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Getting Ready to Make the NT 4 Server Jump
NT 4 Server’s days are ending. On Dec. 31, Microsoft officially pulls the plug on NT Server support, so it’s time to start migrating your die-hard NT 4 to another server operating system. The question is: To what? If you believed Microsoft a while back, the answer to all your network resources and universal directory…
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Is XP SP2 Helping Windows Migration?
Warts and all, Windows XP SP2 is finally here, but has its arrival gotten users of older versions of Windows finally ready to upgrade? We put that question to Microsoft, an analyst and resellers, and here’s what we found. First, a Microsoft representative downplayed the importance of SP2 in getting users to migrate from older…
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PC, Laptop Upgrades Dominate IT Budget Plans
At this point in the year, laptop and PC upgrades are clocking in as the top priority for IT budgets, according to research from Forrester Research Inc. Forrester in June surveyed 1,377 North American and European businesses regarding their IT purchasing and spending plans for the rest of the year. During the second quarter, 89…
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Vonage to Bundle Service with Linksys, Netgear Routers
Vonage Holding Corp., the VOIP service provider with an early lead in subscriber lines at 235,000, announced an agreement Tuesday to sell its voice-over-net service bundled with adapter-equipped routers from Linksys and Netgear Inc., the two market leaders in home and home-office networking. Linksys-Vonage cobranded routers and add-on VOIP adapters will be sold immediately in…
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What Else Is New in SP2?
While Microsoft and most customers equate Windows XP Service Pack 2 with security updates, SP2 includes refreshed versions of Microsoft’s Tablet PC and Media Center versions of Windows XP, too. And there are plenty of other non-security-specific features buried among the SP2 bits that have gotten far less publicity than the new firewall, pop-up blocker,…
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Microsoft Releases MOM 2005 to Manufacturing
Microsoft on Wednesday reached another milestone in its multiyear Dynamic Systems Initiative when it released to manufacturing the latest version of its Microsoft Operations Manager. The next major release of Microsoft’s server management software, four years in the making, continues to build on the goal of reducing software cost and operational complexity by making intrinsic…
