London, 26 July 2010 – 3CX has released version 9 of its popular phone system for Windows. Version 9 is a significant upgrade that adds video support as well as enterprise features such as the ability to monitor remote PBX installations via 3CX Assistant and automatic remote installation and configuration of 3CXPhone and 3CX Assistant. "3CX Phone Sy.. more »

AUSTIN, Texas – July 20, 2010 – Spiceworks™, Inc. today announced the beta release of an updated version of its free IT management software, which includes new capabilities that allow users to automatically backup, compare and restore configurations for networked devices. In addition, the upgraded version of Spiceworks offers a newly tuned networ.. more »

WASHINGTON - July 12, 2010 -Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft Corp. showcased new capabilities that are coming in its next-generation customer relationship management (CRM) solution. more..... more »

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 12, 2010 - HP and Microsoft today announced their intention to work together on aMicrosoft Windows Azure platform appliancethat will enable large enterprise customers to confidently and rapidly adopt cloud-based applications as businesses needs change and grow. The companies will work together to deliver a complete hardware, .. more »

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) introduces new features and functionality to Forefront TMG 2010 Standard and Enterprise Editions. more..... more »

Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, as well as Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010, for business customers worldwide. more..... more »

I have a number of new networking-related KB articles for Windows to share this week: 974103 You cannot access the shared files or folders that are hosted on a Windows Server 2008-based or Vista-based computer if the path contains a junction point 980864...(read more).. more »

The following TechNet Wiki topics are extensions to the working DirectAccess test lab, as described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab:         DirectAccess Test Lab Extension: Selected Server Access Describes how to configure Selected Server access for DirectAccess clients of the corp.contoso.com domain. You configu.. more »

The Cable Guy article for May 2010, titled “Changes to the DNS Client Service in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2,” is now available. Changes to the DNS Client service include new name devolution behavior, the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT), and DNS Security (DNSSEC). For a listing of the most recent The Cable Guy articles, click here. F.. more »

In this blog post, I described how you can provide us with ratings and comments for our topics on TechNet and MSDN through the Click to Rate and Give Feedback facility. In April 2010, the following Windows networking topics have been updated based on your comments:          BranchCache Added note about BranchCache availability in different.. more »

In April 2010, the following topics have been updated based on Windows networking-related customer support issues:           Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Feature Support Clarified information about the File Services role in Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems. Thanks to our Customer Service and Support (CSS) counterpa.. more »

DHCP Best Practive Analyzer is now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90f056d7-9c9b-4bda-82ec-497364adcc11 . The same is also available via Windows Update. What is Best Practices Analyzer? Best Practices...(read more).. more »

We are extremely excited to announce that the Network Monitor 3.4 Beta has released on . If you haven't done so already, please sign-up (for free) and help us test the new version while exploring it. There are some great new features, UI enhancements, performance updates, and new APIs. Let's take a quick gander and see what's new. Our focus in this .. more »

If you’re curious about what is going on with new or updated TechNet content, make sure to check out the WSiX Network Connection . This blog is maintained by the talented team of writers that work on Windows Server Networking documentation. They have...(read more).. more »

We have two new networking-related Knowledge Base articles to let you know about this week: 981370 The DNS Server service on an RODC does not respond to DNS queries for several minutes if the link to some RWDCs breaks in Windows Server 2008 981190 The...(read more).. more »

AUSTIN, Texas – April 26, 2010 – Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) , the world's leader in hosting and cloud computing, has joined forces with Spiceworks™ to allow small and medium businesses (SMBs) to manage their Rackspace email hosting services through the free Spiceworks social IT management application. more..... more »

SAN JOSE, Calif, April 27, 2010 – Following key announcements of itsBorderless Networksarchitecture in the areas ofsecurity,network accessand network services, Cisco today announced new products and network and support services that accelerate the transition to the mobile workplace. more..... more »

SANTA CLARA, CA - 4/27/2010 - Today at the Interop 2010 conference in Las Vegas, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced the availability of three new ultra high-performance NetScaler MPX™ appliances. more..... more »

GFI Software, a leading infrastructure provider for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has today released GFI Backup 2010 – Business Edition. The new backup solution is ideally suited for IT administrators who want to create a single backup/restore task and apply it across the entire network, saving valuable time in configuring multiple ta.. more »

On Wednesday, April 7, I presented a summary of updates that were made to the Domain Name System (DNS) client with Windows 7 to the Seattle Windows Networking User Group. We discussed a change to DNS devolution behavior that affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and previous operating systems also if they have an update installed. Most of th.. more »