Recent Articles
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No Easy Fix for Internal Security
Not too long ago, the Gartner Group raised a minor dustup in the IT community by releasing a report claiming that portable storage media—including consumer devices such as cameras and MP3 players with built-in or removable memory—represent a new security threat to corporate networks. While I am almost always happy to see people talking about…
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Microsoft, A Small-Business Hero?
Microsoft is often cast as a scapegoat, finding itself facing censure for everything from its security to its business practices. But that’s not the case in the SMB (small and midsize business) space, particularly when it comes to Windows Small Business Server 2003. A recent Yankee Group report shows that the product has taken the…
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Microsoft Lists Apps Affected by XP SP2
In an effort to head off support calls, Microsoft has published a list of about 50 programs from both the Redmond software giant and third-party software vendors that require tweaking in order to work properly with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Among the applications that are encountering problems are Web servers, remote desktops, file-sharing…
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Should You Put Windows XP SP2 Deployment on Autopilot?
I’ve seen reports of people who are shocked! Shocked to hear that there are applications and network configurations that fail to function under Windows XP Service Pack 2. After years of complaining about security problems in Windows, Microsoft finally does the right thing and plugs many of the holes even at the cost of breaking…
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Sun on Track with Solaris-on-Power Plan
Sun Microsystems Inc.’s plans for bringing its Solaris operating system to IBM’s Power architecture appear to be moving along. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun’s president and chief operating officer, first broached the idea of porting the company’s version of the Unix operating system onto both Power and Intel Corp.’s 64-bit Itanium architecture last month during a conference…
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Users Give XP SP2 Mixed Marks
Developers, IT department workers and early adopters have begun to report on their experiences installing Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2, and while most say they have had no serious problems installing the update, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing, either. Early experiences suggest that the security-oriented upgrade will need extensive testing before IT managers…
