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TECHREPUBLIC NETNOTE E-NEWSLETTER for July 8, 2002

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WATCH THE SOFTWARE-SOURCING COMPETITION HEAT UP

SUN'S 'FREE' J2EE PLATFORM WILL PRESSURE COMPETITORS
Sun Microsystems will boost its software market position by embedding
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CHALLENGES AND FRUSTRATIONS OF A CIO IN INDIA
Though technology has saturated most countries, there are still various
nuances to IT management and leadership in different parts of the 
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as one CIO in India relates.
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TAKE CONTROL OF THE WINDOWS XP PAGEFILE
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HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR BEST EMPLOYEES?

Attrition is a natural process; losing your best employees because
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

OVERCOME RESISTANCE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS
For some IT consultants, a formal project management process is like a
religion. They can get frustrated working with IT pros who are
nonbelievers. Tom Mochal offers insight about how to identify and 
address
misconceptions about management methodologies.
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LEARN TO EXPLOIT WINXP'S DISK CLONING SUPPORT
Windows XP includes built-in support for disk cloning with a tool 
called
Sysprep, which was introduced in Windows 2000. Once you master this
tool, it can make your systems deployments run smoother than ever.
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TODAY AT TECHREPUBLIC

BUILDING A SECURITY RESPONSE TEAM
With security an ever-increasing concern, enterprises are building
security response teams to combat and solve problems. Learn who you 
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KEEP USERS FROM PUTTING SOFTWARE ON YOUR MACHINES
Users will be users. If you give them a fast machine that's loaded with
RAM, they'll be tempted to add their own software. Here's some advice
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SERIOUS VULNERABILITY IN OPENSSH REQUIRES A FIX
A recently discovered flaw in OpenSSH could allow an attacker to gain
root access to Linux/UNIX systems. Sort through the controversy 
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this flaw, and see what you may need to fix to secure your systems.
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