Today's News: Firewalls, filters and spam, oh my

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May 24, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Today's News Issue Sponsored By: SearchWin2000.com White Papers IN THIS ISSUE: TechEd to focus on firewall, spam filter Microsoft NAS push gets triple boost Judge orders MS to look for e-mail evidence Study: Execs believe most jobs should stay onshore 'Migrating from Win 2000 to Win Server 2003' The Missing Link: Governor's spit hits the fan on eBay SearchWin2000.com White Papers Keep up-to-date on the latest in Windows with the SearchWin2000.com white papers. Read about featured topics such as active directory, security, systems management, .NET and Web services and much more! Click Here. TechEd to focus on firewall, spam filter [SearchExchange.com] Unless there is a surprise in store, expect Microsoft's TechEd conference to be heavy on the "how-to" and light on the "gee whiz." MORE INFO: Read more about Microsoft's next-generation firewall Find out why MS extended the availability of its spam filter Microsoft NAS push gets triple boost [InternetNews] Microsoft's feature pack for consolidating data from Exchange Server 2003 on NAS devices running Windows Storage Server 2003 is now available to all. EMC, Dell and HP are three OEMs that plan to offer the pack on their NAS products. Judge orders MS to look for e-mail evidence [Associated Press] Burst.com's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft now turns to e-mails within Redmond. A federal judge in Baltimore has ordered MS to look for evidence that Jim Allchin told employees not to archive their e-mails. The alleged order from Allchin took place in 2000, when MS was dealing with several lawsuits -- if it's proven true, it could have ramifications in other cases against MS. Study: Execs believe most jobs should stay onshore [SearchCIO.com] The honeymoon may not be over, but according to a recent study, IT execs are now seeing offshore outsourcing without makeup. In other words, they're seeing through the glossy sheen of cost savings and realizing what's underneath isn't always pretty. TOPICS: 'Migrating from Win 2000 to Win Server 2003' Get the skinny on migration challenges in this chapter from the book Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd edition, by Rand Morimoto. The topics include a comprehensive migration process overview, AD forest upgrades and domain consolidation and migration using AD Migration Tool v2.0. TOPICS: The 2004 Microsoft Report Card For the third consecutive year, SeachWin2000.com has polled Windows professionals for their opinions on a number of Microsoft products and services. TIPS: Vertical partitioning of large databases Partitioning tables into different files contained in the same database is a good way to improve performance of large databases. You can choose to partition your tables using either vertical or horizontal partitioning depending upon the nature of your data. This tip examines the option of vertical partitioning. The Missing Link: Governor's spit hits the fan on eBay [Associated Press] When Gov. Schwarzenegger coughs, people listen. And when he takes a few sucks off a cough drop and throws it away, some people drop what they're doing and head for the trash can. A man said he had retrieved the slightly used celebrity lozenge after he saw the governor trash it during a public event. He put it up on eBay and advertised it as "Schwarzenegger's DNA," as if someone might want to clone him one day. But the auction site yanked the ad; eBay said this violated its "no body parts" clause, which we now know applies to double helixes, as well as major internal organs. Full story Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! SearchWin2000: White Paper Alerts Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-118 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchWin2000 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494