================================================= SEARCHDOMINO.COM DAILY NEWS August 1, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid4,00.html ================================================= SPONSORED BY: ONLINE CORPORATE SOFTWARE ================================================= *********** WIN AN IBM THINKPAD T21 ************* Online Corporate Software is giving away a brand new IBM Thinkpad T21. To enter the draw just visit our website and complete the trivia quiz. With over 35 open source code Lotus Notes applications and free online Notes technical support OCS is fast tracking Domino development. http://www.onlinecorporatesoftware.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= ------------------------------------------------- TAKE OUR NEWS POLL! ------------------------------------------------- CAST YOUR VOTE IN OUR NEWS POLL Lotus' latest layoffs: What do they mean to you? Vote now at: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/poll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= LEAD STORY: "Is groupware too expensive?" So, you're tired of groupware depleting your IT budget and are sick of constantly shelling out more money for costly, complex server and client upgrades. There is an alternative, but it has a few drawbacks. Hosting companies and ISPs offer simplified messaging systems that bring basic functions to millions of users per server. The downside is that you may have to do without fancy calendar features, multiple language support and integration with third-party tools. SOURCE: Group Computing http://archives.groupcomputing.com//index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticle&ContentID=702 MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC: Interested in finding out how others handle groupware? Check out the Best Web Links on case studies: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid4_tax1d0,00.html Talk to administrators about the technical benefits and downsides to groupware in our discussion forum: http://searchdomino.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee76ebc Maximize your decision. Check out the Best Web Links on management and strategy: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid4_tax208,00.html To learn more about the messaging offerings from hosts and ISPs, visit our sister site, searchxSP: http://www.searchxSP.com ================================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECIAL CODE RED COVERAGE [1] "Code Red Aug. 1 re-launch fizzles, for now" [2] "Code Red damage estimated at $1.2 billion" [3] "Code Red fizzles; but what about the next time?" ~~~~~~~ [1] "Code Red Aug. 1 re-launch fizzles, for now" While it may be a few days before we know the full extent of the damage done by Code Red, early indications are that IT departments were prepared for the worm. In fact, security experts say they haven't seen "much overall impact," and there was little evidence of the Internet slowdown many had feared. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO62701,00.html [2] "Code Red damage estimated at $1.2 billion" An independent research organization puts the total loss associated with the Code Red worm at $1.2 billion. Computer Economics estimates that $740 million was spent on cleanup, monitoring and checking systems and that businesses lost an additional $450 million in productivity. In all, 395,000 servers were affected. SOURCE: Reuters http://cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6734445.html?tag=mn_hd [3] "Code Red fizzles; but what about the next time?" Diligent network administrators heeded the warnings of security experts and patched their vulnerable Microsoft Internet Information Servers, holding Code Red at bay last night. But what about the next virulent worm in the wild? One security researcher offers his suggestions. SOURCE: searchSecurity http://www.searchsecurity.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci758502,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= ------------------------------------------------- OTHER DOMINO AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "IBM adds to e-commerce software line" [2] "CIOs shy away from e-learning" ~~~~~~~ [1] "IBM adds to e-commerce software line" Today IBM introduced its latest tool to help track and tailor customer data. Called MerchantReach, the software is based on the WebSphere Commerce Suite and includes standard report and analysis features as well as online customer service and real-time inventory access capabilities. SOURCE: Network World http://nwfusion.com/news/2001/0801ibm.html?nw [2] "CIOs shy away from e-learning" Lotus may be putting some of its eggs in the e-learning basket, but a new survey shows that not many CIOs are. More than three out of four CIOs polled by CIO magazine said they did not have an e-learning initiative currently underway. Still, IDC predicts the market for online instruction will surpass $23 billion by 2004. SOURCE: CIO http://www.cio.com/poll/073101.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= ------------------------------------------------- AUGUST'S NEW TIP PRIZE! ------------------------------------------------- Submit a Developer or Administrator tip in August and you could win a Super-compact CD stereo/tuner. 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SOURCE: SANS Institute Resources http://www.sans.org/topten.htm [2] "WebSphere Developer Domain" IBM's online resource center for WebSphere offers tips, technical articles, classes, news and product support links. SOURCE: IBM http://www7b.boulder.ibm.com/wsdd/ For more information on WebSphere, see searchDomino.com's latest feature topic: Domino and WebSphere here: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid4_gci757362,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================= ------------------------------------------------- LEARNING ZONE FEATURED BOOK OF THE WEEK ------------------------------------------------- WebSphere V3.5 Handbook Together, IBM's WebSphere Application Server 3.5 and WebSphere Studio 3.0 provide the world's most robust environment for building, deploying and managing Web applications. 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