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Lenovo goes global with servers
News The hardware vendor unveils five rack and tower servers, and names India and several Southeast Asian countries as its key markets in Asia.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Product marketing, Hardware, India, Small And Medium Business, Server Market, Server, Lenovo Group Ltd., software
Open source cuts across Sun's growth strategy
News Company says it made more money from releasing Solaris source codes, and is now focused on open source as integral part of its strategy.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Open-source Software, Asia-Pacific, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, Project GlassFish, strategy, OpenSolaris, Open source
Configure iSCSI CHAP security through Windows Group Policy
Techguide Admins can configure Group Policy to require security for connecting iSCSI storage devices to Windows systems. Find out how it is done.
Tags: Storage, Server platforms, Authentication and encryption, Security, Storage, group policy, Microsoft Windows Server, network, Microsoft Windows, Authentication and encryption
Configuring AppLocker in Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2's AppLocker feature allows additional policy configuration for software use on servers. Here's an overview of the enhanced functionality.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows 7, group policy, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, desktop
Configuring SQL Mail in SQL Server 2000
Techguide Steven Warren provides a step-by-step guide on how you can configure SQL Mail in SQL Server 2000.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, E-mail servers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Backup, Database, SQL Mail, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SQL
VMware Server 2.0 offers handy new upgrades
Techguide Among other features, you can now stagger virtual machine startup to avoid overloading the host CPU, and view the console of the virtual machine via a Web browser.
Tags: Virtualization, Server platforms, Web services, Web Browser, Virtual Machine, VMware Inc., operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, VMware Server, VMware Server 2
Introduction to Change Data Capture in SQL Server 2008
Techguide SQL Server database consultant Tim Chapman takes a look at the new auditing features available in SQL Server 2008.
Tags: Databases, Server platforms, Data Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Data, Database, Data Auditing, data capture, auditing, DDL
Use Object Dependencies to your advantage in SQL Server
Techguide SQL Server 2008 tracks objects by the name of the object, rather than relying upon the ID. Here’s how it works.
Tags: Databases, App servers, Server platforms, Object, Microsoft SQL Server, Dependency, Database, SQL, stored procedure, SalesHistory
Run code automatically when SQL Server starts
Techguide Here is an overview of the ways to execute SQL stored procedures or SQL Agent jobs on startup.
Tags: Server platforms, Database management, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Database, Tool, SQL, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, stored procedure, auditing
Reviewing SQL Server permissions
Techguide Find out the importance of database permissions, and how you can use internal SQL Server system views to easily identify which users have access on your system.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Database management, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Login, Database, Permission, Windows Login, TestLogin
Backup compression in SQL Server 2008
Techguide New to SQL Server 2008 is the native ability to compress database backups, which can come in very handy during disaster recovery.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003, Server platforms, Data centers, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, C, Backup, Database, database backup, SalesHistory
Stop Windows Server 2008 from phoning home to Microsoft
Techguide This tip walks you through the process of disabling the Customer Experience Improvement Program scheduled tasks in Windows Server 2008.
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Corp., Security, applet, Customer Experience Improvement Program Data Collection, Server, customer experience, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Changing the name of your SQL server
Techguide When you change the name of a server you also have to change the name in SQL Server; if you don't, there may be problems.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Windows 2003, Server, agent, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms
Exchange 2010's new server-side features
Techguide New platform builds on many of Exchange 2007's good aspects, and those migrating to it will be able to do so with less hardware. Scott Lowe discusses some of the new server-side features in Exchange 2010.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, E-mail servers, Storage, clustering, high availability, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, I/O
Setting up CDC in SQL Server 2008
Techguide Change Data Capture is a new native feature in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition. Here's how to use it to easily set up data auditing on your SQL Server system.
Tags: Databases, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft SQL Server, Table, Database, Raleigh, stored procedure, auditing, Chapman Co.
