It's more than the legitimate concerns about cost, compatibility and execution -- it comes down to the role of the operating system itself.
- By Greg Shields
- 12/01/2010
Old habits can die hard, but is the current way you're doing backup really the way it should be done?
Doug's column this month looks back at the icon Microsoft recently lost.
This month's reader letters focus on the Windows that used to be.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 11/29/2010
Plus: IE 8 still safer than IE 6, 7; Zeus 2.0 escaping MSRT detection.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/09/2010
DLL fix might still leave Windows users vulnerable. Plus: Bing encryption being considered; Google gets serious about mobile security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/02/2010
Mary Jo Foley looks at Microsoft's back-and-forth decisions on whether its software and other offerings should be locked in to the Windows ecosphere or be available to everyone.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/02/2010
Microsoft Direct Access in Windows Server 2008 R2 combined with Microsoft ForeFront United Access Gateway (UAG) 2010 may replace the VPN -- for the better.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/01/2010
By focusing on these fundamental aspects of network security, you can keep the bad guys out and the good data in.
Will Microsoft's virtualization products push VMware out of its own niche?
If you want to implement VDI correctly, you need to be able to separate the myths from the facts.
Find out what readers are weighing in on this month.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 10/31/2010
Fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert snags some users. Plus: social network add-on -- for hackers; new SLA troubleshooting tool.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/26/2010
New report shows some real progress in killing Zbot. Plus: Adobe hides PDFs in the sandbox; U.S. talks with Aussies on security.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/18/2010
Should Microsoft revisit its patching frequency? Plus: Admins even busier, if they're tackling Adobe and Oracle fixes; IT study exposes IT security problems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2010
An out-of-band patch tries to catch hackers off-guard. Plus: Symantec looks more closely at Stuxnet; Twitter bug gives Microsoft the jitters.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/05/2010
I'm a retired corporate lawyer who got hooked on computers, the Internet and programming back in the '80s.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 10/01/2010
Could there be fewer versions of Windows? More importantly, does it matter?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 10/01/2010
Effective troubleshooting is a multifaceted exercise in diagnosis and deliberation, analysis and action. Here's a walkthrough you can use to make sure you've covered every angle -- no matter the problem.
- By Stephanie Krieger
- 10/01/2010
Why, when it comes to virtualization, do-it-yourself design is often a bad thing.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/01/2010