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NewsJanuary 2008 Citrix and Microsoft in virtualisation tie-up This partnership
will see the two companies working together to develop virtualisation
technology, sell solutions together, and improve interoperability and
compatibility between virtualisation products.
On the
eve of the launch of Windows Server 2008,
Microsoft and
Citrix have announced an extension to their existing working
partnership, committing to work together on a wide range of
virtualisation development and reselling efforts.
The two companies will market and co-sell a range of client virtualisation solutions comprised of Microsoft and Citrix products, all based around Windows Server 2008. Both companies will also work on supporting and ensuring compatibility of Windows Server 2008 across Citrix's range of virtualisation delivery products, in addition to develop interoperability between Citrix's Xen Server and the Hyper-V virtualisation component of Windows Server 2008. |
February 2008 Piracy Crackdown Nabs 41 Glasgow Firms
A month-long programme has helped thousands of Glasgow firms check their software licences - and also caught a few companies out.
Some 41 Glasgow firms are under investigation by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) for copyright abuse following a licensing campaign last year. The BSA ran a targeted programme in November in Glasgow - the UK's second worst city for software piracy after London. During the 30 day programme, the BSA offered amnesty to any firm which wanted to check the licensing of its software.
Julie Strawson, the body's UK committee chair, said several hundred companies took part - about a quarter of the firms targeted by the BSA, the membership of which is made up of software vendors.
The body also promoted its online piracy reporting service, which saw a twenty-fold increase in reporting compared to last year. Out of some 60 firms reported, 41 were found to have illegal software on their systems. |
March 2008 Microsoft Launches Windows Server 2008 After five long years of work, Microsoft has delivered a landmark release of the Windows Server platform. Some of the important themes this time around include a major push towards 64-bit server functionality, a significant investment in virtualisation, and a more componentised view of the product. Most significantly though is the determination to reduce the visible "footprint" of the product and to ensure that no server offers up capabilities that are not explicitly required. In the past, Microsoft has taken the view that almost every feature should be up and running at the end of the setup process. This launch represents a 180 degree change of mind - a standard install of the Server product leaves you with something which has essentially no functionality at all, not even file and print share. It is at this point that you decide what roles you want to add to your new server and only the functionality necessary to support those roles are actually installed. |