Some last-minute tax filers encountered issued while e-filing with H&R Block on Monday. The company now says it has fixed the issue that was preventing some users from e-filing their returns. "The ...

UPDATE: Since this article was published in our May 2012 issue, Microsoft has renamed SMB 2.2 to SMB 3.0. The story has been changed to reflect this. -- The Eds. Considering buying a SAN? Stop what ...

Microsoft is appealing to organizations to stop using Server Message Block (SMB) version 1. The SMB protocol works with server and client operating systems, enabling actions such as file sharing, as ...

One of the ways in which Server 2008’s new version of the Server Message Block protocol improves performance over the original version of SMB is through something called “opportunistic locking,” or ...

Microsoft wants to kill the use of Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 by pleading to customers to stop using it. The SMB protocol works with server and client operating systems, enabling actions ...

Server 2008 R2 defaults to a maximum 1-megabyte MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit), but the protocol specification permits even higher values. Microsoft estimates a 30% to 40% gain versus SMB 2.0 in file ...