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March 13, 2001

Laura Chappell at BrainShare 2001
Laura Chappell has graciously consented to present a special class just for our NUI members attending BrainShare. Troubleshooting at the Packet-Level will be presented Tuesday, March 20th at 5:00 pm in the NUI Labs. This presentation will also be webcast Thursday, March 22nd. In this special session designed exclusively for Novell Users International, Laura Chappell discusses what she looks for when analyzing network communications and what surprises her. From IPv4 and switched network analysis to IPv6 and 802.11b wireless analysis, Ms. Chappell will cover the spectrum on analysis tasks, solutions and tools --- you'll get a 'heads up' on areas to study and prepare for as the world of TCP/IP communication matures. It's a whirlwind of technology and packets!

June 16, 2000

NUI Webcast HUGE Success.....Too Huge
The June 12th NUI webcast that featured Novell's Director of Comparative Analysis, Dave Eckert, presenting his recent BrainShare presentation "NetWare 5.1 vs. Windows 2000" was a huge success. In fact, so many NUI members attempted to log on that the Sun server's memory was overwhelmed and the system had to lock out a number of members. We apologize to those of you that set your schedules for this event and then were denied access. The archived webcast can be accessed through the NUI homepage at http://www.nuinet.com.

NUI Hands On Training (HOT) Lab Hits The Road
Following the great response our hands on training received at BrainShare 2000, we have made arrangements to take the show on the road. Currently, 41 US and Canadian cities will host the tour. Curriculum has been developed for four topics: NetWare 5.1 Upgrade; Troubleshooting TCP/IP; Novell NDS for Linux; and Novell Small Business Suite. Each six-hour lab is an intensive hands-on experience. Labs are not lecture based. For complete details visit http://www.nuihotlabs.org.

Check out the flyer!

Opportunity To Try Out New Cutting-Edge Vocalis Technology
Novell partner Vocalis has a new technology they would like some feedback on. If you currently use a POP 3 mail server for email, this technology allows you to receive email from anywhere via the telephone. This program is open to the first 300 qualified respondents and will give each participant unlimited usage for thirty days. Respondents will need to answer one survey before and one survey after the test period. If you are interested, email Tim Daines at tdaines@novell.com.

Novell Prepares to Launch New Website
In the next few days Novell is launching its new web site. The new novell.com was designed to simplify and accelerate Novell's eBusiness transformation and provide an enhanced user experience and new web services. The new novell.com includes:

• portals designed for specific markets and customers
• streamlined design and navigation that makes it easier and quicker to find information
• next generation architecture to deliver new web services such as expanded commerce and support frameworks.

May 26, 2000

New member discount available at NetWarefiles.com
Bill Dwyer, the SNENUG President East Providence Rhode Island, has negotiated a discount for all NUI members with NetWarefiles.com. To receive the discount, go to www.Netwarefiles.com. On the bottom of the order page, enter "NUI MEMBER" in the "suggestions feedback" section. NetWarefiles will automatically give NUI members the discount.

May 5, 2000

NetAnalysis Discounts
NetAnalysis offers NUI members a 20% discount on ALL of their products (except the ones they resell - the Active Directory tshirt is the only resold item at this time) purchased through podbooks.com.

By including the code 'NUI0499' in their order, NUI members will automatically receive 20% off when the order is charged. NOTE: The receipt will show the full amount, but a 'Discount Confirmation' email showing the actual charge will be sent to within 48 hours of the order.

If anyone has any questions/concerns/suggestions, please contact Laura Chappell lchappell@netanalysis.org or Brenda Krup bkrup@podbooks.com (voice:408/378-7841 fax:408/378-7891).

NetAnalysis has many exciting analysis videos and books coming up. Advanced Network Analysis Techniques will be out soon. Laura is always interested in your ideas/thoughts on what to study/document.

Amazon.com now carries hardcopy of all titles written by Laura Chappell for podbooks.com. Each of Laura's podbooks are now stocked in Amazon's warehouse -- most orders ship within 24 hours.

Apr. 27, 2000

Advanced Technical Training: eDirectory Seminar
Novell and PowerNet Presents have announced the launch of a 2-day eDirectory Seminar. This seminar will be taught by industry expert (and NUI favorite son) Gary Porter and is the MUST ATTEND event of the year. This seminar will only be offered for a limited time and in limited locations around North America. To find out more click on the URL below. Remember that seats are filling fast and time is running out. Check it out NOW at https://www.wes-scs.com/edirectory.

To Receive a 25% NUI Discount on this seminar You Must Register Via Phone at (800) 228-7613.

Contest!!! Contest!!! Contest!!! Contest!!!
We are looking for the longest continuous-running commercial (sorry, no home labs!) Novell box out there. Do you think your shop, or one you know of, might have the one? Let us know and you could win a Palm Pilot PDA! The first TEN respondents will receive NUI Mini Leatherman tools. Send your entries to Curtis Dye at cjdye@novell.com.

Coming Up...

NUI/Novell Education Career Resource Center
June 1st is the scheduled launch date for the new Career Resource Center, which will be co-hosted by NUI and Novell Education. This resource promises to be state-of-the-art with powerful web tools such as metacrawls to every major IT job board, forums and extensive online links.

NUI Webcast
In early June (date and time TBA) Dave Eckert of Novell's Product Group will present NetWare 5.1 vs. Windows 2000. This comparison presentation was one of the hottest at BrainShare 2000. Look for further details in the next update letter.

Check out the flyer!

Apr. 18, 2000

BrainShare on Tour - Discounts Available for NUI Members
NUI members are eligable for a discounted admission to BrainShare on Tour events. Members have the opportunity to receive a $50.00 discount off the regular $299.00 admission.

To receive the $249.00 discounted price:

1. Attendees should first go to the registration site at www.wes-scs.com/bsot/regcity.asp.
2. Next they should choose the city they wish to attend and hit 'continue'.
3. Next they'll enter their first name and last name AND, in order to get the discount, enter BSOT249 in the Access Code field. This will give them a $50.00 discount off the price, so their cost is $249.00.
4. They'll need to pay with a credit card number.

Feb. 8, 2000

NUI Partners with NetVision to Deliver No Cost 30-Day Trial Copy of NDS Security Software to Its Members
At NUI we are committed to helping you stay abreast of the ever-changing problems, solutions, and technologies that affect your profession. No topic is currently hotter or more relevant in the networking world than SECURITY. We have heard from many members who are especially concerned with the unique security issues associated with NDS. To help address this critical issue we have partnered with NetVision, Inc., which is offering a no cost, fully functional, 30-day trial copy of their industry-leading DirectoryAlert to any NUI member that visits their website at www.netvision.com.

Did you know that, according to the Computer Security Institute in their latest CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey (http://www.gocsi.com), unauthorized network access by insiders rose for the third straight year and that 55% of respondents reported incidents? This raises serious questions for networking professionals such as, "Can you be alerted to malicious attacks on NDS user/group/container and other objects?" and, "Is it possible to know, in real-time, who changed an NDS object, when it was changed and what, exactly, changed?"

NetVision's DirectoryAlert is the only real-time product that monitors each and every NDS object for changes, thereby helping alert when suspicious and malicious activity is occurring. For example, a high-level user object like ADMIN can be monitored in real time to see when a change is made to any ADMIN object attributes. Not only that, but DirectoryAlert reports on who the perpetrator was, when a change occurred and what changed. Whenever any object is created, deleted, moved or modified DirectoryAlert can alert by email or pager and report into any ODBC, CSV, LDIF, TXT or XML database. Visit NetVision at www.netvision.com to obtain a fully functional trial copy of DirectoryAlert now.

**Remember to share the wealth with your fellow members by sending us your favorite technical resource links. You could win a Novell Self Study Kit for your efforts!