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Industry Group Calls Microsoft’s Custom NT 4.0 Support ‘Victory’
While the planned obsolescence of Microsoft Corp’s Windows NT 4.0 comes as no surprise, still, some customers have been slow to hear the warning bell, especially in the financial services industry. So a non-profit group comes to the rescue, letting commerce—and the oh-so important security patches—continue unabated. But at a cost. BITS, a nonprofit consortium…
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NT 4 Is Ending, So Now What?
The end of NT’s days is finally upon us. For a brief moment, it looked like Microsoft might relent, as it did with Windows 98, and continue to deliver free support for NT. But alas, it was not to be. On June 30, if you’re still supporting NT Workstation users, you’re on your own. Microsoft…
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Financial Institutions Mixed on NT 4.0 Demise
The end of life for Windows NT 4.0 arrives at the end of June and Microsoft Corp. refuses to extend its support for the platform even a day longer. However, for many financial services firms and other enterprise customers, the platform is still referred to in present tense. According to one integration consultant with clients…
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Exhibitor Shortage Puts Brakes on Comdex
This fall’s Comdex show has been canceled as the organizers of the marquee IT event seek greater participation from large IT companies and evaluate ways to make it more relevant to technology buyers. Eric Faurot, vice president and general manager of Comdex for MediaLive, said the falloff in attendance was due in large part to…
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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…
