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- TechNet Webcast: Overview of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 300)
- The next major release of Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available. This webcast provides a technical overview of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and showcase its enhancements and new capabilities. This webcast discuss software distribution, operating system deployment, software update management, and desired...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Update Management, Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-10-01
- Manufacturer Saves IT Costs With Integrated Environment and Volume Licensing
- Greek industrial and marine automation systems manufacturer UTECO had a heterogeneous IT infrastructure. UTECO standardized on the Microsoft server product portfolio, acquired with a Microsoft Open Value Volume Licensing agreement. Now the IT staffer saves time using automated software update management, and employees have a secure collaboration solution. UTECO used...
- Tags: Volume-license, Information Technology, Environment, Server, Microsoft Corp., Update Management, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-06-19
- AutoUpdate+ (exe)
- AutoUpdate+ is an update management solution essential for all serious software developers. It provides a flexible, secure, and reliable method to add automatic updates to your software applications, ensuring that customers always have the latest versions. The AutoUpdate+ client provides a fully customizable interface, multilingual capabilities, inbuilt security, self-updating mechanism,...
- Tags: Software, Update Management, AutoUpdate+, AutoUpdate+ Client, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-02-05
- TechNet Webcast: The Managed Desktop Environment (Part 2 of 2): Refining the Desktop Environment and Planning for Future Operating System Deployment (Level 200)
- This webcast on the managed desktop environment return to the standardized desktop image created in the previous webcast, and apply it consistently to the internal client computers at Contoso, the fictional company. The webcast examines the resulting benefits of the standardized desktop image, including a reduction in the number of...
- Tags: Webcast, Operating System, Update Management, Microsoft TechNet, Desktops, Hardware
- Webcasts 2007-01-12
- TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 05 of 10): Refining the Desktop Environment and Planning for Future Operating System Deployment (Level 200)
- In part five, the presenter returns to the standardized desktop image created in the previous session, and apply it consistently to the internal client computers at Contoso. The presenter examines the resulting benefits of the standardized desktop image, including a reduction in the number of deployed operating systems, simplified support,...
- Tags: Webcast, Operating System, Update Management, Microsoft TechNet, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Webcasts 2006-10-04
- TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Security Update Management With Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the best practices which should be considered when developing an update management solution using Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. The presenter provides detailed recommendations for all parts of a software update solution, including the setup stage and the software update cycle. The...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Update Management, Microsoft TechNet, Servers, Hardware
- Webcasts 2006-01-25
- ISV Improves Service Levels and Reduces Cost of Delivering Software as a Service
- Vertafore had begun offering its flagship insurance software as an online service, and more and more customers were moving away from running the software locally and taking advantage of the service. But as the Vertafore data center expanded toward 300 Microsoft Windows - based server computers, administrators found themselves stretched...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp., Insurance, Update Management, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2005-11-24
- Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Software Distribution and Patch Management
- Software distribution with Microsoft Systems Management Server SMS requires a balance between how fast you deploy your packages and how much strain you place on your network. This paper explains the processes for both software distribution and software updates. Software update management is the process of keeping computers and servers...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Systems Management Server, Update Management, Software Update Management, Tools & Techniques, Patches, Management
- White papers 2004-09-01
- TechNet Webcast: Best Practices: Security Update Management With Systems Management Server 2003 (Level 200)
- Through this webcast one can learn about the best practices which should be considered when developing an update management solution using Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. The webcast gives detailed recommendations for all parts of a software update solution, including the setup stage and the software update cycle. It provides...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Update Management, Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Servers, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Solutions for Windows Update Management (Level 200)
- This webcast explores update management for Microsoft Windows. Through this webcast one can learn about the business case for update management and the vulnerability timeline, and can see a demonstration of how the timeline gets shorter with every new vulnerability. This webcast helps to learn about the severity ratings that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Webcast, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Update Management, Microsoft TechNet
- Webcasts
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- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac
- I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution
- There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game
- Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...
- Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release
- Today, MindTouch Deki announces Kilen Woods, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- COPA is unconstitutional
- The Third Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional, AP reports. In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court concluded that the Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutionally overly broad and vague. The court also ruled that...
- Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Parental Control, Third Circuit, Regulations, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...
- Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience
- Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot
- News items 2008-07-23
- Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software
- Cisco Systems has cable set-top boxes and your home along with the routers. Now it wants the software that puts your entire home network together. Cisco, which is determined to be a big consumer player as well as an enterprise behemoth, on Wednesday that it will buy...
- Tags: Software, Pure Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
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