Longhorn incorporates BitLocker

Microsoft is incorporating its BitLocker encryption technology into the forthcoming version of Windows Longhorn Server, the company said at the recent Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle, IT Week reports.

The technology uses a USB memory key, Active Directory or the industry standard Trusted Platform Module 1.2 security chip to store encryption keys.

As servers today do not typically contain TPM chips, Microsoft said it is talking to vendors to have the technology supported. Windows Longhorn Server is in beta version and is scheduled for release in late 2007.

HP and IBM are among the big-name enterprise computing suppliers Intel hopes will help it regain lost ground in server share to AMD, according to ServerWatch.

Although still dominant, Intel`s share of the server space has slipped to less than 85%, with AMD picking up the rest of the x86 server market, David Needle writes in the article.

Intel has been working to refresh its server line with dual-core processors, code-named Dempsey and Woodcrest, that are both powerful and power-efficient. HP and IBM announced plans to support the 5000 (Dempsey) and Woodcrest (5100) in new systems.

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy`s decision to step aside after two decades at the helm of the legendary Silicon Valley company could throw open the doors to rapid change at the company, as new CEO Jonathan Schwartz focuses Sun`s resources on technology that may pull it out of its prolonged slump.

This is according to CIO Today, who has published an article speculating on Sun`s new strategies. "Schwartz is a Sun insider with deep knowledge of the company, but with few of McNealy`s prejudices and preoccupations," it says.

However, Illuminata analyst Jonathan Eunice, says: "McNealy has been running all of the plays Schwartz has suggested for over two years, so it`s not as though it`s a new regime and a new time".