Statistically speaking, most data on enterprise networks rarely gets accessed after it is written to network storage, according to researchers from NetApp Inc. and the University of California (UC). Evidently, we are too busy writing new data to go back over old data.
- By Joab Jackson
- 07/02/2008
Readers share their tried-and-true SCCM queries.
- By Greg Shields
- 07/01/2008
Microsoft has a new software volume licensing program in the works for large organizations, according to an announcement issued by the company today.
IT workflow-automation products could be the key to accelerating your day-to-day IT tasks and helping you build IT processes.
- By Ben Brady and Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2008
Directory Update puts users in charge of their own Active Directory administration.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/01/2008
Microsoft issued an advisory alerting users about a glitch that prevents security updates from being distributed through specific Windows Server Update programs.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/30/2008
Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 that it says "could resolve" a registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/30/2008
Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
Three months after the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has issued what it calls a "reliability update" to sweep out any glitches.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/25/2008
Requirements for professional security certification for IT workers in civilian agencies, now being readied by the Office of Management and Budget.
- By William Jackson
- 06/25/2008
Microsoft is really serious about this Monday, June 30, being the end date for selling Windows XP licenses with new computers -- so serious that Senior Vice President Bill Veghte wrote a letter clarifying some the details.
Microsoft is serious about June 30 being the end date for selling XP licenses with new computers.
The results of an online test conducted by U.K. anti-virus firm Sophos found that more often than not, PC users don't install Microsoft's monthly patches.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/23/2008
Computer Economics released a new report characterizing the adoption rate of Windows Vista by businesses as "slow."
Researchers have found a pair of vulnerabilities in version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol that could allow attackers to gather system data or even change network equipment configurations, according to an advisory issued by Cisco Systems earlier this week.
- By Joab Jackson
- 06/13/2008