Executive Software is shipping a patch management module for automating installation of Microsoft security patches that can be used either by itself or as part of the company’s Sitekeeper systems management suite.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- December 02, 2004
Analysts at Gartner expect tough times ahead for the PC industry.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2004
Microsoft on Wednesday released a security patch for the critical Internet Explorer flaw that was being exploited through compromised Web banner servers. Microsoft considered the flaw, which has been public for about a month, important enough to release the patch ahead of its normal patching day, which falls on Dec. 14 this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2004
A widespread crash of Windows desktop systems threw the United Kingdom's Department of Work and Pensions into disarray for several days last week.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 30, 2004
Factory revenues for Windows servers and Unix servers were "essentially equal" in IDC's market share report for the third quarter, marking a potential turning point for the Windows server market.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 30, 2004
A Dutch Web analytics provider released statistics this month showing that market share for the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser fell below 90 percent for the first time in several years as Mozilla browsers surged to 7.35 percent.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 30, 2004
It may not be time to retire the term "Wintel" yet.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 30, 2004
Attackers defaced the SCO Website at least twice in recent days -- in one case changing the company's logo to "We own all your code, pay us all your money," and in the other case claiming the company was preparing to sue Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 30, 2004
Tidal Software is shipping an update to its performance and availability management software for SAP on Windows that takes advantage of just released Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 29, 2004
Security experts are warning users to lock down unused ports after an exploit surfaced for an unpatched flaw in Microsoft WINS.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 29, 2004
Another version of Sober is getting attention from the major security companies.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 29, 2004
Sonasoft has bundled its backup and recovery products for major Microsoft systems into a comprehensive suite.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 29, 2004
Microsoft has killed its planned Windows 2000 Service Pack 5. Instead the company will release an Update Rollup for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 in the middle of next year.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 29, 2004
Microsoft earlier this month released a Community Technical Preview of "Avalon," the new presentation subsystem for Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 29, 2004
Wise Solutions is shipping an update of its premier lifecycle management tool, Wise Package Studio. The latest release – version 5.5 – adds automated patch impact assessment and testing tools, as well as support for new features in Microsoft’s Windows Installer 3.0.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 18, 2004
Microsoft this week delivered two long-promised feature packs for Systems Management Server 2003 -- an Operating System Deployment Feature Pack and a Device Management Feature Pack.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 18, 2004
NetIQ this month will begin shipping a “connector” tool to enable systems management and security information to be displayed on the same console.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- November 18, 2004
To coincide with the worldwide general availability of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 this week, Microsoft's IT department released a 32-page whitepaper detailing its internal deployment of the management software.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 18, 2004
Microsoft this week highlighted the first of its promised self-report cards on how well its 2005 generation of Windows Server System products are meeting the internally imposed Common Engineering Criteria.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 17, 2004
Maker of integration software for linking Unix and Linux systems with Microsoft infrastructures wins deepening commitment from Redmond.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 17, 2004