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SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Scalability Tip
February 28, 2002

Essential tools and advice to keep your network running at optimum
performance.
More Tips: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tips/
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IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents

1. SCALABILITY TIPS 
  - Scalability Tip: Is Infiniband in your future?
  - Scalability Tip: Dos and don't of heterogeneous management
  - Scalability Tip: Using Sun's storage systems in Windows shops
  
2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS
   - Are you a "Know-IT-All?" Take our quiz and find out!
   - What would YOU do if you had a blank check for IT costs?
   - Discuss Windows 2000 security with Scott Blake of BindView!
   - Know of any big IT boo-boos? Tell us about them!
 
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IS INFINIBAND IN YOUR FUTURE? | by Dave Gabel

Infiniband is a new technology. In fact, it's so new that it isn't
even available yet. But Infiniband is coming and chances are you'll
be thinking about getting it into your data center before you know
it. But it's a good idea then to know what the thing is and what it
can do.

>> CLICK for the full tip...
http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci804609,00.html

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DOS AND DON'TS OF HETEROGENEOUS MANAGEMENT | by Meredith B. Derby

Bob Yellin, CTO of Tivoli Systems, Inc., offers some "dos and don'ts"
to managing a mixed network.

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http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci803036,00.html

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USING SUN'S STORAGE SYSTEMS IN WINDOWS SHOPS | by Jan Stafford

Sun Microsystems vows its new StorEdge 3900 and 6900 devices will
support almost all operating systems--including Windows. In this
interview, Sun's Bill Groth sheds light on how you can bring StorEdge
into a Windows shop.

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http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci800996,00.html

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KNOW IT ALL | Are you a master of IT basics?

Know IT All Question of the Day:
This is a trial and error method used to decode encrypted data
through exhaustive effort rather than employing intellectual
strategies. 
a) chaffing and winnowing 
b) cryptanalysis 
c) serendipity 
d) brute force cracking

Click here for the correct answer:
http://www.searchwindowsmanageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci804668,00.html

Be sure to visit the searchWindowsManageability home page every day
for a new question!

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IT FANTASY ISLAND | What would YOU buy if you had a blank check?

Here's your BLANK CHECK!
It's time to visit searchWindowsManageability's Fantasy Island!
Imagine that your Chief Financial Officer has just handed you a BLANK
CHECK for IT expenditures. What technology or service would you buy
for your company's IT system? How would that purchase change your
daily life as a systems manager? What kind of problems do you have
because you lack this technology or service? We'll put all of
your responses in an upcoming article. We don't have to use your
name!

Send your thoughts to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]! 

We're listening! Here are the latest articles based on your feedback:
Top 10 security headaches, part one
http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci804507,00.html
In a recent searchWindowsManageability user poll, IT pros confessed
their top security concerns, describing their real world and perfect
world solutions. Here are five of the most popular headaches that
compile our top 10 list.

Top 10 security headaches, part two
http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci801164,00.html
End users, hackers, viruses and more are making Windows security
managers go batty. Find out what's bugging your peers the most and
the measures they're taking to de-bug.

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SECURELY MANAGING WINDOWS 2000 | Live Expert Q&A

Who:  Scott Blake, director of security strategy for BindView Corp. 
When: Tuesday, March 5 at 1:00PM EST

Learn about the current best practices and tools for managing Windows
2000 networks including new security benchmarks, the hfnetchk
utility, mssecure.xml, BindView's solutions and more.

CLICK to pre-register...
http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid33,00.html

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SEND IN YOUR IT BLOOPERS | Call for submissions!

OK...we've all heard the legend of the bozo who called to complain
about his computer's broken cup-holder. Have you heard of (or made)
any similar blunders? If so, we want to hear about it for our IT
bloopers series. In case you were about to ask, yes, names CAN be
changed to protect the innocent!

Here are some examples of past blooper stories...

A newbie administrator learns the hard way about punctuation and
system commands:
http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci803099,00.html

A firewall customer is a little too enthusiastic about protection
from hackers:
http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci801948,00.html

Send in your stories to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]!

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