Hewlett-Packard's Fiorina says the IT spending slowdown is spreading beyond the United States and Europe.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/07/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/05/2001
Microsoft and Nortel struck a deal to offer a package of hardware and software to service providers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/05/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/05/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/05/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/05/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/05/2001
Better batten down the hatches. In its latest quarterly report, CERT finds that network reconnaissance activity is on the rise.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/04/2001
The recent SULFNBK hoax virus may be a good excuse to remind users about corporate policies regarding security fixes.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/04/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/04/2001
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.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/04/2001
RippleTech LogCaster 3.1 provides agent-level real-time/historical performance monitoring.
Microsoft recently published information about two new exams that will serve as electives for the MCSE certification.
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.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/01/2001
The demand for IT workers has slowed in the past year, but don’t panic: There are still plenty of jobs out there.
All core, selected elective exams available for 25 percent off regular price until Aug. 31, 2001 (offer available worldwide).
Microsoft Press adds four core exam titles with CD reference libraries.
Quota Server Admin+ allows storage management via a Web interface.
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.
Coefficient monitors SQL Server 7.0/2000 activity.