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TechEd preview – high performance computing 

I’m looking forward to attending TechEd in Boston. There are some great breakout sessions planned on Windows infratsructure technologies. So over the course of the next week I’ll highlight some of them in case you haven’t decided which sessions to attend. Today’s post will focus on High Performance Computing.
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Scalable Networking Pack Makes Debut at WinHEC ’06 

Yesterday morning, during Bob Muglia’s keynote address to WinHEC 2006, we officially launched the Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003!  The Scalable Networking Pack introduces a number of architectural innovations to Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later) that enables support for the next generation of network acceleration and hardware-based offload technologies.
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The March of the Virtualized Penguins 

LinuxWorld-Boston is shaping up to be dominated by virtualization news. Be it the major Linux distributors talking about the incorporation (or attempt to incorporate) of Xen hypervisor into the Linux kernal. We’ll also hear about expanded uses of virtualization and the possible virtualization format battle between vendors.
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Upcoming Windows Server 2003 R2 Webcasts 

Can’t get enough R2?  Go in-depth on Windows Server 2003 R2 in this new TechNet level 300 webcast series for IT professionals.   Microsoft subject matter experts walk you through how to plan and deploy the new features and scenarios in Windows Server 2003 R2.
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Windows Server 2003 R2 now available! 

As you probably know, Windows Server 2003 R2 was released to manufacturing (RTM) back in early December 2005.  When we RTM a product, there is usually a delay of about 2 months before it is widely available.  Availability can vary by channel, but generally it becomes available in most places around the same time.
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Moving UNIX Units 

As you may know, there are lots of folks in our division that think about Unix. Whether that’s Unix interoperability, Unix migration or the Unix roadmap of the system providers.
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Next Generation of Windows Networking at the IPv6 Summit 

Ian Hameroff here; a first-time blogger, long-time reader.  I’m a product manager within the Windows Server Division and am focused on the advanced networking technologies. I wanted to talk about a brand new networking stack coming in Windows Server “Longhorn” (and Windows Vista).
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More from the floor of SC’05 

Gates’ keynote from Supercomputing 2005 went well based on our un-scientific polls on the show floor.  By well I mean this pro-Linux and non-MS crowd said he hit on good points re: HPC, was interesting and showed good demos.
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802.1x Authentication for Wired Networks – A vulnerability note 

Thanks to Steve Riley for pointing out some of the vulnerabilities about my post with using 802.1x to secure wired networks:  (The whitepaper from this post does address these concerns) Essentially,  the vulnerability is a weakness in the 802.1x protocol — it authenticates only upon connection establishment and assumes all traffic after authentication is legitimate.
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New 802.1x and IPSec Whitepaper for Wired Networks 

I have talked to many IT Pros over the years about using IEEE 802.1x to secure their wireless networks.  One thing that I always found interesting is the number of people who are unaware that 802.1x isn’t just for wireless networks….wired too! If you network switches support 802.
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SMB2 Protocol – what is a Symbolic Link? 

I had a comment from my last post about the new SMB2 protocol that I wanted to follow up on…There was mention of support for ‘Symbolic Links’ in the post and Mr. Kevin Owen asked for some clarification.
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Longhorn Server hitting the stage 

It’s cool to see more and more partners running demos on Windows Server “Longhorn” – even though they’re only using beta 1 code. Last week alone we had NEC and Citrix. NEC demo’d the dynamic reconfiguration of CPU and memory resources while running beta 1 of Longhorn server.