=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News February 13, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SPONSORED BY: NetIQ ****************************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #110 - Best Web Links: Exchange Server - Online Event: Top ten XP security problems (and solutions) - Discussion Day: Exchange usage and reporting - The Missing Link: Dell gives "Steven" a Web site _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT READIES TOOLS TO POWER WEB SERVICES PLAN | News: Reuters This is the week of flowers, chocolates and Visual Studio.NET. Today (Wednesday) the cornerstone of .NET makes its official debut, with Gates and Ballmer lifting the curtains in San Francisco and Chicago respectively. Visual Studio .NET will let enterprises and independent software makers mine .NET technology to create custom applications. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci802174,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web Links on .NET: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285410,00.html Featured Topic on .NET and Web services: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci797342,00.html What does this all mean to admins? Check out http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid1_gci797375,00.html for some answers. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COMPAQ LOOKS TO BRIDGE .NET, JAVA WORLDS | News: InfoWorld Compaq -- they don't just make computers, they build bridges too. The company's Global Services arm will use Iona's Orbix E2A platform to span the chasm between J2EE and .NET. Compaq believes its users need this bridge because heterogeneous support is becoming so important in this era of Web services. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci802181,00.html CAPE CLEAR OFFERS FREE WEB-SERVICES TESTING KIT | News: IDG News Ever wanted to test your Web services and keep an eye on how they're doing? Cape Clear's CapeNetTool can do that -- it's a free tool that can monitor SOAP messages between a client application and a Web service, and an HTTP sender. The tool is the newest "member" of the company's CapeScience online developer support network. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci802162,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - IBM's Unix server may give Windows vendors a run for the money - Windows tops Unix in another benchmark - SNMP flaw is serious, fix isn't easy _____________________________________________________________________ ***************** SPONSORED BY: Windows Decisions ******************* Don't miss our Windows Decisions conference May 8-10 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. Attend and discover: ** How to succeed with Active Directory. ** Hidden tactics to lower your TCO. ** Best practices for Windows 2000 systems management. ** End-to-end network administration strategies. ** How to solve your top 10 Windows interoperability problems. ** And more. View full session info and apply today for FREE attendance at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3776008;5058249;p?http://www.windowsdecisions.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #110 This is a program that allows the computer to simulate conversation with a human being. "Eliza" and "Parry" are early examples of programs that can at least temporarily fool a real human being into thinking they are talking to another person: a) Speech Application Program Interface b) chatterbot c) speech recognition d) Amiga >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci801883,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXCHANGE SERVER | Best Web Links Fresh new links in our Exchange Server Best Web Links category! Come and get 'em! Learn how to optimize integration of Exchange 2000 and IIS 5.0, and find out what Microsoft has to say about Exchange's NAS (Network Attached Storage) capabilities. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax58b,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP TEN XP SECURITY PROBLEMS (AND SOLUTIONS) | Live Event Q&A Who: Roberta Bragg, author and security expert When: Thursday, Feb 14, 2002 at 02:00 PM EST (19:00 GMT) Tomorrow, author and well-known security expert Roberta Bragg will separate the hype from the reality on Windows XP, distinguish the good from the bad and delineate essential versus non-essential features of Microsoft's newest OS. Roberta will field audience questions after her informative presentation. Don't miss this one! >> CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid33,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXCHANGE USAGE AND REPORTING | Discussion Day Who: Chris Williams, Director of Messaging Products, NetIQ John Hillock, Product Manager, AppAnalyzer, NetIQ When: Thursday, Feb. 14 from noon to 4:00PM EST Get your Exchange questions ready! Join searchWindowsManageability tomorrow, Feb. 14, for a Discussion Day on the topic, "Exchange Usage and Reporting." Two experts from NetIQ -- Chris Williams, Director of Messaging Products, and John Hillock, Product Manager, AppAnalyzer -- will be on hand from 12-4 p.m. EST to answer your questions about managing Microsoft Exchange. http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DELL GIVES "STEVEN" A WEB SITE | The Missing Link Dude, you're gettin' a Web site! Dell's "spokesdude," the young man who pitches PCs on TV, is evidently getting some kind of following. "Steven" has stirred up enough interest to get his own Web site. "Steven's Site" has his software and peripherals picks, tells you what kind of notebook he uses, shows his latest commercial and has some info on the actor who plays him, 21-year-old Benjamin Curtis. Poor Clara Peller never got her own Web site -- remember her? (Hint: "Where's the beef?") 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