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Sybari Antigen Gets MOM Management Pack

Microsoft's recently acquired Sybari Software subsidiary took a first public step toward fitting in on Wednesday with the release of a Sybari Antigen management pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.

MBSA 2.0 Posted to the Web

The 2.0 version of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the free tool for scanning the security of networks at small and medium organizations and recommending improvements, is available on the Web this month.

Windows 2000 Update Rollup Causes Problem for Citrix Users

Some Citrix users are running into problems after installing Microsoft's Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

IBM, Microsoft Settle Antitrust Claims – Postpone Others

Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM $775 million and to extend $75 million in software deployment credits in order to settle outstanding antitrust claims regarding the Redmond software giant’s competitive practices in desktop software markets during the 1990s.

Cool New Gateway E-Series Desktops Feature Dual Core CPUs, BTX

Gateway is shipping three new lines of 64-bit business desktops built around Intel’s BTX cooling technology, two of which can be ordered with Pentium D dual-core CPUs.

A Question of Scale

Benchmark published for SQL Server 2005; scalability story is mixed.

IT Weekly Roundup, July 1

From the business wires this week: an authentication software that restricts access to a computer's apps, a logon script processor, and a developer's ActiveX component for .PDF files.

Q&A: IAMCP Wants You!

Partner Watch, July 1

Mobile Feature Pack to Upgrade Security

Technologies coming this fall should make configuring, administering and securing exchange e-mail via mobile phones an order of magnitude easier.

Shavlik to Unveil U.S. Partner Programs

A Script for Success

Former Novell VAR aims to put Boca Raton on Windows map -- again.

Partners May Find Big Bucks in Disk-Based Backup

Microsoft to announce pricing, availability for Systems Center Data Protection Manager at Partner confab in early July.

Assessments, E-Learning for SQL Server, Visual Studio

Free assessments, e-learning packages for developers to understand their abilities with new Microsoft software to be released in November.

Microsoft to Launch XP Starter Edition in Mexico

Microsoft this week launched the seventh localized version of its low-cost, reduced-feature Windows XP Starter Edition designed for first-time PC buyers -- this one for Mexico.

Microsoft Releases Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4

Microsoft posted Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, a group of more than 50 security fixes for the five-year-old operating system that enters the extended support phase next week. Microsoft reiterated that there will be no Service Pack 5 for Windows 2000.

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