A worm exploiting a password set by default to null in SQL Server is roaring around the Internet, according to several security watchdog groups.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/22/2002
Gartner analysts sounded the alarm again this week for users to review their Microsoft software licensing agreements. The July 31 deadline when Licensing 6.0 goes into full force is bearing down quickly.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/22/2002
Microsoft this week said the next versions of its SharePoint portal and collaboration products will ship in 2003 and will include tight integration with the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft's other server software.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/21/2002
Citrix, the company whose name is practically synonymous with server-based computing in Microsoft environments, reached a new agreement with Microsoft to gain continued access to Windows Server code for three years.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/21/2002
Microsoft ran into one of its classic security flaps over the latest Internet Explorer cumulative patch. An Israeli security firm, GreyMagic Software, accused Microsoft on Thursday and Friday of failing to address the underlying issues that led to some of the 6 new vulnerabilities that Microsoft patched on Wednesday in MS02-023.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/20/2002
Microsoft issued a critical cumulative Internet Explorer patch on Wednesday that corrects six newly discovered vulnerabilities and changes the behavior of the Web browser. The security bulletin, MS02-023, is the third cumulative patch for IE this year and the fifth since November 2001.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/16/2002
Per-CPU licensing, electronic updates added to latest version. Plus news from Legato, Raxco, Remotely Anywhere, and SureSync
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 05/16/2002
Intel refreshed its value line of desktop processors this week with new Celerons at speeds of 1.7 GHz and 1.4 GHz.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/16/2002
Sun plays up the price difference between its StarOffice 6.0 suite and Microsoft Office, while noting interoperability with Microsoft's ubiquitous productivity software. While Sun has raised the price from free, the company still contends that savings over Office licenses start at 75 percent. StarOffice 6.0 hits the market May 21.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/16/2002
Longtime Windows storage software vendor OTG Software is officially part of Legato Systems Inc. Both companies' shareholders formally approved the acquisition, Legato announced Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/15/2002
A hoax circulating around the Internet tells users to delete a legitimate file that is a part of Microsoft's Java middleware.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/15/2002
Gartner issued a bulletin this week, "Don't Allow Free Instant Messaging in Your Enterprise," pegged to Microsoft's recent release of a security bulletin fixing a critical vulnerability in MSN Messenger.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/15/2002
IBM this week posted demos of Web services built using its tools and server software to get developers to playing with the tools and thinking about ways to incorporate Web services into their businesses.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/14/2002
Maybe they should have called the new combined company “HPaq,” evoking images of the all-knowing and prescient residents of the planet K-Pax. In last fall’s movie by the same name, a visitor from K-Pax seemed to have keen insight on the course of humanity. Indeed, as Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO, and Michael Capellas, president, launched the new HP, which absorbs the former Compaq Computer Corp., they presented a well thought-out roadmap that covered their new company’s role in the uncertain and roller-coaster IT market.
- By Joe McKendrick
- 05/14/2002
Dell made a new rack-optimized server available this week with an option for including two Intel Xeon processors at speeds up to 2.4 GHz. Dell positioned the 2U PowerEdge 2650 as driving down rack-dense server prices with an entry price around $2,400.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/14/2002
Cisco on Tuesday introduced a storage router for moving Windows-based enterprise workgroups from direct-attached storage to Storage Area Networks (SANs). Called the Cisco SN 5428 Storage Router, the storage networking platform supports both IP and Fibre Channel switching technologies and costs about $12,000.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/14/2002
Windows .NET Server is the next major version of the Windows server operating system. It has been overshadowed by two colossal Microsoft product releases, its direct predecessor, Windows 2000, and the .NET Framework (along with Visual Studio .NET). Nonetheless, any server operating system release from Microsoft is significant, and the industry has been following the career of Whistler/Windows 2002/Windows .NET Server closely. This series of articles will explain what is significant about the Windows .NET Server family release, and when enterprises should expect it and consider deploying it.
Microsoft said this week it would refresh its Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition, with a new 1.2 version to support the Itanium 2 release.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/09/2002
Microsoft achieved a major milestone in its Unix interoperability plans this week when it released Services for Unix 3.0 to manufacturing. The next steps in the software giant's Unix interoperability roadmap are coming in Windows .NET Server and the follow-on to the recently released Visual Studio .NET.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/09/2002
New cert options for MCPs may be in future.