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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Now That’s Not What I Expected

31-Oct-06

I’ve been checking out the excellent UltraMon on Windows Vista, which provides some cool hacks for multiple displays under Windows. One of the excellent hacks is the ability to assign a hotkey that moves an application between screens - when you hit the hotkey the application or window appears on the next screen, very handy. [...]

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Access Gateway vs. Secure Gateway Part 1: A Case of Mistaken Identity

24-Oct-06

Before I go into what I actually want to talk about, here’s a high level overview of the differences (and similarities) between the Access Gateway and Secure Gateway:

Feature
Secure Gateway
Access Gateway

Now that we’ve got that out of the way - there’s a discussion I tend to have with sales or customers on a semi-regular basis that [...]

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Better Together: Networking Scenarios with Vista and Longhorn Server

18-Oct-06

Ian Hameroff has put together a great webcast on the networking features of Windows Vista and Longhorn Server, and as you might expect from the title, how they work when the Longhorn client and server versions are teamed together. The webcast includes an overview of Network Access Protection and Windows Firewall with Advanced Security as [...]

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Microsoftricity SoftGrid

17-Oct-06

I passed the exam for the Softricity Certified Professional exam back in March (2006) and then not long after that Microsoft snapped up Softricity. That essentially meant that until today, we’ve not been able to push the SoftGrid product to help our customers solve some very real problems. I think today’s announcement from Microsoft is [...]

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