Thanks Aaron for this one. Seems Microsoft is busy with v4.0 of Corporate Windows Update for Windows 2000/XP/Windows .NET (Server Family). The new site when its released will have the same UI as the XP version of Windows Update and will be accessible from Windows 2000. Here is a snip from the site:
The Microsoft® Windows® Update Corporate Edition component of the Strategic Technology Protection Program (STPP) builds on the success of the current Microsoft Windows Update technologies to provide a solution to the problem of managing and distributing critical Windows patches that resolve known security vulnerabilities and other stability issues with Microsoft Windows operating systems. This solution updates Windows 2000 or later Windows operating systems on any corporate network, and is a particularly powerful update-management tool on Microsoft Active Directory®-based networks.
Today, corporations have to frequently check the Windows Update site or the Microsoft Security Web site for patches. Then they have to manually download patches that have been made available since they last visited the site, test the patches, and then distribute the patches manually or by using their traditional software-distribution tools. Windows Update Corporate Edition solves these problems.
Windows Update Corporate Edition provides dynamic notification of critical updates to Windows computers whether or not they have Internet access. Additionally, this technology provides a simple and automatic solution for distributing those updates to your corporate Windows desktops and servers.
Screenshot: Welcome page | Synchronizing the server (updates) | Approving Updates
News source: More screens & info @ Microsoft Technet
The Microsoft® Windows® Update Corporate Edition component of the Strategic Technology Protection Program (STPP) builds on the success of the current Microsoft Windows Update technologies to provide a solution to the problem of managing and distributing critical Windows patches that resolve known security vulnerabilities and other stability issues with Microsoft Windows operating systems. This solution updates Windows 2000 or later Windows operating systems on any corporate network, and is a particularly powerful update-management tool on Microsoft Active Directory®-based networks.
Today, corporations have to frequently check the Windows Update site or the Microsoft Security Web site for patches. Then they have to manually download patches that have been made available since they last visited the site, test the patches, and then distribute the patches manually or by using their traditional software-distribution tools. Windows Update Corporate Edition solves these problems.
Windows Update Corporate Edition provides dynamic notification of critical updates to Windows computers whether or not they have Internet access. Additionally, this technology provides a simple and automatic solution for distributing those updates to your corporate Windows desktops and servers.
Screenshot: Welcome page | Synchronizing the server (updates) | Approving Updates News source: More screens & info @ Microsoft Technet
Still, Intel's far smaller rival did well against Intel in 2001. AMD gained 3.5 points of the market for microprocessors last year against Intel, according to figures released this week by Mercury Research.
AMD increased its share of the microprocessor market to 20.2 percent in 2001 from 16.7 percent in 2000, while Intel closed out 2001 with 78.7 percent of the market, down from 82.2 percent during 2000.
The Athlon 4 processor 1500+ is the first mobile chip from AMD that uses a model name rather than its clock speed to distinguish it.
AMD claims that the performance of a microprocessor is determined by more than just its clock speed and should include how many transactions per minute the chip can perform, among other measures.
The company first moved to the model name branding strategy with its Athlon desktop PC processor late last year, and it introduced the Athlon 4 mobile processor in May 2001.
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