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SP1 Released for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Microsoft on Tuesday refreshed its six-month-old reporting platform for SQL Server 2000 with a service pack that adds some minor functionality.

Last Chance: MCP Exams Retiring in June

Microsoft to retire 11 exams at the end of the month.

Slow Win2K Performance After the Crash

Performance dies on this unnamed admin's Dell server, so Bill helps him trace the problem to driver chaos.

Microsoft Business Solutions Ships Great Plains 8.0

Microsoft shipped version 8.0 of Great Plains, its packaged financial management software for mid-market companies across all business sectors.

Analysis: Trial Balloons Continue on Anti-Virus

Microsoft released another trial balloon in the last week over what it should do with its anti-virus technology. The company is dragging its feet on a decision because it really has no good options here.

Sarbanes-Oxley Leaves Wiggle Room -- at First

Experts say navigating Sarbox, and other recent compliance requirements affecting IT, is rarely as bad as most companies imagine.

Weekly IT Roundup, June 14

New, updated IT software hardware announced on the business wire the week of June 14-18.

True Life Tale: Paging the Help Desk

Quick fix for a computer that has been making buzzing sounds for weeks.

Windows to Hit 60 Percent of Server Unit Shipments by 2008

Based on the restored demand for enterprise servers that began late last year, researchers at IDC are predicting strong growth for server systems through 2008, especially for Linux- and Windows-based boxes.

Veritas Ships NetBackup 5.1

Veritas Software Corp. this week released an incremental update to its flagship, heterogeneous backup product that includes several key enhancements for Windows-based environments.

Paid Microsoft Anti-Virus Subscription Service in the Works?

Microsoft is leaning toward offering a paid anti-virus subscription service.

AMD Makes Progress on Dual-Core Chips

AMD completed design of its AMD64 dual-core processor and plans to deliver the chips to the x86 server market in the middle of next year.

But I Don't WANT to Upgrade!

You don't have to upgrade to take advantage of some of Windows 2003 tools.

Microsoft Lays Out ERP Roadmap

A week after the controversial disclosure that Microsoft had been in merger talks with ERP giant SAP, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the roadmap for its own fledgling bundle of four ERP products.

Helping Those Who Help Themselves

Mysterious Exchange migration stopped; issuing a complex password challenge to users that they might actually like.

Windows XP SP2 RC2 Released

Microsoft posted the second release candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 2, but the software giant is refusing to say when it hopes to ship the final version of the service pack, which amounts to a minor new release of the Windows client.

Virtual Server 2005 Split Into 2 Editions

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, which hit the release candidate stage on Monday, will come in two editions when it ships.

The Weekly Roundup

New, updated IT software hardware announced on the business wire the week of June 7-10.

'Extremely Critical' IE Exploit in the Wild

Users running fully patched versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable to a new exploit in the wild that has been used to load adware onto systems whose owners did nothing more than click on a malicious Web address, according to security researchers.

Marathon Rolling Out New Fault-Tolerant Setup

Marathon Technologies is back -- out of bankruptcy and up to speed with support for Windows Server 2003 in its fault-tolerant software systems that use industry-standard hardware.

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