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The Last Waltz

Final thoughts on maintaining the IT career tempo.

Give the My Computer Icon a User Name

It is handy to be able to just look up at the My Computer icon and see where you are and what name you are using.

Anthony's Tale

Anthony wanted to run Windows DNS on his company’s BIND network. It worked—until the intern came along.

Get the Message

Straight talk on meshing your enterprise e-mail systems.

Developer, DBA Exams to Be Decommissioned June 2004

Microsoft plans to retire 11 exams next year, with the majority affecting the MCSD and MCDBA tracks.

Windows 2003 Exams Added to MCDBA Roster

New Windows 2003 exams can be used to fulfill core networking requirements of the MCDBA on SQL 2000 track.

Windows Update

Here are the latest service packs from Microsoft as of June 28, 2003:

Is the Worst Over for the IT Job Market?

You may be excused for your cynical chortling when hearing that IT hiring may be on the way up, but that's what the latest study from a technology staffing company reports.

Opinion: Microsoft vs. Network Appliance: Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

Longhorn changes the rules of the NAS game, but performance and price still matter most when shopping for NAS devices.

Exchange 2003 to RTM Monday

Microsoft will release Exchange Server 2003 to manufacturing on Monday, company officials said Thursday. The company plans to hold prices steady from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 and will include more flexible licensing options for the messaging server, as well.

Windows 2000 SP4 Available

Microsoft on Thursday officially posted the fourth service pack for Windows 2000. SP4 comes about 11 months after Service Pack 3 and, like SP3, is a recommended update. The fix list includes more than 650 issues with an emphasis on security, application and hardware compatibility, Windows 2000 setup and operating system reliability.

Important Security Flaw Affects Windows 2000 Servers

Microsoft on Wednesday put out a pair of security bulletins, including one alerting users to an important security flaw affecting the Windows 2000 servers.

Microsoft Updates BI Tool

Microsoft on Wednesday released an updated version of a tool to help system integrators and other Microsoft partners build business intelligence applications atop SQL Server.

Dell to Ship Madison-based Servers

Dell officials on Wednesday said the company would ship two-way servers based on the upcoming Itanium 2 “Madison” 64-bit processor. The announcement marks the computermaker’s return to Itanium, after skipping the “McKinley” generation of the chip.

At the Fork In the Exchange Migration Path

The road behind has no signposts for what's to come.

Licensing 6.0 Step-up Program on Tap

A few weeks after introducing a blockbuster list of changes to Licensing 6.0, Microsoft gave the licensing program another significant tweak in allowing customers with standard edition server software to upgrade to the enterprise edition at a reasonable price.

Microsoft Names Chief Privacy Strategist

Microsoft has gone outside the company to fill the position of chief privacy strategist. Peter Cullen, the corporate privacy officer for Royal Bank of Canada, will join Microsoft on July 14.

Get IT Certified the eBay Way!

Have you missed out on the easiest, most cost-effective way to earn a technical certification?

IT Compensation Leveling Off?

Several recently released surveys indicate that salaries may have bottomed out or be headed slightly upward for all IT job roles, including developers.

ERP Market Revenues Declined in 2002

As top ERP vendors battle in court and in corporate boardrooms, newly published Gartner research shows that the Enterprise Resource Planning market was on the decline in 2002.

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