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Nothing But Net

Just last week Microsoft announced that it had developed a new “cookie” management feature for Internet Explorer. The idea, according to Microsoft, is to help users protect their privacy on the Internet.

Data Junction Boasts Better Benchmarks on Oracle

Data Junction released benchmark results using its Data Integration Engine on the Oracle 8i database. Tests were performed on an NT server with a single processor.

Microsoft Resubmits Withdrawn Benchmarks

Microsoft Corp. crawled back out of the database benchmarking doghouse this week. At issue were the benchmark results Bill Gates unveiled at the February launch of Windows 2000 that shattered all previous performance records on the TPC-C.

ASNA Publishes ASNA Database Toolbox 4.7 for AS/400 and NT/2000

July 27, 2000

IDC Predicts Big Growth in CRM Market

Massachusetts-based research firm IDC recently released a report in which it predicted enormous growth in the customer relationship management (CRM) market during the next four years.

Information Builder's New Focus

With the recent release of WebFocus 4.3 -- its business intelligence tool (BI) -- Information Builders announced that its product will be fully integrated and bundled with Microsoft's SQL Server 7.0.

New Microsoft Metadirectory Services Ease Deployment

Microsoft today made available Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2, a tool that makes it easier for enterprise customers to manage multiple directories in a heterogeneous directory environment as well as simplifying the deployment of Active Directory.

Microsoft Asks Supreme Court to Drop Case

Microsoft today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, entreating the court to deny the Justice Department's direct appeal and remand the government's case against the company to the Court of Appeals.

Connex Offers Syncsort’s Backup Express for NAS

July 25, 2000

Solutionsoft Releases Perl IDE Upgrade

StorageNetworks Launches Enhancements to SSM

StorageNetworks Offers Utilities for NAS

Syncsort's Sigma Provides Data Aggregation

IDC Expects Strong Shipment Growth, Flat Revenues in Server OS Market

Server operating environment shipments will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 17 percent from 1999 to 2004. But revenues in the same market will remain almost flat with a CAGR of just over 1 percent, says a new report from market analysts IDC.

Compaq Leads PC Market, Dell Closing In, Says IDC

Strong consumer demand in the Far East drove second-quarter 2000 year-on-year worldwide PC unit growth of 14.5 percent, according to preliminary estimates from IDC. Worldwide PC shipments rose to 30.1 million, representing a seasonally expected sequential decline of 2.1 percent.

OIT Increases Windows NT Integration with New Login Feature

July 20, 2000

Microsoft Delivers RC1 for W2K Datacenter Server

Microsoft Corp. moved a step closer to rolling out its overdue first offering for the glasshouse today by delivering Release Candidate 1 of Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.