Storage to Share

Fastora's entry-level NAS unit is well-suited for small and expanding workgroups. 11/01/2004

RAP Traps

Remote access policies are at the heart of remote access--and at the root of most problems. Learn how they work and avoid the mistakes that can lock out your remote users. 11/01/2004

Remote Administration Made Easy

Famatech's Remote Administrator version 2.2 provides a quick and easy remote access tool for your Windows clients. 11/01/2004

Best Presidential Candidates We'll Never See

Bill Belichick, the Dalai Lama and George Lucas are among our favorites. Who would you like to see? 11/01/2004

The Sky Is Falling!

Doug Barney ponders apocalypse theories, the true definition of spyware and more. 11/01/2004

Manage Patches and Updates

Round out your new or updated security strategy by establishing a process to evaluate, manage, and deploy patches in your network. Here are some guidelines and tool recommendations. 11/01/2004

Grunt Work

Keeping systems patched is time-consuming and laborious, but it's crucial. Here are seven tools that can help you automate the process. 11/01/2004

The Solution to Spam

Roberta Bragg looks at Sender ID, the new anti-spam technology being developed by Microsoft. 11/01/2004

Sweet Enticement

Honey drops can help you detect attacks in progress--without sticking you with false positives. 11/01/2004

Use Server Roles to Heighten Security

Securing your network goes beyond your hardware or software firewalls. You must define the role of each server and then implement delta security policies to protect your services. 11/01/2004

Reaching Password Nirvana

Using password filters and longer passphrases will help keep your passwords from being cracked. 11/01/2004

IT Weekly Roundup, October 29

From the business wires this week: Active Directory tools, storage solutions and more. 10/29/2004

Microsoft Posts Primer on Virtualizing Domain Controllers

Running multiple domain controllers as virtual machines on a single physical server may not sound like a great production strategy, but Microsoft contends that it's doable in the right circumstances. 10/28/2004

Ballmer Takes Anti-Linux Campaign to IT Executive E-mail List

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the company's anti-Linux campaign to its IT executive e-mail list on Wednesday afternoon, with a 2,600-word message that restated Microsoft's well-worn case against open source software. 10/28/2004

HP to Introduce New Dual-Processor Server

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VMware to Support 4-Way Virtual SMP

VMware plans to expand its virtual SMP technology from the current two-processor support to four-processor support by the second half of 2005. By that time the decision should be substantially more relevant as dual-core processors come onto the market. 10/27/2004

Sybari Updates Spam Protection Software

Sybari Software this week released a new version of Sybari Advanced Spam Defense that moves the junk mail folder off the Exchange Server. 10/27/2004

Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 Coming Dec. 1

Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft's second-generation real-time communications server, is released to manufacturing and will be generally available on Dec. 1, the company said Tuesday. 10/26/2004

Virtual Server Migration Toolkit on the Way

Microsoft will release a free toolkit later this week to help organizations migrate to Virtual Server 2005, the company announced Tuesday. 10/26/2004

IT Weekly Roundup, October 22

From the business wires this week: authentication solutions, enterprise-class switches and other tools to smoothen infrastructure management. 10/22/2004

5 Threats from the Internet

It's good to step back and get a sense of the landscape every once in a while. Security giant Symantec Corp. offered an opportunity to do that recently in its semi-annual document called the "Internet Security Threat Report." 10/21/2004

Microsoft Credits Server Sales for Income Gain in Q1

Microsoft's net income rose 11 percent on strong sales in its server and tools business unit for the quarter ended Sept. 30, the company said Thursday. Company revenues grew 12 percent overall, while the server and tools business grew 19 percent. 10/21/2004

Ballmer in Gartner's Hot Seat

In a wide-ranging discussion with Gartner analysts, Microsoft's CEO discussed the Windows "Longhorn" wave and WinFS, competition with Linux, 64-bit prospects and software piracy. 10/21/2004

70-299: Security Troubleshooter

You'll need experience with PKI, permissions, patch management, and troubleshooting under Windows 2003 before tackling this security exam. 10/21/2004

Gartner Issues Warning to Windows NT 4 Workstation Users

The blizzard of Microsoft security patches last Tuesday serves as a harsh reminder to organizations still running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation that you're on your own. 10/20/2004

Istanbul to Bring Telephony to Windows Instant Messaging

"Istanbul" is Microsoft's client component for moving its Live Communications Server-based presence platform forward with telephony. 10/20/2004

Microsoft: 106 Million Downloads of Windows XP SP2

It was an ambitious, self-imposed goal -- distribute 100 million copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2 within two months of the critical security update's release. On Wednesday, Microsoft declared success. 10/20/2004

Shoring Up Security Skills for Free

Hand-on lab provides online access to security skills lab available for limited time. 10/20/2004

Windows Server Roadmap Gets Down to Specifics

During a series of recent media briefings, Microsoft began to give out nitty gritty details about specific timetables for the betas, SDKs and release candidates that will lead to the next round of Windows server operating systems. 10/19/2004

Microsoft to Give Customers a Break on Dual-Core Licensing

With the expected arrival of dual-core processors from both Intel and AMD next year, Microsoft faced a licensing dilemma -- do right by customers by charging for only the physical processors or do right by investors by wringing maximum profit from each core on the processor. 10/19/2004

SQL Server 2005 Beta 3 Coming Later, Interim Preview Code Available

Microsoft released a technical preview of its upcoming SQL Server 2005 database on Friday at the same time as the company adjusted its timetable for delivering the next major beta, and possibly, the long-delayed product itself. 10/18/2004

Microsoft, Cisco Team on Network Access Protections

New integrated approach will cause quarantining technology to be delayed from the Windows Server 2003 "R2" release to the Windows "Longhorn" Server release. 10/18/2004

IT Weekly Roundup, October 15

From the business wires this week: storage and backup solutions, e-mail security, network management, more. 10/15/2004

CALL FOR USERS: MCSA: Security for Windows Server 2003

Looking for experts for advice on how to get the security certification. 10/14/2004

Gates Q&A Appears to Leave WinFS Fate Open

In a Q&A session this month, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect talked briefly about the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," and seemed to be describing the WinFS technologies that are supposed to have been cut. 10/13/2004

Quest Updates Exchange Reporting Tool

Quest Software this week released a new version of its usage reporting and analysis tool for Microsoft Exchange. 10/13/2004

ProClarity Expands Beyond SQL Server Data Sources

For much of its existence Boise, Idaho-based ProClarity has built its analytic technology stack almost entirely on top of Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 database. That changed late last month when ProClarity announced a new version 6.0 release of its ProClarity Analytics platform. 10/13/2004

Microsoft Releases 10 Security Bulletins

In one of its biggest monthly "Patch Tuesday" events yet, Microsoft posted 10 new security bulletins, seven of them for critical flaws that could allow attackers to remotely take control of a computer. 10/12/2004

Big Ideas on the Longhorn Trail

Windows Longhorn is becoming less a code-name for an operating system than it is a code-name for a family of major technology projects that are becoming less and less coupled to the next version of Windows. 10/11/2004

The Windows "Longhorn" Roadmap

Some notable milestones in the Longhorn delivery schedule and Microsoft's dates for future deliverables. 10/11/2004

Longhorn Resources

A collection of links to resources about Microsoft's Windows "Longhorn" project. 10/11/2004

How Much Will Longhorn Matter?

Windows "Longhorn" took a serious blow to its coolness quotient a month ago when it got a hard ship date and a serious loss of exclusive features. Suddenly, many of the big ideas in this operating system are either separated from the OS or will be available in older versions of Windows. 10/11/2004

Executive Stakes in Longhorn

The roles of a handful of top executives in shaping the Windows "Longhorn" project so far have come to light. 10/11/2004

SANS Posts Top 20 Vulnerabilities List

The SANS Institute on Friday unveiled its fifth annual list of the most commonly exploited vulnerable services in Windows, Unix and Linux systems. For Windows-based systems, Web servers and services topped the list as the biggest vulnerability. 10/08/2004

IT Weekly Roundup, October 8

From the business wires this week: enterprise security management software, a USB fingerprint reader and upgraded switches. 10/08/2004

Free Training Benefits Software Assurance Customers

New program provides for free training for those deploying Microsoft software from Microsoft Gold Partners for Learning Solutions participants. 10/07/2004

Security Firm Finds Program to Create JPEGs Exploiting Microsoft Flaw

Panda Software reported finding a tool on black hat hacker sites that can be used to create files in the JPEG image format that exploit the vulnerability in Microsoft's JPEG processing component. 10/06/2004

Opinion: Upcoming Service Pack Doesn't Change Much -- And That's Good

All the emphasis right now is on Windows XP SP2 -- and rightly so. But there's another Windows service pack just around the bend, and if early indications are accurate, Windows Server 2003 SP1 shows how far Microsoft has come in terms of OS security. 10/06/2004

Windows XP SP2 Installs Grinding Along

Microsoft is ratcheting up its Windows XP Service Pack 2 distributions as the company seeks to meet an internal goal of getting the critical security update out to about 40 percent of its Windows XP installed base within two months of SP2's release. 10/05/2004