News Archive 2002 - 2003

General

FAQShop Teams Up with DudeWorks To Offer Great SMS Tools [30/12/03]
We're delighted to announce that you can now buy DudeWorks tools through the FAQShop eStore.
 

FAQShop Featured in Mitch Mitch Tulloch's techBLOG [23/10/03]
Mitch is a well respected IT Professional and author who has written several books (he knows his stuff), contributes to several leading IT magazines amongst other activities.  So we were honoured to be mentioned in his techBLOG.  We're hoping to be able to feature Mitch's books on the Bookstore in the not too distant future complete with reviews - watch this space.
 

Network World: Patch management burdens customers [29/7/03]
This thankless task monopolizes large chunks of IT staff time, in spite of a growing array of products and services that can track machines that need patches and automate patch downloads from vendor sites…
 

FAQShop Featured in the myITforum Daily News 3rd July 2003 [16/7/03]
We were delighted to be mentioned in this newsletter.  For those of you not aware of myITforum and the great resources it has to offer it's well worth paying a visit...
 

Network World: Management standards: Keeping an open mind [1/7/03]
Customer demand for open software is driving countless vendors, such as HP, IBM and Microsoft, to work more closely with industry organizations to develop common protocols, languages and industry standards for network and systems management...
 

FAQShop.com's Creator Becomes SearchNetworking.com's Systems Management Expert [25/6/03]
I was very honoured to be approached by SearchNetworking.com to become a member of their 'Ask the Experts' panel.  Check out this site and what the other experts on this panel have to offer...
 

Network World: HP to Refresh Management Software [17/6/03]
HP this week will unveil more than 30 new and upgraded management products that the company says will further its recently aired vision for utility computing, dubbed the Adaptive Enterprise...
 

Network World: Wyse bulks up desktop management package [16/6/03]
The product, called Alcatraz, lets users turn PCs into thin clients and gives them a centralized way to manage those PCs...
 

Three phases for patch management -- WorldCom style [9/6/03]
When Nimda gave WorldCom a call in 2001, the company developed a patch management strategy -- no easy task for a firm with 28,800 Windows workstations and 1,200 Windows servers...

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ZDNet UK News: Palyh worm hits the UK [20/5/03]
We warned people a while back about opening emails claiming to be from Microsoft that contained attachments in our Beware of Emails Claiming to be from Microsoft that Contain Attachments..!! article.  But it seems not everyone has got the message as the latest email worm known as Palyh is having a whale of a time in the UK...

TechRepublic: Download the 10 Commandments for Building the Ideal IT Infrastructure [10/4/03
Is your IT infrastructure built for success? After studying more than 200 Fortune 500 companies, a seasoned IT infrastructure consultant shares 10 guidelines for doing it right. This list includes focusing on mission-critical systems and the customer. Download these guidelines today...

Slammer may not feed on Microsoft alone [31/1/03]
Microsoft isn't the only company smarting from Slammer. More than 30 products use SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Desktop Edition (MSDE) 2000 software...

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TechRepublic: Invest in Enterprise Management Solutions in 2003 [21/1/03]
Despite sparse IT funding, Gartner believes 2003 will offer special opportunities for enterprises to invest intellectually and monetarily in enterprise management technologies. Gartner's Raymond Paquet discusses how this will result in lower costs and improved service levels...
 

Network World: CERT warns of DHCP vulnerabilities [17/1/03]
Several potentially serious security flaws exist in the Internet Software Consortium's Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol software, which is shipped as part of several operating systems, the CERT Coordination Center warned Thursday...

CERT advisory:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-01.html
 

TechTarget: Remote Management Shrinks Globe [14/1/03]
Stand-alone remote Windows management tools save IT pros hours of labor and their bosses thousands of dollars in travel bills. Convenient and efficient, yes, but there is one caveat -- you could lose out on a free trip to a cool place. Three pros tell us what software they use and why. And you'll realize that pcAnywhere is not as ubiquitous as it used to be...

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Network World: Clash of the server Titans [23/12/02]
IBM, HP and Sun are sparring over strategies for building self-healing, self-managing server networks...
 

Network World: Net Management Software: Rip and Replace? [9/12/02]
The decision whether to keep or dump a management system is complicated, especially if the system has been highly customized or features agents distributed across hundreds or even thousands of devices...