Finally, Gmail is supporting IMAP access.

You can read about it here: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html

Here is the official help section on IMAP: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=1555

If you don’t have IMAP option in your account’s setting don’t worry. It will show eventually.

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the release of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition provides protection against malicious programs for servers running Microsoft Windows (including versions x86-64). This product has been specifically designed for high-end corporate servers.

The product offers an extended set of functions needed to provide effective protection of a company’s information infrastructure, including remote and local administration via Microsoft Management Console (MMC), operation on a cluster of servers, full-scale customization of administrator privileges, customized settings for specific areas, and configuration templates.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition ensures significantly improved protection for terminal servers, which results in optimization of system resources and an increase in the number of terminal users that the product can protect. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition is capable of running Microsoft Terminal, Citrix Metaframe XPe FR 3, Citrix Presentation Server 3.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 and Citrix Presentation Server 4.5.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is used by system administrators for monitoring antivirus activity and the status of the antivirus protection.

To find out more about Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition, please visit http://www.kaspersky.com/anti-virus_windows_server...rprise.

SAN FRANCISCO — Oct. 16, 2007 — Today, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., and Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft’s unified communications software, taking the first step toward streamlining workplace communications and helping reduce the cost of the average corporate voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) system by half.

“In the next decade, sweeping technology innovations driven by the power of software will transform communications,” Gates said. “Working with partners, we’re making rapid advances that will enable fundamental advances in the way people communicate and collaborate at work.”

Joined by customers and partners, the Microsoft executives launched unified communications and VoIP software that includes the following:

“Unified communications software will transform business communications as fundamentally as e-mail did in the 1990s,” Raikes said. “Today, Microsoft is in the VoIP game, and our customers and partners are already winning with better economics and new business opportunities.”

Dramatic Business Results for Customers

Gates and Raikes were joined today by hundreds of customers (http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies) reporting dramatic time savings due to more efficient communications and cost savings of 25 percent to 30 percent over traditional communications technologies. Gibson Guitar Corp., Global Crossing, L’Occitane, Quanta Computer USA Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, The Shaw Group Inc., Virgin Megastores and Volvo Group were among the customers that joined the event to discuss the positive impact of Microsoft technology on their business.

“We are deploying Office Communications Server 2007 globally, and already people are seeing substantial time savings and productivity gains,” said Etienne de Verdelhan, chief information officer with L’Occitane, a leading global retailer of natural ingredient cosmetics with more than 900 stores in over 60 countries. “Not only are we able to launch new business communications with just one click, but user setup and administration is extremely simple, which is critical for a company growing at our rapid pace.”

Supporting these findings, Forrester Consulting found in a study commissioned by Microsoft that organizations may achieve significant productivity improvements and cost savings with unified communications. The Forrester study,¹ created from the results of 15 in-depth interviews of Microsoft unified communications customers, found that these customers can achieve more than 500 percent return on investment (ROI) over three years by deploying Office Communications Server 2007.

Partner Support

More than 50 partners joined Microsoft to announce new products and services built on Microsoft’s unified communications platform. These partners include the following:

Continued Commitment to Interoperability

Microsoft also unveiled Unified Communications Open Interoperability, a telephony system qualification program, to give customers the assurance that Microsoft unified communications software works with their telephony systems. A list of qualified products, including eight products from five companies that have already received the qualification, is available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87482.

To view the keynote address, learn more about Microsoft’s unified communications software or download evaluation copies, customers can visit http://www.microsoft.com/uc.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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Newegg.com is offering Windows Home Server. So if you are interested to purchase a copy and you live in USA check out the product page:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...116395

David Tesar published an interesting guide on SIlverlight deployment:

This guide is intended for any organization who would like to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Silverlight in their environment.  Some of the things you can find in this guide are installation switches, update behavior, value proposition on why to deploy, group policy adm / admx / adml files, and instructions on how to deploy Silverlight via group policy & SMS.

Back in May of this year I was presented with a side project to work on by Tim Sneath for this guide.  I accepted and it’s great to have it finally released.  I had help from our SMS team doing a test deployment to 60k machines using the document, documentation reviewed by a number of people, and of course help from the Silverlight product team.

As an FYI - Efforts were made to create an MSI of Silverlight which could be deployed via group policy in addition to the script method, but there were challenges with this based on the way Silverlight inherently installs.  The Silverlight EXE extracts into an MSI and MSP file - both of which are required to install in order for Silverlight to function.  So if we gave you this version of the MSI, you’d have to go back and install the MSP separately after the MSI install (yuck).  In trying to package the exe into an MSI, you can’t have two MSI files trying to install at the same time - so this doesn’t work either. 

At any rate, the guide still shows you how to install Silverlight via group policy using the provided script.  Each group policy method (MSI and script) have advantages and disadvantages; the script method should be sufficient for most organizations.  In the future, there will be more installation/upgrade options and updated versions of the guide.  Future availability of a MSI package for group policy deployment is uknown at this time.

So please, download here and feel free to provide feedback.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 1, 2007 - HP today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Neoware Inc., a provider of thin client computing and virtualization solutions, at a fully diluted, enterprise value (net of cash) basis of approximately $214 million.

With the acquisition of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Neoware, HP plans to use the best of both companies’ technologies to create thin clients that are easier to deploy, more secure and more affordable. The deal will also extend HP’s regional sales reach.

Thin clients provide a higher level of security, can reduce maintenance costs, and consume less electricity compared to other desk-based computing products because they contain no local data, no moving parts, utilize low-power components and connect over a network to remote blade PCs and servers where data processing and storage occurs.

“The integration of Neoware will enable us to offer the industry’s broadest portfolio of remote client solutions that deliver the most secure, reliable and easily managed computing infrastructure available today,” said Kevin Frost, vice president, Business Desktops, Personal Systems Group, HP. “Our top priority is to ensure that Neoware and HP deliver uncompromised product and business continuity to our combined customers.”

Prior to the acquisition, HP was the worldwide leader in each of the Microsoft Windows® XPe, Windows CE and Linux thin client categories. Acquiring Neoware is expected to boost HP’s thin-client business in the areas of Linux software, client virtualization and customization capabilities.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Neoware stockholders will receive $16.25 for each share of Neoware stock that they held at the closing of the acquisition and the company will be integrated into the Business Desktop unit of HP’s Personal Systems Group.

CarlosAg reports:

With the release of Windows Server 2008 RC0, in IIS we are also releasing the ability to manage the Web Server, the new FTP Server and the new modules remotely using IIS Manager 7.0.

In the past with previous Beta we shipped similar functionality under a different name, however for the first time this is the real way we will be supporting this remote administration from different Windows versions when Windows Server 2008 final version comes along.

The reason this release in particular is exiting is because for the first time all the UI extensibility is enabled for these platforms making it possible to build your own UI modules, install them in the server and have the clients that connect to your server automatically download the new functionality and use it as it was part of the IIS Manager release.

Another reason this is important for us is because this is the first time we are releasing support for x64 which is something required for customers using Windows Vista 64 bit edition or any other 64 bit version of Windows.

You can download and install them from:

x86

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34...i=1524

x64

http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34...mp;g=6

Note: This RC0 version will not be able to connect to any other older build of Windows 2008 Server including Beta 3, so if you need to still manage Beta 3 version you will need to install the Beta 3 build of the tool which can safely live side-by-side with the RC0 build.

The Microsoft FastCGI Extension for IIS  provides full support for hosting and executing FastCGI enabled applications on IIS in high performance and reliable way.

Some of the important features provided in this release of FastCGI Extension are listed below:

• Reliable hosting of non thread-safe applications (such as PHP) in FastCGI mode by enforcing single request concurrency per FastCGI process
• Support for hosting of FastCGI application frameworks on shared servers by providing necessary configurability.
• Rich set of configuration options for tweaking performance of FastCGI extension and FastCGI processes.

Requirements

• To use FastCGI extension, you must have one of the following operating systems with IIS installed:
• Windows XP SP2 (IIS 5.1)
• Windows XP x64 edition (IIS6.0)
• Windows Server 2003 SP2 (IIS 6.0)
• Windows Server 2003 x64 edition (IIS6.0)

Download Link: http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=1000057

The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird v.2.0.3. Kits for Windows (x686 and x64) are in the Sourceforge repository and should start to appear throughout the day. Enjoy!

Release notes: http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.3...es.pdf

About Firebird

Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981.

SAN DIEGO, September 20, 2007 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data protection and security, today expanded its lineup of network attached storage (NAS) servers with new rackmount and desktop devices designed to meet the growing data needs of contemporary small and mid-sized businesses.

For rackmount implementations, Iomega is announcing two new four-drive models to its current NAS offerings: the new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB* Server and the Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB Server with Print Serving capability. Both models are designed to fit seamlessly into the data center with support for key Microsoft file services.

For cost-effective desktop NAS, the new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 150d 3TB Server gives SMB network administrators a reservoir of add-on network storage with Active Directory support and unbeatable ease-of-use.

“The new Iomega 200r and 150d NAS devices are excellent examples of Iomega continuing to maximize NAS performance and usability at great prices that deliver real value to SMBs that need secure, reliable network storage for their growing data needs,” said Tom Kampfer, president and COO, Iomega Corporation. “Iomega has the industry’s broadest lineup of network storage devices for the growing needs of SOHO and small business customers. From basic to feature-rich Windows-based servers, as well as Linux-based network hard drives ranging in capacity from 250GB to 3TB, we have the right network storage devices, at the right price, to address all phases of a growing small business.”

Advanced Performance
Both the 200r and the 150d NAS devices use a Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) port to connect to the network and come with four SATA-II drives that can be configured for RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), or RAID 5 (striping plus parity) operation. RAID 0 provides maximum performance and operating capacity; RAID 1 and RAID 5 provide maximum data security, protecting all data even in the event of a drive failure.

The 200r and the 150d NAS devices also offer true hot-swappable hard drives, meaning that any one of the four hard drives in a RAID 1 or RAID 5 array can be removed from the NAS enclosure while it is running. When a replacement drive is inserted, the NAS device will rebuild the new drive into the existing RAID 1 or 5 array without any interruption or downtime. This is an enterprise-class feature that Iomega is helping make truly affordable to the small business and home office user.

Award-Winning Software
For secure storage and worry-free backup and disaster recovery, Iomega’s StorCenter Pro 200r and 150d servers include five client licenses for EMC® Retrospect® Express software. Retrospect Express delivers automated, reliable, cost-effective protection for Windows® and Mac® users. Its award-winning design makes it easy to set up and manage highly efficient backups on any personal computer, greatly simplifying disaster recovery. Users can back up open files, verify backup integrity during the backup, have scheduled backups proceed even without logging in, and recover individual files or a complete system to any point in time. Additional licenses are available for purchase online at www.iomega.com.

In addition, the StorCenter Pro NAS 200r comes with CA eTrust® Antivirus version 7.1 software preinstalled. CA BrightStor® ARCserve® OEM edition with Disaster Recovery, version 11.5, is also included.

200r Server Features
Both the new Iomega® StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB (Express edition) and its companion product, the NAS 200r 1TB with Print (Workgroup edition) are rackmount NAS devices powered by Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 and support Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, Volume Shadow Copy Services, and Active Directory Services. As Windows servers, they can run third-party applications, which is a major differentiator over lower-cost Linux-based products. The NAS 200r servers are compatible with today’s most common backup and security software titles.

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Workgroup edition offers true Print Serving which gives the StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB with Print the ability to manage up to five printers; a Windows Print Server upgrade to unlimited printers is available as an option.

150d Server Features
In creating the StorCenter Pro NAS 150d Server, Iomega focused on NAS essentials with the priority on value and simplicity for the home and small office user. The result is a fast and easy-to-use desktop device. Iomega’s Discovery Tool software makes setup virtually automatic. The StorCenter Pro NAS 150d Server supports computers running the Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems. Print server functionality is built in; simply connect a printer to the included USB 2.0 interface.

Compatibility
Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r and 150d Servers support clients running Microsoft Windows Vista/2000/XP Home/XP Professional/XP Professional x64, Mac® OS X 10.2.7 or higher, and Linux distributions, including Redhat 9, Madrake 10, Debian 3.0, Gentoo, and FedoraCore 3.

Supported network file protocols include Microsoft, Linux/UNIX, Apple, Internet and FTP.

Price and Availability
The Iomega® StorCenter™ Pro NAS 150d 3TB Server is now shipping worldwide for $1,699.00. The Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB Server will be available later this month for $1,899.00; the Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 200r 1TB Server with Print will also be available later this month for $2,499.00. (All prices are suggested US retail.)