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    UltraBac 8.0 Set to Ship in Mid-January

    UltraBac Software said this week that it will in ship version 8.0 of its UltraBac backup and disaster recovery software in mid-January. Back in this release after a hiatus is UltraCopy, the Bellevue, Wash.-based company’s file copying utility for creating duplicate backups for storage offsite. 12/15/2004

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    New Exams Target Competencies

    Microsoft has released several exams aimed not at making MCPs; rather, these ones measure competencies of Microsoft Certified Partner members. 12/14/2004

  • Reasons Things Are Better Today than 86 Years Ago

    A perspective on the recent accomplishment of a certain baseball team from Boston. 12/14/2004

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    Microsoft to Release 5 Non-Critical Bulletins Tuesday

    Microsoft's Security Response Center is working on five non-critical security bulletins for release next Tuesday, the company said late Thursday as part of its newly public Security Bulletin Advance Notification program. 12/10/2004

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    IT Weekly Roundup, Dec. 10

    From the business wires this week: a firewall for education networks, a USB fingerprint reader for printing, and a man skates across the U.S. to meet Bill Gates. 12/10/2004

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    Windows Server 2003 R2 Enters Beta

    Windows Server 2003 "R2" formally entered the private beta testing stage this week, Microsoft senior vice president for the Windows Server Division Bob Muglia said on Friday. 12/10/2004

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    PDC 2005 Set for September

    Microsoft this week announced that it would hold a 2005 Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in September. PDC 2003, also in Los Angeles, was a major event where Microsoft publicly introduced the Windows "Longhorn" operating system and laid out the fundamental components, called pillars, of that next-generation operating system. 12/10/2004

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    Muglia Updates Windows Server Roadmap

    In a press tour on Friday, Microsoft senior vice president for Windows Server Bob Muglia updated the Windows Server release schedule for next year. 12/10/2004

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    Improved Windows Group Policy Suite to Ship

    AutoProf is set to release this month Policy Maker Professional 2.0, a significant update of the company’s suite of user management extensions that plug in to Microsoft’s Group Policy Object Editor in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. 12/09/2004

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    Cassatt to Ship Major Collage Update

    Data center automation startup Cassatt says it will ship Version 3.0 of its Collage management product in the first quarter of 2005. The upcoming release will enable Collage to manage multiple tiered applications and will add support for Windows servers. 12/09/2004

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    Half Off E-Learning Courses Until January

    Microsoft offering many Windows 2003 and Exchange e-learning courses at discount for limited time. 12/09/2004

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    IBM Sells PC Division to Chinese Lenovo Group Limited

    IBM, the company that transformed personal computers from a hobby to an industry with the introduction of its PC line in 1981, will bow out of the increasingly low-margin market through a partnership with the Chinese firm, Lenovo Group Limited. 12/08/2004

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    Microsoft Posts Release Candidate of Windows Server 2003 SP1

    Microsoft posted the release candidate version of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 to its Download Center on Monday. 12/07/2004

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    Business Drives IT – Literally – Says HP of OpenView Automation Manager Debut

    HP will ship this month a new addition to the company’s lineup of OpenView Server Change and Management products. 12/07/2004

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    The Microsoft Management Roadmap

    Microsoft shipped a lot of management tools in 2004. A few minor pieces are on the calendar for delivery in 2005, but most of Microsoft's development work these days when it comes to administration and management is focused on the plumbing that connects Microsoft products. 12/06/2004

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    'Brighter' Days for MessageLabs’ Updated Anti-spam Service

    The new release of MessageLabs’ anti-spam service provides corporate users with an added layer of protection from spurious e-mails by incorporating Symantec’s Brightmail technology as well as by bulking up MessageLabs’ own spam filtering technology. 12/03/2004

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    IT Weekly Roundup, Dec. 3

    From the business wires this week: a Wi-Fi firewall, Web content management solution and more Intel Xeon servers. 12/03/2004

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    Another Technical Preview Available for SQL Server 2005

    Microsoft released its second SQL Server 2005 Community Technology Preview on Friday, giving customers another taste of the long-awaited "Yukon" version of SQL Server now planned for a mid-2005 release. 12/03/2004

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    Microsoft to Offer NT 4 Custom Contracts Through 2006

    Less than a month from Windows NT 4.0 Server's official end of life, Microsoft on Friday announced that it will offer custom support contracts for large customers running the aging operating system through the end of 2006. 12/03/2004

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    Executive Software Ships Patch Management Tool

    Executive Software is shipping a patch management module for automating installation of Microsoft security patches that can be used either by itself or as part of the company’s Sitekeeper systems management suite. 12/02/2004

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    Free Online Exam Prep for MCDST

    For a limited time, Microsoft is making its online exam preparation clinic for the MCDST exams free for a limited time. 12/02/2004

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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

  • 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

  • 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

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    The Young Turk of Firefox

    A Q & A with Blake Ross, lead architect of the Firefox browser. 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

    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

  • ISA Server at Your Service

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

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    Gartner Predicts PC Market Consolidation

    Analysts at Gartner expect tough times ahead for the PC industry. 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

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    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

  • 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

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    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

  • 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

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    Opteron is to Linux as EM64T is to Windows?

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    '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

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    Sober.I Makes the Rounds

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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