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Special report: The best Windows tools
Some of the most useful products for the Windows platform don't cost a dime. Others are inexpensive upgrades from freeware that are geared toward large enterprises. Whatever your needs, there's a wealth of tools that are just a download away. Article | 29 Nov 2004
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Audit tool works in harmony with SMS
System Audit Manager, a tool that acts as a front end for Microsoft's Systems Management Server, helps companies reconcile software licenses ahead of a software audit. Article | 29 Nov 2004
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Windows, Linux mired in benchmarking cat fight
Explaining how Windows stacks up against Linux in a high demand environment sounds like a simple exercise, but one expert says it's actually a complicated task, for several reasons. Article | 22 Nov 2004
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Product lifecycles get the Windows treatment
Microsoft has forged an alliance with France's Dassault Systemes to integrate Windows and SQL Server with applications that manage a company's products from the design phase to distribution. Article | 18 Nov 2004
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NetWare holdouts courted by Microsoft, open source
Microsoft is offering free tools to convince loyalists of the aging operating system to make the switch to Windows, but Linux vendors are eager to snare these customers as well. Article | 17 Nov 2004
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MS protection offer has its share of fine print
As if managing IT resources isn't hard enough. Now, decision makers have to worry about their companies getting sued just because they bought a piece of software. It's enough to make you want to scream for a little indemnity. Column | 12 Nov 2004
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Microsoft indemnification move called strategic
Some observers say the software maker's expansion of intellectual property protection for its customers is a welcome decision, though one it had to make. Article | 10 Nov 2004
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Microsoft boosts remote power of SMS
New feature packs for Systems Management Server target desktop operating system deployments and management of Windows-based mobile devices, respectively. Article | 02 Nov 2004
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The folly of vulnerability seeking
New vulnerabilities are discovered and disclosed with alarming frequency these days. Like clockwork, 10 vulnerabilities are found each day to augment the leaks in our already-sinking ships. And we welcome the news with masochistic greed. Column | 29 Oct 2004
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Ask Microsoft: When Windows crashes
Microsoft support executive Gabriel Aul talks about the Windows Error Reporting service and how it interprets "crash patterns." Article | 27 Oct 2004