Check this out: A new, "specialist" certification for Small Business Server experts.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/10/2005
From the business wires this week: SurfControl gets the thumbs up from Microsoft for its Web filter; a network monitor for IP devices; a registry optimization tool and a database management solution.
It's no secret that Microsoft is eager to increase its midmarket sales. On Thursday, Microsoft launched one of its first specific initiatives in the space with a discounted, three-server solution that it will rely on partners to deliver.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
In conjunction with the launch of a Windows Server System promotion for midmarket businesses on Thursday, Microsoft is making available a number of new resources for organizations with 25-500 PCs.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
Following a familiar pattern of chasing heavy patching months with light months, the Microsoft Security Response Center on Thursday said that its monthly security patch release day next Tuesday will bring three new security bulletins.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
Active Directory was a star of Microsoft's TechEd 2005 Europe show, with the company rolling out a number of programs and partnerships for improving the interoperability of its proprietary directory service.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/07/2005
Citrix Systems announced it is shipping Citrix Access Essentials, a variant of its popular remote access products that run on top of Microsoft’s Windows Terminal Server designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/07/2005
Microsoft solidified its plans to launch SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 in November.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
The new title will recognize “the practice” of designing and delivering custom learning solutions for organizations.
Microsoft's recently acquired Sybari Software subsidiary took a first public step toward fitting in on Wednesday with the release of a Sybari Antigen management pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Some Citrix users are running into problems after installing Microsoft's Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Microsoft posted an update this week that fixes a memory leak in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Unitrends is shipping new software for its disk-to-disk backup and restore appliances that enables administrators to back up the entire system all the way down to the bare metal without having to take down the server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/06/2005
The 2.0 version of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the free tool for scanning the security of networks at small and medium organizations and recommending improvements, is available on the Web this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Security expert Russ Cooper surveys the field of Microsoft security bulletins for June, assessing which matter the most.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Gateway is shipping three new lines of 64-bit business desktops built around Intel’s BTX cooling technology, two of which can be ordered with Pentium D dual-core CPUs.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/05/2005
Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM $775 million and to extend $75 million in software deployment credits in order to settle outstanding antitrust claims regarding the Redmond software giant’s competitive practices in desktop software markets during the 1990s.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/05/2005
From the business wires this week: an authentication software that restricts access to a computer's apps, a logon script processor, and a developer's ActiveX component for .PDF files.
Free assessments, e-learning packages for developers to understand their abilities with new Microsoft software to be released in November.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/30/2005