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RES Brings Wisdom to Windows Change Management

Real Enterprise Solutions announced Thursday that it is shipping Wisdom, a new integrated change and configuration management tool for Windows.

Softricity Updates SoftGrid – Delays Zero Touch

Softricity is shipping version 3.2 of its SoftGrid Windows application virtualization package.

SonaSafe Exchange Standby Solution Ships

SonaSoft began shipping its SonaSafe Exchange Standby Solution, an integrated disk-to-disk backup and recovery and disaster recovery solution for Microsoft Exchange Server.

TCP Chimney Dispute Cleaned Up

Microsoft settled its legal dispute with Alacritech over the TCP Chimney networking technology for offloading network protocol processing, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal clears the way for Microsoft to deliver early next year the Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003, an out-of-band feature pack that had been in legal limbo.

Microsoft Releases Three Critical Security Bulletins

Microsoft issued three critical security patches on its July patching day Tuesday, including the fix for a dangerous problem in the JVIEW Profiler for which Microsoft issued a kill bit last week.

New Partner Resource Addresses Vertical Theme

Microsoft could've substituted "Vertical" for the official theme of its Worldwide Partner Conference and it might've been more appropriate than the actual theme, "Velocity."

Ballmer Rallies the Partner Troops

It was only about 9:30 a.m, but Steve Ballmer showed all the energy of a linebacker ready to do battle as he came bounding onto the stage for his keynote address at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner conference on Sunday.

Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 to Follow General R2 Release

An R2 version of Windows Small Business Server 2003 will follow the R2 release of the other editions of Windows Server 2003 by 60 to 90 days, Microsoft officials said at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference.

Microsoft Names Citrix, HP 2005 Partners of the Year

More than 45 companies took laurels in Microsoft's Partner of the Year awards, held this weekend at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, Minn.

Microsoft Adds Partner Competencies, Improves Partnering Tools

Additional competencies include those for solution providers mobility experts; partnering tools improvements include vastly streamlined registration process.

Partner Watch, July 12

Fullscope debuts software solutions for process manufacturers, and seven companies join or move up in the Microsoft Partner ranks.

Microsoft Streamlines Open Value Licensing, Expands Reach

Last week at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., Microsoft unveiled a streamlined Open Value licensing structure for small and mid-size companies.

Sasser Saga Ends With Conviction of German Teen

The Sasser worm exploded onto the Internet in May 2004, taking down hundreds of thousands of computers, slowing network traffic and causing millions of dollars of damage with its automated exploitation of a flaw in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The worm's trajectory ended Friday with a conviction and 21-month suspended sentence for Sven Jaschan, who succeeded spectacularly in what German authorities suggested was his motive -- gaining fame as a programmer.

Internet Explorer Flaw Still Under Investigation

Microsoft continues to investigate a vulnerable component in Internet Explorer for which it posted a kill bit last week, but it is unlikely the software giant will include the fix as part of its monthly patching event on Tuesday.

Executive Software Becomes Diskeeper Corp.

Executive Software changed its company name to the match name of its signature product, the popular Diskeeper disk defragmenter.

Microsoft CRM 3.0 Gets a Preview

Microsoft took advantage of two conferences in the last week to provide an early look at Microsoft CRM 3.0, the follow-on to Microsoft CRM 1.2.

Windows XP SP2 Distributions Pass 200 Million

Microsoft distributed more than 218 million copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2, a senior Microsoft executive told an audience of Microsoft partners.

BREAKING NEWS: MCP Program Takes New Road in September

Framework for "new generation" certifications to debut in September, beginning with SQL Server, Visual Studio.

Small Business Gets Big Recognition

Check this out: A new, "specialist" certification for Small Business Server experts.

IT Weekly Roundup, July 8

From the business wires this week: SurfControl gets the thumbs up from Microsoft for its Web filter; a network monitor for IP devices; a registry optimization tool and a database management solution.

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