- By Scott Bekker
- 05/24/2000
Beginning June 1, 2000, MCP exam score reports will omit section scoring.
Microsoft issued the second beta of its Datacenter Server. The pending OS will ship to OEM partners, who then will distribute it to customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/23/2000
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/23/2000
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/23/2000
May 23, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/23/2000
Microsoft will issue a second release candidate (RC2) of Exchange 2000 Server this week and it will be available as a developer download early next week, a company official said.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/23/2000
Online Chat Editor Andy Barkl to host chat on new CCNA at TCPmag.com.
Perhaps in response to the ever growing population of "paper MCSEs," Microsoft announced that its certification testing for Windiws 2000 will be more rigorous than it was for Windows NT.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/22/2000
In an initiative allowing it to make effectively bigger, faster processors, Intel shrank its dies for the Xeon processor. The new Xeons, released today, boast speeds up to 700 MHz, and offer either 1MB or 2MB of Level 2 (L2) cache.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/22/2000
May 22, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/22/2000
May 19, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/19/2000
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/19/2000
The mid-June delivery target for Windows 2000
Datacenter Server is approaching fast, but a key preliminary step for the
high-end version of Windows 2000, the Beta 2 version, has not shipped yet.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/19/2000
Computer Associates International (CA) warned all computer users of a new worm known as Spammer.A that is more destructive than the recent "I Love You" worm, and has already infected thousands of computers, proliferating via e-mail. CA says that the new worm is unrelated to "I Love You."
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/19/2000
<i>MCP Magazine</i> is seeking Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers with proven Windows 2000 experience to review books, software, and hardware.
Giga Information Group/Sunbelt Software survey reveals that 90 percent of those surveyed considered Windows 2000 to be more reliable than prior versions.
Microsoft announced the results of an independent study which showed that Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), Microsoft's message-oriented middleware service, is nearly 10 times faster than IBM's MQSeries in identical testing scenarios.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/17/2000
Microsoft announced an extension of its alliance with CommVault Systems to provide customers with data protection and data management solutions for enterprise computing environments. The agreement includes an equity investment from Redmond as well.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/17/2000
Microsoft released a patch that addresses the recent rash of "Love Bug" and copycat worms that made their way around the Internet. However, the fix may end up affecting users more than the bugs did.
- By Scott Bekker
- 05/17/2000