=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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! ____________________________________________________________________ ************ SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Value of Trust *********** Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. Learn how to: * Add the most powerful online encryption - 128-bit * Quickly authenticate your site Get your FREE Guide now at: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n061174520057000 ____________________________________________________________________ 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci803036,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci800996,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: ___________________________________________________________________ ****************** GET YOUR MCSE STUDY COURSES ******************** MCSE Exam 70-219: 5 Courses for 1 LOW Price! 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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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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]! ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS *********************** TIP MAILBOX, (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us feedback on tips and ideas for new tip content. ____________________________________________________________________ JAN STAFFORD, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ MEREDITH DERBY, Assistant News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your press releases and case studies. ____________________________________________________________________ KRISSI DANIELSSON, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your white papers and Best Web Links. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ *********************** ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ********************** Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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