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Certified Mail: Jan. 2003

DBA vs. programmer; thumbs down on the new look; one-page résumés.

Certified Mail: February 2003

Scripting tools; upgrading to .NET; .NET by any other name.

Vertical Limit

Tech workers span the spectrum of industry, from fast food to furniture.

Protect Your PDAs, PDQ!

You know about security for networks and laptops. But what about security for hand-helds? What? You don't have a plan?

Of Profit and Pickles

OK, so maybe Licensing 6.0 wasn't such a stupid idea after all.

Guilty as Charged

Quick test: Have you ever used a "braindump" for exam preparation? The answer to that question may not be as simple as a "yes" or "no."

Certified Mail: March 2003

.NET track changes trigger waves of response; how paper MCSEs are a benefit to IT; and more reasons to like Microsoft.

Windows and Common Criteria

Microsoft heavily touted its Common Criteria certification for Windows 2000. But what does that mean?

Auditing Patch Management

John needed a way to track and produce management-style reports on patches across his enterprise. Roberta to the rescue!

Walk, Don't Run

How fast will your company move to Windows Server 2003?

Securing Windows 2003 the First Time

There are special considerations when bringing up the first domain controller in the first domain of your new Windows 2003 forest.

Golden Years

Experience and age are tops in slowed IT market.

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

Put your "Make Money Fast" where your mouth is, Microsoft!

Revisionist Future

“You never leave a recession on the same technology that you entered it." —Gordon Moore, circa 1984

Locking up the Office

Office XP is a big product, one that requires close scrutiny to properly lock down.

The Pricing Problem

Your faithful correspondent contemplates exam economics.

The Dating Game

Will you accept or decline the latest offer?

A 12-Step Plan for File Server Security

Securely bringing a Windows file server on the network may not sound difficult. But when it's running Windows Server 2003, there's a lot you need to know to do it right.

A Simple Plan

Microsoft sets new securityspecializations for MCSE and MCSA titles.

That Pesky Convergence Stuff

“One thing we’ll be talking a fair bit about today is the relationship between the PC and the phone. That’s something that will be changing. When you get value added on your PC without having to switch the phone that you use simply by having the PC be aware of what’s going on, that integration, we think, is a very critical one and one that’s influencing the PC hardware.” —Bill Gates at WinHEC 2003

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