Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter articles from July 2000

Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter archives from July 2000

Hacker Hiring Guide.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Datamation Article, PricewaterhouseCoopers Article Scenario: There is evidence that hackers regularly probe your system. If you are concerned that there may be a break-in, or that a break-in might already have occurred, the...

RAID Your Storage System.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Adaptec White Paper and Article, DPT Technology Library Article, Industrial Computer News Article Don't be fooled into thinking that the RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) storage solution that came with your operating...

Defrag Disks for Real Savings.
July 11, 2000... Sources: InfoWorld.com Article, International Data Corporation White Paper Fragmentation of data on hard drives can make a system seem old before its time. Automating hard disk defragmentation across your Windows NT/2000 network can...

Diagnose Data Warehouse Ailments Early.
July 11, 2000... Sources: techguide.com White Paper Your data warehouse is finally in place - it's time to celebrate. Wrong! Now comes the hard part: making sure that your data warehouse is working at its optimal level over the long term. Astute...

New Markup Language Links Directory Services.
July 11, 2000... Sources: DSML Working Group Web Site, InfoWorld.com Article, NetworkMagazine.com Article, SunWorld Article Integrating directory services across different network architectures is key to your company's e-business future. Directory Services...

Caution: Wireless Bottlenecks Ahead.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Computerworld Article, wireless-nets.com White Paper Today's most exciting wireless technologies are facing a crisis: they're all vying for space on the increasingly crowded 2.4-GHz radio frequency band. In a worst-case scenario,...

Sales Force Automation: It's About Time.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Innovative Business Technology, SalesMagic, and SellMoreNow.com White Papers Sales Force Automation (SFA) should reduce the amount of time that sales people spend on administrative or repetitive tasks and increase "face time" with...

Novell vs. Microsoft: Bust the FUD.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Network World Fusion Article Sowing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) is a tactic technology firms employ to make customers put off buying a competitor's product. If you are to properly support a product, it is important to know...

Forecasting WAN Cost of Ownership.
July 11, 2000... Sources: 3Com White Paper, Network Computing Article Corporate Wide Area Networks (WANs) have proliferated over the past five years. Their attraction is that they: * Enhance business processes by allowing remote offices and users to...

SQL Server 7.0 Performance Tuning Guide.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Microsoft Guide Microsoft's SQL Server 7.0 is one of the most popular and affordable database platforms for small-and medium-sized businesses. Yet most Microsoft products aren't optimized right out of the box. To configure your...

E-Procurement: A Guide to Buy-Side Apps.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Stephens Inc. Investment Bankers White Paper There has been, over the past year, a staggering number of predictions in regard to the growth rate of commerce that has been transacted over the Internet. Many of these predictions...

Service and Reliability Survey.
July 11, 2000... Sources: PC Magazine Survey With less and less differentiation between price points, corporate consumers need to look to other evaluation criteria when purchasing desktop systems, peripherals, and services. PC Magazine's 13th Service...

Triple Check Your Intranet Strategy.
July 11, 2000... Sources: CIO Magazine Guide Wouldn't it be nice if you could get your hands on some sort of comprehensive guide that established all the important things to consider when implementing a new technology or business strategy? You will be...

The Definitive ISP Buyer.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Allaire, Inspiring Technologies Limited, and internet.com Buyer At some point you may end up switching your Internet Service Providers (ISPs) simply because they don't offer the reliability you need, or your company has out grown...

Non-PC Products Dominate PC Expo 2000.
July 11, 2000... Sources: ZDNet, CNET, TechWeb This PC Expo was unusual in that it was the first such event not dominated by traditional desktop computer products. Signaling new directions in information technology, PC Expo featured numerous portable,...

Add a Keyboard to Your Cell Phone.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Ericsson Web-enabled cell phones let you carry the Internet in your pocket. Yet a cell phone's small screen and numeric keypad make it awkward for such Internet applications as sending e-mail. Leading cell phone maker Ericsson has...

Pocket PC From Compaq.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Compaq Compaq won a ZDNet "Trend Setter" award at PC Expo for its Pocket PC product, the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC. The PowerPC platform, which debuted this Spring, runs a special version of Microsoft Windows. Features of the iPAQ...

Palm Plunges into the Wireless Web.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Palm Computing A wider range of users of Palm Computing handheld computers can now access the Internet thanks to the Palm's Mobile Internet Kit. Currently, only users of the Palm VII handheld have built-in Net access through...

Double Server Memory Without Adding Chips.
July 11, 2000... Sources: ServerWorks, IBM IBM and ServerWorks have come up with a way of doubling the memory available to servers without adding additional memory chips. Called Memory eXpansion Technology (MXT), the technique lets 256-Mbyte main memory in...

Here Come the Crusoe Notebooks.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Transmeta Corporation This year, Transmeta Corporation rolled out a new processor for notebook and portable computing devices called the Crusoe. The chip has ultra-low power consumption and native support for the Linux operating...

IBM Shows Off Matchbook Drive.
July 11, 2000... Sources: IBM IBM has always been a leader in efficiently packing more bits on to disk drives. At PC Expo, Big Blue debuted a 1-Gigabyte Microdrive that is the size of a matchbook and weighs less than an ounce. * The new drive holds...

Biometric Authentication on a PC Card.
July 11, 2000... Sources: Ethentica Ethentica has put fingerprint recognition technology on a PC card for mobile users. The Ethenticator MS 3000 uses software and proprietary fingerprint recognition technology to make entering passwords a thing of the...

Park Net.
July 11, 2000... Sources: National Park Service If you have vacation time coming up, make sure that you don't spend half of it searching for things to do and places to visit. With the weather being warm and wildlife being a popular attraction, check out...

One Critical Way to Lower Network Costs...
July 25, 2000... Sources: Enterasys Networks White Paper, Lucent NetworkCare White Paper, NetworkMagazine.com When building your network, build for manageability. A network that requires a minimum of handholding simply saves money by increasing uptime and...

Patch This Latest Outlook Vulnerability.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Microsoft Web Site, ZDNet Article After the I Love You e-mail virus, you taught your Microsoft Outlook users not to open suspicious e-mail attachments. Are you ready for e-mail viruses that will execute even if messages are not...

Tips for Safe Data Recovery.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Data Recovery Lab Web Site, DiskTech Web Site, Ontrack Guide "More data is lost every year to failed recovery attempts, than to actual breakdown or malfunction." --Datarec.com No matter how comprehensive your data backup...

Personal Firewalls - Practice Self Defense.
July 25, 2000... Sources: PC World Article, Shields Up! Web Site, Technical Incursion Countermeasures White Paper Personal firewall technology can help keep your sensitive computer data safe from both enemies within the enterprise and on the road. A...

SOAP: A New Standard for Interoperability.
July 25, 2000... Sources: EarthWeb, InfoWorld, and O'Reilly.com If you are looking to start programming tomorrow's Internet apps today, both Microsoft and IBM have debuted free tools for stitching together code on multiple platforms. Tools based on Simple...

A Consultant Hiring Guide.
July 25, 2000... Sources: CSSA Consultancy Group Article, Planet IT Article, Turbonet Guide As information systems become more complex and significant for business processes, many organizations find it increasingly necessary to engage professional...

Gear Up for 10-Gigabit Ethernet.
July 25, 2000... Sources: InternetWeek and Network World Fusion Articles Gigabit Ethernet is a hot technology right now as enterprises scramble to beef up their network backbones to meet skyrocketing bandwidth demands. If you are currently deploying Gigabit...

Right Tools Speed Data Mining ROI.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Database Associates White Paper, Data Warehousing Information Center Web Site Decision makers can utilize data mining techniques to improve performance and reduce operating costs by discovering valuable relationships between...

P3P Protects Personal Privacy.
July 25, 2000... Sources: CNET Builder.com Article, PC Magazine Article, PlanetIT Article, W3C Web Site Concerns about privacy and use of personal information gathered on the Web can get in the way of doing business. The Platform for Privacy Preferences...

Security Policy Toolkit.
July 25, 2000... Sources: CERT and SANS Institute Web Sites Don't you just wish that someone would provide you with a "consensus of high impact, low cost, core actions for a program of system and network security"? The SANS Institute has put together a...

Benchmark Your Call Center.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Commweb and Purdue University Web Sites In business, sometimes the best way to gauge whether your company is on track is to compare it directly with your competitors. This is especially true when it comes to benchmarking your call...

Optimize Backup Performance.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Sun Microsystems White Paper Here is a resource that is very useful for storage planners. "Planning Your Backup Architecture" is a 41-page white paper that can be found at...

Total Cost of Ownership How-To.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Utopia Place Guide Scenario: Your boss has found an article that states that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for PCs in an organization has recently increased by $1,000 per year. When asked if your PC TCO measures up, you...

Gauge Pentium III Performance.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Tom's Hardware Pentium III has been available for some time and has seen many positive enhancements and changes in its capabilities. Tom's Hardware has put out a Pentium III performance guide that specifically examines Coppermine...

Comdisco Introduces InTouch Continuity Services.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Tom's Hardware Guide As more companies move to IP and the Web, the importance of call center downtime is becoming a key issue. InTouch Continuity Services by Comdisco aims to ensure call center uptime immediately after a...

Double-Take Keeps Data Disasters at Bay.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Sunbelt Software A file server crash could mean big losses in both profits and productivity. Double-Take 4.0 from Sunbelt Software offers the downtime protection you need for Windows NT/2000 server clusters. * Small software...

Docking is a Snap with EasiDock.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Mobility Electronics Mobility Electronics has released a docking station that offers such high performance and compatibility that it makes notebook PCs functionally indistinguishable from their desktop counterparts. Check out the...

Cell Phone Radiation Levels Now Posted.
July 25, 2000... Sources: ZDNet As of August 1st, 2000, new cell phones will carry information on the levels of radiation that they emit. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) has announced that it requires wireless phone manufactures...

Ecora Automates Server Admin.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Ecora Staying up-to-date with server configurations is a tedious process for IT administrators. Ecora, a provider of automated IT services, is attempting to cut the manual process down to minutes with a Web-based subscription...

Sun Debuts Free XML Compiler.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Sun Microsystems If you've been wondering how the marriage of Java and XML would come about, here's one solution. Sun has released the eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) Compiler, which helps applications...

Get a Clear Picture with VisualRoute.
July 25, 2000... Sources: Fortel Fortel has come up with a new tool that answers the question "Why can't I get there from here?" VisualRoute is a graphical traceroute, ping, and whois utility that analyzes and synthesizes Internet connectivity problems....