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Volume 3, Number 20 -- June 14, 2006
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Get Your Patch On: 8 Critical Updates Issued by Microsoft
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft yesterday issued 12 security patches, including eight for vulnerabilities the company deems "critical," in one of the most active Patch Tuesdays in recent memory. Among the patches released yesterday was another mega-patch fixing a laundry list of problems in the aging Internet Explorer browser, a fix for the recent zero-day Word exploit, a patch for a newly found flaw in Windows' TCP/IP driver, and more fixes for critical flaws in all current 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows than you can shake a stick at. READ MORE >

Dynamics AX 4.0 Takes Step Toward Unified ERP
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft this week launched Dynamics AX 4.0, a new release of the ERP system that's used by thousands of manufacturers and distributors, and which formerly went by the name Axapta. With this release, Microsoft has made solid strides in breaking up the monolithic structure of the ERP product and offering smaller pieces of functionality via Web services. AX 4.0 also moves farther away from Axapta's proprietary roots and makes greater use of Microsoft's middleware stack, including SQL Server and SharePoint Server. READ MORE >


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RingCentral Provides Virtualization for Phone Calls
by Alex Woodie

Despite the advent of new forms of digital communication like e-mail, instant messaging, and text messaging, the good old telephone is still a critical component of modern businesses. While many companies are hashing out their voice over IP strategies, one Silicon Valley firm, RingCentral, has developed a telephony offering that lays a veil of virtualization upon both analog and digital phone connections to provide what its CEO calls "on-demand hosted virtual PBX." READ MORE >


Windows Compute Cluster Server is Ready, Microsoft Says
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft on Friday reached a significant milestone in its short high-performance computing (HPC) career when it announced it has released to manufacturing (RTM'ed) Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, the new 64-bit operating system that it hopes will shake up the low end of the HPC market. The company also promises to turn heads with a better-than-expected showing on the Top 500, a list of the world's largest supercomputers, which will be updated at the end of the month. READ MORE >



 

 

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But Wait, There's More:

Microsoft Announces New Security Products and 'Forefront' Brand . . . Exchange Server 2007 to Bolster Mobile E-Mail . . . Smaller Companies are Preparing for Disaster Too, Study Shows . . . Executives Complain That IT Is Broken and Can't Keep Up . . . Pirates Steal $34 Billion in PC Software in 2005 . . . Muglia Touts 'People-Ready Business' as Microsoft Makes You Four Promises . . .


 

 

Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Editor: Alex Woodie
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Timothy Prickett Morgan, Victor Rozek, Kevin Vandever, Hesh Wiener
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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