The most recent Operating Systems articles from Computing

Server virtualisation adoption gathers pace

Janie Davies — 2008-07-07T13:14:00.000Z

Janie Davies, Computing, Monday 7 July 2008 at 13:14:00

New challenges arise as the fashion for vitualised servers spreads

Thirty five per cent of servers bought in in Europe last year are being virtualised and 52 per cent of those bought this year are expected to follow, according to...

IBM faces mainframe market dominance investigation

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-07T11:15:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Monday 7 July 2008 at 11:15:00

Complaints over the manufacturer's dominance in the mainframe market will be investigated by the European competition regulators despite its acquisition of rival PSI

European regulators are to push ahead with an investigation into IBM’s dominance of the mainframe market even though the world's largest IT company made the original complaint....

BT joint venture with Liverpool faces investigation over £15m in service charges

Neon Kelly — 2008-07-02T11:15:00.000Z

Neon Kelly, Computing, Wednesday 2 July 2008 at 11:15:00

Investigation into the set-up of the £70m-a-year agreement between the supplier and Liverpool City Council

A 10-year joint venture between BT and Liverpool Council is to be investigated by a committee of councillors. The council’s corporate services select committee will convene in September to examine...

A new era for the empire Bill built

Computing — 2008-06-26T06:00:00.000Z

Computing, Computing, Thursday 26 June 2008 at 06:00:00

Computing bids farewell to Bill Gates and ponders Microsoft's future

By this time next week you will almost certainly be fed up of hearing that Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft....

Scots co-op virtualises servers and storage

Ambrose McNevin — 2008-06-04T10:44:00.000Z

Ambrose McNevin, Computing, Wednesday 4 June 2008 at 10:44:00

Food-to-funeral outfit upgrades its disaster recovery system and consolidates servers

Scotmid, one of Scotland's biggest co-op based retailers, has consolidated its server numbers from 25 to five and upgraded its disaster recovery system at its Edinburgh head office....

Novell reports linux revenue rise

Computing — 2008-05-30T10:10:00.000Z

Computing, Computing, Friday 30 May 2008 at 10:10:00

Second quarter revenues flat but software maker turns a profit

Software maker Novell reported second quarter Linux revenue of $29m (£14.5m) from flat total revenue of $232m, profit reached $2m compared with a $12m loss for the same period last...

Case study: John Lewis Partnership

Martin Courtney — 2008-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 17 April 2008 at 00:00:00

John Lewis aims to consolidate its servers and improve its green credentials

As a member of Microsoft’s rapid deployment programme, the John Lewis Partnership has been piloting Windows Server 2008 during the past few months....

Case study: EasyJet

Martin Courtney — 2008-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 17 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Airline EasyJet plans to use Windows Server 2008 across its web servers

EasyJet’s head of application architecture Paul Curtis is a member of the Windows Live Special Interest Group and an active member of the Microsoft Architecture Council....

Windows Server: the verdict

Martin Courtney — 2008-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 17 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Have the promised benefits of Windows Server 2008 translated into sales?

Microsoft’s recent launch of its Windows Server 2008 operating system, which was made available for UK customers to purchase last month, has drawn mixed reactions from IT managers, the majority...

Windows Vista SP1 upgrade available for download

Martin Courtney — 2008-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Wednesday 19 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Updated operating system promises better performance and stability

Microsoft has made the first service pack (SP1) for the Windows Vista operating system available for download from its web site....

Novell revenue up nine per cent

Martin Courtney — 2008-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Linux leads the way in solid financial quarter

Novell has reported revenue of $231m (£117m) for the first quarter of 2008, up nine per cent from $218m (£110m) in the first quarter of 2007....

Sun buys into desktop virtualisation

Martin Courtney — 2008-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Innotek VirtualBox and xVM Server provide complete desktop/server package

Sun Microsystems is buying German desktop virtualisation specialist Innotek in a bid to boost the appeal of its forthcoming xVM server platform for developers....

Vista SP1 on track for first quarter release

Martin Courtney — 2008-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 00:00:00

But the final release of the patch package may not be until the summer, says Microsoft

Microsoft is confident it can deliver the first service pack (SP1) for its Vista operating system before the end of March, though the final release may slip back to the...

Is Vista more secure than XP?

Martin Courtney — 2008-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Martin Courtney, Computing, Tuesday 29 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Microsoft says security is demonstrably improved

The Windows Vista operating system is less susceptible to security breaches than Windows XP and some Linux distributions, according to Microsoft....

More conflict for Microsoft

Tom Young — 2008-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 24 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Another competition investigation to hit software giant

The European Commission is to conduct another competition investigation into Microsoft after more complaints from the software giant’s rivals. But, despite the apparent parallels with a case lost by Microsoft...