Saturday, September 13, 2003

Evaluate Appsense And Win A IPAQ h5555

Simply register, evaluate and tell them what you think of their software to be entered into a new monthly prize drawing to win a HP IPAQ h5555. (Appsense is one of our sponsors)

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Friday, September 12, 2003

DCOM Issues After The Latest MS Patch

GRC.com has a great solution to the DCOM virus problem. Check out DCOMbobulator.

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Companies are asking for too many skills in new hires

Members say companies are asking for too many skills in new hires - TechRepublic

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Grid project has eyes for the future | CNET News.com

Grid project has eyes for the future | CNET News.com

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Will Terminal Services Kill Citrix

Brian Madden has an interesting overview of the Bear Paw Saga and what Microsoft was not supposed to say about the next version of Terminal Services. Also check out what Citrix had to say about it.

My personal take on this is that it would not take Microsoft much effort to take 80% of what Citrix adds and just incorporate that into Terminal Services. However, I have every indication that Citrix is not standing still and is two steps ahead of Microsoft.

Discuss Terminal Services vs. Citrix

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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Free Stuff That Makes Surfing Safer

Patrick Norton over at The Screen Savers lists several free tools to make being connected to the Internet safer. I use just about everyone of these tools today except for the free virus software.

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Trend Micro Offers HTTP Virus-Scanning Tool

Look for every other Virus scanning software company to release a ton of new features and offerings in the coming weeks. Trend Micro Offers HTTP Virus-Scanning Tool

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Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Flaws, Flaws & More Windows Flaws

Three more flaws in the Windows OS were released today. (link). Update ASAP so you can avoid another Blaster like outbreak.

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Blogger Pro To Be Free

Blogger bucks premium-services trend according to CNET.

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Misconceptions About Usability

Jakob Nielson does a great job of outlining what usability can do for you. Check out his latest "alert" on the Misconceptions About Usability. I include links to articles like this because I think it is important to think about usability when designing information systems and how applications are delivered to users.

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Tuesday, September 09, 2003

Win2K SP4 & Citrix Logon Delays

Windows & >NET Magazine has an article about Major Citrix Logon Delays on SP4 Systems and A Terminal Services Shared File Bug Fix.

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Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager

Who is buying MetaFrame Secure Access Manager (MSAM)? Just curious what everything thinks. It is a solid product with a ton of easy to deploy features, but is anyone buying it?

Discuss MSAM is our forums

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Redmond Readies Update to Windows Update

Microsoft Watch has a post on what Microsoft is doing to enhance the Windows Update process.

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Monday, September 08, 2003

261 music file swappers sued

CNN.com: Amnesty program unveiled - Sep. 8, 2003

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Novell Takes on the Market Leader in Single Sign-On

Novell enhances their single sign-on product and gives the competition a run for their money. There is also full support for Citrix/terminal servers.

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IForum Sponsor Report

Emergent Online will be at Iforum again this year talking about their THINssentials™ Suite For Server-Based Computing.

I really like their AppPortal and Universal Printer 3.x products. Check them out online or at Iforum.

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Great Server-Based Computing Site

Cláudio Rodrigues has a great site over at terminal-services.net. Not only does he have a great Terminal Services community, but he offers some killer products that enhance Terminal Services.

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Sunday, September 07, 2003

SoBig Not Gone Yet

Another variant is expected right after the current virus expires. Eweek has a nice overview.

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