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    Microsoft's Dominance Under Attack

    As 2004 comes to a close, Microsoft faces small but growing threats around the edges of its desktop monopoly. 12/01/2004

  • WinFS: It's Back!

    Too many versions of Windows adds to the burden of support. 12/01/2004

  • Remote Scripting for SP2

    Is Windows XP SP2 bringing your remote admin scripts down? Mr. Script has the answer you've been looking for. 12/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    10 Ways to Debunk ROI Claims

    Vendors have lots of ways to manipulate ROI data to their advantage, making it seem as if every product is the answer to your IT prayers. Don't believe the hype. 12/01/2004

  • Finding Gold in Yukon

    Not your father's SQL Server, administrators will find comfort in Yukon, while developers are left out in the cold. 12/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Storage Gets Slim

    Forget about low-carb diets. Storage consolidation is the new craze hitting the fat-conscious world. 12/01/2004

  • ISA Server at Your Service

    The latest incarnation of Microsoft's primary firewall offering is more secure and easier to use. 12/01/2004

  • Windows Server 2003 Maintenance Made Easy

    Following a management and maintenance regimen reduces administration, maintenance, and business expenses while increasing reliability, stability, and security. 12/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    You're Fired

    Ditch your server dead weight: Consolidate to streamline management. 12/01/2004

  • One-Stop Shopping for Desktop Management

    PC-Duo is a veritable Swiss Army knife of management utilities. 12/01/2004

  • Help for Lost Files

    Windows Server 2003's Volume Shadow Copy Service will help admins get off the restore treadmill. 12/01/2004

  • Living the Sweet Life After Microsoft

    Where are they now? 12/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    E-Mail Central

    Exchange 2003 allows for a more consolidated e-mail architecture. Here's how to pull it off. 12/01/2004

  • News

    The Young Turk of Firefox

    A Q & A with Blake Ross, lead architect of the Firefox browser. 12/01/2004

  • News

    Gartner Predicts PC Market Consolidation

    Analysts at Gartner expect tough times ahead for the PC industry. 12/01/2004

  • News

    Microsoft Posts Critical Patch for IE Ahead of Regular Schedule

    Microsoft on Wednesday released a security patch for the critical Internet Explorer flaw that was being exploited through compromised Web banner servers. Microsoft considered the flaw, which has been public for about a month, important enough to release the patch ahead of its normal patching day, which falls on Dec. 14 this month. 12/01/2004

  • News

    The Road to Istanbul

    Live Communications Server 2005 is barely off the drawing board. 12/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    New Password Mantra: Go Long

    New hacking methods make short passwords unsafe, but Microsoft makes it tough to go long. Her's how to forge an effective policy. 12/01/2004

  • News

    IE's Market Share Falls Below 90 Percent

    A Dutch Web analytics provider released statistics this month showing that market share for the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser fell below 90 percent for the first time in several years as Mozilla browsers surged to 7.35 percent. 11/30/2004

  • News

    Attackers Deface SCO Site with Microsoft Lawsuit Threat

    Attackers defaced the SCO Website at least twice in recent days -- in one case changing the company's logo to "We own all your code, pay us all your money," and in the other case claiming the company was preparing to sue Microsoft. 11/30/2004

  • News

    Opteron is to Linux as EM64T is to Windows?

    It may not be time to retire the term "Wintel" yet. 11/30/2004

  • News

    IDC: Windows Server Revenues Essentially Equal Unix Market in Q3

    Factory revenues for Windows servers and Unix servers were "essentially equal" in IDC's market share report for the third quarter, marking a potential turning point for the Windows server market. 11/30/2004

  • News

    Major Windows Crash Hits U.K. Agency

    A widespread crash of Windows desktop systems threw the United Kingdom's Department of Work and Pensions into disarray for several days last week. 11/30/2004

  • News

    'Avalon' Community Technical Preview Released

    Microsoft earlier this month released a Community Technical Preview of "Avalon," the new presentation subsystem for Windows. 11/29/2004

  • News

    Sober.I Makes the Rounds

    Another version of Sober is getting attention from the major security companies. 11/29/2004

  • News

    WINS Exploit Posted

    Security experts are warning users to lock down unused ports after an exploit surfaced for an unpatched flaw in Microsoft WINS. 11/29/2004

  • News

    No Windows 2000 SP5, Expect Security Rollup Instead

    Microsoft has killed its planned Windows 2000 Service Pack 5. Instead the company will release an Update Rollup for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 in the middle of next year. 11/29/2004

  • News

    Sonasoft Bows Windows Backup and Recovery Suite

    Sonasoft has bundled its backup and recovery products for major Microsoft systems into a comprehensive suite. 11/29/2004

  • News

    Sky’s the Limit with Horizon for SAP Update

    Tidal Software is shipping an update to its performance and availability management software for SAP on Windows that takes advantage of just released Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. 11/29/2004

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, Nov. 26

    From the business wires this week: a solution to ease deployment of network devices, software that helps detect security risks in code, and a backup and recovery system. 11/26/2004

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, Nov. 19

    From the business wires this week: HTTP compression solutions that enable faster Web browsing, server and workstation management software, and patch management programs. 11/19/2004

  • News

    Wise Solutions Revs Software Deployment Tools

    Wise Solutions is shipping an update of its premier lifecycle management tool, Wise Package Studio. The latest release – version 5.5 – adds automated patch impact assessment and testing tools, as well as support for new features in Microsoft’s Windows Installer 3.0. 11/18/2004

  • News

    Dogfood Report: Microsoft IT and MOM 2005

    To coincide with the worldwide general availability of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 this week, Microsoft's IT department released a 32-page whitepaper detailing its internal deployment of the management software. 11/18/2004

  • News

    SMS 2003 Feature Packs Arrive

    Microsoft this week delivered two long-promised feature packs for Systems Management Server 2003 -- an Operating System Deployment Feature Pack and a Device Management Feature Pack. 11/18/2004

  • News

    Free XP SP2 Clinics

    Microsoft extends "try before you buy" offer to its XP SP2 clinics and hands-on labs for deploying or developing in a Windows XP SP2 enviroment. 11/18/2004

  • News

    NetIQ Ties Its System Management and Security Tools

    NetIQ this month will begin shipping a “connector” tool to enable systems management and security information to be displayed on the same console. 11/18/2004

  • News

    Vintela Gets Minority Investment from Microsoft

    Maker of integration software for linking Unix and Linux systems with Microsoft infrastructures wins deepening commitment from Redmond. 11/17/2004

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    Microsoft Issues a Self-Report Card on Common Criteria for Servers

    Microsoft this week highlighted the first of its promised self-report cards on how well its 2005 generation of Windows Server System products are meeting the internally imposed Common Engineering Criteria. 11/17/2004

  • News

    Dell, Microsoft Team for Management of Dell Servers

    Microsoft and Dell are pairing to develop free software for Dell server customers that will integrate Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Dell's OpenManage 4 Change Management tool. 11/16/2004

  • News

    Netcraft: Solaris Most Common OS for Fortune 100 Web Sites

    To mark the occasion of the debut of Sun Solaris 10 this week, Web researchers at Netcraft released the results of their latest survey of Fortune 100 Web sites. Their finding: Sun Solaris still leads with 43 sites. 11/16/2004

  • News

    Windows Update Services Hits Beta Stage

    Windows Update Services, the follow-on to Microsoft's Software Update Services free patching tool, entered the public beta testing stage on Tuesday. 11/16/2004

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    Microsoft Opens Software Development Campus in India

    Microsoft on Monday formally opened a new software development campus in India that is Microsoft's largest campus after its Redmond, Wash. headquarters. 11/16/2004

  • News

    Microsoft Offers Discount to Migrate from Novell NetWare

    Microsoft opened a new round Tuesday in its public spat with Novell with the launch of a migration program to move Novell NetWare customers to Windows Server 2003. 11/16/2004

  • News

    Novell Sues Microsoft over WordPerfect

    Just days after a $536 million settlement with Microsoft over its NetWare operating system, Novell filed a federal lawsuit in Utah seeking damages from Microsoft for alleged efforts to eliminate competition in the office productivity applications market. 11/15/2004

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, Nov. 12

    From the business wires this week: blade servers, a 1U autoloader and security appliances. 11/12/2004

  • News

    Microsoft Unveils Beta MSN Search Site

    Microsoft on Thursday officially unveiled the new beta version of its MSN Search site, the company's hotly anticipated attempt to take on Google for Web searching. 11/11/2004

  • News

    IBM Buffs Workplace and WebSphere Portal

    Adds role-based “solutions” for small and mid-sized businesses. 11/11/2004

  • News

    Otellini Elected CEO at Intel

    Paul Otellini, the president and chief operating officer at Intel who led the introduction of the Pentium processor in 1993, was elected by Intel's board of directors as the next CEO, the chip giant announced Thursday. 11/11/2004

  • News

    VMware Cuts Prices

    Thanks to a thriving market for its virtual systems software, VMware is drastically cutting the cost of one of its flagship products. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company says that with double-digit growth in sales in recent quarters, VMware can afford to lower prices. 11/11/2004

  • News

    NEC Ships Itanium 2 Blade Server

    NEC Solutions began shipping blade servers based on the new Itanium 2 processors released by Intel this week. 11/10/2004

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