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MCSE: Security Tops 4,000

Growing ranks of those with MCSE: Security offers some proof that security remains hot.

HP’s ProCurve to Ship WAN Routers for SMBs

HP’s ProCurve networking division says it will ship in April its first two WAN routers aimed at SMBs and branch offices, as well as an access control module for its ProCurve 5300xl series switches.

SQL Server 2005 Editions, Pricing Unveiled

Microsoft will raise prices for SQL Server 2005 compared to SQL Server 2000, but SQL Server will continue to come in a free edition, a new low cost edition is being added and functionality previously reserved for the Enterprise Edition is working its way down to lower cost versions.

Get-Out-the-SP2 Effort Continues at Microsoft

Amid all the industry-shaking security moves Microsoft unveiled last week, the company also updated its progress on distributing Windows XP Service Pack 2 -- its most far-reaching effort to date to improve the security of the average computer on the Internet.

Digital Certificates for Everyone

Even a simple PKI can be useful and secure.

IBM Rolls Out X3-based eServer and X3 Chipset

IBM will ship the first of its X3 32/64-bit, dual-core capable servers within 30 days, the company said this week. The eServer xSeries 366 (x366) is the first in a planned IBM family of dual-core-capable Intel-based server offerings.

Exams Under the Radar: Licensing Solutions

More competency exams available for Microsoft software licensing experts.

Windows NT Protocols, Subsystems Go by the Boards in x64

Some of Windows NT's oldest subsystem and protocol friends will be left behind when the codebase moves to x64.

Intel Ships Five 64-bit Pentium 4s

Intel is shipping five 64-bit Pentium 4 processors for use in desktop computers. The release comes on the heels of the company’s shipment earlier this month of early production versions of its dual-core CPUs.

Quicker Queries

Add database queries to your scripts.

Microsoft Launches Windows Server Blog

Microsoft this month started a blog dedicated to its Windows Server family. The Windows Server product team appears poised to use the blog as an information clearinghouse for minor product milestones, such as release candidates and other betas, to float trial balloons for potential features, and as a place to gather user input.

Russ' IE 7.0 Wish List

Details about the next version of Internet Explorer are sketchy, but at least we can hope for the best.

The Name Resolution Game

In this Exchange 5.5-to-2003 migration, the admin is hung out to dry during setup. So, what gives?

Microsoft Buys Toolkit for Axapta

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the purchase of a third-party wizard for implementing Microsoft Axapta.

Opinion: An IE 7.0 Wish List

Columnist Russ Cooper would have liked a few more specifics out of Bill Gates' much-anticipated keynote address at the RSA conference last week.

IT Weekly Roundup, Feb. 18

From the business wires this week: compliance and auditing tools, a security and antitheft tracking solution, and more.

Intel 64-bit Xeons Upgraded

Intel announced this week it is shipping upgraded versions of its 64-bit Xeon processors, and also said it will ship new multi-processor Xeons within three months.

ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition Coming in March

Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2004 Enterprise Edition will be generally available in March, eight months after the Standard Edition of the firewall, VPN and Web caching server hit the market.

AMD Readies New Opterons

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD announced this week that it will ship two new Opteron processors within the next month, and also announced that Cambridge, England-based startup XenSource will port the Xen open-source system virtualization platform to run on Opteron-based systems.

Migrating to Greener Pastures

Move user files and settings easier with Microsoft's USMT tool.

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