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Hackers, Virus attacks, DOS (Denial Of Service) and other Security threats. These are the main concern of security in our company infrstructure, mostly when we are directly connected to internet or we have remote client.
Hacking incidents against companies have risen exponentially over the fast few years with hackers targetting the point of least ressistance in a network. because traditional network firewalls are not design to detect and prevent intrussions to the application layer, the vast majority of internet-based attacks now target applications such as e-mail, Web server, and on-line collaboration software. In addition, today’s workflow is becomming ever-increasingly mobile, bringging additional challenges to providing secure access to corporate resources.

Microsoft ISA (Internet Security and Acceleration Server) 2006 is an integrated edge security gateway that helps protect IT environments from Internet-based threats while providing users fast and secure remote access to applications and data. It helps IT Administrator and IT Professionals to provide a reliable security system with at ease of management.

Internet Security and Acceleration Server feature at a glance:
1. Enterprise Firwall Security - Multi-Layered Firewall security, secured sever publishing and a secured and integrated Corporate Virtual Private Network (VPN)
2. Web Caching Server - for faster browsing for those frequent visited websites
3. Intuitive Firewall Managment - easy to manage with centralized firewall management, policy based control and active directory integration.

These are some features of Microsoft ISA Server, which helps protect your corporate network .

For More information about ISA (Internet Security and Acceleration Server Click here.

One of the company challenges today is how to enhance our business proccess, how to manage our documents and important data in one and how our business can be productive with fewer resources. Business decision makers can measure the ROI (Return-On-Investment) in their sales and marketing efforts in one single sign on. Unfortunately, many enterprises rely on running manual batch jobs to compile and analyze their financial data resulting in a static view of performance and decisions being made on stale data.

Microsoft Office System Solution Center has develop an application server called Microsoft SharePoint Server.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is an integrated suite of server that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise Search, accelerating shared business proccesses, and facilitating information sharing across boundaries for better insight.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Feature areas:

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Microsoft launches PowerShell, sets timeline for Longhorn | CNET News.com

In a wide-ranging stream of announcements this week, Microsoft has added substance to its plans for the future of Windows Server and formally launched a new scripting engine, PowerShell.

What is Exchange Server?

People have know that Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is a reliable, scalable, and a great tool for messaging. A box that enable users to send and receive mail electronically in a real time, sending and sharing information thru e-mail. It is a form of communication thru intranet and internet workplace. Exchange Server is design for easy to use, deploy, manage and administer. it’s much Easier if you are using a client access email thru Microsoft Office Outlook, and Outlook Express, and other email clients.

Email messages are sent and receive throught what is the commonly reffered to as client device such as desktop computers, mobile computers, and mobile devices such as mobile PC or Pocket PC that is capable to handle an email services. the client typically connects to a network of centralized computer system comprised of servers of mainframe computers where the e-mail mailboxes are stored. the Centralized e-mail servers connect to the internet and private network where e-mail messages are sent to and received from other e-mail users.

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With so many technological gadget, business owners tend to spend excessively on new systems just to stay afloat in the market.
Microsoft persists on generating innovations that do not simply integrate today’s technology, but also builds a structure that easily accommodates next-generation products.

Microsoft System Management Server 2003 (SMS 2003)

The comprehensive solution for application Deployment, Asset Management, and Security Patch Management.

Comprehensive addressing and resolving your change and configuration needs. By delivering the capabilities you need, SMS 2003 enables you to stay one step ahead of your business. Read the rest of this entry »

Desktop hard drives holding 1 terabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes, of storage
will likely debut in 2006, according to Bill Healy, senior vice
president of product strategy and marketing at Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies. These drives, which will have a 3.5-inch diameter, are
expected to be incorporated into PCs and home servers.

- storage for 125,000 MP3 songs, or 1500 CDs.
- equal to a 1.42 mile-high stack of 1.44 floppies
- 2 weeks, 2 days, 19 hours, and 12 mins. of continuous DVD movies
- if 1 byte is represented by 1 sheet of paper, it’s a stack of paper 66,000 miles high.
- if 1 byte represented 1 heartbeat, it’s 2 minutes, 24 seconds worth of all the human heartbeats on earth.
- 8,000 times more data than a human brain retains in a lifetime.
- if 1 byte represented 1 grain of sand, it’s enough sand to fill a 240 ton mining truck.

The server farm.  They are now being built all over the world by hosting companies, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo.  Some contains tens of thousands of servers in one location.  Here’s an article in fortune that allows you to understand what are these better.

Here are the Winners for the Microsoft Pasasalamat Concert.
You can still join and may win a free pass to the concert tonight at Waterfront Hotel.

1. Winston Cordova
2. Daryl Dano
3. Bernalyn B. Albiso
4. Winnie April Marie G. Saniel
5. Jayson Saraosos
6. Joseph Glen Bacalla
7. Badette Andres
8. Geril Pasague
9. Divine Rivera
1o. Liza Heyroza
11. Harry Lomadilla
12. Ian Amistad
13. Leo D Leopoldo
14. Alma A. Trinidad
15. Melben Lamparas
16. Martin Yap
Claim your free pass now at NGENIUS AYALA BRANCH BASEMENT AREA! BRING VALID ID FOR IDENTIFICATION!

MICROSOFT will have a “Pasasalamat Concert” tonight January 25, 2006 at 7:00pm at Waterfront Hotel, Lahug, a celebration of 2005 harmonious relationships featuring Geneva Cruz, Sugar Free, Tuesday Vargas and Go Girls.

Just answer the questions below and you will have a chance to win a FREE PASS to the concert tonight and admits for two(2).
The first 20 bloggers who will submit the correct answers will win a free pass.
If you got two out of five correct answers will have a free pass to the concert tonight.
Post your correct answers, name, email address and tel number.
Or you may call Rea @3462926 if you want to answer thru phone.
We will post the winners before 5:00 PM today and may claim the winning ticket at NGenius AYALA basement.

Questions:

1. Who is the President and CEO of Ng Khai Development Corporation?
a. Priscilla Posadas b. Wilson Ng c. Melanie Ng
2. When was the year Ng Khai Development Corporation started its operation?
a. 1993 b. 1995 c. 1991
3. As a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Microsoft Corporation, when was Microsoft Philippines established?
a. February 22, 1986 b. August 21, 2001 c. August 30, 1995
4. Who is the only Microsoft Large Account Resellers(LAR) for Visayas and Mindanao?
a. Ng Khai Development Corporation b. Ngenius c. Esprint Software
5. What is the new Microsoft desktop operating system to be launch?
a. Windows Xp b. Vista c. Windows 98
6. How many retail stores does Ngenius have?
a. 1 b. 2 c.3

Pls. see Server details…

Here are some take homes after I attended the SQL Server 2005 launch:

- SQL Server 2005 has 40% performance improvement over SQL Server 2000
- SQL Server 2005 has built-in data mining and business intelligence
- SQL Server can scale better. Largest install for SQL Server 2000- 26,000 users. Larger install for SQL Server 2005 - 93,000 Concurrent users in SAP
- SQL Server 2005 has a 50% off for licenses for competitive database upgrade for a limited time.
- SQL Server 2005 will not charge for licenses for the passive cluster in a high availability active-passive cluster.
- SQL Server 2005 charges by CPU, not by core. So if you use Dual or Multicore CPUs, you only need to pay for 1 server license.
- SQL Server Express 2005 is available for free.

Program provides hosting community with technical tools and resources to help lower costs and increase average revenue per user.

REDMOND, Wash., Nov 28, 2005 // — Microsoft Corp. today announced the Microsoft Hosting Program, a free offering that provides hosting companies with technical tools and resources to help them deploy and manage Microsoft(R) products. By participating in the program, hosting service providers can streamline their operations by maximizing opportunities for quicker application and service deployment and better management of existing systems. Ultimately, this can help hosting service providers better utilize resources, which in turn can help lower costs and increase average revenue per user. More …

Dr. Herb Thompson, author of the latest Microsoft-sponsored Windows vs. Linux study who contended that Microsoft was more robust, secure, and have lower TCO than Linux created a lot of rebuttals.  He patiently asked Slashdot to collect all these questions, and now he is taking time to answer ( with facts) some of the most common questions.

These are comprehensive answers to the Windows vs Linux factoid  here which does away with just mere assertions.

Here is another study that says, ” Windows is “more consistent, predictable, and easier to manage than Linux”

This is written by Dr. Herbert Thompson, who is a genunice computer expert and also the author of The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency.  Since he was ridiculed in Slashdot, he has volunteered to ask Slashdot to get all responses, and he will respond personally to the top 10 issues that is raised against him.   Check it out here.