Y2K Bug Strikes Microsoft!

A search of Microsoft's training page using older, non-Y2K browsers, yields interesting results. 01/20/2000

New Report Details IT Spending

How much does that IT department cost? A new report from the Gartner Group shows that the average North American enterprise spends about 2.9 percent of their revenue on IT. 01/20/2000

CyberTrust, Sonera Implement Wireless e-Commerce Solution

Megaputer to Release New Data Mining Solution

devSoft Ships New Java Beans Package

Intel Introduces Hardware-Based Encryption

HP Deploys NT Server Security Solution

January 19, 2000 01/19/2000

POET Delivers Content Management Suite

Demicron Releases Java Development Toolset

Hummingbird Delivers EIP

Network Engines Rolls Out "Plug and Play" Servers

Agilent, Adaptec Partner to Deliver Fibre Channel for NT Servers

Agilent Technologies and Adaptec announced that they will co-develop, market, and sell Fibre Channel host bus adapters for Windows NT-based servers. The alliance is directed toward increasing interoperability and support for Fibre Channel in Windows NT markets. 01/18/2000

Lotus Expands Options for Developers, Users

Lotus Development Corp. will be expanding its market reach on several levels by utilizing technology from papa-company IBM and pesky neighbor Microsoft. 01/18/2000

JDS, E-Tek Dynamics Merge to Improve Optical Networking

The consolidation of the optical networking market continued today when JDS Uniphase Corp. and E-Tek Dynamics Inc. signed a merger agreement worth about $15 billion, based on January 14 closing stock prices. 01/18/2000

Microsoft Teams with CyberSafe to Make W2K Kerberos Interoperable

Microsoft and CyberSafe Corp. today announced they have collaborated to extend Windows 2000-Kerberos interoperability to enterprise customers operating mixed-system environments. 01/17/2000

OMG to Host EAI Workshop

The Object Management Group (OMG) will host its first Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Workshop from February 7 to February 10 in Orlando, Florida. 01/17/2000

Microsoft Talks Windows 2000 Security at RSA

Today at the RSA Conference 2000 in San Jose, Microsoft announced that it has joined Cisco Systems' Security Associate Program, and that ValiCert's Global VA Service technology will be embedded into Windows 2000. 01/17/2000

Computer Associates Warns of New Virus

Computer Associates International Inc. has begun warning the IT community about "Plage2000," a new worm which could threaten e-mail systems as well as e-business infrastructures. 01/17/2000

Microsoft Fixes NT 4.0 Bug

Microsoft released a patch to eliminate a security vulnerability in Windows NT 4.0. The vulnerability could allow a user logged onto an NT 4.0 machine from the keyboard to become an administrator on the machine. 01/13/2000

Zona: Web-Based App Use on the Move

The latest quarterly installment of Zona Research Inc.'s Zona Enterprise Usage Study indicates that the use of browser-based access to host-based applications is rising. 01/13/2000

Windows 2000 Faces First Virus

Despite the fact that Windows 2000 has not yet shipped to the general public, the first virus for the pending OS has been found. But the company that found the virus says it does not appear to be on the prowl. 01/13/2000

SohoNet Offers Stand-alone ColdCache

January 13, 2000 01/13/2000

HP Improves Windows Interoperability with CIFS/9000 for HP-UX

Hewlett-Packard Co. is moving to improve the interoperability between its HP-UX flavor of Unix and Windows with a new Common Internet File System for HP-UX 11 called CIFS/9000. 01/13/2000

Ballmer Becomes CEO

Apparently Bill Gates is happy with the job Steve Ballmer has done as Microsoft Corp.'s president since appointing him to the position in July of 1998. Gates today promoted Ballmer to CEO. In turn, Gates, who was CEO, created a new position for himself: Chief Software Architect. He will also continue as the company's chairman. 01/13/2000

DataDirect Pops Out SAN-in-a-Box

On Monday, DataDirect Networks Inc. will reveal what it calls a "SAN Appliance," an all-in-one storage area network designed to simplify and accelerate the process of accessing shared data. 01/13/2000

Microsoft President Steve Ballmer Adds CEO to Title

Ballmer takes control of Microsoft, while Gates remains chairman and returns to technology roots as Chief Software Architect. 01/13/2000

Microsoft Breakup Plan in the Works

Lawyers representing the government's case against Microsoft Corp. have come up with a plan to breakup the giant software company, according to a story in today's USA Today. 01/12/2000

Fastest Xeon to Date Built for 2-Way Servers

Intel Corp. hit the 800-MHz mark with its latest Pentium III Xeon processor today. The speediest chip to date is designed for workstations and what the microprocessor giant refers to as "front-end" servers. 01/12/2000

Rational To Aid IA-64 Developers

Rational Software beat analysts' third-quarter earnings estimates by three sents a share. The company celebrated by partnering with Intel to support developers who develop for the IA-64 architecture. 01/12/2000

Percussion Releases Lotus Tools

January 12, 2000 01/12/2000

Software as a Service? Microsoft Puts its Money Where its Mouth is

Microsoft is partnering with Compaq Computer Corp and Digex Inc. to deliver systems, software, and services for application service providers (ASPs) and large Internet businesses. 01/12/2000

Axent Releases New VPN

WRQ Contracts With Sun, HP for Integration Services

WRQ Inc. has announced two major PC-Unix integration agreements with Unix vendors Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. 01/11/2000

Axent Rolls Out New Firewall

January 11, 2000 01/11/2000

MCS Launches Systems Management Solution for Active Directory

Network management vendor Mission Critical Systems (MCS) today announced a proactive solution for managing Microsoft Active Directory. 01/11/2000

Adaptec Releases First Ultra160 SCSI Adapters

Ultra160 drives have been available for several months, but today's announcement from Adaptec that its Ultra160 host adapters are available means Ultra160 has finally arrived. 01/10/2000

Microsoft Licenses FastLane's Consolidation Software

The latest FastLane technology licensed will enable administrators to migrate files from Novell's NetWare to the Windows 2000 Server operating system. 01/10/2000

Digi International Launches Portal

January 10, 2000 01/10/2000

Cisco Systems Unveils New Network Management Solution

Unisys Sells 32-Processor CMP System

Unisys Corp. logged its first U.S. order for a full-size 32-processor Unisys e-@ction ES7000 server based on its internally developed Cellular Multiprocessing (CMP) architecture. 01/10/2000

Quark Releases Content Management Enterprise Solution

Breach in Key Security Discovered

Researchers have discovered that it may be possible for any user with the ability to execute software on a company's e-commerce server to access cryptographic keys and retrieve sensitive information. 01/07/2000

Lotus CEO Resigns

Jeff Papows, the CEO of Lotus Development Corp., has announced his resignation, effective February 1. Al Zollar, general manager of IBM's Network Computing Software division, has been named to replace Papows as CEO. 01/06/2000

Acta Announces eCache

Developers Will Ignore Windows 2000, Perhaps Forever

Nearly one-third of corporate development managers plan to never write applications for Windows 2000, according to a study released by Evans Marketing Services. 01/06/2000

Rose City Releases Clipboard Utility

January 6, 2000 01/06/2000

AMD Up to Speed With 800-MHz Processor

AMD Inc. today matched Intel's top-speed Pentium processor with the introduction of its own 800-MHz AMD Athlon processor. The 800-MHz Athlon is AMD's fastest processor yet. 01/06/2000

Microsoft: Buy NT Now, Get W2K Free Later

Customers who purchase Windows NT between now and the Feb. 17 launch of Windows 2000 will qualify for a free upgrade to the pending OS once it is available, according to a Microsoft Corp. Web page dated yesterday. 01/05/2000

Compaq Demolishes NT Cluster Benchmark

Using six eight-way Pentium Xeon machines, the Compaq cluster processed 99,274.90 transactions per minute (tpmC), shattering the previous mark of 50,208.43 tpmC for a Windows NT-based cluster. 01/05/2000

Microsoft Clarifies W2K Uses with Gold Code

The Windows 2000 gold code contains no new feature surprises, but the documentation for the gold code includes some marketing refinements. 01/05/2000