SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News March 15, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: - Is Your Data Center Safe? Free Best Practices Guide http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4022572;5058249;g?http://www.commvault.com/mk/get/getguide
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Member Survey: Tell us what you think of Microsoft - Best Web Links: DNS - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #131 - Quick Hit of the Day: Managing Active Directory - Tip of the Month Contest: Submit a tip and win a prize! - The Missing Link: From ABBA to IT? _____________________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY: CommVault ************************* COMMVAULT GALAXY IS FEATURED IN NEW MICROSOFT BEST PRACTICES GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 2000 DATA CENTER BACKUP AND RESTORE. If you're responsible for providing this protection for your data-center environment, Backup and Restore Solution for Windows 2000-based Data Centers is for you. Let us know what you think? Download the Guide today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4022572;5058249;g?http://www.commvault.com/mk/get/getguide _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT'S BORROWED CODE MAY POSE RISK | News: CNET Remember we said earlier this week that there was some security news that DIDN'T involve Microsoft? Well, we're gonna have to take it back! The vulnerability discovered in Linux's zlib software-compression library could possibly affect Microsoft products that use the same code -- products like Office, IE, DirectX, Messenger and FrontPage. Nothing confirmed yet -- MS says it's investigating. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci810721,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Read the first zlib story at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci809820,00.html. This may be a good time to ask our 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AIR FORCE ORDERS TO MS: IMPROVE SECURITY | News: InformationWeek The U.S. Air Force is firing some shots at Microsoft, telling the company to tighten the locks on its products. The USAF's CIO says IT security is also national security -- and that his branch is spending more money finding, patching and fixing vulnerabilities than it paid for the software. Microsoft is the Air Force's biggest IT supplier. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci810727,00.html NEW JDBC DRIVERS LINK XML TO SQL | News: ZDNet DataDirect wants to connect your J2EE apps to your relational database. To that end, the company has some new drivers on the market. DataDirect Connect JDBC 3.0 helps translate between relational databases and XML in Java applications. A .NET version may be coming soon. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci810372,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - SQL Server betas ramp up - Borland joins WS-I, adds new customers - Analysts: IT managers need to benchmark IT performance - Secure AD with multi-forest design _____________________________________________________________________ *********** SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Value of Trust ************* Get the strongest server security128-bit SSL encryption! Download VeriSign's FREE guide, "Securing Your Web Site for Business" and learn everything you need to know about using SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions for serious online security. Click here! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n204074520057000 _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF MICROSOFT | Member Survey Does Microsoft make the grade? Here's your chance to weigh in on how Microsoft rates as a business partner and technology innovator. The results of this comprehensive survey of user attitudes will be part of an upcoming editorial feature. Help us assess Microsoft's performance. >> CLICK to take the survey... http://quicktakeit.com/qto/Default.asp?a=63101&e=241034057[0981736 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DNS | Best Web Links Domain name system (DNS) is a critical component in Windows 2000. If you don't know it well, you're sure to be sorry. Read these Best Web Links and make sure you're prepared not only for your DNS migration configuration, but also ongoing DNS maintenance. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285726,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #131 This was the original approach for modulation of a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) signal: a. carrierless amplitude/phase b. pulse code modulation c. quadrature amplitude modulation d. phase-shift keying >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci810491,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MANAGING ACTIVE DIRECTORY | Quick Hit of the Day Is managing Active Directory as tough as deploying it? Almost, said Doug Davis, AD expert from Quest Software. You can eliminate some of the hassles, however, by putting these tested tips to work: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci805158,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SUBMIT A TIP AND WIN A PRIZE! | Tip of the Month Contest Share your time-saving Windows tips with your SearchWin2000 Community and you'll be eligible to win this month's prize -- a CenDyne Lightening II CD-RW drive! Check out the prize and enter your tip today. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM ABBA TO IT? | The Missing Link If you're still associating Sweden with ABBA, Volvo, pancake piles, Pippi Longstocking, pornography and Ann-Margret's birthplace, get with the times! Sweden's leadin'! This slice of Scandinavia is where IT's at, according to IDC. Researchers say Sweden has the best information economy on earth. The top ranking is based on the nation's killer IT infrastructure, sweet educational systems, smart nurturing of IT business growth, cheap and widely-available broadband service, and Net-savvy citizenry. Maybe ABBA should remix one of their old hits to celebrate -- call it "Dancing Geek." Norway iced the number two spot, Switzerland peaked at number three, the U.S. was fourth and Denmark fifth. Source: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020313S0064 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. _____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. _____________________________________________________________________ SARA CUSHMAN, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. _____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. _____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED].) >> Contact me to 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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