, multivariate organizations. And Microsoft is giving IT professionals the tools to support mobile information workers, social networking, cloud computing and virtualized environments.
That observation cuts across the swath of announcements around identity and access management, interoperability, virtualization, and what the company is referring to as "Dynamic IT."
Windows Server 2008 just started shipping in February, but I got a hint of what's to come in the next release from Bob Visse, senior director of Windows Server marketing, here.
The high points:
- WS2008 R2 will have improved authentication features, making it easier for clients to authenticate into the data center and creating more seamless access to corporate networks;
- new power management features, particularly in the case of multicore servers; and
- support for 64-bit architecture exclusively. The current release also supports 32-bit, but Visse noted that Hyper-V, Microsoft's forthcoming server virtualization tool, is built on 64-bit architecture, making 32-bit a moot issue for most customers.
source: blogs.eweek.com
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2 revealed
Microsoft
announced the second release of its Windows Server 2008 operating system at its Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles this week.
The updated OS includes a range of new features, including support for web applications, better virtualisation and improved scalability and reliability.
Virtualisation will be a key feature of the new OS, with Microsoft announcing that Server 2008 R2 will include "Live Migration", a feature which allows users to move a virtual machine between two computers running Microsoft's hypervisor, Hyper-V. Microsoft said that the new version of Hyper-V shipped with Server 2008 R2 will include better management features.
Microsoft also said that Server 2008 R2 has many features specifically designed to work with client computers running the upcoming Windows 7, including better usability and accessibility.
According to the reviewer's guide published on Microsoft's website, Server 2008 R2 will be available exclusively as a 64-bit OS.
source: zdnet.com.au
announced the second release of its Windows Server 2008 operating system at its Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles this week.
The updated OS includes a range of new features, including support for web applications, better virtualisation and improved scalability and reliability.
Virtualisation will be a key feature of the new OS, with Microsoft announcing that Server 2008 R2 will include "Live Migration", a feature which allows users to move a virtual machine between two computers running Microsoft's hypervisor, Hyper-V. Microsoft said that the new version of Hyper-V shipped with Server 2008 R2 will include better management features.
Microsoft also said that Server 2008 R2 has many features specifically designed to work with client computers running the upcoming Windows 7, including better usability and accessibility.
According to the reviewer's guide published on Microsoft's website, Server 2008 R2 will be available exclusively as a 64-bit OS.
source: zdnet.com.au
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