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W2K SP2 Officially Released

Microsoft Corp. publicly released Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 Wednesday, about three months behind the company's loose delivery promises.

W2K SP2 Technical Overview

Is this the service pack for your enterprise? This technical overview describes areas of improvement in SP2 and installation details.

Special Report on Clustering

Air Force Paper Details Vulnerabilities in Patched Outlook

While Microsoft Corp.'s post Service Release 1 security patch for Outlook 98 and 2000 may have made it more difficult for viruses such as ILOVEYOU and their ilk to wreak havoc upon corporate information systems, it didn't make it impossible.

Column/The Way Things Work

ENT columnist Greg Scott provides some insider's tips on what goes on behind the scenes between computer manufacturers and solution providers in the sales channel.

Clustering on the Windows Platform

Clustering is a linchpin of Microsoft's enterprise computing strategy. To some degree with "scale-up" and to a large extent with "scale-out," clustering is extremely important to Microsoft's ability to meet large customer needs for scalability and high availability. In this special report, ENT looks at the state of the art in clustering of Microsoft systems. <b>Plus -- ENT's Guide to Microsoft Clustering Technologies.</b>

Microsoft Puts Reference Customer Forward for SQL Cluster

Microsoft has gone public with a production customer using its Distributed Partition Views technology in SQL Server 2000.

Special Report: High-Availability Clustering Market Shrinks

The once vibrant high-availability software market for the Windows NT platform is now down to Microsoft and a handful of other companies.

Clustered Grids Make Their Way Into the Enterprise

IT organizations are beginning to exploit the latent computing capabilities of standard PCs throughout the enterprise for high-end computing.

Compaq, Intel Work Together on Low-Power, Dense Servers

Compaq commits to using Intel’s Tualatin low-power chip in its QuickBlade servers. The announcement serves as a shot across Transmeta’s bow.

IBM Refreshes DB2

Version 7.2 of IBM’s flagship database is set to ship June 8.

Windows XP Launch Set for Oct. 25

After speculation about Windows XP launch delays damaged Microsoft's stock, the company put its launch date in writing. Microsoft's next desktop OS will be available Oct. 25.

Patch Issued for W2K Domain Controller Memory Leak

A vulnerability in Windows 2000 can allow internal and external attackers to take down domain controllers, Microsoft confirmed.

NSI Reports It’s Close to W2K Datacenter Certification

Another tools vendor is taking the big step to Windows 2000 Datacenter Server certification through Microsoft’s testing partner Veritest.

Microsoft Shows Off MOM at N+I

LAS VEGAS – Microsoft Corp. put some flesh on MOM’s bones at Networld + Interop this week, demonstrating some of the technology’s capabilities, announcing the product’s release schedule and revealing pricing.

Office Subscriptions Off for Now

Microsoft Corp. won't be implementing its much ballyhooed Office subscriptions with the upcoming release of Office XP.

Microsoft RTMs 2nd Server Appliance Kit

The Server Appliance Kit (SAK) Microsoft Corp. released to manufacturing this week for OEMs to use to build Web server and Network Attached Storage appliances will be the last under Microsoft's current roadmap.

Host Integration Server Gets a Boost From NetManage

Microsoft turned to a host access vendor to extend the capabilities of its Host Integration Server 2000.

Marathon Ships High Availability Solution for W2K

Marathon Technologies this week delivered on a promise to begin shipping a Windows 2000 version of its high availability solutions in May.

Sadmind/IIS Worm Hitting Unpatched Systems

Attackers are exploiting old vulnerabilities in Solaris and IIS Web servers with a new malicious worm called the sadmind/IIS Worm to attack more Solaris and IIS Web servers and deface Web pages, according to an advisory issued Tuesday by CERT.