John Fontana

Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has wrapped up the development work on Windows Server 2003 and will ship the operating system on schedule next month. However, a just released survey by the Yankee Group says that only 12 per cent of the current Windows installed base plans to adopt the new OS in the next year.

The buzz accompanying Web services today no longer vibrates around system integration and XML interfaces, but around security

Corporate directory projects easily can top US$4 million and are rife with peril, but companies that successfully deploy the technology can unify user identities and build new security services, according to a new report.

Microsoft last week aired plans to help users secure corporate documents with digital rights management technology. It's a move observers say should bring awareness to the technology, but hardly would signal the start of widespread adoption.

A standards body working on protocols for Web services has begun crafting a specification for reliability that will help plug a hole in the budding technology that is stifling enterprise adoption.

Microsoft Corp. this week acquired technology that it says not only will help Windows NT 4 users with migrations and server consolidations, but also is a step toward the company's goal of infiltrating corporate data centres.

Lotus' Domino customers and business partners wanted a clear explanation of nthe product's future and how it will ultimately be integrated with IBM nCorp.'s application server and database at last month's annual Lotusphere nconference.

A new release of SiteScape Inc. software lets companies add real-time communication support to their collaboration environment and link data collected in online meetings to discussion threads, stored documents, calendars and workflows.