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    MCPs By The Numbers

    Check out the latest count of total MCP certificates issued worldwide, by title (updated July 20, 1999). 08/15/1999

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    Office 2000/VBA Exam Beta Extended

    The beta period for the Office and Visual Basic for Applications exam, 70-091, has been extended to August 27. 08/12/1999

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    Messaging Wars

    The messaging battle continues between Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. 08/12/1999

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    Microsoft Releases Service Pack for SMS 2.0

    Microsoft has released the first service pack for Systems Management Server 2.0. 08/11/1999

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    Lucent Buys INS

    Lucent Technologies announced it has purchased International Network Services. 08/11/1999

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    iPin Develops Profitable System for E-Content

    iPin has developed a system where consumer transactions are logged to the ISP and the charges show up on the monthly ISP bill. 08/10/1999

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    Cisco Launches Security Associate Program

    Cisco Systems announced the Security Associate program focused on creating proven multivendor security solutions for New World networks. 08/10/1999

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    Microsoft Posts Terminal Server Security Patch

    Microsoft Corp. has posted a patch for a security hole that allows attackers to take down Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. 08/10/1999

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    EMC to Buy Data General

    UPDATE -- Storage giant EMC will buy Data General in a deal that gives EMC access to Windows NT and other mid-range storage accounts. 08/09/1999

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    EMC Acquires DG

    EMC Corp. announced today that it has acquired Data General Corp. for about $1.1 billion. 08/09/1999

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    FileScreen Prevents Saving Unwanted File Types

    W. Quinn Associates released FileScreen 2000, a program that enables administrators to block end users from saving unwanted file types to Windows NT servers or workstations. 08/09/1999

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    Microsoft Presents Toy for Hackers

    Microsoft is inviting hackers to come to its site and attempt to hack a Windows 2000 Server machine. 08/05/1999

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    Wall Data's Rumba

    Wall Data Inc. is expected to announce next week the release of Rumba 2000, Web-to-Host, version 3.0. 08/05/1999

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    Cornell Uses NT

    Cornell University has announced that it used the Windows NT platform to install a 256-processor cluster. 08/05/1999

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    Microsoft Posts Beta of Services for Unix 2.0

    As discussed by Bill Gates at the Workstation Leadership Forum on June 30, Microsoft today made Services for Unix 2.0 available on its Web site. 08/05/1999

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    Companies Partner to Support sendmail

    Sendmail Inc. and MessagingDirect have partnered to add POP and IMAP support to the popular messaging platform sendmail. 08/03/1999

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    Norton Speed Disk Announced

    Symantec announced the Norton Speed Disk for Windows NT, a system tool for optimizing machine performance. 08/03/1999

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    Microsoft Working on Network and Security Tools for W2K

    According a Web site that tracks beta versions of products, Microsoft is working on the developer beta of a suite of networking and security tools for W2K. 08/03/1999

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    Silicon Graphics Ships Server Running NT

    Silicon Graphics today unveiled a Windows NT server to complement its Windows NT workstations and its high-end Unix servers. 08/02/1999

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    Analyzing Requirements Exam In Limited Release

    The Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solutions Architectures exam, 70-100, has finally gone live. 08/02/1999

  • The Well-Conceived Program

    If you've successfully developed Visual C++ applications at some level, you're way ahead of the game with the Visual C++ Desktop exam. 08/01/1999

  • Design of Distributed Apps

    Best preparation for the Visual C++ Distributed Apps exam: Get experience. Beyond that, here's how to get ready and what to expect. 08/01/1999

  • Microsoft Official Curriculum can help you get skills now for putting Windows 2000 to work.

    Prepare for Windows 2000 Now

    Microsoft Official Curriculum can help you get skills now for putting Windows 2000 to work. 08/01/1999

  • Remote access requires a higher level of protection. Armed with this task list, you can retain security through NT Terminal Server and the ICA client.

    Lower the Bridge! Make Remote Access Secure

    Remote access requires a higher level of protection. Armed with this task list, you can retain security through NT Terminal Server and the ICA client. 08/01/1999

  • As Microsoft sells more NT seats, will that drive up the need for more MCSEs to keep those servers humming?

    Numbers Game

    As Microsoft sells more NT seats, will that drive up the need for more MCSEs to keep those servers humming? 08/01/1999

  • Disk drives are the slowest components of your system. Using a disk defrag tool can help them deliver optimum performance.

    Defragmenting Devices

    Disk drives are the slowest components of your system. Using a disk defrag tool can help them deliver optimum performance. 08/01/1999

  • Letters she wishes you'd sent.

    Fan(tasy) Mail

    Letters she wishes you'd sent. 08/01/1999

  • We all want to manage our time better, right? Harry explores tools that can help you today and offers advice for long-term results.

    Big Rocks and Little Time

    We all want to manage our time better, right? Harry explores tools that can help you today and offers advice for long-term results. 08/01/1999

  • News

    Cisco Ships Multiservice Products

    Cisco has announced five products to enable customers to migrate data networks to a single integrated data, voice and video network. 07/29/1999

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    IDC Says ISDN Will Keep Growing Through 2003

    ISDN is not dying as fast as it may appear. 07/29/1999

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    Microsoft Announces VSIP

    Microsoft today announced the Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP), which aids ISVs and ERP in integrating their products with Visual Studio. 07/26/1999

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    Small Biz Online Support

    Microsoft launches new online licensing, referral, and technical support services for small businesses. 07/23/1999

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    Microsoft Readies Infrastructure to Sell W2K

    Microsoft unveiled several infrastructure moves today to support the sales requirements of its forthcoming Windows 2000 business operating system. 07/23/1999

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    From Fusion 99: MCTs Must Have MCSE, MCSD title

    Microsoft Certified Trainers will need to obtain MCSE or MCSD titles as part of their training credential, plus two new frameworks to be introduced. 07/23/1999

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    Visual C++ 6.0 Chat, July 28

    Join Tom Steele and Patricia Pickup for a live, Visual C++ 6.0 exam cram session on Wednesday, July 28. 07/20/1999

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    Interoperability Focus of Switch Manufacturers

    A group of switch manufacturers will announce an Open Standards Fabric Initiative (OSFI) tomorrow. 07/20/1999

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    NT 4.0 SP 6 To Debut

    Microsoft Corp. will release a beta of Service Pack 6 (SP6) for Windows NT 4.0 this week. 07/20/1999

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    Office 2000/VBA Exam, Coming Right Up

    The Designing and Implementing Solutions with Office 2000 and Visual Basic for Applications exam, 70-091, will be beta tested August 3 through August 16. 07/20/1999

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    Microsoft Changes SNA Server Licensing

    Microsoft Corp. today changed the licensing policies for SNA Server. 07/20/1999

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    HP Offers Management Solution to Server OEMs

    The card is focussed on the importance of preventative maintenance in achieving the smooth operation of mission-critical systems. 07/20/1999

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    Informix Names New President

    The announcement of Informix Corp.'s new president and CEO Jean-Yves Dexmier precedes the company’s eighth annual worldwide conference, which starts Tuesday. 07/19/1999

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    SQL Server 7.0 Chat: Wednesday, July 21

    Join MCP Magazine writers Chip Andrews and Anil Desai for a special live chat on SQL Server 7.0 implementation and management issues on Wednesday, July 21 07/19/1999

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    Compaq Boxes Clusters

    Compaq Computer Corp. today announced a cluster solution, code-named “Toucan,” that pairs two ProLiant server nodes with shared storage in a single cabinet. 07/19/1999

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    Linux Certification

    If you’ve got strong networking and systems administration experience, and you’re intrigued by the rapid rise of the open source software movement, you should check into the Red Hat Certified Engineer 07/19/1999

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    Microsoft Opens Design Review for OIM Metadata Extensions

    Announcement comes as the Meta Data Coalition accepts the Open Information Model (OIM) as the metadata standard. 07/19/1999

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    Automate File Backups

    Keep running continuous backups of files without interrupting your work with AutoSave. 07/19/1999

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    Fuller Proclaims Borland Is Back

    PHILADELPHIA -- The tenth annual Inprise/Borland Conference was the coming-out party for its new president and CEO Dale Fuller on Sunday night. 07/18/1999

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    MCPs By The Numbers

    Check out the latest count of total MCP certificates issued worldwide, by title. 07/15/1999

  • News

    Lucent Presents High-Speed Wireless

    The Bell Labs unit has designed an optical networking system that can wirelessly connect at very high speeds. 07/15/1999

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    ADIC FibreReady Line Supports CA’s SAN Initiative

    ADIC announced its FibreReady architecture product line provides support for CA's new Storage Area Network Integrated Technology Initiative and its new SAN-enabled Unicenter TNG Framework. 07/13/1999

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