When platform zealots attack, it can threaten everything from productivity to profits.
Microsoft is betting big on smart cards for its own employees while working to make the technology more palatable for the masses.
- By Karen Epper Hoffman
- 11/01/2005
Redmond's resident critics pick their favorites in this year's Editors' Choice Awards.
Use these helpful tips to ensure your move to Exchange 2003 goes smoothly.
These alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer can add Web-browsing
muscle, but they're not
without potential problems.
Internet Explorer is one of the most used products in nearly every environment, but most administrators know little
about how to tune it for best
performance and safety.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/01/2005
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a concept touted by Microsoft and various Linux vendors as proof that their products are cheapest to run. But TCO claims aren't what they're cracked up to be, and most IT shops never use TCO, or just plain do it wrong.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 10/01/2005
For synchronizing data on PocketPCs and Smartphones, ActiveSync 3.8 is easy enough to use, but many users say OS and phone service issues can knock it off balance.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 10/01/2005
As head of Microsoft Research, Rick Rashid leads a team that remains largely anonymous, but whose work finds its way into nearly every product Redmond ships.
The best place to start the secure enterprise is with a comprehensive security plan that works as you do.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 09/13/2005
Readers report a significant increase in salary over last year's survey results.
More than 300,000 devices. About 10,000 servers, 2,000 IT staff and the same number of contractors and vendors. The most attacked
network in the world. Meet the man responsible for keeping it all going.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/01/2005
After a flat year, salaries are up again -- dramatically for some -- as we take a look at the changing demographics of the Redmond readership in our 10th annual salary survey.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/01/2005
Learn to track changes in your SharePoint team sites and document libraries.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 09/01/2005
It may be nowhere near as prevalent on the desktop, but Linux is no stranger to running servers.
- By Emmett Dulaney
- 09/01/2005
Follow these few simple guidelines to ensure that your new Exchange 2003 environment is ready for prime time.
Symantec's AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10 makes virus protection simple and easy while maintaining a robust protection level.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 08/30/2005
Use BizTalk Server 2004 to orchestrate complex data collaboration and exchange scenarios.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 08/16/2005
System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 (DPM) lets you go beyond the Volume Shadow Copy Service to the next level of backup capability. Learn how you can use DPM to better protect your data.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 08/02/2005
Don Jones takes a look at the new features that will be included in the new Windows operating system, slated for release in late 2006.