SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News April 1, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: - Gartner Report: 7 Best Practices for the Mobile Workforce http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2696,00.htm?Connected
- Microsoft Management Summit...Management Event of the Year! http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2697,00.htm?Altiris -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. NEWS AND TOP STORIES - Microsoft trial shifts to enterprise concerns - At Microsoft, security trumps app compatibility - Codeweavers runs Office without Windows - High-profile anti-Unix site runs Unix - Oops! True IT blooper #19 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: Don't lower your guard - Best Web Links: High Availability and Fault Tolerance - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day #141 How IT savvy are you? - Quick Hit of the Day: Unexpected reboot in Windows XP - Upcoming Online Event: Understanding Microsoft volume licensing - The Missing Link: Move the kids away from the screen, please _____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SPONSORED BY: Connected ************************ Free Gartner Best Practices Smart Guide - Managing Critical Information for the Mobile Workforce Download the following free report, Best Practices for Mobile Workforce Information Backup, courtesy of Connected Corporation and Gartner to better understand how enterprises can effectively back up and recover data of their mobile workforce. Manage your critical information and become a disaster resilient organization. Click here: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2696,00.htm?Connected _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT TRIAL SHIFTS TO ENTERPRISE CONCERNS | News: Computerworld Execs from Red Hat Linux and Novell have taken the stand these last few days, and their testimonies show how corporate IT issues are taking the stage in the remedy hearings. The judge is hearing all about the Windows interoperability headaches and how the right remedy should lead to better server integration and desktop competition. The two execs back the remedy proposed by the nine dissenting states -- a remedy that would let Novell and other firms see Microsoft's source code. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci813245,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Read up on the trial in all its "gory" at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci752708,00.html. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AT MICROSOFT, SECURITY TRUMPS APP COMPATIBILITY | News: eWEEK User experience usually has come first with Microsoft, but the company is pushing usability and legacy application compatibility back down the priority list and moving security to the top of the development chain. Executives also hinted that Microsoft will begin developing its own security software. Some users, however, aren't on board saying that security should not come at the expense of backward compatibility. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci813186,00.html CODEWEAVERS RUNS OFFICE WITHOUT WINDOWS | News: InfoWorld For anyone who wants Microsoft Office but doesn't want Microsoft Windows, a company called Codeweavers has something looming -- CrossOver Office. The software lets corporate users run Office or Lotus Notes without Windows, a Windows license and without a Windows emulator. CrossOver is ready now for Office 97 and Office 2000. Support for Office XP is just down the road. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci813238,00.html HIGH-PROFILE ANTI-UNIX SITE RUNS UNIX | News: CNET Is this high tech hypocrisy, IT irony, or both? Remember that news story about Microsoft and Unisys teaming up on an anti-Unix campaign? Their Web site, called "We have the way out," is supposed to tell long-suffering Unix users how to get out of their "trap" and jump through the "window" to freedom. Netcraft found out that the Web site runs on FreeBSD, an open-source version of Unix, along with the Unix-based Web server Apache. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci813253,00.html OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #19 | News: SearchWindowsManageability "A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his own house." This Biblical quotation sums up the daily life of the frustrated IT manager described in this true tale. http://www.searchwindowsmanageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci812867,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES Additional headlines are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news _____________________________________________________________________ ************* SPONSORED BY: Microsoft, Altiris and NetIQ ************ This is unlike ANY conference you'll ever attend! No conference offers more hands-on labs and technical presentations like the Microsoft Management Summit! Get in-depth coverage on numerous technologies you work with daily. April 29-May 3 in Vegas. Sign-up today and enter to win a Microsoft Xbox! For more info: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2697,00.htm?Altiris _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DON'T LOWER YOUR GUARD | Featured Topic There haven't been any major virus attacks this year, but don't put security management on sabbatical. Hackers now move quickly when a vulnerability is revealed. These resources can help you speed up and beef up Windows security. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci811052,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HIGH AVAILABILITY AND FAULT TOLERANCE | Best Web Links Achieving the miracle of "always on" networks requires behind-the-scenes wizardry. In these links, IT experts explain how they work their magic. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid33_tax287654,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW IT SAVVY ARE YOU? | Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day #141 This is a place to store data temporarily. The files you automatically request by looking at a Web page are stored on your hard disk in this kind of subdirectory: a. RAM b. ROM c. cache d. capacitor >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci813082,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= UNEXPECTED REBOOT IN WINDOWS XP | Quick Hit of the Day A member posted the following in a SearchWindowsManageability forum: Unexpected Reboot in Windows XP: I have a unique situation that I have been unable to find an answer to. I run Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and from time to time my system will reboot unexpectedly without any warning. Can you help this SearchWindowsManageability user? http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/227!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= UNDERSTANDING MICROSOFT VOLUME LICENSING | Online Event Who: Rebecca LaBrunerie, Microsoft Licensing Program Manager When: April 4, 2002 at 12:00 PM EST (17:00 GMT) This Thursday, Rebecca LaBrunerie will expound on and field questions about License 6.0, Redmond's controversial volume licensing program and its companion upgrade plan called Software Assurance. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MOVE THE KIDS AWAY FROM THE SCREEN, PLEASE | The Missing Link OK, so maybe your mug won't really freeze when you're making that horrid face, and maybe eating cookie dough won't give you worms. But mom may have been right about that other warning -- standing too close to the TV. A recent study of children found a link between time spent in front of a computer screen and vision problems. Researchers say pixel preoccupation can be really hazardous to kids these days because they start using computers when they're so young, plus they don't really know the warning signs of vision problems, like headache, eye fatigue and blurry vision. Good call, ma! Source: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020328S0025 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** 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 ideas for online event and discussion day topics. _____________________________________________________________________ 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. Unsubscribe from 'Daily News' - Simply Reply to this Email with REMOVE within the Body or Subject > or - Go to: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/register - Log in to edit your profile. - Click on the link to Edit email subscriptions. - Uncheck the box next to the newsletter you wish to unsubscribe from. - When finished, click "Save Changes to My Profile."
