Summary
Product Information
Windows 2000 supports convergence, extensive management, broadband remote access and other services, making it all the more important for communications managers to involve themselves in the enterprise OS upgrade. Windows 2000 is more than an operating system; it is central to Microsoft's entire enterprise strategy and places a heavy emphasis on networked e-commerce, resulting in a heavier burden on many IT disciplines. Features include native support for IPsec, QoS controls, and other mechanisms that will affect how virtually every application behaves on the network. Its biggest enhancement is Active Directory, which will require IT departments to entirely rethink how they manage their environments. No networking manager can afford to be 'blindsided' by a W2K migration, and ideally communications staff should be on the evaluation and planning team. W2K represents one of the biggest milestones in the dissolution of boundaries between local and networked systems.See the full content of this document
Extract
The W2K problem.
Yes, what you don't know about Microsoft's Net OS can hurt you.
Convergence, managed services, broadband remote access. The last thing today's communications managers need to do is get involved with an enterprise OS decision, right? Wrong. Windows 2000 is more than...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
