Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter articles from June 2001

Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter archives from June 2001

The Straight Facts on Microsoft Licensing.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Ars Technica Article, IT-Director.com Article, Maximum PC Article, Microsoft Web Site, Network World Fusion Article, PCWorld.com Articles Microsoft's new anti-piracy technology and planned revamp of its license support programs...

Boost Productivity: Internal Service Level Agreements.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Gilbert & Tobin Consulting Article, InfoWorld Article Internal Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between IT and other departments provide numerous benefits to the entire organization. Managing expectations, boosting productivity, and...

A Five-Step Plan for Freeing Server Space.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Contingency Planning & Management Article, searchStorage Tips Article, W. Quinn Associates Web Site According to Strategic Research Corporation, uncontrolled disk space consumption causes approximately 55 percent of unplanned...

A New VPN Option.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Cisco White Paper, Cisco World Article, Miercom White Paper, Network World Fusion Article Virtual private networks (VPNs) are increasingly popular solutions for connecting remote offices and users with centralized corporate...

Outsourcer Failure: Be Prepared.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Comdisco White Paper, CommerceNet Article, eWeek Article, Information Technology Association of New Zealand White Paper, InfoWorld.com Article, Michael F. Corbett & Associates White Paper, ZDNet Australia Article In the summer of...

Is Your Infrastructure ERP-Ready?
June 12, 2001... Sources: OPNET.com Information Page, PDMIC Article, strategy+business Article Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications entered the market as solutions for inefficiencies caused by the disparate applications running across an...

XML Spec for e-Business Finalized.
June 12, 2001... Sources: ebXML.org Web Site, InformationWeek.com Article, OASIS The XML Cover Pages Web Site, XMLGlobal Article Version 1.0 of the United Nations-backed XML standard for e-business, ebXML, has finally arrived. If electronic exchange of...

No Time for Contracts? Consider an MOU.
June 12, 2001... Sources: InfoWorld Magazine Article, The Internet Mediator Article, Wise-Women Article If speed to deployment is important and contract negotiations are creating time delays, consider Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) instead. MOUs are a...

Strategically Improving Project Team Performance.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Accel-Team.Com Articles, CentrePiece Article, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences White Paper, Systemcorp Article If you're an IT manager feeling powerless about your team's inadequate performance, don't think...

Enterprise Network Security Lockdown.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Cisco Systems White Paper Enterprise network security isn't a matter of a single technology or policy item. For a detailed look at how to assemble the Enterprise Network security jigsaw, see the 64-page white paper from two...

Ten Tips To Improve DB2 Performance.
June 12, 2001... Sources: DB2 Magazine Articles A badly tuned DB2 implementation can be the wrench in the works that will slow an e-business application to a crawl. "Peak performance," says DB2 guru Scott Hayes in DB2 Magazine, "results when all the tuning...

Tech Tips for the VB Programmer.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Visual Basic Programmer's Journal Visual Basic programmers treat the Visual Basic Programmer's Journal as a reference bible. Get the collected wisdom from the editors of the VBPJ with the "101 Technical Tips, 11th Edition." ...

Protection From e-Commerce Fraud.
June 12, 2001... Sources: ClearCommerce White Paper If you are planning your first e-commerce implementation, then make sure you are fully aware of the risks of fraud and the technologies available to combat those risks. "The Fraud Prevention Guide" from...

Assess Your Global IT Readiness.
June 12, 2001... Sources: InformationWeek Tool So you want to be a world player. Is your IT strategy up to the challenge? InformationWeek has created a free and anonymous benchmarking tool that you can use to assess how your global IT strategy stacks up...

Big Routers Compared.
June 12, 2001... Sources: ATM & IT Report Review Gigabit/Terabit Routers are the big guns of the IP network infrastructure world. If your IT needs include high capacity fat pipe connections to the Internet, including a high bandwidth router, have a look at...

Self-Healing Server Tool.
June 12, 2001... Sources: IBM Corporation IBM has introduced software that can sense when a server is going to go down, and safely shut it down before damage occurs. Through a feature called Software Rejuvenation, the software uses artificial...

PDFs in the Palm of Your Hand.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Adobe Systems Incorporated Handheld users are now one step closer to having everything they need to know at their fingertips. Adobe has just launched an Adobe Acrobat Reader that lets Palm OS handhelds view PDF files. * Adobe...

Allegis Releases New PRM Software Suite.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Allegis Corporation Allegis eBusiness Suite version 5.0 is software that enables sell-side collaborative commerce, enabling companies to manage both their traditional selling channels and evolve them into a collaborative business...

ADO.NET Enables More Flexible Data Access.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Microsoft Corporation The next release of Microsoft Visual Studio, currently in Beta 1, introduces a new technology for data access known as ADO.NET. The upgrade from ADO to ADO.NET includes: * Meet the Dataset: While the...

Interwoven Introduces MetaTagger.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Interwoven Inc. Interwoven Inc. has announced the release of their updated content management software MetaTagger 2.1. By automating the assignment of accurate and consistent metadata, Interwoven improves personalization to the...

Custom Directories In Windows Explorer.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Sometimes it is the little things that make life a lot easier. For example, wouldn't it be nice if in Windows Explorer you always opened to the directory where you do most of your work and did not have to navigate there? Here...

A PI To Investigate Your CRM.
June 12, 2001... Sources: Business 2.0 Collecting and storing profile data so that it can be used in customer relations is a key part of customer relationship management. Is the infrastructure you are building to store the data worth the investment? ...

Microsoft's New Upgrade Strategy.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Computerworld Articles, The Industry Standard Article, IT-Director.com Article, Microsoft Web Site, Network World Fusion Article, NewsFactor Network Article, ZDNet Asia Article As of October 1, 2001, a new volume licensing upgrade...

Balancing Speed and Risk in Your IT Department.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Construx Software Articles, The McKinsey Quarterly Articles, The Software Association of Oregon Article The digital economy has brought a "bullet speed" mentality to new business development. Yet speed can kill when tried-and-true...

A Six-Step Plan for Auditing Your Firewall.
June 26, 2001... Sources: AuditNet Article, The Encyclopedia of Computer Security Article, ITAudit.org Article, Lance Spitzner Articles The tightness of your firewall implementation can make or break your overall network security. Auditing your firewall...

Brush Up Your Negotiating Skills.
June 26, 2001... Sources: ApnaGuide.com Article, Business 2.0 Article, Business Dynamics Network Article In a professional setting, good negotiation practices can help you increase your salary, gain support for your projects or department, and get budget...

Hoax or Virus? Educate Your End Users.
June 26, 2001... Sources: InformationWeek.com Article, InfoWorld Articles, IT Professional Article, Network Associates Web Site, The Standard Article, Symantec Web Site, ZDNet Article, ZDNet News Article The weakest link in any organization's security plan...

A Brand New Playing Field: FireWire vs. USB.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Electronic Times Article, Silicon Strategies Article, ZDNet News Articles If you thought that Universal Serial Bus (USB) had soundly thrashed FireWire (IEEE 1394) as the PC peripheral connectivity technology of choice, think...

Inheriting Code: A Strategic Action Plan.
June 26, 2001... Sources: The McKinsey Quarterly Article, STQE Magazine Article Most developers have had the misfortune of working on improving projects or software that they have inherited. The frustration is that too often you can't find the original code...

Digital Rights Management 101.
June 26, 2001... Sources: CIO Magazine Article, Content World Magazine Article, The Digital Edge Article, GiantSteps Article, Internet World Article, ZDNet News Article Broadband access, compression technologies, and the ability to mass distribute make the...

Writing Job Descriptions: A How-To.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Australia Northern Territory Government Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment Web Site, Ethan A. Winning Associates Article, University of California - San Diego Blink Web Site Creating job descriptions may seem tedious,...

Quick Links to Network Computing Resources.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Somera From cabling standards to network protocols, here is a solid library of online resources for the network manager maintained by network infrastructure provider Somera. Many of the links in this library lead to tutorials,...

Technical Resources for Java Server Pages.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Chipcom.net Web Site, miindia.com Web Site, ServerPages.com Web Site, Sun Microsystems Web Site Java Server Pages (JSPs) are the intermediary that make server side Java applications come alive for the Web user. * Similar to...

Be a Hero with Managed PCs.
June 26, 2001... Sources: PC Magazine Review Centrally managed PCs - with their remote management software and standardized easy-service chassis - can save a company thousands of dollars through reduced downtime, shorter service calls, and fewer help desk...

More Power For Your PowerBuilder.
June 26, 2001... Sources: PFC Cheat Sheet Web Site, PDBR.com Web Site, PowerBuilder Pitstop Web Site, Yahoo Web Site Power up your PowerBuilder development efforts. Check out these resources for the PowerBuilder application development system. What is...

Tech Details on 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
June 26, 2001... Sources: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance Who would have thought that a local area network technology that has been with us for 25 years might be the next big thing for high-speed wide area networking? Yet that is the promise of 10 Gigabit...

New Service Manages Your PC Assets.
June 26, 2001... Sources: Tally Systems With Microsoft licensing changes just around the corner, many IT shops may find that an unplanned software audit of their PC systems is in order. One tool that could help in this task is Tally Systems' WebCensus, a...

Pixie Dust Revolutionizes Storage.
June 26, 2001... Sources: IBM Corporation IBM has developed an exciting new technology that effectively pushes back a once-thought insurmountable storage barrier. Dubbed "Pixie Dust," IBM's antiferromagnetically-coupled (AFC) media promises to quadruple...

AltaVista Debuts Enterprise Search Software.
June 26, 2001... Sources: AltaVista Company AltaVista, a leader in online search technology, has announced the availability of two corporate intranet search products - Enterprise Search and Personal Search. Enterprise Search features: * Support for...

Mini Web Pages for Your Handheld.
June 26, 2001... Sources: ZFrame By year's end, a startup called ZFrame will be offering client-server software that will make true Web surfing on your Palm or Pocket PC device a reality. * Running on Windows NT/2000, the ZFrame system creates an...

Consolidate Your Storage.
June 26, 2001... Sources: LSI Logic Storage Systems LSI Logic Storage Systems has released the next update to its TotalNET Advanced Server (TAS). TAS is designed to consolidate heterogeneous servers and storage systems in enterprise environments. TAS...