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March
2006
More on the benefits of more and bigger monitors:
"...our research shows that productivity gains for standard tasks, window management, office, switching between documents, you can get productivity gains with multi-monitor anywhere from 20 to 50 percent..." 1
-David Williams at Microsoft
Matrox dual head adapter: www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/dh2go/home.cfm
ATI Dual monitor video card for business: www.ati.com/products/workstation.html
Antispam solutions: Be sure your email address does not appear on your web site. Over 95% of spam comes from web site email harvesting. If you have an Exchange email server (Included in small business server), be sure to install SP2, which includes enhanced spam filtering which is quite good.
Earlier this month GFI launched GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 12. GFI is the leading Software antispam solution for servers. www.gfi.com
An Innovative new approach to spam filtering uses the source of the email rather than the content. It is a standalone hardware box that filters incoming email before it reaches your mail server. Price is about $1000. http://tyrnstone.com/emailfilter.asp
Google desktop search across computers creates some privacy concerns
www.systemsmanagementpipeline.com/trends/180205388
Microsoft Antispyware is now Windows Defender Beta. Pattern files (used to recognize spyware code) are now delivered using windows update. www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Review and features: www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windefender_beta2.asp
Microsoft Windows Server Release 2 and Small Business Server Release 2 are new products, considered an upgrade. They include all service packs to date, plus new functionality. Purchase the new version if you are buying a new server. If you have purchased software assurance, it is free. The upgrade is probably not worth the cost for existing servers. www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/r2/default.mspx
Add in tool rates sites for browsing safety. Many sites are now sources of infection just by visiting them. Use with common sense – downloading cute toolbars and utilities will still get you into trouble. www.siteadvisor.com
Dangers of not installing February Windows updates: www.wxpnews.com/8856W3/060228-Hackers
Tim Torian
Torian, Group, Inc.
http://www.toriangroup.com