Get the skinny on the benefits and drawbacks of BrancheCache and DirectAccess, arguably the crown jewels of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 releases.
For a lighter, roomier system, a little file compression goes a long way.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/01/2009
Thirteen leading technology companies including Microsoft have joined with Lockheed Martin to form a new cybersecurity technology alliance.
Hewlett-Packard has said it will acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion in cash, in an agreement reached by both companies' boards.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/12/2009
We focus on specialized tools targeting specific areas of network management.
- By Alan Maddison
- 11/01/2009
AutoMate BPA Server 7.1 provides an effective way to automate many of the routine tasks of network administration.
After introducing the Triple Crown last year, Redmond knocks one out of the park in 2009 by honoring winners of four consecutive Reader's Choice Awards in the same category.
Managing service accounts can tedious, but Windows Server 2008 R2 and Window 7 take some of the load off.
- By Joern Wettern
- 11/01/2009
Microsoft released a client tracking component on Monday that works with its System Center Operations Manager 2007 product.
Here's how to make your first PowerShell experience a good one right from the outset.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/01/2009
Organizations running standalone Fibre Channel-based Storage Area Networks may be able to reduce the amount of cabling snaking through their datacenters, thanks to the emerging FCoE network protocol.
- By Joab Jackson
- 09/30/2009
Networking threats are migrating from the network perimeter to the interior and up the networking stack, often making older firewall technologies and policies inadequate.
- By William Jackson
- 09/28/2009
If the latest semiannual round of security advisories from Cisco are any indication, DoS attacks continue to be a serious -- and largely unsolvable -- problem for networks.
- By Joab Jackson
- 09/25/2009
The next generation of Internet protocols has some security features built into it, but IPv6 is not inherently more secure than the current IPv4 now in use.
- By William Jackson
- 09/17/2009
Microsoft on Wednesday released a test preview of Windows Management Framework components for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.