Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter articles from September 1999

Info-Tech Advisor Newsletter archives from September 1999

Seven New Top Level Domains.
September 7, 1999... (CORE and gTLD-MoU Web Sites) Having a ".com" at the end of your URL can be gold to your business, but the competition out there for "good" names within this domain is fierce. To provide some relief, seven new top level domains will be...

Lease or Buy Your Desktops - Which Has a Better ROI?
September 7, 1999... (Beyond Computing Magazine and Comdisco's The Independent Articles) How many computers are sitting idle in your corporation because they're obsolete, but still appear as assets on the books? Are you dealing with so many different models...

Is the World Ready for Terabit Routers?
September 7, 1999... (A Data Communications Article) Networks are battling exponential traffic growth, so the need for faster, more reliable routers has never been so great. A new generation of multigigabit and terabit routers are now hitting the market, a...

Designing Teams that Work!
September 7, 1999... (A PRTM Insight Article) A lot of teams just don't cut it. Most get mired in a lot of meetings and a lot of discussion, but produce little in the way of exceptional and timely results. That's because the people involved are usually a...

IP Phone/Fax Rates - Are they Really a Bargain?
September 7, 1999... (A Business Communications Review Article) Many companies are jumping on the voice over IP bandwagon for all of their phoning and faxing needs due to promises of significantly lower long-distance rates. These savings claims, however, may be...

Personalizing Your Web Site.
September 7, 1999... (A Texas Technology Article) When it comes to effectively selling on the Web, a "one size fits all" approach will only take your company so far in getting and keeping customers. Personalization - tailoring content to meet the unique needs...

Don't Miss the Bus! Get Hooked into USB.
September 7, 1999... (TechRepublic Articles) Take a look at the back of your PC. See that motley collection of different connectors, ports, and power cords? And how many peripherals can you really plug in back there when all's said and done? If the messy...

Are Your E-Docs Legally Admissible?
September 7, 1999... (The Group 5 Group Web Site) 300 million documents are sent and received by each Fortune 500 company per year. 80% of documents are currently created on PCs. The life cycle cost of an electronic document is 25% less than that...

Setting Up IT as an Internal Vendor.
September 7, 1999... (Business Communication's Review and Computerworld Articles) IT's pervasiveness in the enterprise has made it critical to meeting today's business goals. Yet IT's nature has led some departments and users to take it for granted. With every...

8th Annual Windows Superguide.
September 7, 1999... (A PC Computing Feature) Every IT manager is familiar with the glitches and gremlins hiding in Windows. Yet Windows is the undeniable king of the desktop operating system world with aspirations to take over the corporate network too. The...

How to Make Your Site More Accessible to the Disabled.
September 7, 1999... (Disabilities Information Resources and World Wide Web Consortium Web Sites) For some organizations, their corporate Web site has become as important to their day-to-day operations and image as the brick-and-mortar end of their business....

A Network Basics One-Stop-Shop.
September 7, 1999... (Bay Networks, RAD Data Communications, Web66, D&M Electronics, and Lucent Primers) Networks are more than key business tools - they're the lifeblood of most organizations. Even the small office/home office crowd has got on board with...

Get Up to Speed on Dangerous Dates!
September 7, 1999... (A ComLinks.com White Paper) Your company has successfully navigated the debut date of the Euro (January 1, 1999). The dreaded GPS (global positioning satellites) date rollover came and went last month with only minor service losses. But...

Mobile Computing Mania - All You Need to Know!
September 7, 1999... (Fast Company, Webreview.com, PC Magazine, PCWeek, and Network Computing Articles) Mobile computing is booming, and the amount of new information on the latest products to hit the market can be overwhelming. We've put together a...

SOFTWARE : Sun Offers Office Software... For Free!
September 7, 1999... A. Sun Offers Office Software... For Free! (Sun Microsystems) If you're looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office, look no further. Sun recently bought out Star Division, a software company whose feature product is a high-quality...

SOFTWARE : DM/Administrator Puts you in the Active Directory FastLane.
September 7, 1999... B. DM/Administrator Puts you in the Active Directory FastLane (FastLane Technologies, Inc.) Windows 2000 and Active Directory are on their way, and you need all the help you can get. FastLane has released the latest version of its...

SECURITY : ManTrap Gives Hackers a Taste of their own Medicine.
September 7, 1999... A. ManTrap Gives Hackers a Taste of their own Medicine (Recourse Technologies) A new tool from Recourse turns the tables against network intruders by using traditional "covert" hacker techniques. ManTrap actually sets up decoy data...

MOBILE DEVICES : netBook Brings New Connectivity to Road Warriors.
September 7, 1999... A. netBook Brings New Connectivity to Road Warriors (Psion Enterprise Computing) Getting your company mobile can be a headache. Full-size notebooks are a hassle to lug around, and the more convenient handhelds just don't have the guts...

E-MAIL : Your E-mail Will Self-Destruct in...
September 7, 1999... A. Your E-mail Will Self-Destruct in... (Strategic Internet Services, Inc.) Remember how Microsoft recently got caught out in court by old forgotten e-mails that still lurked in their systems? E-mail has a nasty way of sticking around...

EDUCATION : Java and Jini Training Get Webified.
September 7, 1999... A. Java and Jini Training Get Webified (Sun Microsystems) Getting your technical staff trained in the latest Web technologies can put big demands on both their time and your money. Sun - the creator of both Java and Jini - is now...

SERVICES : Off-Loading Old Assets Just Got Easier!
September 7, 1999... A. Off-Loading Old Assets Just Got Easier! (TradeOut.com) Getting rid of old equipment or trying to find a good second hand deal for high-end goods can be a complex and inefficient process. TradeOut.com has made this process a whole lot...

LEISURE.
September 7, 1999... Have you secretly identified with Albert Einstein for years, and not just because you have the same hair? Have you always suspected that you're a genius, but have never had the proof to show to your friends and family? Now you can with this...

Crisis Management: How to Handle a System Outage.
September 21, 1999... (UK Department of Trade and Industry Guide, and Information Week and The Industry Standard Articles) "A recent survey of Fortune 1000 network administrators revealed that over 69% said they could not suffer a network outage of 60...

Know Thy Enemy: Competitive Intelligence.
September 21, 1999... (A CIO.com Article, and Richard Combs Associates and Fuld & Company Web Sites) Competitive intelligence (CI) is the process of gathering and analyzing information about your competitors to help your company gain strategic advantage. But...

Hotmail Hack: Free E-Mail May Come At a High Price.
September 21, 1999... (CNN and ZDNet Articles) Microsoft shut down its Hotmail system for two hours on August 30th after hackers set up Web sites that allowed anybody to open Hotmail users' accounts without a password. Although the company fixed the design flaw...

European E-Commerce Set to Explode - Will You Be Ready?
September 21, 1999... (A Computerworld Article) Using the Internet to sell in Europe may not be on your CEO's radar yet, but it soon will be. IDC Europe, which sponsored a recent 1999 European IT Forum in Paris, estimates that e-commerce spending in Western...

Internet Protocol Security 101.
September 21, 1999... (Computerworld and InfoWorld Articles, and IPSec Developers Forum and ISCA Web Sites) The Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) is a suite of protocols that is quickly becoming the most popular standard for the protection of IP communications...

Universal Format Fuels Digital Wallet Push.
September 21, 1999... (Business2.0 and E-Commerce Times Articles) Christmas is just around the corner and getting your e-commerce site ready for standardized digital wallets is a good idea. The chorus of companies pushing digital wallets as a transaction option...

Mobile Wireless IP.
September 21, 1999... (A Data Communications Tech Tutorial) Wireless IP services will let mobile users tap into Web-based applications from anywhere, anytime. With the ever-increasing popularity of mobile gadgets such as mobile phones and PDAs, wireless IP looks...

NSA Key: Back Door to Every Windows System?
September 21, 1999... (Cryptonym Corporation and Microsoft Corporation Articles) "...in every copy of Windows sold, Microsoft may have installed a 'back door' for the National Security Agency (NSA)... making it orders of magnitude easier for the US...

How to Put a Stop to "Putting Out Fires".
September 21, 1999... (A SunWorld Article) You're looking over RFP responses from prospective consultants for your latest IT project, when a staffer pops in to tell you there's a failed router on your network. You fix that problem and finally get back to your...

Make Your Windows 98 Run Better: How To Get That 'Just Installed' Feel Again.
September 21, 1999... (Windows Magazine and PurePerformance.com Articles) Yes, there are a number of ways to save Windows 98 systems from performance degradation other than reinstalling the operating system from scratch. Windows Magazine's "Ten Ways To Make...

eWork.Com: Your Own Human Resources Department.
September 21, 1999... (A PC World Online Article) IT workers are in extremely high demand and become more difficult to find as the needs of today's information economy explode. eWork.com at http://www.ework.com offers you a set of powerful tools to staff your...

Getting Started With Web Security.
September 21, 1999... (An Axent Technologies Online Booklet) As Web servers become a more critical part of most businesses, securing your Web site cannot be treated as an afterthought. You need to make the development of a security policy a top priority in any...

Lizard Can Help with Test Install of Linux.
September 21, 1999... (Interactive Week and PC World Online Articles) Linux has a growing reputation for being a rock solid operating system. But before you can evaluate the abilities of this "free" OS you must first tackle the difficult task of Linux...

Free Courses From IBM: A Valuable Addition To Your Training Toolbox.
September 21, 1999... (IBM Learning Services and IBM PC Institute Web Sites) Two online courses from IBM offer you all the advantages of Web-based training: low cost (what can be cheaper than 'free'), convenience, and self-paced learning. * The IBM PC...

NETWORKING : Advanced Clustering Solution from Novell.
September 21, 1999... A. Advanced Clustering Solution from Novell (Novell, Inc.) After more than two years of struggling to bring the product to market, Novell has finally announced its clustering service for NetWare 5. NetWare administrators have received a...

NETWORKING : Sun Microsystems Introduces A Thinner Thin Client.
September 21, 1999... B. Sun Microsystems Introduces A Thinner Thin Client (Sun Microsystems) Sun Ray 1 is the latest thin-client network computing solution from Sun Microsystems. Sun says the desktop appliance unit will put the "power of the server" on the...

SERVERS : Telecaster Serves Up Personalized Voice Messages.
September 21, 1999... A. Telecaster Serves Up Personalized Voice Messages (MicroStrategy Inc.) Personalized service is a big factor in keeping customers happy as many Web-oriented companies have discovered. A new technology from MicroStrategy has run with...

PERIPHERALS : New Digital Photography Solutions Cutting PCs Out Of The Picture.
September 21, 1999... A. New Digital Photography Solutions Cutting PCs Out Of The Picture (Eastman Kodak Company, Lexmark International, Hewlett-Packard Company) The desktop computer coupled with digital cameras has been a boon for low cost digital...

SECURITY : Keep Track of Your Login Information with Password Manager.
September 21, 1999... A. Keep Track of Your Login Information with Password Manager (Celerity Consulting Services, Inc.) This simple program will help you manage countless login names and passwords you use to access various systems and services, not...

SERVICES : PCs Go Postal!
September 21, 1999... A. PCs Go Postal! (The United States Postal Service) Mailing just got a whole lot easier for small and medium sized companies. The US Postal Service has announced the nationwide availability of PC Postage, a new online stamp service....

SERVICES : One Click Access to Instant Reference Data.
September 21, 1999... B. One Click Access to Instant Reference Data (Guru International Inc.) A new free information utility promises one click instant access to a wide range of information on any word in any Microsoft Windows application. * Alt-Click...

LEISURE.
September 21, 1999... Have you ever looked for an easier way to feed your cat or lace your shoes? Check IBM Intellectual Property Network's Gallery of Obscure Patents at http://www.patents.ibm.com/gallery. Your lazy cat will be happy to use a feeding device that...