Until we meet again

Windows Networking Strategies This newsletter is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Get more out of your IT dollar Business Services Management lets you get more out of your IT investments by aligning business goals and your core infrastructure. Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix and IDC Research Manager Stephen Elliot examine BSM's benefits and how enterprises are starting to take advantage of this strategy. Attend now! Network World's Windows Networking Strategies Newsletter, 08/08/07 Until we meet again By Dave Kearns It was just over nine years ago that Network World began publishing e-mail newsletters, and one of the first was called “Network World Fusion Focus on Windows NT,” the predecessor of the “Windows Networking Strategies” newsletter you're reading right now. The last in its line, I’m afraid. Many of the topics I’ve covered in this newsletter, though, will continue to be discussed in my “Identity Management” newsletter (Active Directory, Identity Lifecycle Manager, Federation Services, CardSpace and more) which you can subscribe to - go ahead, sign up now, I’ll wait. <waiting> Okay, now that you’ve ensured my deathless prose will continue to grace your inbox, let me just thank you for paying attention all these years as I’ve gabled on about whether (or not) to do the latest upgrade, how to treat your users (and your bosses) and what’s the latest in management software for your servers. We’ve gone from Windows NT through Windows 2000 right up almost to the advent of Windows Server 2008. We might have waited for that release, but knowing Microsoft it could still be put off a year or two and the economics of newsletter publishing just wouldn’t let us wait. Network World Buyers Guides Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. With seven categories - security, storage, convergence and VoIP, network infrastructure, network applications, wireless and LAN/WAN management - you can quickly pinpoint the hardware or software you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best purchase decisions for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyers Guides now. I won’t say good-bye, just au revoir until we meet again. And I’ll leave you with the words of Frank Sinatra (and Elvis Presley, Paul Anka, John Cleese, Simon Cowell, Sid Vicious, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Luciano Pavarotti, Robin Williams and just about everyone doing a “farewell” tour!): “Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention. I did, what I had to do, and saw it through, without exemption. I planned, each charted course, each careful step, along the byway, and more, much more than this, I did it my way. “Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew, When I bit off, more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up, and spit it out. I faced it all, and I stood tall, and did it my way.” May your servers always stay up. Editor's note: Starting the week of Aug. 13, you will begin receiving the Microsoft News Alert newsletter, which mails every Tuesday and Thursday. We thank you for supporting Network World newsletters.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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Contact the author: Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill. Kearns is the author of two Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Strategies, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: windows@vquill.com, identity@vquill.com . Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail. This newsletter is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Get more out of your IT dollar Business Services Management lets you get more out of your IT investments by aligning business goals and your core infrastructure. Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix and IDC Research Manager Stephen Elliot examine BSM's benefits and how enterprises are starting to take advantage of this strategy. Attend now! ARCHIVE Archive of the Windows Networking Strategies Newsletter. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007