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New MOM Management Pack for Password Change Notification

Microsoft this month introduced a new Microsoft Operations Manager Management Pack for the Microsoft Password Change Notification Service.

USB or Not to Be?

Prevent users from exporting confidential info on USB flash drives.

HP Refreshes Integrity Server Line

HP announced this week it has passed the $1 billion mark in sales of business solutions based on its Integrity servers during fiscal 2004, and tossed in the immediate availability of the newest Itanium 2 processors in its server line to boot.

How Suite It Is -- Veritas Ships Updated Backup Bundle

Veritas Software, which last month wowed the investment world by announcing it is being acquired by Symantec in what may turn out to be the largest software deal in history, is shipping the latest version of its flagship backup and restore product.

Microsoft Updates BizTalk Server Roadmap

With three versions of BizTalk Server out the door, Microsoft recently began discussing versions four and five of the business integration server software.

"Exchange 12" Directions Revealed

For the next version of Exchange Server, code-named "Exchange 12," Microsoft is investing in unified messaging, improved search and 64-bit support among other things, company officials said during a press tour on Wednesday.

Study: 651 Million E-mail Users Worldwide

Worldwide e-mail usage boomed in 2004, according to a new study by the Radicati Group.

Admin's Bag of Tricks

What admin tools do you find indispensable for doing your job?

IDC: E-mail Archiving Coming to a Data Center Near You

As requirements demanding companies be able to find, retrieve and protect e-mail and other electronic records become coded into our legal and regulatory institutions, the market for e-mail archiving applications is exploding.

Microsoft Navision Gets New Leader

Microsoft hired a former IT consultant and IBM executive to run the Navision segment of Microsoft Business Solutions.

Phone Malware Threat Grows

Viruses are reaching out and touching someone - everyone.

An Array of Attributes

Simple attributes are old school; do more with multi-valued attributes in your scripts.

CompTIA Lets IT Academy Students Take A+ Exams for $99

Promotion is extension of program that's been available to Cisco Academy students.

IT Weekly Roundup, Jan. 14

From the business wires this week: security tool for finding info holes on Web sites, hosted messaging and collaboration solution and a blazingly fast SATA hard drive.

BMC Buys French ID Management Firm

BMC Software announced it is buying French identity management software developer Calendra for $33 million.

VMware Plays an ACE in the Virtual PC Game

VMware is shipping ACE, a PC virtualization product designed to protect corporate data and other electronic assets even when the work is being done offsite by outsiders.

Microsoft CFO Leaving

Longtime Microsoft executive John Connors is leaving the company to join a venture capital firm.

Help MOM Keep an Eye on Your Exchange Servers

Monitor Exchange Services from a single, simple HTA console.

Microsoft to Expand Redmond Headquarters

Microsoft filed a development agreement this week with the city of Redmond, Wash., committing to expanding its corporate headquarters there.

LANDesk Debuts New and Updated Management Tools

Intel spin-off LANDesk announced this week that it is shipping Server Manager 8.5, which provides significant enhancements to the seven-year-old server management tool.

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