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    The BI Evangelist

    To make good on their data warehousing investments, some organizations are creating the role of “BI Evangelist.” This person is responsible for spreading the “good news” about the data warehouse and what it can do for the organization. 06/25/2004

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    Javelina Software Updates AD Toolkit

    Javelina Software released a new version of its two-year-old toolkit for Microsoft's Active Directory. 06/25/2004

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    The Weekly IT Roundup, June 24

    Among the new releases: new tools to battle spam, TechNet Radio debuts. 06/24/2004

  • News

    Comdex Killed for 2004

    MediaLive International, which last year took over what was once the IT industry's largest and most important show, cancelled Comdex 2004 on Wednesday. 06/23/2004

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    HPC Edition of Windows Server 2003 on Tap for 2005

    Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it will deliver the high performance computing version of Windows Server 2003 that the company has been hinting at for several weeks. 06/23/2004

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    VMWare Supports 64-bit in Workstation, Server

    Virtualization software provider VMWare delivered support this week for 64-bit extended systems in two of its products, marking the first delivery in a plan to provide support for the platforms across all its products over the next 16 months. 06/23/2004

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    Oracle Keeps Microsoft on its Toes in Trial

    Oracle keeps turning an unwelcome spotlight on Microsoft during an antitrust trial that is supposed to have Oracle in the hot seat. 06/23/2004

  • Principle of Least Authority

    Running multiple instances of Run As flies in the face of convention, but it can be done. 06/23/2004

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    Microsoft Business Solutions Ships Great Plains 8.0

    Microsoft shipped version 8.0 of Great Plains, its packaged financial management software for mid-market companies across all business sectors. 06/22/2004

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    Last Chance: MCP Exams Retiring in June

    Microsoft to retire 11 exams at the end of the month. 06/22/2004

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    SP1 Released for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

    Microsoft on Tuesday refreshed its six-month-old reporting platform for SQL Server 2000 with a service pack that adds some minor functionality. 06/22/2004

  • Slow Win2K Performance After the Crash

    Performance dies on this unnamed admin's Dell server, so Bill helps him trace the problem to driver chaos. 06/22/2004

  • News

    Analysis: Trial Balloons Continue on Anti-Virus

    Microsoft released another trial balloon in the last week over what it should do with its anti-virus technology. The company is dragging its feet on a decision because it really has no good options here. 06/21/2004

  • News

    Weekly IT Roundup, June 14

    New, updated IT software hardware announced on the business wire the week of June 14-18. 06/17/2004

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    True Life Tale: Paging the Help Desk

    Quick fix for a computer that has been making buzzing sounds for weeks. 06/17/2004

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    Veritas Ships NetBackup 5.1

    Veritas Software Corp. this week released an incremental update to its flagship, heterogeneous backup product that includes several key enhancements for Windows-based environments. 06/17/2004

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    Windows to Hit 60 Percent of Server Unit Shipments by 2008

    Based on the restored demand for enterprise servers that began late last year, researchers at IDC are predicting strong growth for server systems through 2008, especially for Linux- and Windows-based boxes. 06/17/2004

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    Microsoft Lays Out ERP Roadmap

    A week after the controversial disclosure that Microsoft had been in merger talks with ERP giant SAP, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the roadmap for its own fledgling bundle of four ERP products. 06/16/2004

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    AMD Makes Progress on Dual-Core Chips

    AMD completed design of its AMD64 dual-core processor and plans to deliver the chips to the x86 server market in the middle of next year. 06/16/2004

  • News

    Paid Microsoft Anti-Virus Subscription Service in the Works?

    Microsoft is leaning toward offering a paid anti-virus subscription service. 06/16/2004

  • But I Don't WANT to Upgrade!

    You don't have to upgrade to take advantage of some of Windows 2003 tools. 06/16/2004

  • News

    Virtual Server 2005 Split Into 2 Editions

    Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, which hit the release candidate stage on Monday, will come in two editions when it ships. 06/15/2004

  • Helping Those Who Help Themselves

    Mysterious Exchange migration stopped; issuing a complex password challenge to users that they might actually like. 06/15/2004

  • News

    Windows XP SP2 RC2 Released

    Microsoft posted the second release candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 2, but the software giant is refusing to say when it hopes to ship the final version of the service pack, which amounts to a minor new release of the Windows client. 06/15/2004

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    The Weekly Roundup

    New, updated IT software hardware announced on the business wire the week of June 7-10. 06/10/2004

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    Marathon Rolling Out New Fault-Tolerant Setup

    Marathon Technologies is back -- out of bankruptcy and up to speed with support for Windows Server 2003 in its fault-tolerant software systems that use industry-standard hardware. 06/10/2004

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    'Extremely Critical' IE Exploit in the Wild

    Users running fully patched versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable to a new exploit in the wild that has been used to load adware onto systems whose owners did nothing more than click on a malicious Web address, according to security researchers. 06/10/2004

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    IBM Announces Smallest Ever Desktop PCs

    Big Blue expects a booming desktop replacement cycle, this year and next 06/09/2004

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    Dell Revives Itanium 4-way

    Dell is taking a second crack at the four-way Itanium space. 06/09/2004

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    Microsoft Appeals EU Decision

    Microsoft this week formally delivered the appeal the company promised in March when the European Commission ruled against Microsoft in its five-year-old antitrust investigation. 06/09/2004

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    Crystal Security Flaw Affects Microsoft Products

    A problem with Crystal Reports is one of two moderate vulnerabilities that Microsoft addressed in its monthly "Patch Tuesday" release. 06/08/2004

  • Bad, Bad, BadMail

    How to handle the growing problem that is the BadMail folder. 06/08/2004

  • News

    Microsoft, SAP Talked About Merging

    Microsoft confirmed on Monday that the company initiated merger talks late last year with enterprise software vendor SAP AG. 06/07/2004

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    Call for Users: SharePoint Portal Server 2003

    Call for Users: Looking for Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 implementers with varying opinions. 06/07/2004

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    Researchers Estimate Worst-Case Worm Damage at $50 Billion

    A pair of security researchers has tried to assess the worst case scenario for a worm attack on the United States targeting commonly used services in the ubiquitous Windows platform. The figure they came up with is $50 billion. 06/07/2004

  • News

    Two More Microsoft BI Accelerators Hit

    Microsoft on Wednesday released two more of its loss-leader business intelligence accelerator toolsets. 06/02/2004

  • SUS Without the Space

    Control software updates, even for remote workers. 06/02/2004

  • News

    Windows NT, Exchange 5.5 Support Not Extended Under New Policy

    Microsoft late Tuesday posted its updated list of product support deadlines in the wake of the announcement of a new 10-year product support lifecycle. The list confirms that Windows NT 4.0 and Exchange Server 5.5 aren't grandfathered into the new program. 06/02/2004

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    True Life Tale: Telepathic Updates

    User believe mind readers are hired at the help desk. 06/01/2004

  • Use “Run as” To Secure Administration Tasks

    This tool allows you to do various things using different rights/credentials. 06/01/2004

  • Windows Insider

    XP SP2--Dedicated To Security

    Microsoft’s next Service Pack for Windows XP is almost totally about improved security. And it shows. 06/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    Books: Use ADO.NET in Your C# Apps

    Learn how to turn ADO.NET classes into tools for constructing software using C# in Mahesh Chand's book, A Programmer's Guide to ADO.NET in C#. 06/01/2004

  • Automate Exception Logging

    You can automate exception logging with one line of client code, control it through an App.config file without recompiling, and use custom publishers to craft cool logging tools. 06/01/2004

  • A Rare Look at Windows Storage

    If you need to dig into the guts, this book may be for you. Then again, maybe not. 06/01/2004

  • Getting to Know Exchange 2003

    One thousand pages of pure modern messaging insight 06/01/2004

  • Integrating Windows and Unix Accounts

    Vintela eases integration by replacing NIS with AD. 06/01/2004

  • VS.NET Needs a Novice Version

    VS.NET is a flexible and powerful programming tool, but a special novice version would expand its audience (and Microsoft's) not only with hobbyists, but in the enterprise as well. 06/01/2004

  • In-Depth

    4 Dirt-Cheap Workgroup Servers Put to the Test

    You can buy a lot for $1,000 these days. We test four bargain-basement boxes and tell you what to expect. 06/01/2004

  • News

    Citrix’s Access Dreams

    Citrix Systems released MetaFrame Access Suite, bundling MetaFrame Presentation Server with three products for managing access to enterprise applications. 06/01/2004

  • Contacts En Masse

    Find out how to import Contacts and User Objects into Active Directory, as well as modify batched objects. 06/01/2004

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