Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday is releasing the first major update to its
server operating system since 2009, a prelude to releasing Windows 8 to
consumers in October.
Microsoft says Windows Server 2012 adds features
that make it easier to manage large clusters of servers in data centers
remotely. The Redmond, Wash., company is trying to capitalize on the
industry trend toward "cloud computing," where computing tasks are
spread out over many servers, accessed via the Internet.
The latest major update to Windows Server was the 2009 release of the second version of Windows Server 2008.
A developer preview version of Windows Server 2012 was released last year.
Windows
Server 2012 runs on standard Intel-style processors and drops support
for Itanium processors, a moribund processor line made by
Hewlett-Packard Co.
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