Network Management


Clean Up Your Room

Two-steps to sanity ... er ... a cleaner server.

Novell's OpenOffice to Deliver Office 2007 Compatibility

Novell Inc. announced this week that its edition of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite will offer support for Microsoft's Office Open XML format by the time the consumer release of Office 2007 ships at the end of January.

Auditing Locally Shared Folders

Here’s a script that enumerates all shared folders on all computers in your domain.

Romanian Indicted for Hacking U.S. Computers

A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million.

Follow the Rules

This strong, rules-based system will keep a close watch over your network's population.

Can You Cash In with Virtualization Licensing?

The virtualization locomotive just keeps on coming, and Microsoft has laid new tracks for its licensing.

Profile: Virtutech Takes Virtualization to the Next Level

According to Virtutech, today's technology only scratches the surface of what system virtualization offers IT professionals.

Shut Down, Redux

The Specops Gpupdate tool eases the task of remotely shutting down and restarting whole groups of machines.

Vista Sets Sail Alongside New Office, Exchange

Calling it the biggest launch in the company's history, Microsoft on Thursday formally launched the business versions of its long-awaited Vista operating system and Office 2007 desktop applications suite at the Nasdaq market site in New York.

Third Parties Support Vista Launch

While Microsoft is busy celebrating the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007, a posse of partners also lined up to announce support for the new products. Unfortunately, many of those third-party announcements are long on promises and short on details, including specifics as to when those new and updated products will actually reach market.

20,000 Device Drivers Ready for Vista

For those who have been frequently frustrated in the past when new versions of Windows did not support their hardware, the times, they are a-changing.

Guidance Software Settles FTC Charges for Security Breach

Guidance Software Inc. said Thursday it's settled Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from a 2005 security failure that allowed hackers to access the credit card information of thousands of customers.

'Longhorn' Trail Drive Continues

Microsoft execs aren't exactly shouting, "Head 'em up, move 'em out," as Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Yates character did in the '60s TV series, "Rawhide," but their long drive to bring Windows Server "Longhorn" to market continues.

Microsoft Reaches SQL Server Milestones

Microsoft made several milestone announcements regarding its database products Wednesday at its SQL PASS conference in Seattle.

If It Can Go Wrong, It Will: A Migration Case Study

A problem-by-problem breakdown of why one company's three-year Unix to Windows migration went so horribly, horribly wrong.

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