======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS July 2, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: BMC Software ======================================================== GO BEYOND BASIC MONITORING. Receive a FREE 30-day trial now. Get the most advanced Windows native application management available. BMC Software's PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers offers easy installation and deployment to get the value you need fast with the look and feel of Microsoft technology, which means there is no long learning curve. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;2913319;5964194;r?http://www.bmc.com/webforms/webforms.cfm?template=123 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Invest time and money to catch security glitches before you migrate" And now a story that has NOTHING to do with the court decision! If you haven't made the trip over to Win2k yet, listen to and learn from the folks who've already gone down that trail. They say gremlins are waiting for you, but if you plan and test, you can avoid the bad stuff and enjoy the good stuff Win2k has to offer. SOURCE: searchWin2000 http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci751426,00.html?Exclusive=True TheKandiman needs help securing stand alone clients. Help him out at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/128. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: For more on Win2k security, visit searchWin2000's collection of security web links at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html. Having migration troubles? Get your questions ready! Paul Hinsberg, searchWin2000 Migration Expert, is working the Win2k Migration Discussion Forum this week. He will be answering questions all week but you can catch him live on Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d6a. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Critics hit Microsoft move [2] Washington politicians chime in on Microsoft [3] EU scrutinizes Microsoft ruling [4] Great Plains apps get the .Net treatment [5] Microsoft releases Windows XP RC1 [1] "Critics hit Microsoft move" The appeals judges agreed that Microsoft acted like a monopoly, and some critics say the company is still suffocating competition. Redmond's plans to work with Corel to build a shared source implementation of C# and the CLI specifications on the Windows and FreeBSD platforms is being called a way to suppress the growth of Java in the Web services arena. SOURCE: eWEEK http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2781580,00.html [2] "Washington politicians chime in on Microsoft" Washington is abuzz over the Microsoft decision. Some lawmakers think it would be in everyone's best interest for the company and the government to reach a settlement. The Department of Justice isn't talking about its next move. SOURCE: Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/lobby063001.htm [3] "EU scrutinizes Microsoft ruling" Don't forget the "European front." The European Union is investigating Microsoft for trust violations in a separate but similar case. One legal expert thinks the American court's validation of Redmond's monopolistic behavior clears the way for the EU to move against Microsoft. SOURCE: The Industry Standard http://www.idg.net/ic_639000_1773_1-3921.html [4] "Great Plains apps get the .Net treatment" "Great Plains in the Fall" - sounds like some kind of sweeping Hollywood epic, but in this case it's a reference to Microsoft's Great Plains, which is set to roll out its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for .Net this fall. This move will challenge the biggest ERP players in the midmarket. The first .Net app, BusinessDesk, will be a thin-client, browser-based user-interface portal for employee or customer self-service access to finance and accounting applications. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/02/010702hngreatplains.xml [5] "Microsoft releases Windows XP RC1" Windows XP RC1 is ready for technical beta testers to download. MSDN Universal members, Windows Preview Program participants, and other partners will get the code in the next few weeks. SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21639 If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ============================================================ Sponsored by VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company ============================================================ Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. Learn how to: * Add the most powerful online encryption - 128-bit * Quickly authenticate your site Get your FREE Guide now at: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n061140330003000 ============================================================ --------------------------------------------------------- WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------- [1] "BizTalk automates B-to-B" Reviewer P.J. Connolly explains BizTalk Server's framework and how it uses XML and SOAP to process business documents as secure e-mail-like messages. Connolly speaks highly of BizTalk Server's B-to-B capabilities. His bullish conclusion: "If you're serious about making EAI/EDI (enterprise application integration/electronic data interchange) work for your business, you have to consider BizTalk Server 2000. There's really nothing else like it available." SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/06/18/010618tcbiztk.xml [2] "Windows 2000 DNS integration" In pdf format, this 11-page white paper discusses some of the challenges associated with integrating a Windows 2000 name space with an existing Domain Name Service name space. It also addresses interoperability issues and identifies strategies for integrating Win2k into an existing DNS environment. Be forewarned: this paper assumes you have a decent understanding of Win2k and DNS. SOURCE: Lucent Technologies http://www.lucentservices.com/knowledge/whitepapers/downloads/win_2k_dns_integration.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED COURSE ------------------------------------------------------- Win2000 Server and Networking Bundle This four-course special will give you in-depth training on Active Directory, WINS, Remote Access Services, and administering DHCP. Each course contains 5 hours of instruction, simulations, and implementation and configurations examples. All four courses are designed to help you prepare for their respective MCSE 2000 exams (70-215, 70-216, & 70-219). http://win2k.gofcs.com/products/by_category/LIBS/WTL002/index.html ------------------------------------------------------- SEARCHWIN2000.COM POLL ------------------------------------------------------- "Which Microsoft patches have you installed?" 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 "Computer passwords reveal workers' secrets" Someone may not be able to guess your exact password, but a new study shows that it's not too tough to figure out how you came up with it. After interviewing 1,200 corporate PC users, British researchers found that most people choose words that relate to their families, their favorite celebrities or adjectives that describe themselves. Less than 10% of those polled fell into a less definable category, picking passwords seemingly at random. The pollsters were able to discern something about these so-called "cryptics." Apparently, they're most likely to be your prototypical computer geeks. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2781327,00.html ======================================================== If you would like to sponsor this or any TechTarget.com newsletter, please contact Mike Kelly at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ======================================================== If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Or, visit http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/register and adjust your subscriptions accordingly. If you choose to unsubscribe using our automated processing, you must send the "REMOVE" request from the email account to which this newsletter was delivered. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed.
