MCP News Roundup, Week of Apr. 4

04/07/2003

Listen to ENTmag.com Editor Scott Bekker's weekly roundup of news from the world of IT. MCPmag.com Editor Michael Domingo is substituting for Scott Bekker this week. In this show: Microsoft sent SQL Server 2000 Enterprise to manufacturing, IDC revises its IT spending outlook, Citrix releases a major revision, and Microsoft releases a skill assessment tool for Windows Server 2003 implementers.

To read the details:

• SQL Server 64-bit Goes Gold
  http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5758

• IDC Downgrades IT Spending Forecast for 2003
  http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5762
  Plus, IT Security Spending to Rebound in 2003
  http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5657

• Citrix Overhauls Product Line
  http://www.entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=5761

• IT Strengths, Weaknesses: Measuring Your IT Aptitude Online
  http://www.mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=562
  Plus, Dan Truax Interview:
  http://www.mcpmag.com/webcasts/mcpradio/radio.asp?id=28

• MCP Magazine TechMentor: Free Exhibit-Only Passes
  http://www.techmentorevents.com/neworleans/sponsors.asp

For more news, go the MCPmag.com home page or ENTmag.com. Scott Bekker started covering the Microsoft enterprise environment for ENT in August 1998. He has been editor in chief at ENT since October 1999. Before joining ENT, Scott worked for 4 1/2 years as an editor and reporter with The Associated Press in Kansas City, Mo., and Philadelphia.