Recent Articles
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Microsoft Keeps its Eye on Small Business
With a small but fairly significant reorganization within its business solutions and channel groups, Microsoft Corp. is signaling a recommitment to developing its business applications for small and midsize companies. The strengthening of the Microsoft Business Solutions group raises the question for many how far that commitment will be extended for large enterprises. Early this…
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Microsoft’s SP1 for Server 2003 Packs a Security Punch
Microsoft is working on a set of security upgrades for Windows Server 2003 that executives said will deliver on the company’s promise to make its products more secure by default and give enterprises more options for locking down servers. The security capabilities for the company’s flagship server operating system are due to be included in…
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Automating Server Management
As more enterprises address changing IT demands by linking and managing multiple servers as a single resource, many are challenged by the increasing need to monitor, provision and deploy computer hardware. But help could be on the way in the form of management software suites from RLX Technologies Inc., IBM and startup UXComm Inc., each…
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Microsoft Offers Second Release Candidate for Windows XP SP2
Microsoft on Monday afternoon released the much-anticipated second release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 2. But the Redmond, Wash., software firm was mum about the timing of its final release. At the same time, a Microsoft Corp. spokesman told eWEEK that he was unable to give a specific date for the final release of…
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New Linux Security Hole Found
A Linux bug was recently uncovered by a young Norwegian programmer that, when exploited by a simple C program, could crash most Linux 2.4 or 2.6 distributions running on an x86 architecture. “Using this exploit to crash Linux systems requires the (ab)user to have shell access or other means of uploading and running the program—like…
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IM Security: One VAR’s Story
Last week, I examined instant messaging security from 40,000 feet, discussing the segment’s potential from the broadest possible view. This time, I’ll take a look at how the market is developing for one value-added reseller. Network System Technologies (NST), based in Naperville, Ill., specializes in security and has started to see interest in shoring up…
