It Just Keeps Going…

Microsoft reports surge in first quarter earnings, due to strong software sales of Windows 98, NT, and SQL Server. 04/21/1999

Windows 2000 Inches Closer to Release

At WinHEC '99, Brian Valentine, Windows NT Development Group program manager, discusses Windows 2000's impending release later this year. 04/21/1999

Smaller, Swifter Microsofts

According to a recent analysis by Zona Research, Microsoft could benefit immensely if forced by the U.S. government to split into smaller entities. 04/20/1999

Big Blue Backs Windows 2000

IBM Corp. unveiled a new customer briefing center for its Windows 2000 products and announced that it will support the third beta of the operating system when it ships. 04/20/1999

Intel Jumps Into Network Processor Market

Intel announced that it will offer network processor components designed to enable new features and services to be added to switches, routers and access concentrators. 04/20/1999

Ellison: Oracle Leverages the Internet for CRM

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison pronounced his vision of CRM at the Spring OAUG conference in San Diego on Tuesday night. 04/20/1999

Microsoft Beats Earnings Expectations

Besting Wall Street predictions, Microsoft Corp. announced earnings for the third fiscal quarter ending in March. 04/20/1999

Intel Gaining Interest in the Extranet

Webridge Inc., a provider of extranet solutions for channel and partner management, announced that it received an investment from Intel Corp. 04/20/1999

Microsoft Delves Further Into Broadband

Furthering its stake in broadband services, Microsoft allied with NorthPoint Communications, a local exchange carrier that provides DSL technology. 04/19/1999

Borland Developers to Roll Out JBuilder 3.0

Rolling on in a month filled with turmoil, the Borland half of Inprise Corp. announced JBuilder 3.0, the company's Java-based development tool. 04/19/1999

Compaq Ousts Eckhard Pfeiffer

Less than a week after hosting Compaq's Innovate Forum conference, Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer abruptly resigned under pressure from Compaq's board of directors. 04/19/1999

Beta 3 Launch Process Underway, Ready or Not

Beta 3 of Windows 2000 isn’t coming this week, but you wouldn’t know it at Spring Comdex in Chicago. 04/19/1999

Windows 2000 Beta 3 Available April 28

A week late, but never too soon, Windows 2000 Beta 3 is on its way to an IT shop near you April 28. 04/16/1999

MCPs By The Numbers

Check out the latest count of total MCP certificates issued worldwide, by title. 04/15/1999

Oracle Shares Plans for OAS, XML

The company announced the beta version of OAS 4.0.8 and new plans for its XML-enabled infrastructure. 04/15/1999

Intel Demos First 1 Gigahertz Server

Intel president Craig Barrett demonstrated a 1.007 gigahertz server during his keynote presentation delivered at Compaq Innovate Forum. 04/14/1999

Inprise Hires Interim Chief; Expects Low Earnings

Inprise announced the appointment of Dale Fuller to interim president and CEO followed by expectations of low earnings for the first quarter 1999. 04/14/1999

Compaq Kicks Off E-Business Initiative

Compaq president and CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer unveiled a strategy to support what it terms "NonStop eBusiness." 04/13/1999

Compaq Plans Industry Standard Appliance Line

Plans are in place to follow that product with a broad family of turnkey server appliances. 04/13/1999

Sqribe Technologies Links Portal to PeopleSoft

Sqribe announced the availability of an integration module that enables the integration of enterprise portals with PeopleSoft apps. 04/12/1999

Hardware, Software Vendors Support Windows 2000

Microsoft is garnering support for Windows 2000, both the final version and the third beta. 04/12/1999

SCSI Trade Association Envisions Future of Ultra

The STA will announce its roadmap to increase current transfer rates four-fold on Tuesday. 04/12/1999

Microsoft Releases SP4 for Terminal Server

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4. 04/08/1999

Microsoft Talks Open Source, Shows 64-bit at WinHEC

Microsoft president Steve Ballmer says that the company is considering the possibility of opening the source code to Windows. 04/08/1999

MCP Benefits Enhanced

It's not yet another new certification: Find out about MSDN Online Certified membership. Plus, if you're an MCSD, find out how to get TechNet Plus. 04/07/1999

MCSD Exam Chat

On Tuesday, April 6, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, T.K. Herman will field questions on the Analyzing Requirements exam and the new question type introduced with this exam. 04/07/1999

MapInfo, Oracle to Proliferate Spatial Data

MapInfo Corp. (www.mapinfo.com) and Oracle Corp. are integrating their products to provide a more broad-based spatial data analysis solution on Oracle 8i. 04/07/1999

Sun Broadens Windows NT Offerings

The vendor of the Solaris-flavor of the Unix operating system unveiled several products and services widening its interoperability with the Windows environment. 04/06/1999

Big SAN Players Rally Behind SNIA

A dozen major storage area network players rallied behind the flag of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). 04/06/1999

Cisco, PeopleSoft Provide QoS Guidelines for Enterprise Apps

The companies will increase productivity for CiscoAssure, and QoS for PeopleSoft applications. 04/05/1999

Microsoft "Traps" Mutek for Debugging

MuTek solutions to provide BugTrapper tool for developer use. 04/05/1999

Sagent Moving From ETL Toward Business Intelligence

Sagent Technology Inc. (www.sagent.com) is racing into a broader market with Version 4.0 of the Sagent Solution. 04/05/1999

New Discussion Forum Threads

Chime in on any of the new Discussion Forum sections we've just opened up: Distributed and Desktop Visual C++ 6.0 beta exams, SMS 2.0 beta exam, April 1999 cover story: "Best Companies", and Cisco Cer 04/02/1999

Managing with Profiles and Policies

Are your users out of control? Try using profiles and system policies to manipulate the Windows NT Registry and regain control of your network. 04/01/1999

Geeks with Guns

Knowing how secure the most secure operations are—and what products those organizations use to achieve it—can help you establish your own criteria. 04/01/1999

Does Your Company Rate?

Many more companies are beginning to understand what it takes to develop and retain skilled IT workers. 04/01/1999

MCP Magazine's Certification 17

Certifiable Winners

Investing in certification is a winning business proposition for employees, prospective clients, and companies as a whole. 04/01/1999

Week 4: Win Prizes! Post Certification Tips Online

Got some tips for your peers? We're collecting career and certification tips for our June issue. Take a look at these questions for the fourth week, then submit your tips and enter our drawing for 04/01/1999