As 2002 comes to a close, our columnists offer advice on how to succeed, personally as well as professionally, in the coming year.
- By Steve Crandall
- 12/01/2002
<b>Winner: </b>Parker Software Ltd. Who's On<br>
<br>
<b>Honorable Mention:</b> <a href="#netiq">NetIQ WebTrends</a>
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 12/01/2002
<b>Winner: </b>Sapien Technologies Primalscript<br>
<br>
<b>Honorable Mention:</b> <a href="#vbsedit">Adersoft VbsEdit</a>
- By Chris Brooke
- 12/01/2002
<b>Winner: </b>@stake LC4<br>
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<b>Honorable Mention:</b> <a href="#msdn">Microsoft Corp. MSDN Universal
Subscription</a>
- By Roberta Bragg
- 12/01/2002
SQL Injection is a fairly new method of hacking your database. Learn how it’s done—and how to protect yourself.
St. Bernard’s iPrism helps keep employees in check.
- By James Carrion
- 12/01/2002
</i>MCP Magazine<i>'s</i> experts name the products they can't live without.
See what you may want to add to your Windows network management operations.
- By Kristen McCarthy
- 12/01/2002
<b>Winner:</b> Full Armor Software FAZAM 2000 3<br>
<br>
<b>Honorable Mention:</b> <a href="#aelita">Aelita Controlled Migration
Suite</a>
- By Bill Boswell
- 12/01/2002
<b>Winner: </b>CommVault Systems Galaxy<br>
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<b>Honorable Mention: </b><a href="#ultrabac">Ultrabac Software UltraBac
7</a>
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 12/01/2002
Setting up a common area for sharing resources is easy. Here's how to do it with SharePoint Portal Server.
- By Bill Heldman
- 12/01/2002
If Redmond maintains the trend, rest assured you'll know what to call "Longhorn."
Unless you test your application fully, you can't be sure changes you make won't affect another part of the system. Use unit tests to improve programming and application-release quality.
Fashion plate; reading the fine print; demystifying printing for users.
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- 12/01/2002
As the holiday season approaches, projects tend to slow down. How do you join the human race?
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 12/01/2002
Getting the job done often means accomplishing what you can within the constraints of real-world resources and budgets.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/01/2002
<b>Winner: </b>Tranxition Software Personality Tranxport Professional
3.0<br>
<br>
<b>Honorable Mention:</b> <a href="#xpress">Altiris eXpress Migration
Suite</a>
- By Stewart Cawthray
- 12/01/2002
This useful script will make your life easier, but may make you a grinch to your users.
- By Chris Brooke
- 12/01/2002
In early 2003, HP plans to roll out eight-processor servers based on a second-generation Profusion chipset that supports the newer Intel Xeon MP processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/27/2002
Linux servers gained market share much faster than Windows servers did in the third quarter, according to research released Wednesday by market analysts at IDC. The analysts note that the Linux growth comes from a much smaller base than Windows enjoys. The Standard Intel Architecture Servers that underpin both OS platforms, meanwhile, continue to make up a growing share of the overall market as Unix servers decline in market share. In other developments, IBM assumed the lead among eight-processor server Intel architecture sellers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 11/27/2002
IBM Corp. this week officially released version 5.0 of WebSphere Application Server (WAS). With full support for existing Web services standards, compliance with J2EE 1.3, a new workflow engine, and a bevy of Web-to-host connectivity options, Big Blue says that WAS 5.0 marks a major upgrade of its Web application server platform.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 11/27/2002