More top picks from the week That was FAST: Microsoft wins large customer for enterprise search Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager R2 to be available by Dec. 21 Microsoft Training for Solution Providers a nifty website... Linxter offers a secure cloud messaging framework Startups are critical to global prosperity From our bloggers: Can free Microsoft Security Essentials AV software fight off entrenched vendors? Mitchell Ashley, Converging on Microsoft: One of the most common complaints you hear about the Microsoft Security Essentials beta is that the free antivirus software is like asking the fox to watch the hen house. Solid-State Disks and Server 2008, Part 4 Glenn Weadock, Windows Server 2008: The Law of Unintended Consequences sometimes works against us but on happier occasions it works in our favor. We've been looking at Solid-State Disks recently, and it turns out that they have some unintended benefits beyond the main virtue of being fast. Use this hidden partitioning wizard Brian Egler, SQL Server Strategies: In a previous blog entry I talked about the Sliding Window partitioning scenario. I even tried to involve Gwyneth Paltrow in a SQL Server Blog which is no mean feat. (When you teach classes over the Internet you have to think of original ways of gaining student's attention). Windows 7 upgrade pricing means mixed IT shops for a while Mitchell Ashley, Converging on Microsoft: Are we going to have aggressive pricing for Windows 7 so we can finally move on from Vista and XP, or will we see the Microsoft of old, overcharging for Windows upgrades, this time starting at $120 for entry level Windows 7 versions. Using ConfigMgr 2007 Desired Configuration Management Kerrie Meyler, Managing Microsoft: DCM is one of the new features of Configuration Manager 2007. Using DCM enables you to monitor, report on, and take action regarding the configuration of your managed systems. Solid-State Disks: A Different Animal Glenn Weadock, Windows Server 2008: In an earlier posting, I noted that Solid-State Disks (SSDs) have certain behavioral differences from traditional spinning disks. One of these has to do with the speed of disk writes. Microsoft Research looking to make Outlook more social Ron Barrett, A Better Windows World: The people at Microsoft Research are designing a new social media Outlook add-in that will literally redesign the look of your email user interface. Linxter offers a secure cloud messaging framework Alpa Agarwal, Microsoft Startups to Watch: Linxter is a cloud messaging framework for connecting all kinds of applications, devices, and systems. A behind-the-scenes, message-oriented cloud-based middleware technology, Linxter automates the complex tasks that developers face when creating communication-based products and services. Sporting segues to SQL Server Brian Egler, SQL Server Strategies: This week the Wimbledon Tennis Championships are on again in London and I remember being inspired to write a blog entry on Spatial data types during that great Mens final last year. Is this possible? A segue from Wimbledon to SQL Server? June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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