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iSCSI Driver Coming to Windows in June

Microsoft will deliver Internet SCSI (iSCSI) support in June as an add-in for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional. The driver will be free and available as a download, Microsoft said Wednesday.

Momentum Building for Exchange 2003

Microsoft claims to have distributed 45,000 Beta 2 copies of Exchange Server 2003, the incremental release of Exchange 2000 Server that is expected to ship at about the same time as Microsoft Office 2003.

Next Generation of MOM to be Unveiled

Microsoft is set to unveil its plans for the next version of Microsoft Operations Manager next week. The venue will be the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.

Beta 2 of Office 2003 Released

Microsoft released the Beta 2 version of Microsoft Office 2003 to customers and partners on Sunday in preparation for a mid-year release. About 500,000 copies are being distributed.

Sonic Mobility Extends NetIQ

Sonic Mobility, which makes software for remotely administering Windows servers from PDAs, extended its solution this week to support remote access to the NetIQ AppManager Suite.

Greenwich Reaches Beta Testing Stage

Microsoft put its server technology for real-time communications, such as instant messaging, out for a broad public beta test on Thursday. Code-named Greenwich, the technology was originally planned to be a part of Windows Server 2003. Last year, Microsoft pulled the technology out of the base server and announced that it would ship later.

Corel Close to Release of WordPerfect Office 11

Corel Corp. this week said the next version of its flagship office suite, WordPerfect Office 11, will be available in late April. That would put Corel's worker productivity suite in users' hands a few months ahead of Microsoft's next version of Office, which is slated for release in early June.

A Tool for a Mature Active Directory

Aelita Software this week introduced an infrastructure tool to help deal with the problems facing enterprises with mature Active Directories.

Shavlik Updates Patch Management Product

Next week, Shavlik Technologies will begin shipping the new version of HFNetChkPro, its product for automated, real-time management of Microsoft patches.

GFI Offers Freeware Enterprise Anti-Spam Tool for Exchange

Is spam becoming a serious problem on your Exchange servers? Messaging tools vendor GFI is offering a way for enterprises to back into anti-spamming tools without committing money up front.

Windows SharePoint Services Coming to Windows Server 2003

Microsoft will make collaboration services available for Windows Server 2003 customers sometime this year after the April ship of the base operating system.

Prices Same or Lower for Windows Server 2003

Most editions of Windows Server 2003 will cost the same as their Windows 2000 counterparts, while the new Web Edition, which is designed to compete with Linux, will cost less than half as much as the Standard Edition, Microsoft revealed Monday.

30,000 Registrations for OneNote Beta

Microsoft is claiming a groundswell of user interest in the note-taking application it is planning to add to the Microsoft Office family later this year.

Certified Mail: March 2003

.NET track changes trigger waves of response; how paper MCSEs are a benefit to IT; and more reasons to like Microsoft.

Guilty as Charged

Quick test: Have you ever used a "braindump" for exam preparation? The answer to that question may not be as simple as a "yes" or "no."

Rights Management Coming for Windows Server 2003

Microsoft is adding digital rights management services to Windows Server 2003. The technology will be available as an add-on sometime after Windows Server 2003 is released in April.

Critical Patch Released for Windows Me

Microsoft issued a critical security patch for the Windows Me on Wednesday. The flaw in the Windows Me Help and Support Center could enable code execution.

New Deployment Tools Go Live for Windows XP, Office XP

From the trough between client operating system releases, Microsoft this week made public a comprehensive set of free enterprise desktop evaluation and deployment tools for Windows XP Professional and Office XP.

Microsoft, NEC, Intel Return Massive Benchmark Result

Microsoft is finally beating Oracle and competing with Unix in the scale-up benchmarking game.

Intel Announces Price Cuts

Intel cut prices on some models of Xeon and Pentium 4 processors between 6 percent and 21 percent this week.