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Microsoft released eight security bulletins in April. According to our analysis,
one is critical, one important and another noteworthy. The rest can be applied
with the next service pack or major version upgrade.
05/03/2005
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Cisco Systems on Tuesday launched a key component of its Self Defending Network initiative when it delivered the first of its Adaptive Server Appliance 5500 Series family of multi-function network security appliances.
05/03/2005
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The security organization says the rate at which threats are emerging requires more regular updates to its closely watched list. New to the SANS Institute list are seven Microsoft vulnerabilities and problems with products from Computer Associates, Oracle, antivirus companies and media player companies.
05/03/2005
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In-Depth
The right server management tool closely monitors your network and offers proactive responses to most common problems.
05/01/2005
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Used appropriately, PopUp is a powerful addition to any scripter's toolbox.
05/01/2005
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Security Advisor
Redmond's new Security Advisor drills down the specifics of what should be considered when selecting your next firewall.
05/01/2005
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Recovery Manager lets you do large-scale, store-level Exchange backups, while still helping locate and restore individual messages.
05/01/2005
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StorageX takes a global approach to streamlining file management.
05/01/2005
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Get ready to upgrade to Win2003 x64.
05/01/2005
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Beefed-up four-ways and "Truland" take center stage.
05/01/2005
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In-Depth
Many businesses expect IT to use
the equivalent of a radar gun and monitor employees for infractions. But laying down the law can have serious repercussions, both for employees and the IT departments doing the watching.
05/01/2005
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A look at Microsoft's current collaboration technologies and how Groove Networks' Vritual Office fits in.
05/01/2005
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ADtoolkit enables anyone to perform Active Directory group edits.
05/01/2005
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Asset Navigator helps you keep tabs on what you have and how it's being used.
05/01/2005
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In-Depth
Microsoft's free vulnerability scanner works well—as long as you don't have to stretch it too far.
05/01/2005
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Will public policy make a difference in virus attacks and spyware infiltration?
05/01/2005
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In-Depth
There's a saying in IT that
"complexity is the enemy of security." It's also the enemy of efficiency, troubleshooting
and other critical network functions. Here are six ways to untangle that crowded web
you've weaved.
05/01/2005
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Windows Insider
Don't let either the real or perceived limitations in Microsoft's default Group Policies prevent you from taking full advantage of this technology.
05/01/2005
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News
Latest attempt to bring data mining to the masses with SQL Server 2005 hinges on new features, ease-of-use and low cost.
05/01/2005
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In-Depth
Remote management has never been a Microsoft strong suit, but Windows Server 2003 is helping users manage servers that no IT staff can touch.
05/01/2005
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Denied the actual list of names submitted by Microsoft to the EC, we felt it our duty to do our best guesstimating.
05/01/2005
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In-Depth
Advice from an in-the-trenches expert for getting the most out of Microsoft
Operations Manager.
05/01/2005
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From the business wires this week: hosted solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SharePoint, a one-touch backup and recovery external hard drive, and a 2.5TB NDAS storage unit.
04/29/2005
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ScriptLogic is shipping version 6.5 of its Desktop Authority PC administration package. The upgrade makes improvements in file and registry security operations, Windows firewall control and inactivity timers.
04/27/2005
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Sun Microsystems plans to ship versions of its Sun Fire V40z server in May that will be available with up to four of AMD’s new dual-core, 64-bit Opteron processors.
04/27/2005
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The Computing Technology Industry Association has an inventory of discount vouchers for A+ exams that are on the verge of expiring.
04/27/2005
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft held a session at the Windows Hardware Engineering conference Wednesday on "Internet Explorer today and tomorrow," although the working title could have as easily been "Internet Explorer eight months ago."
04/27/2005
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This month, Scott walks you through the next important steps for renegotiating your Enterprise 6.0 licensing deal, including cost estimating and Microsoft contact strategy.
04/27/2005
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SEATTLE -- Attendees to Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week were treated to a kit of DVDs, including one eagerly awaited item -- another pre-beta version of the Windows Longhorn operating system.
04/26/2005
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SEATTLE -- Windows XP Media Center Edition sales topped 1 million in the six months since the launch of the most recent edition, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said this week.
04/26/2005
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A new service pack out for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services adds several end-user features, as well as standard bug fixes, to the free add-on for the SQL Server database.
04/26/2005
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SEATTLE -- Dell and HP took advantage of this week’s delivery of Microsoft’s Windows x64 editions to announce that they will soon begin shipping computers that run the 64-bit operating systems.
04/26/2005
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Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer at International Paper, will assume the same job at Microsoft.
04/26/2005
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday launched the x64 editions of Windows and gave a public preview of the much-anticipated Windows "Longhorn" user interface at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC).
04/25/2005
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Microsoft plans to post a public beta of Windows Server 2003 "R2" this week.
04/25/2005
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AMD began delivering its first dual-core Opteron 64-bit CPUs in quantity this week, and HP announced its first servers based on the technology.
04/22/2005
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From the business wires this week: Group Policy solutions for managing desktop policies and software deployments; security tools for IE, e-mail and TCP/IP; and mobile tokens.
04/22/2005
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Borland is shipping a major release of its modeling suite for Visual Studio. Among key new features, Together 2005 for Visual Studio.Net adds support for Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0 and introduces a role-based work model.
04/21/2005
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Subscribe to TechNet Plus and Microsoft will throw in four free e-learning courses.
04/21/2005
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As the dual-core duel heats up, IBM announced Thursday that it is about to ship a workstation based on AMD’s dual-core chips.
04/21/2005
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Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of the first service pack for Virtual Server 2005. The service pack delivers support for Windows Server 2003 x64 editions and performance improvements.
04/20/2005
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Dell this week began offering Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Workgroup Edition on its PowerEdge servers.
04/20/2005
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Softricity will ship this quarter its ZeroTouch software aimed at enabling end users to self-provision applications over the network – and in a protected “virtualized” environment.
04/20/2005
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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 causes problems with 14 high-profile server applications, including Exchange Server 2003, according to a Knowledge Base article published by the software vendor this month. Most of the problems, including the Exchange issue, are minor or obscure.
04/20/2005
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Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those public betas is a feature-complete SQL Server Community Technology Preview (CTP).
04/19/2005
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Microsoft on Tuesday announced two new systems management products it will ship later this year under the System Center family name.
04/19/2005
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From the business wires this week: a recovery solution to roll back systems to pre-SP2, e-mail server software and more.
04/15/2005
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Security researchers this week reported a flaw in the memory handling of the Microsoft Jet Database Engine that powers the Microsoft Office Access database.
04/14/2005
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Next week at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas, Microsoft will reposition System Center as a naming umbrella to cover its family of management products rather than the specific management suite that would have included Microsoft Operations Manager and Systems Management Server.
04/14/2005
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Brazil is the sixth country in line for a Windows XP Starter Edition, Microsoft's nationality-specific versions of stripped-down Windows offered at lower cost to appeal to first-time PC buyers.
04/14/2005