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Avecto boosts admin management reporting engine

Windows admin rights management outfit Avecto has added a new reporting layer to its Privilege Guard software that can capture detailed data on how employees are interacting with applications.
Joomla 2.5 has search and database reinforcements

Joomla 2.5, the latest edition of the open source content management system, now comes with a new search engine, and can use Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL, in addition to MySQL.
SAP's HANA dubbed 'the biggest thing since the PC'

IT consultancy Bluefin Solutions has claimed that SAP?s in-memory database, HANA, could cause the biggest paradigm shift since the introduction of IBM's original PC in the 1980s.
NetApp entry-level array offers up to 432TB of capacity

NetApp has announced an addition to its Fabric-Attached Storage (FAS) 2000 family of arrays, an entry-level model with up to 432TB of capacity with a starting retail price of $7,500 (£4,665) for 6TBs.
Massive SQL injection attack compromises 180,000 ASP.Net sites

Hackers are in the midst of a massively successful SQL injection attack targeting websites built on Microsoft's ASP.Net platform. About 180,000 pages have been affected so far, security researchers say.
HP's new virtualisation servers provide path to cloud

Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced new servers that come pre-configured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualised workloads more quickly.
Microsoft climbs onto Hadoop bandwagon

Microsoft Wednesday announced it will collaborate with Yahoo spin-off Hortonworks to develop a Apache Hadoop implementation for its Windows Server and Windows Azure platforms.
MySQL reaches new development milestone

Oracle is making the open-source MySQL database more stable and feature-rich through a shift in development philosophy, MySQL Vice President of Engineering Tomas Ulin said during a keynote address Monday at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
Oracle rigs MySQL for NoSQL-like access

Oracle may introduce its own NoSQL database at this week's OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware

The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors yesterday.

Latest Features

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.
Top 10 best new features of Windows Server 8

Microsoft claims 300 new and improved features in Windows Server 8, but after a few days in Redmond watching demos and stepping through lab sessions, we wonder whether the marketing guys accidentally left off a zero.
Learn the basics of PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a first rate, enterprise-worthy open source RDBMS (relational database management system) that compares very favorably to high-priced closed-source commercial databases. Databases are complex, tricksy beasts full of pitfalls. In this two-part crash course, we'll get a new PostgreSQL database up and running with elegant ease, and learn important fundamentals.
Ten essential tools for MySQL admins

The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems
IT admins commandeer network resources to run game servers

Back in January, Scandinavian gamers hijacked a New Hampshire medical center's server to host "Call of Duty: Black Ops" sessions. When asked about that incident, Stephen Heaslip of the gamer site Blues News told Network World that hackers are not the most likely individuals to commandeer corporate servers for illicit gaming: Such appropriations are more often the work of IT administrators, he said.
Customised malware attacks grow increasingly widespread

The rising popularity of custom malware and the inability of antivirus software to keep pace poses potent challenges for enterprises trying to keep their systems secure.
Twenty glorious years of Windows malware

Windows PCs have been under siege for 20 years. What a difference those two decades make.
Best free server tools for Microsoft admins

"Free" is a term rarely associated with Microsoft offerings, especially at the server end of the spectrum. Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Hyper-V, IT admins know functionality comes at a price. More surprising, however, is the wealth of server tools Microsoft offers for free, some of which can, in the right contexts, provide an adequate substitute for the paid versions of Microsoft's more intriguing server products.
We should run the Internet like a proper infrastructure

Why don't we make the Internet a real infrastructure, with the sort of oversight that benefits commercial air travel?
Most VMware customers virtualise Microsoft Exchange, but not SAP and Oracle

VMware says data proves customers are virtualising mission-critical applications. Half of VMware's customer base is virtualising Microsoft Exchange and 65% virtualise SQL Server, but the majority of VMware customers are not virtualising SAP and Oracle applications, according to survey data released by VMware.

How-tos

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How to use Windows Server Update Service

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The Tao of managing virtualised servers

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