A critical flaw in the controversial Microsoft VM could allow an attacker to execute code on a victim's Windows system, Microsoft warned in a bulletin Wednesday night. The problem is fixed in a new version of the Microsoft VM.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 09, 2003
Microsoft's fledgling SharePoint Portal Server is being renamed to emphasize its close integration with the Microsoft Office suite, the company revealed this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 08, 2003
In an otherwise light week for infrastructure security news, Microsoft
issued a reminder to customers to beware of bogus security bulletins
that look like they come from Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 08, 2003
- By Scott Bekker
- April 08, 2003
Think you've got a big Exchange installation? Unisys and Avanade may have a server for you. The companies on Thursday announced a packaged offering based on the Unisys 32-processor-capable ES7000 server that can support more than 45,000 Exchange users.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2003
At a recent announcement staged at the opening bell of the New York-based Nasdaq, Citrix Systems said it is repositioning and renaming its flagship MetaFrame XP product line to incorporate more robust enterprise portal capabilities. The move underpins what the company views as four essential elements of any enterprise portal environment: devices and networks, security and authentication; personalization and aggregation; and collaboration.
- By Joe McKendrick
- April 03, 2003
Citing the war and continuing economic uncertainty, analyst firm IDC on Thursday downgraded its growth forecast for IT spending in 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 03, 2003
BMC Software showed a deepening commitment to Microsoft SQL Server on Monday by updating a SQL Server backup and recovery tool and extending two of its existing database management tools to support the Microsoft database.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2003
Microsoft formally finished the code last week on a 64-bit version of its flagship database, SQL Server 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2003
NEW YORK -- The future of even the largest enterprise computing applications lies with small two-processor and four-processor servers ganged together to build larger systems, according to Michael Dell.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 02, 2003
Printer troubles; security tracks; success with FUD; and ethics unveiled
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- April 01, 2003
When it comes to encoding your scripts, forget about the command line.
- By Chris Brooke
- April 01, 2003
A low-key re-release of a 64-bit desktop version of Windows was quietly Released to Manufacturing on Friday along with the higher profile Windows Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2003
Imagine a datacenter without wires. The first of this three-part series lays the groundwork toward a wireless infrastructure.
- By Bill Boswell
- April 01, 2003
Along with hardware and software fixes, this patch addresses recent antitrust settlement compliance issues.
- By Zubair Alexander
- April 01, 2003
John needed a way to track and produce management-style reports on patches across his enterprise. Roberta to the rescue!
- By Roberta Bragg
- April 01, 2003
Once you’ve set up your lab, these three exercises will help you and your team start learning how to use the operating system’s most intriguing new features.
- By Gary Olsen
- April 01, 2003
This month, our columnists address what we do in our on- and off-hours.
- By Steve Crandall
- April 01, 2003
Web researchers at Netcraft Ltd. say Windows 2000 crossed the threshold of 1 million IP addresses in March. Together with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Server 2003, there are slightly over 1.5 million IP addresses running Microsoft operating systems, according to Netcraft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2003
Tired of resetting passwords? These four self-service solutions allow users to do it for themselves.
- By Chad Todd
- April 01, 2003