IT Administration


Four Security Fixes Planned for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft plans to rollout four security bulletins for this month's patch cycle on Tuesday, with two "critical" items and two "important" patches on the slate.

Intel Taps SaaS for European IT Market

Intel Corp., known mostly for its hardware chips, has been gradually moving into the software cloud-computing space, with support for IT administrative tasks as its initial target market.

Microsoft Plans To Fix UAC Security in Windows 7 RC

A debate erupted over the effectiveness of the user account control feature in Microsoft's beta release of Windows 7.

Channel Gets a Crack at Windows 7

Microsoft has begun aggressively reaching out to the channel to prepare for the release of Windows 7.

EMC and Microsoft Push Out Virtualization Partnership

EMC and Microsoft formally renewed a partnership on Tuesday, extending their collaborative efforts on virtualization, content management and security solutions for the enterprise market through 2011.

COM-unication

If you've written VBscripts, you're familiar with COM objects. Some COM objects work just fine in PowerShell, maybe better.

Windows 7 Product Strategy Unveiled

Microsoft described its product lineup plans for its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system launch, expected in early 2010 or possibly earlier.

Internal Security Lapse Seen in Fannie Mae Case

Insider threats to data security via theft or sabotage are sure to rise, especially as companies increase employee layoffs during a bad economy.

Who Took My IIS Manager?

Even with IIS 7, this reader through the Web Server role can't connect to Web site in his browser from another computer.

Enterprises Still Prefer XP, but Its Time Is Running Out

Windows XP powers "71 percent of PCs within North American and European enterprises," according to a report published last week by Forrester Research.

Testing Begins for Vista SP2 Release Candidate, Reports Say

Microsoft has advanced to the next testing phase by issuing Release Candidate "Escrow"-build versions of Service Pack 2.

VMware's Revenue Rises 42 Percent in 2008

One bright spot in the IT economy appears to be virtualization, with leading provider VMware today announcing that its yearly revenue rose 42 percent in 2008 to $1.9 billion. Fourth quarter revenues were a "solid" $515 million -- up 25 percent over last year.

Vista Installation (Exam 70-620)

Working with Windows PE

Checking Your Homework

Last week's assignment: Create a formatted report of some processes with the powers of PowerShell. How did you do?

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