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  • Microsoft releases service packs galore

    In the past few weeks, Microsoft has released a slew of service packs for SQL Server 2008, as well as SP2 for its firewall, Forefront Threat Management Gateway. It also promised the third-and-final service pack for its Office 2007 wares.

  • Seven reasons to care about SQL Server 2008 R2

    New BI and reporting features in SQL Server 2008 R2 hit the mark, but other additions leave SQL Server shops wanting more.

  • 35 years of Microsoft

    The year is 1975. Gerald Ford is in the White House, South Vietnam falls, Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila" world championship boxing match, the late-night comedy show NBC's Saturday Night (later called Saturday Night Live) debuts, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest sweeps the Oscars, and Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Glenn Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" top the music charts.

  • Eight things you should know about Windows Phone 7

    Details of Windows Phone 7 and the development environment are coming to light at Microsoft's MIX10 web developer conference.

  • Oracle ignores data migration worries claims rival

    EntepriseDB takes the opportunity provided by the recent release of 11G to have a dig at Oracle's data migration, its licensing costs, and its green claims about 11G.

  • FalconStor rules the virtual tape market

    FalconStor has gained EMC's Symmetrix-based virtual tape library (VTL) as the biggest VTL available in single system form.

  • The reason you won't install flash storage this year

    There's nothing better to accelerate applications than solid state disks, but they come at a price.

  • VoIP may be vulnerable to barrage of threats, part 1

    Understanding the extra risks, protocols and dependencies it brings is vital to implementing a new network application such as VoIP.

  • Security predictions for 2004

    SQL Slammer, Blaster ? 2003 wasn?t the happiest of years for network administrators. What are the trends for 2004?





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