Such seems to be the lucky break that both Microsoft and FAST Search and Transfer caught in the recent acquisition of FAST by Microsoft. FAST needed fast relief from crippling cash flow problems generated in part from a sales strategy ..... more »

For some reason tracking the Microsoft releases has become a bit of a fixture on this blog. Anyway, I've written about the delay in the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - it's not going to be ready in time for "Heroes Happen Here" ..... more »

Microsoft and Emirates said yesterday they would set up an Innovation Lab in Dubai to develop products and services for the travel industry using Microsoft's technologies and tapping Emirates' expertise and experience in developing IT ..... more »

Business technology site InformationWeek have a comprehensive review of Windows Home Server. The 6 page article discusses the features available within the software and for those of you that don.. more »

In Windows Server 2003, everywhere you look you find wizards and tabs and configuration screens with a location for adding comments. It seems like every little setting in Active Directory could tell its own story through its attached ..... more »

... to Windows Server 2003 is that the ASP.NET tab had taken a walk. Even running aspnet_regiis -i did nothing to solve the problem. Up till now I had no cause to fix it, but today I had to troubleshoot one of our apps that is (still! ..... more »

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-643): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Applications Infrastructure: 9. huhtikuuta; MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-646): Windows Server® Administration: 7. toukokuuta; MCTS Self-Paced ..... more »

What is the name of the Windows anti spyware product that started life as GIANT AntiSpyware? 20. What Windows Vista feature is able to take advantage of external storage such as USB memory sticks to take some of the load away from the ..... more »

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest updates to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Additionally, Windows.. more »

This comprehensive administrator's reference covers the fullrange of server and client deployments, unified communications, messagingsecurity etc. Get your mission-critical messaging and collaboration systemsup and running with the essential guide to deploying and managing ExchangeServer 2007... more »

The Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 may be the company's high-end webcam, but it offers only midrange performance and features... more »

No sooner had Microsoft announced the availability of the public beta for Hyper-V, its hypervisor-based server virtualization technology, than VMware went on the attack, claiming its ESX Server is a comparable, but better, product... more »

Professor Frydenberg has created a course that leverages PopFly to teach software architecture and development to his business major students. Professor Frydenberg's unique approach allows students to grasp complex distributed computing concepts.. more »

Microsoft's buying spree just doesn't stop. Today, the company announced the acquisition of U.K.-based Multimap.... .. more »

Microsoft Sharepoint spreads 'virally,' complications ensue, 12/07/07 The analyst firm CMS Watch is claiming the newest version of Microsoft’s SharePoint is spreading “virally” throughout enterprises, catching IT departments off guard ..... more »

The current version of the security suite includes antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, e-mail spam filtering and parental control components. A free basic online scan is offered via the BitDefender website. Reviews for BitDefender have ..... more »

On the docket today is ClamWin Free Antivirus. Review version: 0.91.2 Product link: ClamWin Free Antivirus. A quick note - ClamWin is unique among all the free products that I have reviewed thus far because it is open-source. ..... more »

Today, quite a few households have wireless networks that are unsecure - wide open for anyone to connect to. This could be a huge problem especially if PC's in that home are sharing important family files - like photos and documents - that shouldn't be seen by strangers. In Windows Live OneCare 2.0, a new feature is coming that will let users of .. more »

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As you probably know and as we've mentioned in previous posts, we use Windows Update to periodically deliver updates for Windows Vista... more »