THIS WEEK: Putting fat enterprises on a management diet

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>>About this email:  >>Receive this email as text�  October 29, 2001  In this Issue >> From the editor: Putting fat enterprises on a management diet >> Featured Topic: XP: An OS is born >> Expert Technical Advice: Get virus protection advice from Scott Blake >> Site Highlights: Remote management dos and don'ts WhatIs.com is now a book! Refer a friend  From the Editor by Jan Stafford, Site Editor, searchWindowsManageability Like the expanding girth of America's rotund citizens, modern enterprises are suffering from too much of a good thing. Hungry for the benefits of the next new thing in computing, they've loaded up their networks with multiple operating systems, scads of servers, and desktops and access devices of all shapes and sizes. Of course, they expect IT managers to make everything work together. No wonder, then, that searchWindowsManageability's most popular original reports offer experts' advice about managing heterogeneous environments. In a recent interview, VMWare CEO Diane Greene explains how virtual computing can unite many applications, devices and operating systems in one management world. In another article, CodeWeaver CTO Jim Graham describes Windows emulators, which help Linux converts use their favorite Windows applications. Every week, the searchWindowsManageability News & Analysis section offers new reports on tools, techniques and technologies that can help IT professional lighten their heterogeneous systems management load.  Featured Topic XP: an OS is born by Ed Parry, News Editor XP: The curtain is up, and this Windows is open for business. Should you care? Come on in, and decide for yourself. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice Featured Expert: Scott Blake, director of security strategy, BindView Corporation Category: Management Tools Ask the Expert security maven Scott Blake cut his IT teeth on designing perimeter security and network security architectures and developing security policies for major corporations. Now he�s at your service as searchWindowsManageability�s security guru. Post your security question. This Week in the Forums >> Missed searchWindowsManageability�s Win2k/Active Directory migration Discussion Day? The discussions are continuing. Join in. Tip of the Week: Get a first-hand account of the battle to counter and repair the damage done by a Nimda attack. >> Windows 2000 in the Enterprise: First-hand tale describes Nimda recovery  Site Highlights SearchWindowsManageability Exclusive: Remote management dos and don'ts If you don't have a large IT staff onsite all day and all night, then you need to look into remote management solutions. WhatIs.com is now available as a book! The leading online IT encyclopedia now makes the perfect desktop reference With more than 3,500 IT terms fully explained you�ll never get stumped again - order your copy today. Help your colleagues out -- Refer a Friend Do you know anyone who would benefit from a searchWin2000 membership? Help them out and let them know about searchWin2000. All you have to do is enter the email addresses of your colleagues and staff members who work with Windows NT/2000 to give them a chance to benefit from everything searchWin2000 has to offer! Get security tips Get expert advice on how to keep your corporate data, Web sites and networks secure from the threat of hackers, viruses, competitors and disgruntled employees. Click here. The security top 10 Check out this list of the top 10 security issues facing IT professionals - then register your FREE searchSecurity membership and arm yourself with information! Read more. A B O U T  T H I S  E - M A I L : This e-mail is brought to you by TechTarget where you can get relevant search results from over 20 industry-specific Web sites. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed. Copyright 2001 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved.