Today's News: Network admins need Microsoft-Cisco unity

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Published by SearchWin2000.com   July 30, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  Good Technology: Case Study: A Fortune 500 company selects GoodLink Wireless Messaging  Top News of the Week  >>  Windows 2003 to be tardy; cleaning up Mydoom's mess SPONSORED BY: Good Technology Case Study: A Fortune 500 company selects GoodLink Wireless Messaging Learn how SCANA Services, a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 energy-based holding company, cut through the clutter to select their wireless messaging system, wireless platforms and devices. You'll hear how SCANA is keeping its mobile workforce productive with GoodLink wireless messaging and what they learned during the extensive deployment. Check it out.  Guest Column  Opinion: Network admins need Microsoft-Cisco unity By Laura E. Hunter, Contributor You were at the coming out party for Windows Server 2003 in April of 2003, admit it. But did you notice that neat little feature standing alone in the corner because nobody was asking her to dance? Her name was Network Access Quarantine Control, and as new features go, it was amazing how little attention she garnered. This little toy could look at your incoming remote access clients, check their patch levels, antivirus signatures and other pertinent security details, and then grant or deny access to your internal network based on the client's overall "fitness" level. This was huge, people! OK, so maybe it wasn't all that easy to deploy. All right, I admit it, it was a bear. But it was still a major leap forward in perimeter security for Microsoft products. The next major advance will arrive in the next release of 2003, R2, scheduled for release in mid-2005. Currently dubbed "Network Access Protection," this tool improves on NAQC in two significant ways. Click here to read more about developments in network perimeter security. More on this topic: >  IE fixes, Mydoom 'cleaning' tool to be delivered >  Windows Server 2003 refresh pushed back >  Server consolidation remains hot, expert says >  Software flaw finders can be a reckless breed >  Mydoom-M on Internet rampage  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Chapter of the Week: 'Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters' Optimizing a clustering environment is a complex undertaking. However, experience shows that creating a system baseline before diving into the tweaking can save a ton of time and grief down the road. This chapter from the book "Tuning Microsoft Server Clusters," by Robert Buchanan, explains everything you need to know to perform a successful pre-tuning analysis. Featured Topic: Are you up to the challenge? So, you think you're quite the expert on Windows technology, eh? Prove it - take our challenging Know-IT-All quizzes and see how you measure up! Ask the Expert: Disabling games during work hours Dear Jeremy: I need to disable games on office PCs during work hours. All are running XP Professional. Is there a way for me to do it through Group Policy, and how? Can I restrict it during working hours and unrestrict it after hours? Read Jeremy Moskowitz's expert resonse. TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT Blooper #145: Network down? Call "Ghost Busters!" In 1986, Randy Davis was working as a Senior Computer Operator for a hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. Randy should have been forewarned when he found out that the "Penthouse" floor that the MIS department was located on was actually just a cover-up for it being floor 13. But he was not prepared for the supernatural activity that was about to haunt the hospital computer system.  Vent!  Should Microsoft get into the antivirus software business? Take our latest poll and sound off. Member Surveys Enter your e-mail and start receiving Member Surveys. 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 "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-118&ad=488288 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.