Opinion


The End of IT as We Know It

Seems this club for the IT elite is getting crowded. So, how will you define your uniqueness?

Under the Surface of Internetworking

Dig deep beneath the surface of your network to understand frames, addressing, and multicast vs. unicast. You’ll be a better engineer for it.

Getting Along with Difficult People

You’re bound to encounter them at some point in your career. Here are some survival tips for dealing with the tough ones in a professional manner.

Business Pain

It's evident that IT is shifting away from product- and technology-based solutions and toward business-focused solutions. What's your role in all of this?

A Commitment to Interoperability

Microsoft is dedicated to easing the challenges of supporting enterprises with mixed technologies.

Merry OS, Charlie Brown?

Hold your horses. Linux isn't an NT killer just yet.

Mix It Up: Security in an NT/Unix Enterprise

Gaining file accessibility in an integrated environment doesn’t mean you give up authentication, permissions, or accountability. These products and approaches make it happen.

Geeks with Guns

Knowing how secure the most secure operations are—and what products those organizations use to achieve it—can help you establish your own criteria.

Trial by Ordeal

What will the Microsoft trial mean to those whose livelihoods depend on Microsoft products?

Managing with Profiles and Policies

Are your users out of control? Try using profiles and system policies to manipulate the Windows NT Registry and regain control of your network.

Certifiable Winners

Investing in certification is a winning business proposition for employees, prospective clients, and companies as a whole.

Does Your Company Rate?

Many more companies are beginning to understand what it takes to develop and retain skilled IT workers.

Separated at Birth? MCSE and MBA

Beyond the obvious differences, these two designations have uncanny similarities. Harry ponders the MCSE vs. MBA question and asks, “Why not get both?”

Safe Messaging with Exchange

You know in the back of your mind that not every message you send or receive is absolutely safe. Isn’t it time you figured out how to protect your enterprise e-mail system?

Delay Away

Perhaps the delay of Windows 2000 is not such a bad thing, after all.

Secrets of Successful Help Desks

As eyes are the windows of the soul, so help desks are the windows of IS. Here’s how to keep your help desk in top condition.

Get Ready for SQL Server 7.0

Prove your credentials with the new MCDBA premium title.

Y2K: Setting the Standard for Care

As a developer, do you understand the legal meaning behind this concept? If you don't, it simply means you haven't been sued yet.

System Policies and the Windows NT Registry

Before building system policies within Windows NT—especially if you’re going to migrate to Windows 2000—you must first understand the Registry’s structure and how it can be modified.

Good Gravy!

While the din of giggles following the NT 5.0 name change distracts everyone, Em remembers to ask, "Where's the product?"