Windows Server security services - many would like you to think that's an oxymoron. But there's no question that Windows Server 2003 will be the most secure operating system ever to come out of Redmond.
A couple of weeks ago, <i>Network World Fusion</i> reported that Microsoft Corp. will release an add-on security package for Windows Server 2003 that will implement rights management policies for corporate documents.
The upcoming release of NetWare 6.5 will introduce a new group concept - "virtual teams."
I know you all followed my advice and gotten your copy of the Windows Server 2003 (Win2K3)Customer Preview and that you've set up your testing lab and begun to put the new operating system through its paces.
Instant Messaging is one of those technologies that most network executives are trying to weed out of their network. IM is considered a major time-waster by most businesses.
Novell last month reported its financials for its fourth fiscal quarter, as well as for fiscal year 2002 and the news was generally good.
Recently I've talked about moving to the next Windows server operating system, which will probably be called "Microsoft Windows .Net Server 2003." Let's shorten that to Win2K3 so we don't spend all day trying to get the words out. Today, I want to talk a little what migration to Win2K3 will mean to the desktop operating system your users are using.
A few weeks ago, I suggested you get started outfitting your test lab for the upcoming release of .Net Server - the successor to Windows 2000 Server (see below for a link to that newsletter). Microsoft is now making the pre-release software available so you can begin your lab testing.
Recently, Novell announced it is joining the Liberty Alliance project, the organization initiated by Sun as a counterweight to the since discontinued "Hailstorm" initiative from Microsoft. The Liberty Alliance project is initially designed to allow a single sign-on solution for affiliated Web sites as part of a future design encompassing most aspects of the "Web services" technologies.
If there's one thing attendees should have taken away from last week's Catalyst conference, it's the notion that XML is not the magic bullet for identity management, Web services or any other technology initiative.
Last time, I outlined the reasons presented by Calendra Chief Marketing Officer Gregoire Michel for good management applications for directories. While most directory vendors do provide management utilities, services and applications for their own products few deal with management of an enterprise's entire identity management infrastructure.
Lately I have been ranting about Novell's "lost" applications, technologies and services and notes from you, faithful readers, have reminded me about other initiatives that even I had forgotten.
There's been a lot of press lately about Lindows, a new operating system that purports to run both Linux and Windows applications. Much of the press ink is devoted to a lawsuit from Microsoft Corp. alleging trademark infringement. When will Microsoft learn that being in the courtroom is not in its best interest? In the courtroom, Microsoft's record is worse than the Carolina Panthers - and they've lost 15 in a row!
Before getting into why you shouldn't upgrade to Windows XP, let me start by mentioning those who should do so. Anyone still using Windows 95 or 98 should upgrade. Anyone using an older, 16-bit Microsoft Corp. operating system (DOS or Windows 3.X) should buy new computers and upgrade. And anyone masochistic enough to be attempting to use Windows Millennium Edition on a business desktop should immediately upgrade.
I recently received e-mail from a new software company inviting me to visit them at NetWorld+Interop 2000 in Atlanta to see a demonstration of its new product, described as "a first-of-its kind software that combines Internet filtering and ad blocking to save an additional 10 percent of network bandwidth."