Latest Microsoft news.
Demo shows ID specs can coexist, 07/18/05
Vendor demonstration shows identity management specs can coexist
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-identity.html?nl
Tightening video integration with Microsoft, 07/18/05
Videoconferencing rivals Polycom and Tandberg are enhancing their products to let users launch video calls from an instant-message chat session rather than from a dedicated videoconferencing interface.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-video.html?nl
Test: QCD’s InterStructures plug-ins mind the OS gap, 07/18/05
It might be heresy to try to manage a Linux server from a Microsoft platform . But that is what QCD Microsystems has attempted with its InterStructures Microsoft Management Console (MMC)-based series of applets.
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/071805-qcd-test.html?nl
Opinion: Windows 2003 DNS servers, 07/18/05
Ron Nutter helps a reader who wants to know if he can avoid running DNS servers on his network
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/071805nutter.html?nl
Microsoft bolsters auto application software, 07/18/05
Microsoft last week unveiled a new version of its Windows platform for building applications for the automotive industry.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-microsoft-auto.html?nl
Microsoft tunes SMB licensing, 07/18/05
Microsoft is streamlining its licensing and financing programs to simplify for midsized businesses the acquisition and maintenance of its software in North America and around the globe.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-microsoft-licensing.html?nl
Longhorn beta will have near-complete Indigo, 07/15/05
When Microsoft releases the first beta of its Longhorn version of Windows, it will include a nearly complete version of the product’s Web services-based communication framework, code-named Indigo, a Microsoft product manager confirmed this week.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071505-longhorn.html?nl
Court finds Microsoft infringed AT&T patent, 07/14/05
Microsoft infringed an AT&T patent for speech-coding technology in its distribution of a master version of the Windows operating system outside of the U.S. for replication abroad, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday, …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071405-microsoft-att.html?nl
IBM, Microsoft to ship another Web services security protocol to standards body, 07/14/05
IBM and Microsoft are set to turn over to a standards body a key set of Web services security specifications they have been developing for establishing trust and exchanging data between partners.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071405-ws.html?nl
Newsletter: Microsoft betas ‘elite’ IT architect certification program, 07/13/05
Microsoft is preparing to launch a certification program for “elite” IT architects. The program, which is currently in beta, will produce Microsoft …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2005/0711ed1.html?nl
Microsoft settles networking software patent dispute, 07/13/05
Microsoft has reached a licensing agreement with networking technology vendor Alacritech that will remove Microsoft’s forthcoming TCP Chimney software from the legal limbo it’s been stuck in for the past several months, following a patent dispute.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071305-microsoft-patent.html?nl
Microsoft patches IE, Word, Windows, 07/12/05
Microsoft has released three software updates that patch critical security flaws in its products, including a patch for an Internet Explorer vulnerability that was first reported last week. The company also released patches for Microsoft Word and for …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071205-microsoft-patch.html?nl
Newsletter: Novell seen as pushing users in Microsoft’s direction, 07/12/05
Besides these newsletters, I also write a column for the print edition of Network World called “Wired Windows.” In that column a couple of weeks ago, I …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/netware/2005/0711nw1.html?nl
Q&A: Microsoft VP explains sales force revamp, 07/12/05
Microsoft is restructuring its enterprise sales force under a new initiative called Tailwind. Under the plan, the company will align account teams by industry, increase the size of its sales force and improve the way it partners with third …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071205-microsoft-sales.html?nl
