NetFlash: Microsoft targets NetWare with migration incentives 11/17/04 In this issue:
* Microsoft targets NetWare with migration incentives * How best to patch: join the debate * Sun takes page from Linux playbook with Solaris 10 * ITIL best practices gain growing interest: survey * Today on Layer 8 * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Compuware Manage costs or maintain service? You shouldn't have to choose. Finding the perfect balance between cost reduction and service optimization is simple with the right set of strategies in place. EMA's "Best Practices for Service-sensitive Cost Optimization" white paper offers the blueprint you need for managing IT change: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88234 _______________________________________________________________ DOWNLOAD INDUSTRY WHITE PAPERS NOW NW Fusion's White Paper Library is your source for the latest industry white papers. Recent additions to the library include white papers on WLAN Security; IT Documentation; protecting the internal network from worms, Trojan horses, and other malware threats; measuring employee productivity and more. Click here to download: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88307 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso Just because Microsoft and Novell settled their lawsuit doesn't mean anything is really settled. Now that Novell has transformed itself into a Linux company, it's back in Microsoft's crosshairs. And before Novell users can move from NetWare to Linux, Microsoft wants to get them to move from NetWare to Windows instead. Microsoft targets NetWare with migration incentives <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1116msnetware.html?net> How best to patch: join the debate Today our Virtual Showdown on patch management opens up to your questions and comments. This is a topic that's high on everyone's list, so feel free to read what's been said so far - and then put our panel on the spot. <http://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1964?net> Sun takes page from Linux playbook with Solaris 10 Executives from Sun outlined their response to the growing popularity of Linux, speaking at the launch on Monday of the most significant update of the Solaris operating system in over two years. Key to the effort is a plan to release Solaris under an open source license with a new subscription pricing model, as well as a software updating system similar to those used by Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1116suntakes.html?net> ITIL best practices gain growing interest: survey Interest in and adoption of the IT service management best practices outlined by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library continue to grow, according to a recent survey, which shows the framework second only to in-house practices as the method used most often to manage IT service processes. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504survey.html?net> Today on Layer 8, off our cradle and out of sync: NBA bans players' iPods; first-person Pac-Man; eBay goes retro; and our favorite tech photo of the week; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. 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