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HP Warns Investors

Hewlett-Packard's Fiorina says the IT spending slowdown is spreading beyond the United States and Europe.

Users See Some Silver Linings in Redmond's New Licensing Scheme

The software licensing changes Microsoft Corp. revealed to its customers last month settled over IT like a dark cloud. While many users have serious concerns, they are beginning to see silver linings in Redmond's new pricing.

Nortel, Microsoft Team on Offering for Service Providers

Microsoft and Nortel struck a deal to offer a package of hardware and software to service providers.

Windows Messenger Hits in XP Build This Week

Microsoft tries to define the next step in messaging clients by rolling collaboration and video into its text and audio chat client. Real-time collaboration could be a way that the oft-maligned text chat client earns a place in the enterprise.

AMD’s Athlon MP Line Makes Bid For Enterprise Market

Advanced Micro Devices Corp. has gained attention from computer enthusiasts for its Athlon line of processors, but despite their low cost, few enterprises and OEMs have used them in servers, since they did not support multiprocessing. However, AMD released two new processors and a chipset Tuesday to offer an alternative for two-way computing.

HP Details Web Services Model

Hewlett-Packard promises Core Services Framework as a free download by month's end. Gives HP mindshare in the loosely defined area of next-generation Web services, where Microsoft, IBM and Sun are making noise.

IBM Shows Off W2K on Web Transaction Benchmark

The Windows 2000 benchmarking odyssey continues. IBM Corp. ran a test on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-W benchmark for proving transactional Web performance.

CERT Quarterly Report: Reconnaissance Activity Up

Better batten down the hatches. In its latest quarterly report, CERT finds that network reconnaissance activity is on the rise.

Hoax Serves as Reminder to Users

The recent SULFNBK hoax virus may be a good excuse to remind users about corporate policies regarding security fixes.

Homepage, Hybris, Magistr-A Make Rounds in May

The Homepage worm, the Hybris B worm and Magistr-A virus harried IT administrators in the month of May, according to two anti-virus vendors.

Microsoft Fix Roundup: Server Flurry Slows Down

Security administrators had to be on their feet in early May to keep up with all the fixes to Microsoft's server products. The last few weeks saw a big slowdown in major server fixes, although some newly discovered client vulnerabilities affect the enterprise.

Maintain Performance Monitoring

RippleTech LogCaster 3.1 provides agent-level real-time/historical performance monitoring.

New Electives Announced for MCSE

Microsoft recently published information about two new exams that will serve as electives for the MCSE certification.

An IT Director Goes Shopping

One way tanking dot-coms have of paying off their debts to investors is to sell assets through auction. And therein lies an opportunity for the savvy network administrator to pick up bargains.

IT Job Growth Slows

The demand for IT workers has slowed in the past year, but don’t panic: There are still plenty of jobs out there.

Limited Time: Discounts on Selected Windows 2000 Exams

All core, selected elective exams available for 25 percent off regular price until Aug. 31, 2001 (offer available worldwide).

Microsoft Win2K Exam Titles Debut

Microsoft Press adds four core exam titles with CD reference libraries.

Managing Storage Via the Web

Quota Server Admin+ allows storage management via a Web interface.

Govt. Subsidizes Veterans MCP Exam Fees

Microsoft announced last week that veterans can now use their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits to cover Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exam fees.

Keep Control of Your Database

Coefficient monitors SQL Server 7.0/2000 activity.

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