Today's News: Windows research lacks credibility

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   September 12, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  VeriSign: FREE guide, "Securing Your Web Site for Business" >>  SearchWin2000.com: Security Solutions / SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide  Top News of the Week  >>  Dirty secrets, more flaws, Phyrric victories SPONSORED BY: VeriSign -- The Value of Trust Get the strongest server security-128-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!  Week In Review  Windows research lacks credibility by John Hogan, News Editor To update 19th century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's oft-quoted line, there are lies, damn lies and sponsored research reports. Forrester Research's Giga Information Group subsidiary released a report this week that came to the conclusion that companies can save up to 28% by developing applications such as portals on Windows instead of Linux. There's just one problem with this report: Microsoft paid for it. Read more of John Hogan's comments on research firms and other important news stories of the week. More on this topic: >  Research: Windows could save 28% over Linux >  Three new critical Windows RPC flaws found >  Microsoft announces file-based storage OS >  Microsoft to pay $23M in settlement >  MS announces Windows XP update package SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com If you're looking for security solutions, then be sure to visit our new SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide. This guide covers a wide range of areas for you to thoroughly research including "anti-virus solutions," "network security," "firewalls" and much more. Click here to browse the product and vendor guide.  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Webcast: Mark Minasi live! NT 4.0 -- hold 'em or fold 'em? It's the beginning of the end for Windows NT. Or at least Microsoft says so. But in the wake of the release of Windows Server 2003 -- and with nearly half of the installed enterprise Windows base still running NT4 -- we asked supreme Alpha geek Mark Minasi to share his views on when an operating system as popular as NT 4.0 truly becomes obsolete. In this live webcast, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m, Minasi will discuss how to decide when -- or if -- to leave NT 4.0; the security hole that might just FORCE you to leave NT 4.0; and pointers for making upgrades cheaper and easier (if you decide to move). Click here to pre-register. Chapter of the Week: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 In this chapter from A Guide to Enhancements and New Features, Rahul Sharma outlines the feature sets that have been enhanced since SQL Server 7.0 and the new feature sets that have been added to SQL Server 2000. Topics include XML capability, indexed views and distributed partitioned views. IT Toolkit: Blocking worms More than 500,000 users, by Symantec's estimate, failed to follow the trivial steps required to patch their computers. Again and again, these derelicts give hackers the tools they need to create mischief. Clearly, users protecting company desktops aren't enough. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of Access Control Lists, which many organizations are using on the back end to protect the security of their entire networks. TRUE IT BLOOPERS True IT Blooper #115: Kicking the bit bucket In this blooper, a wiley IT prankster nearly kicks the bucket after he combines keypunch chaff, a Styrofoam cup and unwitting college kids. Have a blooper of your own? Send us your wackiest IT stories! Submit your blooper.  Vent!  Take our weekly poll Some people mark product release dates on their calendars -- others couldn't care less about them. How important are software release dates to you? Click here to vote. Check out the results of our previous poll on Windows patch installation services. Previous poll results Free white paper alerts Enter your e-mail and start receiving White Paper Alerts. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. 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