NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON WINDOWS NETWORKING TIPS 08/25/04 Today's focus: A patch management guide
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * "The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Patch Management" * Links related to Windows Networking Tips * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Alterpoint Read the latest analyst report on Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) written by EMA's Dennis Drogseth. This report discusses the latest developments in the NCCM market, including an in-depth look at DeviceAuthority Suite, a comprehensive solution for configuring, changing, and controlling today's complex, multi-vendor IT network infrastructures. Download the report today to learn how you can leverage NCCM to reduce the cost and complexity of managing network change. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=73307 _______________________________________________________________ CONTEMPLATING A CAREER MOVE? For many of us, it is time to contemplate a change. You're great at managing networks, but what about your career? Get information and advice for managing and developing your career and guiding your staff's career choices at NW Fusion's Career Research Center. Click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=73209 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: A patch management guide By Dave Kearns All this talk about Windows XP Service Pack 2 has reminded me of New Boundary Technologies and its Prism Patch Manager product. After all, New Boundary wrote the book on patch management. Well, it sponsored the book anyway. Realtimepublishers.com (frequently mentioned in this newsletter) has published "The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Patch Management, by Rod Trent, who is, as the press release puts it, "...widely acclaimed as the leading industry expert on Microsoft Systems Management Server." Fortunately, I know his work and he is, at least, a leading expert. <aside> That's a cross-over inside joke; those of you who read the Identity Management newsletter (or, at least, the edition that comes out today), will understand. </aside> The book, important at any time, is especially important for those faced with making decisions about the deployment of SP2 and other gargantuan patch files that are sure to be coming from Redmond for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Longhorn and beyond. Register for the book and begin downloading at <http://www.newboundary.com/ebook> while you're waiting for the SP2 files to download. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, you might even finish reading the book before the patch downloads! "The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Patch Management" looks at the situation facing corporate networks and examines the IT challenges of keeping users happy and safe and patches up-to-date, all at the same time. It includes an in-depth look at the impact of patch management on corporate security and risk management, lays out best-practice methodologies, and describes the tools that are available to manage this business-critical IT process, which is becoming both more complex, yet more strategic, all the time. Like almost all realtimepublisher.com books, you will be exposed to the products of the sponsor, but like every single one of the books, you'll also learn about the topic from an acknowledged industry expert. The advertising content is almost always muted and low-key, and doesn't get in the way of the important information. Still, New Boundary does have some interesting products. Besides the patch-management application there's also Prism Deploy, recently rolled out in a new version (Version 6). Check the online demo (register at <http://www.newboundary.com/webex/webex_form.htm> for the weekly sessions) or download ( <http://www.newboundary.com/sds/sds.htm> ) an evaluation version of the applications. It's a small price to pay for a book that can really help you right now. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS XP SP2 deployment is smooth - so far Network World, 08/23/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304xp.html?nl2 _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Dave Kearns Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>. Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Alterpoint Read the latest analyst report on Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) written by EMA's Dennis Drogseth. This report discusses the latest developments in the NCCM market, including an in-depth look at DeviceAuthority Suite, a comprehensive solution for configuring, changing, and controlling today's complex, multi-vendor IT network infrastructures. 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