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Microsoft Cuts Price on Unix Interoperability Product

With the Release to Manufacturing this week of Microsoft's Services for Unix 3.0, Microsoft disclosed a significant cut in the price of the Windows-Unix interoperability toolset.

Vector Networks Updates PC-Duo Enterprise

Suite now has new diagnostics module for protection, repair and change analysis. Plus news from Winternals, InstallShield, Mice & Men, Trend Micro, O&O, NetOp, and Precise/SiteStor

New Integration Pack Links Content Management Server, SharePoint

Microsoft on Thursday tightened the integration between two of its most closely related .NET Enterprise Servers -- Content Management Server and SharePoint Portal Server.

Quest Ships Spotlight on Active Directory 3.0

Quest Software chose the recent Microsoft Management Summit to announce shipment of the latest update to its Spotlight on Active Directory product.

Gartner: 2001, Not 2000, Was SQL Server's Year

Analysts at Gartner revised figures that showed that SQL Server had finally overtaken Oracle as the top-selling database on the Windows server platform in 2000. Turns out SQL Server didn't topple Oracle on Microsoft's own OS platform until 2001, Gartner says now.

Study: C# on a Tear

An independent survey shows developers are snapping up Microsoft's C# language. Evans Data Corp. released results of a survey of 800 developers conducted in March and April. According to the research firm, 12 percent of developers were using C# at the time of the survey, up from 7 percent in a similar Evans survey from October.

U.S. IT Workforce Fell 5 Percent in 2001

New study by the Information Technology Association of America says that despite the 5 percent dropoff, IT managers expect to hire about that number of workers in 2002.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server BI Tool

Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a tool for making business intelligence projects easier and quicker to develop on its SQL Server database platform. The SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence consists of a technology wrapped in a partner and consulting program.

Windows .NET Server Exams Slated for Spring 2003

Exam item writers to be given time to test Windows.NET Server in real-world, says Microsoft.

Seagate Unveils New Disk Drives

Seagate Technology is taking the wraps off two new hard disk drives designed for data-intensive and OLTP applications. The new drives, both of which are additions to Seagate’s Cheetah line of high-performance SCSI disks, are based on the company’s 10,000 RPM (10K) and 15,000 RPM (15K) technologies.

Windows Still the Hot Platform for New Databases

Gartner released research this week showing that the strongest growth in new database software license revenues in 2001 came on Windows server platforms.

N+I Security Products Roundup

One of the biggest security-related trade shows got rolling Monday as Networld + Interop opened in Las Vegas. Amid the reams of networking-related product and partnership announcements, security vendors brought out numerous offerings. Much of the focus of new security products this year centers on locking down wireless LANs and protecting the network from the weak link of remote or roaming users’ systems.

Altiris Shows Off Application Management Tool

Altiris Inc. unveiled a new product this week at the Microsoft Management Summit for managing and maintaining applications by extending the functionality of Microsoft Windows Installer.

IBM Ships New OLAP Server

IBM DB2 OLAP Server 8.1 combines data mining with what IBM calls a new kind of OLAP, which it calls Hybrid Analysis.

Small Business Best Practices Volume 1, Issue 7

A third-party newsletter featuring small business networking news on Microsoft Small Business Server, bCentral and Windows XP peer-to-peer solutions.

Quest Rolls Out Active Directory Tools

Quest Software issued new versions of its Active Directory tools this week, further driving the sophistication and granularity of the control that packaged tools give administrators over Microsoft's youthful directory services offering.

Services for Unix to Ship in 2Q

Microsoft prepares to ship new version midsummer. Plus, news from Compuware, UltraBac, CBTVision, CommVault, Sybari Software and Security Bastion

Certified Mail: May 2002

Blocking e-mail attachments, boot camp training, and MCSA early achievers.

I’m Worth More Than This!

What to do when you hear others earn more than you.

A Decade of Certification

Microsoft’s MCP program turns 10 this spring and, my, how it’s grown!

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