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Sky’s the Limit with Horizon for SAP Update

Tidal Software is shipping an update to its performance and availability management software for SAP on Windows that takes advantage of just released Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005.

'Avalon' Community Technical Preview Released

Microsoft earlier this month released a Community Technical Preview of "Avalon," the new presentation subsystem for Windows.

IT Weekly Roundup, Nov. 26

From the business wires this week: a solution to ease deployment of network devices, software that helps detect security risks in code, and a backup and recovery system.

Ill News for Illwill

Microsoft arms itself and users against hackers.

IT Weekly Roundup, Nov. 19

From the business wires this week: HTTP compression solutions that enable faster Web browsing, server and workstation management software, and patch management programs.

Free XP SP2 Clinics

Microsoft extends "try before you buy" offer to its XP SP2 clinics and hands-on labs for deploying or developing in a Windows XP SP2 enviroment.

NetIQ Ties Its System Management and Security Tools

NetIQ this month will begin shipping a “connector” tool to enable systems management and security information to be displayed on the same console.

SMS 2003 Feature Packs Arrive

Microsoft this week delivered two long-promised feature packs for Systems Management Server 2003 -- an Operating System Deployment Feature Pack and a Device Management Feature Pack.

Wise Solutions Revs Software Deployment Tools

Wise Solutions is shipping an update of its premier lifecycle management tool, Wise Package Studio. The latest release – version 5.5 – adds automated patch impact assessment and testing tools, as well as support for new features in Microsoft’s Windows Installer 3.0.

Dogfood Report: Microsoft IT and MOM 2005

To coincide with the worldwide general availability of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 this week, Microsoft's IT department released a 32-page whitepaper detailing its internal deployment of the management software.

Vintela Gets Minority Investment from Microsoft

Maker of integration software for linking Unix and Linux systems with Microsoft infrastructures wins deepening commitment from Redmond.

Microsoft Issues a Self-Report Card on Common Criteria for Servers

Microsoft this week highlighted the first of its promised self-report cards on how well its 2005 generation of Windows Server System products are meeting the internally imposed Common Engineering Criteria.

Making Everything Manageable

Get your house in order with ADM templates.

New Malware Threat Emerging

BOFRA! Excuse me, but that was my Internet Explorer.

Dell, Microsoft Team for Management of Dell Servers

Microsoft and Dell are pairing to develop free software for Dell server customers that will integrate Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Dell's OpenManage 4 Change Management tool.

Microsoft Offers Discount to Migrate from Novell NetWare

Microsoft opened a new round Tuesday in its public spat with Novell with the launch of a migration program to move Novell NetWare customers to Windows Server 2003.

7 Steps to a Clean Slate

DomainPrep exposed a well-hidden Active Directory mess from a previous, failed Exchange migration. A call to PSS took care of the problem.

Windows Update Services Hits Beta Stage

Windows Update Services, the follow-on to Microsoft's Software Update Services free patching tool, entered the public beta testing stage on Tuesday.

Microsoft Opens Software Development Campus in India

Microsoft on Monday formally opened a new software development campus in India that is Microsoft's largest campus after its Redmond, Wash. headquarters.

Netcraft: Solaris Most Common OS for Fortune 100 Web Sites

To mark the occasion of the debut of Sun Solaris 10 this week, Web researchers at Netcraft released the results of their latest survey of Fortune 100 Web sites. Their finding: Sun Solaris still leads with 43 sites.

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