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NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS
on NOVELL NETWARE 10/16/01 - Today's focus: Gadgets a go-go Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * Useful utilities at Gadget Factory * Links related to Novell NetWare * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by Novell With NetWare 6, your network is just a browser away. You've read all the great reviews about how you can access your file, print and other storage resources from any browser anywhere with NetWare6. To get updated product information and downloads, visit http://nww1.com/go/3421906a.html _______________________________________________________________ SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK? Give us your opinion on 5 different banner advertisements and enter to win $500! Take the Banner Concepts survey at http://www.rresults.com/bannerconcept/index.cgi _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Gadgets a go-go By Dave Kearns We've talked about helpful tools and utilities lately, and a number of readers drew my attention to The Gadget Factory. Now, maybe I'm the last person in the world to have heard of it - but if it is new to you too, then you need to check it out as soon as you can. The Gadget Factory (http://www.gadgetfactory.com) is an Australian operation that produces shareware network utilities for both NetWare- and Windows-based networks. All of the Factory's products are available as evaluation copies, which can be turned into full versions by registration (and paying a small fee, typically US$20 or $25 for a single-user version). As I mentioned in last week's "Useful utilities" newsletter, I really like tools that do one thing and do it well. Gadget Factory has a number of tools that fit that description. I really like tools that do one thing and do it well (see: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/2001/01047621.html). One good example is DSpace. DSpace lets network managers find disk space usage problems quickly and easily. In a NetWare 3.x environment, DSpace will list all the users in the Bindery, along with how much space they are using, while in an Novell Directory Services tree you can select any part of the tree and DSpace will report all the users from that point down. DSpace can be used on NetWare 5.x NSS volumes, as well as traditional volumes. The Factory's latest utility is NWEXPLORE, a Windows Explorer style program designed to provide specific NetWare information quickly and easily. It can display the total size of directories without having to count each file and subdirectory. Trustee assignments can be quickly and easily viewed, granted and adjusted. Directory quotas also can be viewed and modified. There are a half dozen other utilities that are useful to at least some of you - such as WhoHasIt, which quickly shows you which users have a particular file open. Check out the entire collection. Download the evaluations and try them on your network - I'll bet there's at least one you'll want to buy. News flash: In a Novell NetWare newsletter that was sent earlier this month and headlined "Is NetWare safe from would- be hackers?" we discussed how NetWare could be open to attacks. In this week's issue of Network World, senior editor Deni Connor, delves deeper into this subject and details the best practices for securing your network. You can read her article at http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/126214_10-15-2001.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact Dave Kearns: Dave Kearns is the Word Wrangler for Virtual Quill, a writing agency serving the computer and networking industries. If your target customer doesn't know your product, doesn't know its uses and doesn't know he needs it, he's not going to buy it. From books to reviews, marketing to manuals, VQ can help you and your business. Virtual Quill - "words to sell by..." Find out more at: http://www.vquill.com/, or by e-mail at mailto:info@vquill.com. _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Beta testers give Novell's NetWare 6 positive marks Network World, 10/15/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/126256_10-15-2001.html Breaking Novell and NetWare news, updated daily: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/financial/novell.html Archive of the Novell NetWare newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/index.html ______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Audio Primers Are you behind on the basics of technologies such as ATM, IP Multicast and VPNs? Check out our library of audio primers - quick explanations of networking topics and technologies, including IPv6, SANs and DSL vs. cable. These less-than-10- minute primers will not only explain how these technologies work, but they'll also show you through slides and diagrams. http://www.nwfusion.com/primers/index.html _______________________________________________________________ May We Send You a Free Print Subscription? You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered at your fingertips each day. Now, extend your knowledge by receiving 51 FREE issues to our print publication. 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