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SHAREPOINT FOR SEARCH:
SharePoint Server for Search 101
In the Microsoft Office System product
family, the Office client products like
Word and PowerPoint seem to get most of
the press and user attention. That’s not
unexpected, given that the Office
clients have been around for a very long
time, are deployed on more than 400
million desktops, and are familiar to
almost everyone who’s ever used a
Windows computer. However, the
SharePoint product family is a key part
of the product line from...
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TECH TALK:
Browsing with Browzar
There's a new Web browser in town and so
far it looks pretty darn good,
especially from a privacy perspective.
However, there is a caveat, which I'll
discuss in a moment. The new tool,
called Browzar, is available free to
anyone. The current version is only
264.4KB in size. That's not a misprint,
it's really that small! Browzar is
billed as "the first ever 'freedom'
Internet browser" because of the way it
works: It doesn't save a...
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INDUSTRY PULSE:
Managed Services on the Rise
Managed services are growing in
popularity, with the support of many
network administrators. The value of
managed services is clear: They offload
a lot of burden from a company, saving
it time and money and reducing learning
curves to a nearly flat line in some
cases. Plus, managed services provide
the advantage of knowing someone is
there watching a service 24 hours a day,
even on holidays. Because managed
services are such a...
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POLL:
Does your organization have a network
access control solution in place?
Yes, we're using a network access
control solution
22%
Not yet, we're waiting for Windows
Vista's NAP solution
14%
Not yet, we're evaluating third-party
solutions
17%
No, we don't plan to use a network
access control solution
47%
See the original Poll
TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS:
OEM Software: Good Deal or Theft?
While setting up a new server recently,
I found that I had the necessary
hardware but lacked a Windows Server
2003 license. A discount company on the
Web was asking $600 for a copy of
Windows 2003 Standard Edition—ouch. Ah,
but wait, here in my Inbox was an email
message advertising discount software.
Couldn’t hurt to open it up and take a
look, right? Wow, an “OEM” copy of
Windows 2003 for only $69! Hey, wait a
minute. That’s too...
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APPLYING TECHNOLOGY:
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Microsoft's latest contribution to the
upcoming holiday season is Windows
Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). As
you've come to expect from Microsoft
service packs, Windows 2003 SP2 provides
a combination of OS and security updates
and new functionality. Let's take a look
at what SP2 brings to the IT
administrator. What SP2 Is—and Isn't
With SP2, Microsoft returned to a more
typical service pack by providing a
cumulative patch rollup...
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