=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TechTarget | Network and Systems Management Nov. 26, 2003 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: SearchNetworking.com Career Center http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,18808,00.htm?track=NL-314 ___________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents
1. NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIPS - Today's Featured Tip: The shutdown event tracker - Secure incoming connections on XP - What's involved in risk assessment? 2. ESSENTIAL LINKS - Networking Column: Making sense of your technology plan - New frontiers of network and systems management - Planning key to Army's award-winning combat network - Featured Topic: The evolution of intrusion detection ___________________________________________________________________ *******>> Sponsored by SearchNetworking.com Career Center <<******* Searching for career resources? Visit the recently launched SearchNetworking.com Career Center powered by Dice 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. http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,18808,00.htm?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TODAY'S FEATURED NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIP THE SHUTDOWN EVENT TRACKER Barrie Sosinsky Windows Server 2003 has added a feature, called the Shutdown Event Tracker, that can be useful to you should your server crash. The Shutdown Event Tracker is also useful for diagnosing the state of your server at the time of shutdown, to determine both the events occurring as services are turned off, and perhaps more importantly, their sequence. Read the entire tip here: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci938600,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SECURE INCOMING CONNECTIONS ON XP by Barrie Sosinsky There may come a time that you want to set up remote access to a location that doesn't have a Windows 2000 or 2003 server. If that's the case, you can use Windows XP as a Remote Access Server, accepting incoming calls from outside clients. XP doesn't offer the same level of security that Windows RRAS does; you can't use call-back to authenticate a user for example. However, even simple incoming connections can be made a little more secure by using the encryption feature in XP's Incoming Connection Properties dialog box. Read the entire tip here: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci918222,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT'S INVOLVED IN RISK ASSESSMENT? | Rick Cook Backing up so that you can recover in the event of untoward events, be they simple hardware failure or disasters, starts with assessment. A thorough risk assessment should point out vulnerabilities you can fix now, possibly heading off trouble, as well as providing a starting point for disaster recovery planning for the risks you can't fix. Click here to find out more about disaster recovery planning: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci888468,00.html?track=NL-314 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::::::::::::::::: ESSENTIAL LINKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MAKING SENSE OF YOUR TECHNOLOGY PLAN | Carrie Higbie It's that time again when your IT budgets are taking form. Added to this already mundane, but necessary task, is a new buzzword in the industry. OK, well it's not brand new, but it is getting a lot more exposure than ever before. The buzzword of the day is "Technology Planning." This entire process involves predicting anything and everything that has to do with your company's technology. In an effort to demystify this process, it is important to understand the key elements and considerations for a technology plan, and how it differs from an IT budget. This column sheds light on the entire process: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci938573,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW FRONTIERS OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT | SearchNetworking.com To reduce operational costs, customers look to network and system management systems that will diagnose and report on problems, and also fix problems without requiring constant IT staff intervention. This PowerPoint presentation from Jean-Pierre Garbani's session at Networking Decisions 2003 provides you with the value proposition of network and systems management systems and how they provide effective services that increase the business productivity and improve operation staff efficiency. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/searchNetworking/downloads/ng_Garbani.ppt?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PLANNING KEY TO ARMY'S AWARD-WINNING COMBAT NETWORK The U.S. Army's 335th Theater Signal Command deployed the military's largest combat network in 120 days, a feat that earned it SearchNetworking.com's Networking Innovator Award. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci937978,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EVOLUTION OF INTRUSION DETECTION | SearchNetworking.com Intrusion detection systems have come under scrutiny as intrusion prevention systems take the spotlight. Which one is best for your network? Decide with these resources. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid7_gci938035,00.html?track=NL-314 ___________________________________________________________________ **************** CONTACT SEARCHNETWORKING.COM ***************** E-mail us at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here for specific contact information and to meet our editorial team: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/meetEditorial/0,289131,sid7,00.html?track=NL-314 To sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter e-mail Gabrielle DeRussy, Director of Site Sales at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. http://www.techtarget.com?track=NL-314 Copyright 2003 TechTarget. 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