Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Curtailing admin rights in Windows; Searching for an IT job

Recession Fallout: The IT Job Search | What's happening? "Micro-blogging" inside the Enterprise

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IT managers need to curtail admin rights in Windows
Robert Mullins: Microsoft endures a lot of criticism for its Patch Tuesdays, frequent vulnerabilities and security weaknesses, but many times, users bring those problems on themselves by not using the access management tools they have at their disposal, say two people in the access management field. Read More


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Recession Fallout: The IT Job Search
Kerrie Meyler: For an IT Pro, a job is a big part of your self-identity and ego. After all, we probably spend about 60 hours a week working. Read More

What's happening? "Micro-blogging" inside the Enterprise
Susan Hanley: SharePoint 2010 includes several social computing features, including the ability to post brief status updates answering the question "What's happening?" Read More

Microsoft Reveals Communications Server W14
Alex Lewis: The floor was buzzing this week at VoiceCon as Microsoft announced that Microsoft Communications Server "W14" will replace the current Office Communications Server 2007 R2. There are lots of reason to like the new version. Read More


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What to make of the hacker who broke IE8 in two minutes
Robert Mullins: Dutch hacker Peter Vreugdenhil broke into the current edition of the Web browser by launching a two-pronged attack on the Windows 7 operating system. Read More

Microsoft, Amazon share Windows Server licensing for the cloud
The Microsoft Subnet blog: If you have enterprise license agreements for on-premises Windows Server (and Software Assurance), you can use those licenses with Amazon's EC2 cloud, at least for a trial period. Read More

Using social networks to establish a publicly verifiable level of trust
Tyson Kopczynski: It's no secret that I'm fed up with how aspects of trust and assurance are established out on the Internet. I'v railed against the racketeering operations that public CAs operate. Read More


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Conficker may be quiet now but it's still a threat
Robert Mullins: Conficker has been largely dormant, but could become active again. Read More

It's Bootcamp time
Brian Egler: One of the courses I enjoy teaching is the MCITP-DBA Bootcamp. This is where we lock you up in a room for a week and let you out when you are certified. Read More

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