========================================================= -------- THE CHANNEL INSIDER -------- ========================================================= November 29, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Microsoft The Microsoft Partner Program has added yet another way to help your business succeed. The Microsoft Resource Directory has been redesigned to make it easier for potential customers to find your services. See how: http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8259-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft Scraps Plans for Windows 2000 SP5 Failed Windows XP Upgrade Downs 60,000 UK Gov't PCs Management Tools Ease Wi-Fi Security Chores Fedora Core 3 Caps Linux Distribution Fighting Spam on Different Fronts Opinion: Monks' Ordeal Shows Need to Meet Promises Visit The Channel Insider http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8262-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Microsoft Scraps Plans for Windows 2000 SP5 Redmond will instead issue an Update Rollup in mid-2005 as the final, combined security patch for Windows 2000. http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8265-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Failed Windows XP Upgrade Downs 60,000 UK Gov't PCs The outage of more than three-fourths of the Department for Work and Pensions desktop PCs disconnected staff e-mail, benefits processing, and Internet and intranet connectivity for more than four days. http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8268-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Management Tools Ease Wi-Fi Security Chores Interlink, Airespace and Aruba prepare new management software to help ease the process of securing a wireless network. http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8271-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Fedora Core 3 Caps Linux Distribution Fedora Core 3, the latest release of Red Hat Inc.'s free, unsupported, bleeding-edge Linux distribution, is stacked with changes that include the way it partitions disks by default and the appearance of the window managers that ship with it. http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8274-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Fighting Spam on Different Fronts One year after anti-spam competition, eWEEK Labs checks in on three organizations' choices to see how spam products work in the real world. http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8277-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Opinion: Monks' Ordeal Shows Need to Meet Promises Wayne Rash says that your promises before the sale should match the delivery afterward. If not, your customer--in this case an abbey with e-commerce aims--can lose a lot of money. http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8280-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Questions or comments about the newsletter? E-mail The Channel Insider Editor Steven Vaughan-Nichols: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to the The Channel Insider newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8283-0-0-0-1 To unsubscribe, click here: http://ct.eletters.thechannelinsider.com/rd/cts?d=182-99-2-21-80991-8286-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Make sure the above URL, which includes your email address, displays completely in your browser. Copyright 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
