==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 24, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ==================================================================== FREE NETIQ AUDIOCAST -- SECURITY IN THE ERA OF E-BUSINESS Go one-on-one with leading security analyst Frank Prince from Forrester Research and security experts from NetIQ during our FREE audiocast, "Security in the Era of E-Business, An Analyst's Perspective." You'll gain insight on IT trends, business challenges and management issues impacting security implementations. Register today! http://webevents.road-show.com/netiq/20010911/start/register.asp?origin=srchw2ktips ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Windows XP to cost more than 2000, Me" It's party time in Redmond: Windows XP goes to PC manufacturers today. Along with the pomp and circumstance comes the revelation of price. The new OS will be a little pricier than other Windows versions. The Professional Edition will run about $199 as an upgrade or $299 for the full version. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6959877.html?tag=lthd Get a peak under the hood of XP with searchWin2000 site expert Bill Boswell. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid1_gci761795,00.html Read about the bash Microsoft has planned for XP. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6958337.html?tag=lthd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft rolls out another security tool [2] How to repair and repel Code Red attacks [3] IDC: Fault-tolerant Wintel servers pressure Unix vendors [4] MCSE starts to lose its shine [5] Microsoft supported by dead people [1] "Microsoft rolls out another security tool" Add another tool to the IIS toolbox. Microsoft has polished and put out IIS Lockdown. Administrators can use Lockdown to lock out Code Red worms and other security threats. The tool guards Web servers against most known IIS flaws even without patches installed. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=29228 We've got loads of Microsoft security information at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html. [2] "How to repair and repel Code Red attacks" BindView director of security strategy, Scott Blake, describes the problems the Code Red worm has wreaked, and maps out some fixes for those who've been hit. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://www.searchwindowsmanageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci762549,00.html Did Code Red get you? Go to http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/poll and tell us how it wormed its way into your world. [3] "IDC: Fault-tolerant Wintel servers pressure Unix vendors" IDC analysts say Unix vendors may need to sharpen their sales pitches thanks to the advent of fault-tolerant Wintel servers. Stratus Technologies has unleashed its ftServer 5200, a fault-tolerant, two-processor server that uses Intel Xeon processors and runs Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The better, stronger, faster server could signal Wintel's advance into Unix territory and force Unix vendors to justify their place in the server market. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4878 [4] "MCSE starts to lose its shine" Got your MCSE? Better have some people skills to go with it. The demand and salaries for MCSEs have gone down this year, so engineers need an edge. Recruiters say it's important for MCSEs to bundle a bunch of skills with their certifications, including business skills and people skills. SOURCE: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1124965 [5] "Microsoft supported by dead people " Call them the "Microsoft Underground" -- two dead people have apparently written to at least one state attorney general asking him to go easy on the company in the antitrust suit! Those letters may have been sent in by family members of the dearly departed, who are with Microsoft in spirit. SOURCE: InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_871631,00.html Check out all the antitrust suit information that fits at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci752708,00.html. If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN! WIN! WIN! ------------------------------------------------------------------- August's Tip of the Month Contest is in full swing. Don't miss out on your chance to win this month's prize -- set of Klipsch ProMedia THX Certified Multimedia Speakers! Submit a tip today at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz758210_cts758207,00.html. ==================================================================== BEST WEB LINKS OF THE DAY -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Taking the complexity out of Active Directory" Author and columnist Robert Williams identifies six fundamental points for a successful Active Directory implementation, as told to the CTO of a midsize manufacturing company. Williams also introduces three enhancements planned for AD in the forthcoming Windows .Net -- Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT), Active Directory User and Computer Queries and Multiple User Object Editing. SOURCE: Windows 2000 Advantage http://www.windowsnt-advantage.com/tech_edge/08-13-01_logical_tool.asp "It's a seller's market for Windows 2000 IT pros" Columnist Steve James shares some interesting statistics about the demand for Windows 2000 IT professionals. Senior project managers, system engineers with security, firewall and Active Directory skills and C++ programmers are in high demand and getting paid top dollar for their Win2k expertise. SOURCE: Windows 2000 Advantage http://www.windowsnt-advantage.com/features/08-06-01_pros.asp ==================================================================== KNOW-IT-ALL QUESTION OF THE DAY! -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is when you divide work that a server has to do between two or more computers so that more work gets done in the same amount of time and, in general, all users get served faster. a. fast packet technology b. cache coherence c. multi-carrier modulation d. load balancing e. time-division multiplexing Check to see if you are correct! http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci761804,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- SEARCHWIN2000.COM POLL ------------------------------------------------------------------- Did Code Red nail you? Tell us what happened in our new poll at http://searchWin2000.techtarget.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 "Thumbs up for Internet traveler" Dutch student Ramon Stopplenberg has expanded on the concept of freeloading through the Internet. Spawned by his Web site, LetMeStayForADay.com, Stopplenberg has been on a three-month trek across Europe. Penniless, Stopplenberg sponges a warm bed, a meal and computer access from generous Europeans responding to his online solicitations for room and board. He's slept in castles and on countless couches. He's even managed clothing and limited travel expenses from several sponsors. And the invitations keep pouring in from South Africa, Asia and even an invite from Jay Leno to appear on the Tonight Show. Leaving Europe, however, will require airfare, and so far there have been no takers interested in footing the bill. File this one under: Stranded. SOURCE: Wired http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,46155,00.html ============================================================ Sponsored by Executive Software ============================================================ New! DiskAlert(tm) software provides EARLY WARNING for hard drive problems and dangerously low free space. Right now you may have disks close to failure that you don't know about. DiskAlert gives you notice by e-mail, phone, pager and screen pop-up the minute disks get into trouble. DiskAlert is easy to set up, deploys across the network in minutes, uses almost zero system resources, and requires zero administration - just "Set It and Forget It." 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