NEWS
Software firm takes Passport outside Windows (IDG News)
Here's a story that dovetails Microsoft's plans to share Passport code. A company called Ready-to-Run Software plans -- with Microsoft's blessings -- to port Passport to Unix and Linux systems and sell Passport Manager software as a packaged product.
NEWS
Unix's loss is Microsoft's, Linux's gain (The Associated Press)
Should Microsoft be thanking Unix? Several industry experts say there's a trend afoot to ditch proprietary systems in favor of industry standards. The trend translates into good business for Windows and open-source at the expense of Sun and IBM -- companies that churn out different flavors of Unix and expensive customized hardware.
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QUICK HIT OF THE DAY
Making your laptops traveling fortresses
People use laptop computers everywhere and for everything. Critical, sensitive corporate and private data goes with them, and is as vulnerable to attack, theft and destruction as a small child's lunch money when the school bully comes around. And yet even those charged with maintaining notebooks for corporate users still don't know diddly about locking them down. Here are 13 things you need to do to lock down laptops.
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ASK LAURA HUNTER
Win2000 references for Unix admins
Dear Laura:
I am an Oracle DBA running all the databases on a Sun Unix server. We are planning on changing platforms to Windows 2000. Our NT administrator has never managed a server housing Oracle databases. Is there any manual or documentation that could help in this situation? If not, can you offer any useful suggestions as to what he has to learn/know to prepare himself for these additional tasks? Some things he would need to know: how to set up the server, memory allocation, automating routine backup procedures, etc.
BEST WEB LINKS
Exchange migration
Is Exchange 2000 an upgrade worthy of your time? Visit this category to get best practices, dos and don'ts tips and even marriage advice (for the union of Exchange 2000 and Active Directory).
NEW FEATURE
SearchWin2000.com white papers
What's black and white and read all over? SearchWin2000.com's new white papers, of course! Now you can pick through our library and get your fill of free white papers in our site's new section. Our easy-to-navigate collection features many Windows-related topics, including Active Directory, Exchange, migration, network administration, security and more. We frequently post additional white papers, so check back regularly.
THE MISSING LINK
True IT blooper #70: IP addresses go haywire
Recollections of a migration that turned into a migraine still make one Web engineer reach for the Bufferin and ask for a hug. He earned his blooper badge years ago when his goof duplicated thousands of IP addresses and "all heck broke loose."
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