Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a speech Monday that the company felt "humbled" by the effects of the Blaster and Sobig.F worms.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/16/2003
Understand Exchange's per-server vs. per-user licensing implications and you'll save money down the road.
- By Bill Boswell
- 09/16/2003
It's looking like September may be a replay of August, with nearly
identical threats ready to swamp IT. Hopefully this time, the painful
experiences of last month will help us avoid another IT catastrophe.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/15/2003
Intel rolled out two new Itanium 2 processors this week that will help drive down the cost of 64-bit computing systems. Both processors are optimized for dual-processor servers and workstations, and one of the chips, previously code-named "Deerfield" has lower power requirements.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/11/2003
The nation's IT infrastructure remains safe, thanks in part to the efforts of Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team.
Hardware and software vendors jumped on the Microsoft's launch of Windows Storage Server 2003 Wednesday with a host of hardware devices shipping with the new OS and software releases that run on the Network Attached Storage solutions.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/10/2003
Microsoft released a critical new patch on Wednesday that fixed three new vulnerabilities in the DCOM Remote Procedure Call (RPC) on almost all supported versions of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/10/2003
Microsoft on Wednesday launched Windows Storage Server 2003, a version of Windows for Network Attached Storage appliances and intended for dedicated file serving.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/10/2003
Oracle launched its Oracle 10G database this week and demonstrated slightly better benchmark scalability than SQL Server on a similar Windows-based configuration.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2003
Stratus Technologies this week refreshed the mid-level and high-end versions of its fault-tolerant Windows-based servers. The company also introduced support for Windows Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2003
AMD fleshed outs its line of Opteron processors on Tuesday, introducing a new model for entry-level systems and a new model for four- to eight-way systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/09/2003
Administering mixed Windows platforms? Then be sure to manage Group Policy Objects from one machine or you'll run into this baffling feature of Windows 2003.
- By Bill Boswell
- 09/09/2003
Microsoft sends newest exam, 70-284, Implementing and and Managing Exchange Server 2003, to beta testing.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/08/2003
Microsoft will shortly be releasing the first exam for people who want to prove their expertise in Small Business Server 2003.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/04/2003
Microsoft's certification group faces its fans and critics, offering insights into the latest program changes.
Hundreds of Windows IT professionals descended upon sunny San Diego Tuesday for the bi-annual TechMentor conference, put on by Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine.
In conjunction with new Exchange-based specialist titles announced this morning, the company adds Windows 2003 versions of the security titles.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/03/2003
As Microsoft prepares to formally launch the next version of Office, the company's security team issued four bulletins for security flaws -- one critical -- in existing Microsoft Office programs. Also Wednesday, Microsoft released a patch for a low-priority flaw in Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/03/2003
Windows server sales boomed, Linux sales grew even more quickly, and the Unix bleeding slowed.
- By Scott Bekker
- 09/03/2003
Microsoft adds two new specialist titles to its MCSA/MCSE tracks, follows up with some details on two new Exchange 2003-based exams.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/03/2003