Monthly Archives: December 2002
.Net Server 2003: Steady Improvement
Although Microsoft Corp. doesnt anoint Windows .Net Server 2003 Release Candidate 2 as "feature-complete," this edition shows that Microsofts next operating system revision will...
Oracle Provides Greater Visibility Into Financials
New business intelligence and risk management applications in an upgrade to Oracle Corp.s namesake Financials suite help businesses increase financial visibility and manage risk,...
The Buzz: December 23, 2002
OEMs Face Suit Over PatentsIntergraph, which last spring settled a patent infringement case involving Intels Pentium chips, is following that up with a suit...
GPMC Eases Management of GPOs
Microsoft Corp.s new group policy management console tool, which will be downloadable from Microsoft.com in conjunction with the release of Windows .Net Server 2003,...
Angry E-Mails Make Errors Come to Light
After receiving nearly a hundred angry letters in response to my "Dells misfires on PDA strategy" column (Dec. 9), Ive realized that perhaps I...
Flaws in IE Upgraded to Critical Rating
Security issues continue to haunt Microsoft Corp., as the software company recently disclosed several serious vulnerabilities in its Java implementation and was forced to...
Microsoft Users Upset With Security Updates
A growing number of Microsoft Corp. customers are angry and frustrated with what they say are the companys thinly veiled attempts to use its...
Protegrity Delivers Database Encryption, Key Management
Protegrity Inc. is rolling out security packages for leading databases that combine software with cryptographic hardware to provide enhanced key management capabilities.The Secure.Data F3...
2002: The Tech Good, Bad and Ugly
Cameron SturdevantIt was the best of times for Mozilla and other open-source applications and the worst of times for InfiniBand, personal privacy and dial-up...
Labs Tips and Tricks for Reducing Patch Pain
There is depressingly little that can be done to mitigate the negative impact of security patches, but there are steps IT managers can take...