The Case for XP

Convincing the powers that be to upgrade to Microsoft’s newest OS can prove tougher than getting rid of your XFL season tickets. 05/01/2001

Microsoft Unleashes Exchange 2000 Eval Versions

Newest messaging server available for download as evaluation kit. 05/01/2001

Virtual Lockdown

Microsoft’s ISA Server Enterprise exam tests your knowledge of security, policy-setting and troubleshooting—and your ability to read carefully. 05/01/2001

NETDEPLOY GLOBAL 5.5 Manages Software Distribution

Upgrade adds SmartPull Distributor feature. 05/01/2001

He Said, She Said

Got poor Windows 2000 training? One group considers filing suit. 05/01/2001

Get Cash Back for Passing Windows MCSE Exams

LearnKey promises a cash rebate if you pass the Win2K exams using its prep materials. Is the MasterExam product that good? 05/01/2001

Mix It Up with NetWare

Naturally, Microsoft wants to woo your company away from its reliance on NDS. Windows Services for NetWare is crucial to that goal. Here’s how it works. 05/01/2001

New Rev of SMS Previewed

Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 also introduced. 05/01/2001

Microsoft Names Whistler Server Windows 2002

Whistler is out. Windows 2002 is in. Microsoft Corp. has settled on a name for its next generation of server operating systems, the company announced Monday at a Gartner Group conference in Los Angeles. 04/30/2001

Special Report: Windows 2002 Brings New Server Mix

In the Windows 2002 generation of servers, Microsoft Corp. is considering demoting Windows Server to a small business product and creating a Web-farm specific server edition. 04/30/2001

Special Report: Beta 2 a Bigger Distribution Than Beta 1

Microsoft Corp.'s Beta 2 of Windows 2002 and Windows XP is a far more ambitious distribution than the Beta 1 release that preceded it. The focus is clearly on client versions. 04/30/2001

Compaq Backs Away from Unisys CMP Systems

Just 2 weeks after HP publicly pulled out, Unisys loses Compaq as its flagship reseller of its 32-processor 'Wintel mainframe' systems. 04/30/2001

Special Report: Whistler Server Takes Shape With Beta 2

As the Whistler/Windows 2002 server family takes shape with the recent release of the beta 2 version, it is becoming an operating system with a major overhaul of its Web serving capabilities and relatively modest improvements to deployment and management technologies. 04/30/2001

Special Report: IIS Architecture Overhauled for Reliability in 6.0

Microsoft Corp's Internet Information Services team rewrote the architecture of IIS for version 6.0 to make the Web server more reliable. 04/30/2001

Column: Don't Lose Sleep Over Windows XP

As an IT manager, you’re pretty busy. That’s why I suspect any curiosity you have about Windows XP boils down to this: Is this a business upgrade that I’m going to have to deploy or what? The short answer: It’s not looking that way yet. 04/30/2001

Microsoft to Grow .NET With Developer Program

Microsoft Corp. launched another offering aimed at the ASP space this week with a program designed to help independent software vendors and developers build hosted applications. 04/27/2001

.NET Program Launched to Serve Developers

Microsoft gets ISVs and developers to rally around .NET technology. 04/27/2001

Exchange Support For W2K Datacenter Not There Yet

Despite its certification logo, Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server won't be supported on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server until the first Exchange 2000 service pack ships. 04/26/2001

Analyst: XML Spec a Coup for Hyperion

An agreement between Hyperion and Microsoft means Hyperion will serve as a bridge between Microsoft technologies and the JOLAP initiative led by Oracle, IBM, Sun and Hyperion. 04/26/2001

Configuresoft Changes Name of 9x Migration Tool

Aelita Adds Migration Tools

Eprise Upgrades Content Management Server

Microsoft's Business Mapping Software RTMs

NetIQ Updates Response-Time Monitoring Software

Oracle Promises Global CRM in 90 Days

Embarcadero Intros SQL Tuner

Unisys Puts 32 Processors to the Test

Seven months after the release of Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Unisys benchmarks a fully loaded Cellular MultiProcessing system – 32 processors running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and SQL Server 2000. Performance is comparable to the best Unix-based SAP benchmarks. 04/24/2001

IBM Buys Informix DB Business

The consolidation of the database and data warehousing industry intensified Tuesday as IBM Corp. moved to swallow up Informix' once mighty database business. 04/24/2001

New Electives Announced for MCSE

Microsoft recently published information about two new exams that will serve as electives for the MCSE certification. 04/23/2001

Microsoft Beats Earnings Forecasts

After bell, company announces strong quarter attributed to Windows 2000 and .NET. 04/20/2001

MSFT Beats the Street in Q3 '01

W2K Pro and the .NET Enterprise Servers help the company sail past the economic turbulence of the quarter. But a flat Q4 is likely, CFO warns. 04/19/2001

Closing In on Win2K Accelerated Exam

Looking to avoid testing crush, Microsoft pushes free offer for Win2K Accelerated Exam vouchers many months ahead of deadline. 04/19/2001

Sites Defaced at Hosting Company Running IIS 5

A company that hosts official Web sites for celebrities saw three of its celebrity pages defaced. The defacement at Celebsites.com is one of the first high profile attacks on a Windows 2000/ IIS 5.0 site. 04/19/2001

Netcraft Numbers: IIS Gains Ground, but Apache Dominates the Web

Microsoft's IIS Web server gained modest ground in April, but the open source Apache Web server continues to dominate the Web as the server of choice, according to the latest survey from Netcraft. 04/19/2001

HP Reverses Course on Reselling Unisys CMP Systems

Hewlett-Packard Co. won't sell Unisys Corp.'s 'Wintel mainframe' CMP servers after all. Still, the two highest-volume hardware players in the Windows server market, Compaq and Dell, remain committed to Unisys' 32-processor systems. 04/19/2001

MCT Fees: Your P.O.V.

MCTs respond to program fee being imposed in October. 04/19/2001

Visual CRM Version 2.0 Released

Microsoft Confirms DoS Vulnerability in ISA Server 2000

Microsoft confirmed and fixed a flaw in its first product aimed entirely at enterprise security, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. 04/18/2001

NeTraverse Offers 'Linux Alternative to Citrix-Style' Model

Microsoft Kills SP7 for NT4

After a year-and-a-half of banging an optimistic drum, Microsoft Corp. confirmed what many a savvy IT manager had already begun to suspect: It had officially abandoned its plans to release Service Pack 7 (SP) for Windows NT 4.0. 04/18/2001

Meta Pegs Exchange Migration Costs at $30-$60/Seat

Migrating to Exchange 2000 costs Global 2000 organizations $30-$60 per seat aside from Active Directory and Windows 2000 migration costs, according to research from consultancy Meta Group. 04/18/2001

Wyse Crunches WBT into Smaller Space

Sybase DB Monitoring Tool Adds W2K Support

Exchange 2000 Migration Pegged at $30-$60/Seat

Meta Group reports costs can skyrocket to $100 with other factors. 04/18/2001

Microsoft Previews BizTalk RosettaNet Accelerator

Microsoft worked to spur participation in the burgeoning RosettaNet and simultaneously drum up some business for BizTalk Server. 04/18/2001

IT Factory Moves Further Into Exchange Territory

A major Lotus independent software vendor is buying its way into the Microsoft Exchange market. 04/18/2001

The End for NT 4.0?

ENTmag.com reports on cancellation of Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 7 04/18/2001

Supply Chain Vendor Gets on .NET Bandwagon

VA Linux Releases Midrange NAS

Hoping to compete with Network Appliance Inc’s filers, VA Linux Systems Inc. has released a NAS filer to offer scalable storage to departmental and workgroup users. The Linux based NAS offers advanced features for working with Windows machines. 04/17/2001

Sony Offers Vision for Enterprise Tape Future

With the release of its 3rd generation AIT product, Sony Electronics Inc. publicly stated that it would halt development of its DDS line of tape and offered a glimpse into future tape products. 04/16/2001