======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS May 15, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Library of Computer and Information Sciences ======================================================== Take MCSE Windows 2000 Exam Cram Library for $9.99! This 6-volume, 1 CD-ROM library is the only MCSE "Core 4" certification coach you will ever need. A $179.97 Value for $9.99. Click for details: http://161.58.99.48/cgi-local/redirect.pl?AMUGAZHGD ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "IBM answers Microsoft's .Net" IBM isn't going to let Microsoft take over the market for developing Web services, according to Zona Research analyst Martin Marshall. This week, Big Blue announced a series of product enhancements across its DB2, Lotus, Tivoli and WebSphere product lines geared towards Web services. This is a direct answer to Microsoft's .Net initiative, Marshall said. SOURCE: searchMiddleware http://www.searchmiddleware.com/qna/0,289202,sid26_gci552444,00.html Do you prefer IBM, Microsoft or someone else for your web services? Share your experience with web services in our new Sound Off Discussion Forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d6a. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Big Blue doesn't really think there's any competition from Big Redmond in this arena. Read their take on .Net at http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2760245,00.html. Having problems with your web server? 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These results will be available to you FOR FREE. http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/showSurvey.asp?id=26642&accessCode=5477574934&noemail=true ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Fake virus warning carries worm [2] Stratus to release fault-tolerant servers for W2k, look for channel partners [3] Microsoft Office XP users to get Web services [4] Clustered grids make their way into the enterprise [5] High-availability clustering market shrinks [6] Microsoft plans to sign EU safe harbor agreement [1] "Fake virus warning carries worm" Talk about a tricky worm -- a new one poses as a virus warning from antivirus firm Symantec! A worm in warning's clothing! This poser is called VBS.Hard.A@mm, VBS/Hard-A, or VBS/Hard@mm. Symantec has created software to nab it. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2760467,00.html [2] "Stratus to release fault-tolerant servers for W2k, look for channel partners" Stratus is changing its status to become a Wintel player. The company has been making proprietary and Unix-based fault-tolerant servers for years, but next month it will unveil the first customer shipments of its ftServer 5200, which uses the Windows 2000 Advanced Server OS. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=26593 [3] "Microsoft Office XP users to get Web services" Office XP will come with a drawer full of tools, according to Microsoft. "Tools on the Web" in Office XP will include Internet services like access to Stamps.com, translation services for e-mail, Web sites and other documents from Mendez and WorldLingo, online learning services from SmartForce, live help desk chat from Keen, electronic storage and document sharing from FileTrust, market research from Insight Express, direct mail marketing services from Zairmail, customized Microsoft Outlook e-mail tools from Disappearing, and a phone and e-mail address database from InfoSpace. Access is free; not all the services will be. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/14/010514hnwebxp.xml [4] "Clustered grids make their way into the enterprise" NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 can do the math! Because of advances in hardware and OS design, PCs can crunch complicated numbers with the power of supercomputers and save enterprises money in the process. According to this article, one prominent company no longer relies so heavily on UltraSPARC-based servers from Sun to compute its complex calculations. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4498 [5] "High-availability clustering market shrinks" Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) is hardly losing its cluster luster when it comes to high-availability clustering on the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 platforms. MSCS is getting more popular, but there are other players in this market. This ENT Magazine article discusses, well, a cluster of them. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4499 [6] "Microsoft plans to sign EU safe harbor agreement" Microsoft has agreed to the European Union's Safe Harbor Agreement, which will open up and protect the flow of personal information from Europe to the U.S. Microsoft announced it will sign the pact, which goes into effect July 1. SOURCE: Bloomberg News http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=AOwEggRQdTWljcm9z If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. --------------------------------------------------------- WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------- [1] "Tweak the IIS metabase the easy way" Unlike its predecessors, Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 doesn't store its most important settings in the Registry, but in a Registry-like organizational system called the metabase. This article explains the usefulness and utilization of some metabase settings that directly modify how Active Server Pages deal with server conditions. Before you get started, you'll need to download the free Microsoft metabase-editing tool and make sure you have a good backup of your system. SOURCE: PlanetIT http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/e_business-web_dd/technology_feature/PIT20010308S0018 [2] "Mastering the basics of Active Server Pages" This first installment of a new TechRepublic column focused on Active Server Page development explains the fundamentals of ASP technology, which was built by Microsoft to meet the needs of Web developers using Internet Information Server. You'll get a brief backgrounder, learn how to write a simple "hello world" program, and then pick that program apart to see how it really works. SOURCE: TechRepublic http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00820010326kev01.htm ------------------------------------------------------- BUYER'S GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------- Visit Storage Networks in TechTarget's new Buyer's Guide. 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Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Berners-Lee finally gets credit due to him" The United Kingdom's Royal Society, the organization that awards the UK's highest scientific honor, has a lot in common with the folks who hand out Grammys in the U.S. -- they're both constantly accused of being out of touch. Mainstream technology has never earned a significant notice from the society, but the election of a new president has brought aboard a new philosophy. The society has found it in its good graces to bestow its highest honor, a Fellowship of the Royal Society, to someone outside the circle of high science. Tim Berners-Lee, the man responsible for the World Wide Web's address system, was recently tossed a fellowship allowing him to rub elbows with the 360-year-old institution's elite. 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