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Microsoft Postpones Launch of Low-Cost Windows in India

Development snags delay the release of Windows XP Starter Edition.

IBM Buys Data Integration Firm for $1.1B

IBM announced this week it is buying data integration software firm Ascential for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.

Product Provides High-availability for SharePoint Environments

The Neverfail Group is shipping its Neverfail high-availability solution for end-to-end support of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server environments.

Microsoft Updates .NET Security Bulletin

Users encountered problems after applying a Feb. 8 patch.

Over the MCSE Hurdle

Are you an MCSA who needs help getting past the last few requirements for the MCSE? Get free help from Microsoft.

Intel Motherboards to Include Backup and Recovery Tools

FarStone Technology announced a licensing agreement to bundle its software with Intel motherboards to enable system backup and disaster recovery, lost file retrieval and provide virtual CD/DVD drive and disc emulation.

Multi-threaded Engine Boosts Secure Copy’s Performance

ScriptLogic is shipping Secure Copy 4.0, an important update to the company’s Windows server data migration product that adds multi-threaded copying aimed at providing the fastest copying performance among Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003.

Microsoft Considering WinFS for Windows XP

WinFS, the Windows future storage subsystem, could end up in Windows XP as well as Windows "Longhorn" when the technology ships, Microsoft officials said.

Indigo, Avalon Community Technology Previews Released

Microsoft on Wednesday released its first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of "Indigo," the code-name for the company's new communications subsystem for Windows, and a second CTP of "Avalon," a new Windows presentation subsystem.

Visual FoxPro 9.0 Generally Available, Supported Until 2014

Visual FoxPro 9.0, the latest update to a database technology Microsoft acquired in 1992, is generally available this week and will be supported through 2014.

Ray Ozzie: Bill Gates' Fifth Guy

When Microsoft formally acquires Groove Networks next quarter, Groove founder Ray Ozzie, an outspoken advocate of peer-to-peer virtual workspaces and a collaboration software pioneer, will join Bill Gates' personal stable of big thinkers.

Gates Holds Top Spot on Billionaire’s List

Add to the list of things you can count on – death, taxes and Bill Gates as the world’s richest man.

IT Weekly Roundup, March 11

From the business wires this week: .NET developer tools, a network monitor for terminal and Linux servers, and a PCI card that helps detect and prevent network intrusion.

StorageX Update Unifies Net File Protocols

NuView's StorageX 5.5 adds the ability for administrators to build a unified global namespace across CIFS and NFS protocols and perform policy-based heterogeneous data management across Linux, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, NetApp and others.

Microsoft Buying Groove Networks

Microsoft is buying Groove Networks with the intent to roll the company's collaboration products into the Microsoft Office System and leverage Groove founder Ray Ozzie's skills across Microsoft in the role of Chief Technical Officer.

Safety in New ISA Server 2004 Exam

New exam follows on heels of newest version of Microsoft's server for speedy, secure computing.

New NCR Server Supports Data Warehouse App

NCR’s Teradata division is shipping NCR’s new 5400 Server, which it claims performs as much as 20 percent faster than previous servers running the company’s data warehousing solution.

Third Parties Roll Out Support for Microsoft Collaboration Tools

Third-party companies this week rolled out services and add-on products to complement Microsoft’s Office Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS) real-time collaboration tools.

Istanbul Becomes Office Communicator 2005

Microsoft will call its new integrated communications client Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 and release the product to manufacturing in 90 days.

Revised Security Bulletins Released

As promised last week, Microsoft released no new security bulletins during its monthly "Patch Tuesday" event for March, but the company did push out two minor revisions of older security bulletins.

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