We would like to have seen more revenue in the quarter, but we were held back by three items, ... First, demand for our microelectronics products -- from both outside customers and internal IBM customers -- far outstripped our ability to supply components. Second, the upcoming release of our new high-end server slowed demand for the System390 family of servers. Finally, parts of our software business slowed unexpectedly in September.
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The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.
In fact, Windows CE has been blamed for the lackluster acceptance of keyboarded handhelds in general, which some analysts say aren't useful for much other than e-mail retrieval. When are they going to get it to work right with a server as opposed to a desktop ... And when are they going to get an adequate set of personal productivity applications.
The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.
It is essential in today's business environment that people have the ability to quickly and effectively collaborate with co-workers, partners and customers in real time within the context of day-to-day business processes. With Live Communications Server, we are providing an extensible platform with rich federation capabilities and tools that help partners more easily incorporate real-time collaboration functionality into applications that today's workforces use most, and that span internal and cross-company business processes.
First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the network, the device, and the application that is riding on the server.
If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market.
One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion.
I basically wrote the code and the specs and documentation for how the client and server talked to each other.
Although the results were solid, and we expect the stock to respond favorably in the near term, we continue to rate the shares 'neutral' due to long-term concerns over IBM's server businesses and overall IT spending. Our surveys suggest that server and IT spending could weaken throughout the year, thereby questioning IBM's ability to meet revenue expectations.
Today, Web services is really about developing for the server. What it means to developers is any set of systems services that you make a Web service you to access by any kind of device with a highly interactive client, not just a browser.
Policy enforcement for security products and the ability to control access to the Internet from a central server are key success factors in ensuring corporate desktop security and protecting the bottom line. In looking at the big picture, this must all be part of a multi-layered anti-virus and content security solution that spans the entire network environment, from gateways and servers to desktops and mobile devices. Such an infrastructure enables the delivery of timely updates that protect every corner of your network -- and therefore your business.
There are a lot of people who've been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop.
A lot of things have changed since Slammer, ... Customers are more aware of the need to move into a maintenance mindset. Customers using Windows 2003 Server SP1 Service Pack 1 weren't impacted by the vulnerability because of changes we made. This is best example of learning how to make product more resilient to attack and have it be secure by default.