======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS May 24, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ======================================================== SECURITY SECRETS REVEALED: FREE WEBCAST Get the step-by-step advice you need to secure your Enterprise during the June 12 "Secrets to Developing a Sound Security Plan" Webcast. Security experts from NetIQ, Trend Micro and Check Point will reveal the essentials of developing and implementing a successful security strategy to protect your corporate network infrastructure. Register now at http://webevents.road-show.com/netiq/6122001/start/register.asp?origin=Srch2KDN524 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft to ship 64-bit Windows server in July" July is the ballpark month for Microsoft to ship a special, prerelease version of its 64-bit Windows to run early shipments of Itanium-chip-based server computers. The software, called 64-Bit Windows Advanced Server Limited Edition, will support up to eight Itanium CPUs, and address up to 64 Gbytes of memory. Microsoft says it will provide customers purchasing the Limited Edition server a free upgrade to the 64-bit version of Windows 2002 Advanced Server when it ships. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010523S0007 User Graham Hall wants to know if you think Windows Advanced Server is stable. He would like to know if you have had any problems and how you think it compares to NT4 SP6a. Share your thoughts with him in our Administration Discussion Forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/52. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read more about the 64-bit news at http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6016127.html?tag=mn_hd. What do you do if your evaluation copy of Advanced Server is about to expire and you do not have a budget to upgrade? William Boswell, searchWin2000 Administration Expert, recently answered this question at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid391367_tax285114,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft launches Windows XP advocacy program [2] Microsoft releases Outlook 2002 [3] NEC to offer sub-$20,000 fault-tolerant Wintel servers via channel partners [4] Microsoft, Lockheed eye federal deals [5] Study: DoS attacks frequent, hit personal PCs [1] "Microsoft launches Windows XP advocacy program" Redmond is banging the XP drum, launching the Windows XP Expert Zone. The Zone is an advocacy group made up of members of the Windows XP technical beta group, the MVP program and ClubWin. Zone members get technical information about the XP OS directly from the mouth of Microsoft and can use this knowledge to preach the XP gospel to others. They're like the disciples of XP. SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21212 [2] "Microsoft releases Outlook 2002" Look out for the new Outlook, newly released from Redmond. The latest version features indexing and search functions for all content in Exchange 2000 Server including messages, documents, contacts, tasks, calendar items and other data. Outlook 2002 also offers Exchange 2000 customers the ability to use Exchange's instant messaging service. Outlook 2002 will be included in all Office XP suites and will be available to Exchange 2000 users in Service Pack 1 starting in mid-2001. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/24/010524hnout.xml [3] "NEC to offer sub-$20,000 fault-tolerant Wintel servers via channel partners" NEC said this week it will soon churn out an entry-level, fault-tolerant Wintel server in the United States. The company will lean on its channel partners to get the Express5800/ft out the door and into the marketplace. It comes preinstalled with Windows 2000 Advanced Server. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=26833 [4] "Microsoft, Lockheed eye federal deals" Microsoft and Lockheed Martin say they're going to work together for Uncle Sam and help U.S. government agencies upgrade and install new technology and computer systems using Microsoft products. Lockheed's services unit will focus on providing support to implement certain Microsoft software and ensuring that the technology complies with federal security standards. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6027943.html?tag=owv [5] "Study: DoS attacks frequent, hit personal PCs" Some fresh research shows that Denial of Service (DoS) attacks aren't reserved solely for commercial Web sites. Internet infrastructure, small countries and home PCs are getting smacked at the rate of nearly 4,000 per week, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_542856_1794_9-10000.html If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: SurfControl ======================================================== WARNING: Networks bottleneck & costs climb as workers squander hours online, surfing, listening to the radio over the `Net, downloading MP3s, video & other bandwidth hogs. 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The estimations also assume that businesses have already moved to Active Directory and Windows 2000. But there's no info on the price of the modeling software itself. SOURCE: Network World Fusion http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0416metaex.html [2] "Getting messaging together" The complexities of unified messaging (UM) have long been a roadblock to widespread adoption of the technology. But the winds may be changing -- especially for Win2k houses -- now that standards and interoperability issues are being developed. Here's why: Active Directory and Microsoft Management Console give administrators a single interface for managing both voice and e-mail via Windows 2000, Exchange 2000 and Voice Profile for Internet Mail (VPIM). 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Vote at http://www.searchWin2000.com/poll. SOUND OFF! Have a great poll idea? Or just feel like commenting on the current question? Please send your comments, ideas or questions to News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Tuna 'virus' puts five in hospital" A suspected computer virus in Germany made people, not their systems, sick. Workers at an Internet company received a warning reading "watch out for the tuna fish," which they thought was a notice about a computer virus. It turns out, the e-mail came from the company that catered their lunch. Five workers wound up in the hospital with food poisoning. Sorry, Charlie. 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