MishY
April 1st, 2005, 12:46 PM
Microsoft has released to manufacturing the new 64-bit versions of Windows: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition, and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Microsoft is planning for general availability of the x64 editions of Windows Server and Windows Client in late April and will make the announcement at WinHEC 2005.
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provide customers with increased performance, reliability and security while providing the versatility to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, enabling them to move to 64-bit computing at their own pace. With the availability of the latest hardware advancements, customers who work with the 64-bit Windows platform can expect considerable performance improvements across a variety of workloads, compared to the 32-bit versions of these products.
Specific advantages of the 64-bit Windows platform include increased scalability and reliability in a familiar Windows environment, quicker processing, the ability to handle larger amounts of data more efficiently, and a better return on investment with faster deployments, increased security, and better manageability. Medium to large enterprise customers stand to gain the most from Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions. Benefits include better performance for a variety of critical business and technical computing applications, and improvements to Windows Server 2003 core technologies including Terminal Services, Active Directory, Internet Information Services (IIS), and storage management. In addition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions are an excellent platform for mainstream database and business applications with large memory requirements. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition will particularly benefit business customers engaging in solving complex scientific problems, high performance design and engineering applications, high-end 3D game development, video editing, media encoding, or creating 3D animations.
Microsoft believes this is the right time to provide this flexible new OS to customers and, with broad industry partnerships, help usher in a new era of computing. Partners are embracing 64-bit computing in a meaningful way and the availability of x64 will serve as a catalyst in the market to bring benefits to the mainstream. More than 300 partners from every segment of the industry have demonstrated support for Microsoft’s x64 platform on both the desktop and the server.
Microsoft is helping partners and customers migrate to 64-bit Windows by training a broad range of ISVs to help ease and make the transition to 64-bit as seamless as possible. Microsoft has already trained more than 8,000 developers on 64-bit Windows, through Microsoft’s Route64 Training Tour 2005 and several other 64-bit initiatives. Route64 Training Tour 2005 included more than 15 training sessions for application developers and covered all aspects of 64-bit application development, migration and interoperability, managed and unmanaged on 64-bit Windows. Overall, attendee feedback has been positive, and many developers have already successfully ported their code to 64-bit Windows with many nearing completion.
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provide customers with increased performance, reliability and security while providing the versatility to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, enabling them to move to 64-bit computing at their own pace. With the availability of the latest hardware advancements, customers who work with the 64-bit Windows platform can expect considerable performance improvements across a variety of workloads, compared to the 32-bit versions of these products.
Specific advantages of the 64-bit Windows platform include increased scalability and reliability in a familiar Windows environment, quicker processing, the ability to handle larger amounts of data more efficiently, and a better return on investment with faster deployments, increased security, and better manageability. Medium to large enterprise customers stand to gain the most from Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions. Benefits include better performance for a variety of critical business and technical computing applications, and improvements to Windows Server 2003 core technologies including Terminal Services, Active Directory, Internet Information Services (IIS), and storage management. In addition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions are an excellent platform for mainstream database and business applications with large memory requirements. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition will particularly benefit business customers engaging in solving complex scientific problems, high performance design and engineering applications, high-end 3D game development, video editing, media encoding, or creating 3D animations.
Microsoft believes this is the right time to provide this flexible new OS to customers and, with broad industry partnerships, help usher in a new era of computing. Partners are embracing 64-bit computing in a meaningful way and the availability of x64 will serve as a catalyst in the market to bring benefits to the mainstream. More than 300 partners from every segment of the industry have demonstrated support for Microsoft’s x64 platform on both the desktop and the server.
Microsoft is helping partners and customers migrate to 64-bit Windows by training a broad range of ISVs to help ease and make the transition to 64-bit as seamless as possible. Microsoft has already trained more than 8,000 developers on 64-bit Windows, through Microsoft’s Route64 Training Tour 2005 and several other 64-bit initiatives. Route64 Training Tour 2005 included more than 15 training sessions for application developers and covered all aspects of 64-bit application development, migration and interoperability, managed and unmanaged on 64-bit Windows. Overall, attendee feedback has been positive, and many developers have already successfully ported their code to 64-bit Windows with many nearing completion.