This Week: What are your IT resolutions for 2004?

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A weekly newsletter published by TechTarget  January 05, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the editor: What are your IT resolutions for 2004? >> Featured Topic: Bizarre IT stories >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Ed Tittel, Career and Certification Predictions for 2004 >>Paul Gillin: VoIP to rise, Sun to set >>Marilyn Cohodas: Microsoft customer upgrades inevitable >>Ed Tittel: A look back and a look ahead at MS certifications Tip of the Week: That's (geek) entertainment! >> Site Highlights: White Paper: Synchronization and replication White Paper: Policy-based vulnerability management White Paper: Robust patch management  From the Editor: by Marilyn Cohodas, Senior Site Editor One of the industry's top Microsoft watchers, Kirkland, Wash.-based Directions on Microsoft, recently released its annual list of Redmond's top 10 challenges for the new year, chief among them service, security and clear product road maps. But what about enterprise IT? We'd like to hear about your plans and priorities as you kick off the year with a new budget and a (hopefully) revitalizing economy. Does service to your internal customers, security and a rational infrastructure upgrade plan top your company's list of IT challenges? What are your New Year's resolutions? Let us know. In the meantime, best wishes for a happy and successful 2004 from the staff of SearchWin2000.com to all of our loyal members. Marilyn  Featured Topic: Bizarre IT stories by Christine Polewarczyk, Site Editor Still unwinding from the mayhem of the holidays? Sit back, relax and take in a few of these amusing and strange IT tales. They're sure to help you loosen up after the recent hectic holiday season. Enjoy! Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Ed Tittel Category: Career and Certification Dear Ed: I am an MCP on Windows 2000. Do you think pursuing a Win2k MCSE is still viable, or should I just go for Windows 2003? Do you have an idea when they may be retiring the Win2k MCSE? Click here to read Ed's expert response. Predictions for 2004 >> Paul Gillin: VoIP to rise, Sun to set TechTarget editor in chief Paul Gillin makes his annual predictions, and this year's batch holds high hopes for voice over IP and Linux, and caution for Sun Microsystems and grid computing. >> Marilyn Cohodas: Microsoft customer upgrades inevitable With the economy improving, companies will -- finally, after three years -- bite the bullet and move up the food chain from NT 4 and Exchange 5.5. >> Ed Tittel: A look back and a look ahead at MS certifications Ed Tittel, an expert on IT training and certification, looks back on Microsoft certification events in 2003 and offers some thoughts on what's ahead from Redmond. Tip of the Week: That's (geek) entertainment! By most accounts, 2003 was a pretty good year when it comes to things that amuse the IT geek species. >> Click here for the full tip.  Site Highlights White Paper: Synchronization and replication Explore the different solutions provided by replication and synchronization technology. This research paper will help ypu understand how to protect, distribute and share files. Click here to read this free white paper. White Paper: Policy-based vulnerability management Don't rely on futile approaches to battle a storm of worms and viruses. Take a holistic policy-based approach to vulnerability management with this white paper. Click here to read this free white paper. White Paper: Robust patch management Click here to read this free white paper. Identify weaknesses in software distribution and configuration management, and learn some best practices for more efficient patch management. Use our one-click signup to start receiving our weekly Exchange Administration Tip! 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