IT Management
eWeek, 8/30/04: SP2 May Spell Trouble for Agentless Patching
By Cameron Sturdevant
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Service Pack 2 has thrown patch management vendors into a tizzy. IT managers should be interested because, in an ironic twist, SP2 will likely make it harder to keep desktops and laptops up-to-date with the latest patches.
The chief cause of the patching dilemma is the new Windows Firewall, which will be installed by default when desktop and laptop systems get SP2 through Microsoft's widely used update mechanisms. eWEEK Labs advises IT managers to factor Windows Firewall into their patch management best practices to avoid a patch meltdown—possibly one along the lines of the trouble expected with Y2K.
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The Wall Street Journal, 9/8/04: To-Do Lists Can Take More Time Than Doing, But That Isn't the Point
For John David Herman, to-do lists are an effort to alleviate clutter in his brain. For years, the telecommunications-brokerage founder used thousands of 3-inch-by-5-inch index cards to manage everything he had to do and when he had to do it. All of this took an immense amount of time, particularly because it often involved copying information from business cards.
His system also had imperfections. Sometimes he would lose track of a card or, worse, lose it altogether. "Then you have to reinvent the wheel," he says. "I can't tell you how many times in 25 years that happens."
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