Secure your network from packet spoofing with SMB signing.
A small Redmond, Wash.-based startup is shipping a new twist on outsourcing and turnkey solutions – a cluster of Exchange 2003 servers in a single box, replete with subscription-based third-party management, monitoring and maintenance. And, no, that’s not a cutesy turn of phrase referring to Microsoft.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/23/2005
Dell Wednesday rolled out two new high-performance, four-processor servers targeted at database processing and other enterprise-level data center uses. The company also announced the Data Center Environment Assessment, a service aimed at helping customers analyze their current data centers in order to appropriately design for air flow and power requirements of more demanding server environments.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/23/2005
Reporting on AD permissions using free tools is an exercise in futility for this admin. Can he find a better way?
- By Bill Boswell
- 03/22/2005
Microsoft created new packaging for its MapPoint application and location Web service tailored to organizations managing fleets of vehicles.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2005
Microsoft this week unveiled pricing for its Visual Studio 2005 family of integrated development environment products.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2005
Microsoft renamed and put out a release candidate for Windows Update Services on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2005
In this week's SecurityWatch column, Russ Cooper tackles physical security issues surrounding Bank of America's "loss" of computer backup tapes, the hacking vulnerability inherent in leftover FTP servers and issues raised by a recent Bagle variant.
The spin needs to stop here when companies lose millions of people's confidential information.
Simple script to push out administrative executables to remote computers.
From the business wires this week: an anti-virus solution for schools, Web-based network reports and a tool to analyze Web page loading.
Development snags delay the release of Windows XP Starter Edition.
The Neverfail Group is shipping its Neverfail high-availability solution for end-to-end support of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server environments.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/17/2005
IBM announced this week it is buying data integration software firm Ascential for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/17/2005
Users encountered problems after applying a Feb. 8 patch.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/17/2005
FarStone Technology announced a licensing agreement to bundle its software with Intel motherboards to enable system backup and disaster recovery, lost file retrieval and provide virtual CD/DVD drive and disc emulation.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/17/2005
Are you an MCSA who needs help getting past the last few requirements for the MCSE? Get free help from Microsoft.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/17/2005
Maintain exact control over user access to information through digital rights management, but be prepared to explain its complex licensing structure.
WinFS, the Windows future storage subsystem, could end up in Windows XP as well as Windows "Longhorn" when the technology ships, Microsoft officials said.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/16/2005
Corporations need to be more transparent with consumers about how and when their private files are accessed.