The new release of MessageLabs’ anti-spam service provides corporate users with an added layer of protection from spurious e-mails by incorporating Symantec’s Brightmail technology as well as by bulking up MessageLabs’ own spam filtering technology.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 12/03/2004
Microsoft released its second SQL Server 2005 Community Technology Preview on Friday, giving customers another taste of the long-awaited "Yukon" version of SQL Server now planned for a mid-2005 release.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/03/2004
Executive Software is shipping a patch management module for automating installation of Microsoft security patches that can be used either by itself or as part of the company’s Sitekeeper systems management suite.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 12/02/2004
For a limited time, Microsoft is making its online exam preparation
clinic for the MCDST exams free for a limited time.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/02/2004
Take command with CSC and Group Policy.
Microsoft on Wednesday released a security patch for the critical Internet Explorer flaw that was being exploited through compromised Web banner servers. Microsoft considered the flaw, which has been public for about a month, important enough to release the patch ahead of its normal patching day, which falls on Dec. 14 this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/01/2004
Even honest disclosure can incur the wrath of the Man.
Forget about low-carb diets. Storage consolidation is the new craze hitting the fat-conscious world.
Analysts at Gartner expect tough times ahead for the PC industry.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/01/2004
Frame sizes? Fine. DS3 configuration? Check. So, what's causing slow-as-molasses file copying across this admin's WAN?
- By Bill Boswell
- 11/30/2004
Attackers defaced the SCO Website at least twice in recent days -- in one case changing the company's logo to "We own all your code, pay us all your money," and in the other case claiming the company was preparing to sue Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/30/2004
Factory revenues for Windows servers and Unix servers were "essentially equal" in IDC's market share report for the third quarter, marking a potential turning point for the Windows server market.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/30/2004
A Dutch Web analytics provider released statistics this month showing that market share for the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser fell below 90 percent for the first time in several years as Mozilla browsers surged to 7.35 percent.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/30/2004
A widespread crash of Windows desktop systems threw the United Kingdom's Department of Work and Pensions into disarray for several days last week.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/30/2004
It may not be time to retire the term "Wintel" yet.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/30/2004
Microsoft has killed its planned Windows 2000 Service Pack 5. Instead the company will release an Update Rollup for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 in the middle of next year.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/29/2004
Sonasoft has bundled its backup and recovery products for major Microsoft systems into a comprehensive suite.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/29/2004
Another version of Sober is getting attention from the major security companies.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/29/2004
The bad guys might not be as smart as we fear they are.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 11/29/2004
Security experts are warning users to lock down unused ports after an exploit surfaced for an unpatched flaw in Microsoft WINS.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/29/2004