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Caption Competition: I'm coming down!
Photo The decision of the silicon.com editorial team is final and no discussion will be entered into. A visitor heads down for a tour of London's Victorian sewer network. Submit a caption for this picture as a Reader Comment below. [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News There is nothing under discussion between the two of us. Ballmer's comments followed an earlier discussion of the continued investment that Microsoft expects as it spends money in its online business. [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News Veghte said: "I've got to start having that discussion in the marketplace. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft turned to Vista's sceptics for help. [24 Jul 2008]
Frame Relay Over MPLS (FRoMPLS): Today, Tomorrow and the Future
White Paper Often this discussion is framed in terms of a contest, frame relay vs. Today's telecom marketplace is perhaps more interesting than ever. The fast and wild days of unbridled optimism in the 1990's have passed, but the job of providing for growing... [18 Jul 2008]
Email Management Services (EMS): Exchange 2007 Reference Architecture
White Paper A description of the major issues that affect the design and implementation of high availability (HA) configurations for Exchange, an outline of significant enhancements in Exchange 2007's HA features, and a discussion on how well these new... [11 Jul 2008]
High-Bandwidth Address Generation Unit
White Paper A detailed discussion of the 32-bit AGEN design aimed at multiple-operand functional units is presented. This paper describes an efficient data fetch circuitry for retrieving several operands from a n-bank interleaved memory system in a single... [11 Jul 2008]
ITIL and Best Practices Frameworks; featuring HP and Results Positive!
White Paper View this informative, on-demand rich media discussion, featuring noted industry experts, on ITIL and Best Practices Frameworks to learn how to bring key information together into a central source that will enable better decisions within your... [11 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: IT Showcase Discussion - Leveraging Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Advanced Security Technologies for a More Secure Desktop (Level 200)
White Paper The Microsoft Information Technology Group is challenged to leverage and integrate new product and technology features into the IT infrastructure while monitoring cost constraints and security threats. [10 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Deployed PKI Inside Microsoft (Level 300)
White Paper This webcast presents a detailed discussion of how Microsoft IT installed a Public Key Infrastructure, built originally with Windows 2000 Server Certificate Services, and later upgraded with Windows Server 2003, to implement a secure... [10 Jul 2008]
MSDN Architecture Webcast: Architecture and Design for Application Security Level 200
White Paper This webcast provides a discussion about architecture and design for application security. It will cover threat modeling, and will provide demonstrations of unsafe design practices as well as focusing on tried and true secure design principles. [10 Jul 2008]
The Parallel Effective I/O Bandwidth Benchmark: B_eff_io
White Paper First results of the b_eff_io benchmark are given for the IBM SP, Cray T3E, Hitachi SR 8000, and NEC SX-5 systems, and a discussion follows about problematic issues of the current approach. The parallel effective I/O bandwidth benchmark (b_eff_io... [10 Jul 2008]
Virtual Private Networks - Solutions for Secure Remote Access
White Paper Topics of discussion include the responsibilities of a VPN, essential elements, tunneling protocols, and risks associated with using VPNs. Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, have become an essential part of company network infrastructures both... [10 Jul 2008]
Migrating From Serial to Ethernet-Performance Impacts
White Paper This paper will expand the discussion of performance characteristics beyond latency, and look closely at a number of additional factors. As the world continues its migration from an environment of directly linked devices to networked devices, it is... [10 Jul 2008]
Software Testing 3.0: The Continuing Evolution of Software Testing
White Paper The paper concludes with a discussion for senior executives on how and why software testing can finally meet and exceed management expectations, illustrated by real-world case studies showing how two companies benefited from Software Testing 3.0... [09 Jul 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003 in Depth (Part 13 of 14): Mobility (Level 200)
White Paper The webcast concludes with a brief Windows Mobile 5.0 discussion featuring the Messaging & Security Feature Pack, its integration with SP2, the features of SP2, and what business issues it solves. This webcast covers the mobility support in... [08 Jul 2008]
