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    Borland Developers to Roll Out JBuilder 3.0

    Rolling on in a month filled with turmoil, the Borland half of Inprise Corp. announced JBuilder 3.0, the company's Java-based development tool. 04/19/1999

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    Microsoft Delves Further Into Broadband

    Furthering its stake in broadband services, Microsoft allied with NorthPoint Communications, a local exchange carrier that provides DSL technology. 04/19/1999

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    Compaq Ousts Eckhard Pfeiffer

    Less than a week after hosting Compaq's Innovate Forum conference, Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer abruptly resigned under pressure from Compaq's board of directors. 04/19/1999

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    Beta 3 Launch Process Underway, Ready or Not

    Beta 3 of Windows 2000 isn’t coming this week, but you wouldn’t know it at Spring Comdex in Chicago. 04/19/1999

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    Windows 2000 Beta 3 Available April 28

    A week late, but never too soon, Windows 2000 Beta 3 is on its way to an IT shop near you April 28. 04/16/1999

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    MCPs By The Numbers

    Check out the latest count of total MCP certificates issued worldwide, by title. 04/15/1999

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    Oracle Shares Plans for OAS, XML

    The company announced the beta version of OAS 4.0.8 and new plans for its XML-enabled infrastructure. 04/15/1999

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    Intel Demos First 1 Gigahertz Server

    Intel president Craig Barrett demonstrated a 1.007 gigahertz server during his keynote presentation delivered at Compaq Innovate Forum. 04/14/1999

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    Inprise Hires Interim Chief; Expects Low Earnings

    Inprise announced the appointment of Dale Fuller to interim president and CEO followed by expectations of low earnings for the first quarter 1999. 04/14/1999

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    Compaq Plans Industry Standard Appliance Line

    Plans are in place to follow that product with a broad family of turnkey server appliances. 04/13/1999

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    Compaq Kicks Off E-Business Initiative

    Compaq president and CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer unveiled a strategy to support what it terms "NonStop eBusiness." 04/13/1999

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    Sqribe Technologies Links Portal to PeopleSoft

    Sqribe announced the availability of an integration module that enables the integration of enterprise portals with PeopleSoft apps. 04/12/1999

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    Hardware, Software Vendors Support Windows 2000

    Microsoft is garnering support for Windows 2000, both the final version and the third beta. 04/12/1999

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    SCSI Trade Association Envisions Future of Ultra

    The STA will announce its roadmap to increase current transfer rates four-fold on Tuesday. 04/12/1999

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    Microsoft Releases SP4 for Terminal Server

    Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4. 04/08/1999

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    Microsoft Talks Open Source, Shows 64-bit at WinHEC

    Microsoft president Steve Ballmer says that the company is considering the possibility of opening the source code to Windows. 04/08/1999

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    MapInfo, Oracle to Proliferate Spatial Data

    MapInfo Corp. (www.mapinfo.com) and Oracle Corp. are integrating their products to provide a more broad-based spatial data analysis solution on Oracle 8i. 04/07/1999

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    MCP Benefits Enhanced

    It's not yet another new certification: Find out about MSDN Online Certified membership. Plus, if you're an MCSD, find out how to get TechNet Plus. 04/07/1999

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    MCSD Exam Chat

    On Tuesday, April 6, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, T.K. Herman will field questions on the Analyzing Requirements exam and the new question type introduced with this exam. 04/07/1999

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    Sun Broadens Windows NT Offerings

    The vendor of the Solaris-flavor of the Unix operating system unveiled several products and services widening its interoperability with the Windows environment. 04/06/1999

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    Big SAN Players Rally Behind SNIA

    A dozen major storage area network players rallied behind the flag of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). 04/06/1999

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    Cisco, PeopleSoft Provide QoS Guidelines for Enterprise Apps

    The companies will increase productivity for CiscoAssure, and QoS for PeopleSoft applications. 04/05/1999

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    Microsoft "Traps" Mutek for Debugging

    MuTek solutions to provide BugTrapper tool for developer use. 04/05/1999

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    Sagent Moving From ETL Toward Business Intelligence

    Sagent Technology Inc. (www.sagent.com) is racing into a broader market with Version 4.0 of the Sagent Solution. 04/05/1999

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    New Discussion Forum Threads

    Chime in on any of the new Discussion Forum sections we've just opened up: Distributed and Desktop Visual C++ 6.0 beta exams, SMS 2.0 beta exam, April 1999 cover story: "Best Companies", and Cisco Cer 04/02/1999

  • Are your users out of control? Try using profiles and system policies to manipulate the Windows NT Registry and regain control of your network.

    Managing with Profiles and Policies

    Are your users out of control? Try using profiles and system policies to manipulate the Windows NT Registry and regain control of your network. 04/01/1999

  • Knowing how secure the most secure operations are—and what products those organizations use to achieve it—can help you establish your own criteria.

    Geeks with Guns

    Knowing how secure the most secure operations are—and what products those organizations use to achieve it—can help you establish your own criteria. 04/01/1999

  • Investing in certification is a winning business proposition for employees, prospective clients, and companies as a whole.

    Certifiable Winners

    Investing in certification is a winning business proposition for employees, prospective clients, and companies as a whole. 04/01/1999

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    Week 4: Win Prizes! Post Certification Tips Online

    Got some tips for your peers? We're collecting career and certification tips for our June issue. Take a look at these questions for the fourth week, then submit your tips and enter our drawing for 04/01/1999

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    Systems Management Server 2.0 Exam Now in Beta

    Take and pass the SMS 2.0 beta exam and receive a free exam voucher. Beta exam is taking place now! 04/01/1999

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    Inprise CEO and CFO Resign

    Inprise announced the resignations of chairman and CEO Delbert W. Yocam and Kathleen Fisher, vice president and chief financial officer. 04/01/1999

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    Share Your Expertise!

    If you've been involved in an IT project that you think other MCP Magazine readers can learn from, share it in our monthly "From the Trenches" column. 04/01/1999

  • Many more companies are beginning to understand what it takes to develop and retain skilled IT workers.

    Does Your Company Rate?

    Many more companies are beginning to understand what it takes to develop and retain skilled IT workers. 04/01/1999

  • In-Depth

    MCP Magazine's Certification 17

    04/01/1999
  • Beyond the obvious differences, these two designations have uncanny similarities. Harry ponders the MCSE vs. MBA question and asks, “Why not get both?”

    Separated at Birth? MCSE and MBA

    Beyond the obvious differences, these two designations have uncanny similarities. Harry ponders the MCSE vs. MBA question and asks, “Why not get both?” 04/01/1999

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    Visual C++ Exams Now in Beta

    Take and pass any Visual C++ exam and receive a free exam voucher. Beta exam are happening now! 04/01/1999

  • What will the Microsoft trial mean to those whose livelihoods depend on Microsoft products?

    Trial by Ordeal

    What will the Microsoft trial mean to those whose livelihoods depend on Microsoft products? 04/01/1999

  • Professionals who told us that their companies treat them like crown jewels. Here’s what they had to say about their companies, their benefits—and their plans to stick around.

    "This is One Great Place to Work..."

    We interviewed a handful of Microsoft Certified Professionals who told us that their companies treat them like crown jewels. Here’s what they had to say about their companies, their benefits—and their plans to stick around. 04/01/1999

  • At the Heart of Development

    New forms of questions test your hard-won experience in the field. 04/01/1999

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    Sun Unveils Strategic Post-Netscape Plans

    America Online Inc. (AOL, www.aol.com) and Sun Microsystems Inc. (www.sun.com) today released strategic plans for the post-Netscape era. 03/30/1999

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    CA to Acquire Platinum

    Software technologies merge in a deal worth $3.5 billion. 03/29/1999

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    Cisco Completes Phase Two of Policy Networking Initiative

    Cisco Systems Inc. announced its Quality of Service policy solution, dubbed Policy Manager. 03/29/1999

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    Microsoft Officially Announces Reorganization Plans

    The company is realigning to meet the needs of its customers, rather than merely focusing on technologies. 03/29/1999

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    We’re Seeking Reviewers!

    Call for Authors: If you’re an MCSD and you intend to tackle the new Visual C++ exams, MCP Magazine needs you! We need two reviewers to eva 03/25/1999

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    Dell to License NuView's ClusterX Software

    The move brings Dell further into the enterprise high-availability market for its PowerEdge servers and clusters. 03/24/1999

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    "The Certification 17"

    MCP Magazine's survey finds that salaries play a smaller role than expected in attracting and retaining skilled IT professionals. 03/24/1999

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    HP Unveils Business Recovery Services

    HP today announced a global business-recovery network that positions the company as a one-stop DR solution. 03/23/1999

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    Amdahl, Rational Partner for Application Monitoring

    The companies will combine Amdahl's EnView and Rational's PerformanceStudio. 03/23/1999

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    HP Releases SQL Server Backup Results

    The company also announced OpenView OmniBack II support for Active Directory. 03/22/1999

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    Mylex Announces Java-based Enterprise RAID Management Application

    The product allows network managers to monitor, tune and configure their network storage from a Web browser. 03/22/1999

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