=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News February 1, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ *********** SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Value of Trust *************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Best Web Links: Instant Messaging - Bill Boswell's Admin Puzzle: Can you solve this IT riddle? - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #102 - February Tip Contest: Win a RioVolt portable CD/MP3 player! - The Missing Link: IT attracts the most crooks _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT HIRES SECURITY STRATEGIST | News: The Associated Press First Bill Gates announces renewed focus on security. Then a new rollup patch comes out. Now there's a security czar on Microsoft's payroll. The company has hired Scott Charney to be its chief security strategist. Charney works for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Cybercrime Prevention and Response Practice -- he starts in Redmond April 1. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci799867,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web Links on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html Ask an expert about security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid1_tax285120,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVERS DODGE WORM | News: vnunet Why weren't more people "invited" to the MyParty virus? The word in the security community is that MyParty can't spread itself through Exchange, and that has kept "the party" from becoming a virtual Mardi Gras. So in this case, using Exchange may have been an advantage. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci799889,00.html OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #3 | News: searchWindowsManageability Here's the third installment of our new bloopers series. In this segment, an IT manager gets the last laugh after a migration from Notes to Exchange turns out to be more trouble than it's worth. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci798300,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Netcraft finds sites using ASP.NET - Microsoft plans to take BI to the masses - Fujitsu boss mocks Sun and Microsoft _____________________________________________________________________ *************** SPONSORED BY: Storage Magazine ********************** No longer "just capacity," storage is a critical IT asset that must be managed effectively. Increasingly complex, it's become a huge percentage of your overall IT budget. That's why we created Storage magazine, a new resource to help you set your storage strategy, manage storage effectively, and make key vendor selection and architecture decisions. Apply today for a FREE subscription and as a bonus you get the FREE 42-page Storage Networking special report! Visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3802436;5058249;k?http://www.storagemagazine.com _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= INSTANT MESSAGING | Best Web Links Instant messaging is infiltrating the enterprise. Are you ready? Find out what you need to know about corporate instant messaging, its strengths and weaknesses, what IM products are on the market right now and what you can expect in this space in the coming months. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax596,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLVE THIS PROBLEM & WIN A PRIZE! | Bill Boswell's Admin Puzzle International Widgets is migrating its Windows 95 desktops. As part of an Active Directory implementation, Rudy was tasked with getting local admin rights on the desktops for his team members but not contractors. He made the change, but now members of the organizational unit he created can`t install printers or applications. What went wrong? (The contest ends tonight at midnight.) http://searchWin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1108!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #102 This is a system of programs and data structures that approximates the operation of the human brain: a) Intelligent Network b) decision support system c) neural network d) genetic programming >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci799690,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A RIOVOLT PORTABLE CD/MP3 PLAYER | Tip of the Month Contest Do you have Windows-related trick that saves you time or makes your job easier? Share it with your peers for a chance to win this month's tip contest. Submit the best Windows-related tip and win a RioVolt SP100 portable CD/MP3 player! Check out the February prize and submit your tip today. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IT ATTRACTS THE MOST CROOKS | The Missing Link IT execs -- the robber barons of the new century? One of Britain's top venture capitalists says more white-collar criminals are running U.K. tech companies than any other businesses. He says the tech business is still a growth business and is like fly paper for buzzing opportunists. Maybe that explains why a recent government survey in the U.K. found bosses of computer services companies are the second most likely to be banned from running companies. 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