A vulnerability in the way Outlook Web Access interacts with Internet Explorer means that attackers could take over an Exchange user's mailbox.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 07, 2001
Columnist Greg Scott provides a couple of anecdotes for why you have more value as an IT professional when you understand how to troubleshoot systems than if you steep yourself in details of one product.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 07, 2001
AMD ratcheted up the clockspeed for its desktop processors this week. Wednesday, AMD introduced a 1.4 GHz Athlon processor for performance use and a 950 MHz Duron processor for business desktops and home users.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 07, 2001
Hewlett-Packard's Fiorina says the IT spending slowdown is spreading beyond the United States and Europe.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 07, 2001
Hewlett-Packard promises Core Services Framework as a free download by month's end. Gives HP mindshare in the loosely defined area of next-generation Web services, where Microsoft, IBM and Sun are making noise.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 05, 2001
The software licensing changes Microsoft Corp. revealed to its customers last month settled over IT like a dark cloud. While many users have serious concerns, they are beginning to see silver linings in Redmond's new pricing.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 05, 2001
The Windows 2000 benchmarking odyssey continues. IBM Corp. ran a test on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-W benchmark for proving transactional Web performance.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 05, 2001
Microsoft tries to define the next step in messaging clients by rolling collaboration and video into its text and audio chat client. Real-time collaboration could be a way that the oft-maligned text chat client earns a place in the enterprise.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 05, 2001
Microsoft and Nortel struck a deal to offer a package of hardware and software to service providers.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 05, 2001
Advanced Micro Devices Corp. has gained attention from computer enthusiasts for its Athlon line of processors, but despite their low cost, few enterprises and OEMs have used them in servers, since they did not support multiprocessing. However, AMD released two new processors and a chipset Tuesday to offer an alternative for two-way computing.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 05, 2001
Better batten down the hatches. In its latest quarterly report, CERT finds that network reconnaissance activity is on the rise.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 04, 2001
The Homepage worm, the Hybris B worm and Magistr-A virus harried IT administrators in the month of May, according to two anti-virus vendors.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 04, 2001
Security administrators had to be on their feet in early May to keep up with all the fixes to Microsoft's server products. The last few weeks saw a big slowdown in major server fixes, although some newly discovered client vulnerabilities affect the enterprise.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 04, 2001
The recent SULFNBK hoax virus may be a good excuse to remind users about corporate policies regarding security fixes.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 04, 2001
With more than 400,000 MCSEs at last count, does
it still make financial sense to become one? A
long-time MCSE consultant breaks down the costs
- course and exam fees, exam preparation materials
and your own sweat and blood - and shows you how
to calculate certification's return on investment.
- By Harry Brelsford
- June 01, 2001
With the clock ticking on NT 4.0 certification,
now is the time to prepare yourself to take—and
pass—the Windows 2000 exams. Here’s what it’ll
take.
- By Robert Stewart
- June 01, 2001
You have one chance—and one chance only—to prove your expertise on Windows 2000. Here's what you need to understand to make sure you get through 70-240 victoriously.
- By Jill Gebelt
- June 01, 2001
For MCSEs who specialize in Internet skills. (Retired)
Does Infiniband have the potential to reduce the need for highly-skilled IT workers at small orgs?
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- June 01, 2001
When it comes to keeping your system safe from hackers trying to ride a Trojan horse through your defense perimeter, a Certificate Authority can make sure everybody’s exactly who they claim to be.
- By Michael Chacon
- June 01, 2001