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Exchange Server 2003 gets Common Criteria certified

Your favorite messaging server – Exchange Server 2003 (don’t tell me it’s NOT Exchange Server 2003 as of now… though that may change some time in the near future with E12 betas around the corner.. ) – is now Common Criteria certified. “Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation” (CCITSE) – commonly known as “Common […]

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Microsoft completes FrontBridge acquisition

Microsoft has just completed the acquisition of FrontBridge, a hosted email provider. Why FrontBridge?To offer Exchange as a hosted service (directly from Microsoft). It now wants a cut from the hosting pie. I wouldn’t blame them for wanting to grow revenues, but wondering what its partners think about Microsoft competing with them.

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Windows Vista it is!

Microsoft just announced the next version of Windows that practically the whole world (except for the Mac users perhaps?) is eagerly awaiting will be called Windows Vista. The first beta will ship early next month. The actual product will ship in second half of 2006. The name – Vista – has left many people confused. […]

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The 24-hour Linux phenomenon

Interesting observation by InfoWorld columnist Neil McAllister. He quotes Jim Allchin (Group VP of Platforms at Microsoft). Excerpts from the Open Enterprise column (emphasis mine). Standard disclaimers (including “take this with a pinch of salt”) etc. apply… I do think there’s some element of truth in this – having heard from or of people who’ve […]

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Windows Beats Linux in Live Security Contest

Interesting… I’ve since long held Windows as a more easily “securable” (provided you know how) OS. This just came in – from WinInfo Daily Update (Paul Thurrott, creator of SuperSite for Windows, part of the Windows IT Pro mag network).—————————————————– Windows Beats Linux in Live Security Contest During a live duel of sorts between backers […]

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Microsoft to acquire Sybari Software

Microsoft will acquire Sybari Software, the company that makes best-of-breed antivirus (and antispam) products for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SPS, and (yes!) Lotus Domino. Another best-of-breed acquisition to bolster Microsoft’s security portfolio – it bought Giant Company recently and is currently beta-testing the Microsoft-branded version of Giant’s antispyware. In mid-2003 it purchased the Romanian antivirus company […]

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Exchange joins Microsoft’s Billion Dollar Club, gets new product roadmap

It happened in 2004. Microsoft Exchange Server crossed the $1 billion revenue threshold, joining Microsoft’s enviable stable of products that the software company can rely on for more than a billion dollars in revenues each year. http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=6534 Exchange also got a new (ever-evolving?) product roadmap SP2 will be released in second half of 2005. It […]

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