Monthly Archives: November 2003
Microsoft to Revamp Windows Security
Microsoft Corp. is preparing a series of major changes to the security capabilities in the Windows client and server platforms, and they will further...
Gates: Blazing the Longhorn Trail
The smoke having almost cleared from several years of antitrust proceedings, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates is turning his attention...
PentaSuite 7.0 Manages Files
Windows users seeking a comprehensive desktop file management utility should consider PentaWares PentaSuite 7.0.Available now and priced at $99.95, PentaSuite 7.0 is more expensive...
Windows Access Goes Mobile
Softricity Inc. is extending the reach of its application virtualization technology to mobile and offline users. The Boston-based company last week rolled out SoftGrid...
Microsoft Polishes Tablet PC
Microsoft Corp. is readying a new version of the Tablet PC operating system that improves developer support, image handling and handwriting features.Code-named Lonestar, Windows...
Everdream Eases Windows Patch Management
Everdream Corp.s highly customizable Patch Management Service enables administrators to apply a predictable cost model to the thorny problem of Windows patch management.The Patch...
Survey Questions APP Reliability
Despite a strong commitment among enterprises that are developing applications around J2EE, those organizations are averaging only about 88 percent availability for existing Java-based...
Developers Meld BI, Reporting
Enterprises looking to consolidate their business intelligence applications on a single platform got new reporting tools from MicroStrategy Inc. and an update to existing...
Industry May Favor FTC for Reporting Cyber-Security Plans
Corporate America managed to thwart momentum this year for a law that would require public companies to report cyber-security plans to the Securities and...
Lawmakers Mull Tougher Spyware Bill
Perhaps rivaled only by spam, privacy-invading software, or spyware, has pushed lawmakers to consider harsher legislation.Early next year, legislators, including U.S. Reps. Mary Bono,...