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December 31, 2002 >> Receive this email as text   >> About this email  ISSUE SPONSORED BY >>  Argent: Not so sure about MOM? Check out The Argent Guardian >>  CommVault: FREE WHITE PAPER -- Exchange data archiving  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  Analysis paralysis must end in 2003 >>  NEWS:  Experts suggest no-frills security measures >>  LIVE WEBCAST:  Tuning and monitoring XP, Win2k and .NET Server >>  THE MISSING LINK:  Making light of mainframes, MIPS and more  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY Analysis paralysis must end in 2003  (SearchWindowsManageability.com) Windows admins must make weighty security and migration decisions this year -- and stop wringing their hands and start battening down the hatches. 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NEWS Microsoft gives MOM a care package (Microsoft Watch) The Microsoft folks who work in the Management Business Group had better enjoy their New Year's Day, because they're going to be a busy bunch in January. In the early part of the month, they'll offer up a care package for MOM, including a service pack, management pack updates, new software development and resource kits, and an updated MOM road map. DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  MCSA's popularity might work against you   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   LIVE WEBCAST Tuning and monitoring XP, Win2k and .NET Server Who: Mark Minasi, author When: Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. (19:00 GMT) Windows techie Mark Minasi shares his secrets on what you need to know and do to squeeze the most power out of your Windows server and workstation operating systems. >>  Click here to pre-register. 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KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY #280 Name that I/O device This is a credit card-size input/output device used to connect a laptop computer to a LAN: a. capacitor b. network PC c. PCMCIA card d. flexible transistor e. smart card >>  Click here for the correct answer. SEARCHWIN2000.COM SALARY SURVEY How do your colleagues stack up? Are all the salary surveys you've found on the Web missing something? SearchWin2000.com's salary survey allows you to create custom reports by specifying the survey criteria in which you are interested. Also, get answers to your burning salary-related issues, such as how much your years of service count, if bigger companies pay more and if a big degree necessarily translates into big bucks. THE MISSING LINK Making light of mainframes, MIPS and more Heard the one about Oprah Winfrey and the megabytes? What does COBOL really stand for? Punch lines for jokes like these kept techies laughing this year, when the IT news headlines were anything but funny. 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