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Infrastructure Blues

Why's the network running so slow? Where's the bottleneck? Is it hardware, software or a user? You can find answers quickly if you know your network's infrastructure.

A Tale of Two Guys

A common theme: What does my certification get me?

Cowboys and Indians

Redmond’s not-so-secret plan to shoo those pesky Apaches away.

Your Brief Guide to Scripting Tools

Editors exist for all kinds of scripting needs—some free, some cheap, and some not-so-cheap. Use this guide to help you find the right product for your work.

Get Ready for Your Audit

Time spent with network security auditors pointed out to Roberta the most common weaknesses in companies. How does yours stack up to her list?

Microsoft Certification Public Newsgroups

Should you chase the rabbit down the newsgroup hole in pursuit of your certification?

SBS 2000 Report Card: One Year Later

EFS: Handle with Care

The Encrypting File System, while serving a need, can also cause big headaches—especially with the XP implementation. Here’s how to do it right.

Gartner Predicts Major Consulting Acquisitions in Microsoft's Future

Consultancy Gartner assigns a 0.6 probability to Microsoft spending at least $15 billion to acquire IT professional service vendors by year-end 2005.

Unisys Demos Big Systems Running Next-Gen Chips

Unisys used the Intel Developer Forum this week to show off two of its highly scalable, Intel processor-based servers. Unisys demonstrated 32-way and 16-way systems running the next generations of Intel 32-bit and 64-bit processors. Both systems ran on beta versions of Windows .NET Datacenter Server.

Microsoft, DOJ Submit Revised Settlement

After receiving more than 32,000 public comments, Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice made changes to the proposed antitrust case settlement to answer critics who say the settlement doesn't go far enough.

EMC Updates NAS Offering

EMC, the 800-pound gorilla of storage, upgraded its Celerra NAS device for improved capacity and performance.

Microsoft Plans Minor Update to Windows CE .NET

Operating system codenamed "Jameson" will add IPv6 support and other technologies to Windows CE .NET before the next major release.

Compaq Sets Price Benchmark on TPC-C

The cost per database transaction on industry standard benchmarks continues to drop for Windows-based servers, with Compaq showing off the latest economy TPC results.

Two More Vendors Certify Their Apps with Commerce Server

Eight ISVs have now had their applications certified by an independent lab for tight integration with Microsoft's e-commerce server software.

Microsoft Licenses Resource Management Tool for Datacenter

Microsoft entered into an agreement to provide resource management functionality in its high-end Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating system by licensing the technology.

Microsoft: CRM Strategy Doesn't Include the Enterprise

Microsoft took pains to clarify that the new Customer Relationship Management software it announced Tuesday will be strictly for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Intel Launches New Server Processors, Chipset

Intel used its Intel Developer Forum this week to formally launch its Intel Xeon processor for servers and a new server chipset.

BEA Offers Roadmap

Although BEA leads the market for J2EE application servers, some observers have marked BEA for death. But BEA’s slate of new development products shows the company has a clear roadmap for the future.

Microsoft Issues 4 New Security Bulletins

Three of the newly disclosed vulnerabilities represent critical problems in Commerce Server, Internet Explorer and Microsoft XML Core Services. A moderate vulnerability was also discovered in SQL Server.