Today's News: Signs hopeful for a Microsoft-Cisco security pact

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Published by SearchWin2000.com   July 16, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SearchWin2000.com Career Center: Visit the Career Guide today  Top News of the Week  >>  BREAKING NEWS: New Bagle variant initially bypassed AV scanners >>  Two critical on Patch Tuesday, XP SP2 on the way SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com Career Center Searching for career resources? Visit the SearchWin2000.com Career Center powered by Dice.com and find training, certification and resume resources along with over 27,000 IT job openings to search through. Get e-mails when a listing matches your search criteria, have your profile automatically sent to Dice.com member companies, access a host of career resources and tips and much more. Visit now!  Headline  Signs hopeful for a Microsoft-Cisco security pact By John Hogan, Senior News Editor Microsoft and Cisco Systems Inc. find themselves steaming directly at one another in the area of network security, but this technology brinkmanship doesn't have to end badly. At its partner conference in Toronto this week, Microsoft outlined a plan to control access to a corporate network right from Windows. If the Network Access Protection program has a familiar ring, that's because San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco beat it to the punch with plans to release its Network Admission Control product later this year. So what happens now? Well, the Microsoft of a few years ago would have gone right for the jugular and tried to run Cisco out of the perimeter security market, regardless of Cisco's high standing in the networking industry. The new -- and antitrust weary -- Microsoft might just be a little smarter than that and be willing to work something out with John Chambers' gang. Click here to read more about the network security initiatives, as well as a wrap-up of the week's Windows news. More on this topic: >  Microsoft heads toward perimeter collision with Cisco >  Microsoft releases more details on XP SP2 >  XP SP2 delay causes domino effect for WUS >  Microsoft issues seven security bulletins, two 'critical' >  Group Policy Learning Guide  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Chapter of the Week: 'Building a Load-Balanced Cluster' Load balancing is also known as server clustering, server farms and Web farms. Regardless of the name, the goal of this technology is to distribute client requests across multiple nodes to avoid swamping any one machine. This chapter from the book "Windows 2000 Clustering and Load Balancing Handbook," by Joseph Lamb, explains how this technology works, how to set it up, and best practices for configuration and testing. Featured Topic: IE on the hot seat Recent attacks on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser have caused the long-dormant browser wars to heat up again. Pundits everywhere are pushing the panic button -- is it time to dump IE? Expert Answer Center: Systems management blog IT pros know that other departments usually work about eight hours a day, but rarely quit at the bell themselves; weekend work is also not unheard of. Systems management guru Rod Trent would like to know what tasks keep you so busy. Check out his blog for more details. And don't forget to ask him your systems management questions, because he's only on call until July 16. Rod's already answered plenty of queries, so keep them coming! TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT Blooper #144: I'll take 2 pounds of electricity, please! Next time you move, don't forget to take the weight of electricity into account. At least, that's the conclusion a certain manager drew when moving to a new location a few years ago.  Vent!  Will you stick with Internet Explorer? Take our latest poll and sound off. White Papers 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   SENIOR 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 SALES MANAGER Mike Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter.   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: SearchWin2000 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Windows Week that Was": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-118&ad=487157 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.