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IT Weekly Roundup, March 17
From the business wires this week: an Exchange search tool, Windows backup products, and SQL Server monitoring and managing tools.
Sherpa Software yesterday announced the latest release of its automated
e-discovery tool,
Discovery Attender for Exchange 2.0. The new version
stores search results in their own databases, eliminating previous database
size constraints. Related searches are grouped together as projects for portability
and easy viewing from multiple installations. Other enhancements have been made
to the search wizard and engine.
http://www.sherpasoftware.com
Acronis released an update to its Acronis True Image backup solutions
for Windows-based servers and workstations. Among the new features are the abilities
to restore a system to different hardware, to boot a remote computer to restore
a system partition, start and stop database applications via Microsoft Volume
Shadow Copy Service, and support for 64-bit Windows. http://www.acronis.com
AEP Networks announced the general availability of AEP Net Remote,
a scalable solution for remote secure access to data with support for various
applications including Voice over IP and Video over IP. http://www.aepnetworks.com
IS Decisions released SweepDeployer, a freeware solution for
remotely executing malware removal via tools from Microsoft, McAfee or Trend
Micro. http://www.sweepdeployer.com
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| Select target systems for malware
eradication by OS, IE version, and other factors with SweepDeployer. |
RackForce Hosting Inc. launched its new Virtual Private Server based
on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Virtual Server 2003 R2. The latest addition
to the RackForce Dynamic Dedicated Server product line, called dds200-W,
is powered by dual-Intel Xeon-processor servers. The package includes Windows
Server 2003 Web Edition, a 10Mbps connection, Plesk for Windows (optional) and
FortiGate Firewall Intrusion Protection. http://www.rackforce.com
Idera released new versions of two products for monitoring and managing
SQL Server 2005. SQL Diagnostic Manager 4.1 provides real-time performance
monitoring and diagnostics, while SQLschedule 2.5 allows admins to manage
SQL Server jobs in an 64-bit enterprise environment. http://www.idera.com
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| Monitor the performance of your
SQL Servers with Idera's SQL Diagnostic 4.1. |
Never mind that Microsoft released
a Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 on Wednesday,
the public loves gossip. A Microsoft employee claimed
on a company blog site that Vista was going to ship November, a month later
than the previously rumored October timeframe. Elsewhere, an anonymous source
told
Game Informer magazine the next installment of the popular Xbox video game Halo
won't be called Halo 3 but Halo Forerunner. To both tantalizing bits
of hearsay, Microsoft said it "doesn't comment on rumors or speculation."
Oh well.