Microsoft posted a fixed version of a botched security patch from December that had been causing Windows NT 4.0 systems to crash.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/11/2003
Shortly after Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative turned a year old, the IT world shook from the damage of a worm targeting Microsoft's flagship database. How much progress has Microsoft made in making its systems more secure?
Microsoft to offer MCSD on Microsoft .NET candidates one free chance to take key required exam. Offer good until Sept. 30, 2003.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/10/2003
SQL Slammer hit one of Microsoft's flagship enterprise products just as the company was patting itself on the back for a year's worth of Trustworthy Computing progress. The damaging worm highlights both the strengths -- and the weaknesses -- of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing effort.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/10/2003
The Windows Server 2003 version of Datacenter Server will have a couple of licensing changes -- a 128-processor SKU and Datacenter-only downgrade rights.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/07/2003
Anyone for MCSD on .NET? Exam 70-300, Analyzing Requirements and Defining .NET Solution Architectures, the final exam requirement for this premium title, is expected to be released next week, possibly
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/06/2003
VMWare this week released a new version of its virtual machine offering for servers, adding support for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and 32-processor, Intel-based servers from Unisys.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/06/2003
Microsoft posted a "critical" cumulative patch fixing two new vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer. Microsoft also put out a separate patch for an "important" security problem in Windows XP.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/06/2003
In the space of a week, Microsoft and IBM’s Lotus software group introduced versions of their enterprise messaging and groupware platforms designed to support high-volume service provider and ISP implementations.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/06/2003
Microsoft's Windows Datacenter Server has been about more than technology features since its launch in late 2000. Fittingly, the tightly controlled support program that makes Datacenter Server so different from other Microsoft server operating systems is getting a complete overhaul for the Windows Server 2003 launch. Microsoft unveiled details of the program Wednesday, including the new name, the "Windows Datacenter High Availability Program."
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/05/2003
AMD refreshed its line of multiprocessor chips for servers and workstations this week with the introduction of the AMD Athlon MP 2600+.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/05/2003
UltraBac Software has released the second installment of planned incremental upgrades to its flagship UltraBac 7.0 backup and disaster recovery software. The new version, 7.0.3, builds in encryption, compression, improved back-up granularity and administrative enhancements.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/05/2003
A new study by IDC finds that enterprise Linux server usage is moving beyond its traditional bastion of Web serving and moving into Unix and Windows strongholds such as application serving and database serving.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/05/2003
Robert Keppel to get prison time, ordered to pay half a million in restitution to Microsoft Corp.
A federal appeals court on Monday stayed a district court judge's order for Microsoft to distribute Sun's Java Runtime Environment with Windows XP.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/04/2003
Microsoft pulled the Windows NT 4.0 version of a security patch it issued in December because the patch was causing systems to crash.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/04/2003
When it comes to sluggish hard drives, this handy script will help keep you moving.
- By Chris Brooke
- 02/01/2003
Microsoft’s Internet Information Server has struggled with performance and security issues its whole life. The latest version, though, shows just how far the Web server has come.
- By Russ Kaufmann
- 02/01/2003
Tech workers span the spectrum of industry, from fast food to furniture.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/01/2003
Scripting tools; upgrading to .NET; .NET by any other name.
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- 02/01/2003