Today's News: Microsoft understands the great motivator

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   November 07, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  C2C: Compliance, Capacity, Policy -- Reasons to Archive E-mail FREE White Paper >>  SearchWin2000.com: Salary Survey: Are you getting paid what you're worth?  Top News of the Week  >>  Bounties, patches and a legal surprise SPONSORED BY: C2C Compliance, capacity and policy; which factors are driving e-mail archiving at your organization? And how do you pick a solution that solves your specific problems without breaking the bank? C2C's new white paper, '3 Reasons to Archive E-mail' - explores the internal and external influences on e-mail archiving - reveals the best-practices for lowering your exposure to legal risk - unveils the 'gotchas' including the importance of maintaining e-mail integrity - discusses the requirements of current legislation and how it could evolve. Download the '3 Reasons' white paper now!  Week In Review  Microsoft understands the great motivator by John Hogan, News Editor The answer was so obvious that it's amazing no one thought of it earlier. For the longest time, Microsoft has been pleading with users to set up firewalls and regularly patch their software. Now it's finally found the real solution to the rampant problem of computer viruses and worms: money. It's a sad but cold, hard fact that money is what motivates most people. In 1964, when three young civil rights workers went missing in Mississippi, the FBI tried everything to find them. It wasn't until the agency offered money to an informant that the world discovered the fate of those doomed men. Click here to read more about John Hogan's take on Microsoft's solution to viruses and worms and other top stories of the week. More on this topic: >  Redmond offers more details on reward money >  Microsoft vs. Novell, round two? >  Microsoft tweaks pair of recent patches >  'Critical' patch sent out for Office flaw >  Microsoft gets judicial surprise SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com What's the average salary for a Windows admin? How does experience and the lackluster economy factor into your compensation package? The editors at SearchWin2000.com want to know -- and you can tell us. Take our exclusive SearchWin2000.com salary survey. We'll crunch the numbers and report the results in an upcoming feature. Click here to explore the new salary survey.  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   IT Careers: Microsoft rolls out new desktop support cert Microsoft's latest certification credential -- the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) -- could be coming to a desktop technician near you. If you're an IT pro looking for a leg up, this new cert could be right for you. If you're an IT manager looking for help desk employees, looking for this certification on a resume could net you better-qualified entry-level staff. See what resident certification expert Ed Tittel says about who should prepare for the new cert and its implications for IT shops. Chapter of the Week: availability, performance and disaster planninG This chapter from Windows Server 2003 Clustering and Load Balancing by Robert Shimonski covers advanced planning procedures for disaster recovery. Learn how to plan for high availability, implement a disaster recovery plan and a performance monitor, establish a baseline for your servers and monitor cluster nodes. Learning Guide: Managing your Active Directory So you've designed, tested and rolled out Active Directory. Now what? SearchWin2000.com has gathered the best AD administration and management resources to help you take the next step. TRUE IT BLOOPERS True IT blooper #118: No more of those authoritative restore thingies! "I get many laughs -- and shudders of sympathy -- when I tell this story," says sysadmin Justin Culbreath, whose company's corrupted AD database wreaked havoc on more than 18,000 users. Tell us about your wackiest IT bloopers! Submit your blooper.  Vent!  Take our member poll What do you think of Microsoft's new monthly security updates? Click here to vote. Sign up for this newsletter Enter your email address to continue receiving SearchWin2000.com: White Paper Alerts    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. SITE EDITOR Catherine Ketcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your bloopers and Featured Topic ideas. SENIOR NEWS WRITER Margie Semilof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news and story ideas. 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