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False Alarm: No Extensions to NT 4.0 Support
On Monday morning, it looked as if Microsoft Corp. had done yet another about-face by extending NT 4.0 support past the rapidly approaching support-cut-off deadlines—despite repeated claims that it had no intentions of doing so. But by Monday evening, Microsoft was working overtime to correct any misunderstandings caused by its vaguely worded press release about…
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Red Hat to Offer Top-Level Certification
Red Hat announced a new learning services and master-level certification, the RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect), to complement its Linux offerings. The new enterprise architect courses and RHCA certification are designed for experienced Linux system administrators who already have skills at the level of Red Hat Inc.’s RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) certification. The RHCA…
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Microsoft Posts SP1 for Reporting Services
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the first service pack for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, the BI (business intelligence) tool the company released in January. Reporting Services SP1 is available here for free download to SQL Server 2000 customers. Enhancements include support for Excel 97 and 2000, more robust PDF rendering with better performance for pagination…
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HP Scales Up StorageWorks for Linux
Hewlett-Packard Co. is boosting its storage grid architecture by enabling applications to see a single file system image across connected servers and devices within Linux environments. The Palo Alto, Calif., company will unveil the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share (SFS) system Wednesday at the International Supercomputer Conference in Heidelberg, Germany. Due in the third quarter…
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Partners Back Utility Computing
Hewlett-Packard Co., Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH and IBM are each turning to system and network management software partners to help move their respective utility computing initiatives forward. Each company’s goal is to enable customers to create utility computing environments that can be viewed as a single pool of resources for easy management and dynamic provisioning…
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Microsoft’s Anti-Virus Strategy Keeps Users Guessing
One year after it surprised rivals and partners by jumping into the anti-virus market, Microsoft Corp. still has no clear AV strategy, and users are still hanging on to the promise of integrated Windows protection. The company’s sluggish AV development is a far cry from the plans Microsoft trumpeted when it acquired the Romanian company…
