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Analyst: New Top-Level Domains A Bad System

Seven new top-level domains have been added to the Internet’s naming scheme, but one analyst says it may well do more harm than good.

Net Nanny Demos BioPassword

Pentium 4 is Here

Intel's long awaited Pentium 4 processor was released today. It is the first completely new desktop processor design from Intel since the Pentium Pro in 1995.

Of Note at CertCities.com This Week...

New articles from Greg Neilson, Steve Crandall, and a slew of Win2K pop quizzes.

Outsourcing to Grow to $70 Billion Business by 2005

In a report released today, industry research analyst firm Aberdeen Group predicted that the hosting services market will reach $70 billion from 2005. The hosting services market focuses on the design, building, and management of Internet operations.

Beta Exams: What Do You Think?

Help Microsoft assess the new beta test policy by filling out a survey.

Migrating to Win2K Exam Delayed to December

Release of much-anticipated Win2K MCSE track elective slides a few more weeks.

Meta Cites High Growth Rates for CRM

In a recent Meta Group survey, preliminary results indicate that company spending on customer relationship management (CRM) is expected to grow by about 75 percent over the next year.

DataFlux Rolls Out Next Edition of dfPower

November 16, 2000

Clustering Exam Goes Live

Microsoft meets release expectations with this enterprise-grade exam.

Microsoft Gives .NET Center Stage at Comdex

LAS VEGAS – By now, most everyone has heard of Microsoft’s newest bet-the-company strategy, known as .NET. But if you were to take an informal Comdex poll of people who actually understand what .NET is, the count would be smaller than the number of votes separating George Bush and Al Gore in Florida.

Unisys Posts New Benchmarks

Unisys got busy benchmarking its Intel architecture systems this week, posting new benchmarks for its 4- and 8-processor Profusion-based servers and 32-processor CMP servers.

Wireless Moving Into The Enterprise Space

LAS VEGAS – Wireless technology is white-hot at fall Comdex. Bluetooth and 802.11 (the IEEE standard for wireless LANs) are the buzzwords, and it seems that every company has some kind of wireless component to their business.

Dell Wants to Own Server Market

LAS VEGAS -- One out of every four servers sold in this country is a Dell, said Michael Dell on Monday. And for him, that’s just not good enough.

BMC Adds More to PATROL

Free Copies of W2K Advanced Server Available in Windows Web Hoster Program

When it comes to competing with open source free software like Linux and Apache, Microsoft isn’t willing to uncloak its code yet. But Microsoft recently showed it is willing to try a little bit of the free part to get its foot in a Web hoster’s door.

Ellison Bashes Fat Clients, Microsoft

LAS VEGAS – Larry Ellison’s COMDEX keynote address Monday night was more like half and half -- half Oracle Corp’s. new vision for uniform, homogenous computing, and half Microsoft-bashing.

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