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Walk, Don't Run

How fast will your company move to Windows Server 2003?

Hire the Imperfect

A modest proposal to help employers

Beyond the Code

Trying to find out what went wrong with your last project? Pick up Steve McConnell's Software Project Survival Guide before you start the next one.

Shall We Dance? Learning the Moves for Windows Server 2003

A solid test environment normally leads to a smooth rollout of a new operating system. Our enterprise expert guides you through the elements you’ll need to consider for setting up your organization’s lab.

Name-Serving on My Mind

Accurately resolving computer names on your network is easy to accomplish. But if you don't set things up correctly and attend to it regularly, you're inviting trouble.

Windows Server 2003 Released to Manufacturing

Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 to manufacturing, clearing the way for OEMs to begin building systems with the new operating system and for Microsoft to begin boxing and distributing the OS for the April 24 launch.

HP ProLiant Packs 4 Processors in 2U

HP this month began shipping an ultra-dense ProLiant server that packs four Intel Xeon processors into 2U of rack space.

Stratus Unveils Denser, Modular Fault-Tolerant Server

Stratus Technologies this month unveiled its next generation of entry-level fault-tolerant servers for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.

Dell Wades into Printer Market

Dell this week formally announced the first four models in its long-expected entry into the printer market, where the company will use its direct sales approach to aggressively cut prices in targeting printer industry leader HP.

CERT Sorts Out Recent Barrage of Lotus Vulnerabilities

CERT on Wednesday moved to help users make sense of a flurry of recent vulnerability notices involving Lotus Notes and Domino on several platforms, including Windows.

RPC Vulnerability Affects NT, W2K, XP

Microsoft on Wednesday warned users of an "important" new vulnerability involving the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol in Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP that can allow a denial-of-service attack.

Microsoft Names Kevin Johnson Group VP for Sales

Kevin Johnson took over the job of group vice president for Microsoft's worldwide sales, marketing and services group.

VMWare Unveils Desktop Virtualization Upgrade

Next week, VMWare will begin shipping the 4.0 version of its desktop virtualization software, VMWare Workstation.

Unisys Updates Server Management Software

Unisys this week introduced updated software for self-management and self-healing of its massive ES7000 Windows servers, and also showed off add-on modules for easing server consolidation and resource management.

Critical Flaw Affects All Supported Versions of Windows

Microsoft late Wednesday alerted customers to a critical flaw affecting all versions of Windows since Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98.

Flaw Found in Microsoft Enterprise Firewall

Microsoft's enterprise firewall contains a security hole that attackers could use to cause denial-of-service conditions in internal Domain Name Service servers. The security flaw with Internet Security & Acceleration Server rates as a "moderate" security risk, Microsoft security officials determined.

Mobile Development Platform Launches

Microsoft formally launched the .NET Compact Framework for supporting and creating mobile applications on Wednesday at the Microsoft Mobility Developers Conference. Redmond has been talking about the framework for a year, with beta releases in April and September and an official Release to Manufacturing in October.

Sprint, Verizon Offer PocketPC Phones

Verizon Wireless and Sprint launched Microsoft PocketPC Phone Edition offerings this week that open the data-intensive phone devices to a much broader market in the United States.

Commentary: A Warped View of Monopoly

Microsoft is waking and smelling the coffee -- and it isn’t Java. It's Linux.

HP Unveils Low-end Server for $550

Hewlett-Packard this week introduced an entry-level server starting at $550 for cost-sensitive, small- to medium-sized businesses. The server is part of the tc2100 series, which costs less than HP's flagship line of ProLiant industry-standard servers.