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Jerry Cochran

Jerry Cochran is a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro and a senior security strategist with the Trustworthy Computing Strategies team at Microsoft. He is also the author of Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2003 (Digital Press).
Email: jerryco@microsoft.com

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10 Network Security Assessment Tools You Can’t Live Without

By Jerry Cochran, 09/27/2005

Hackers use these free utilities all the time, so you better be using them too.

Interact and Win a Windows IT Pro T-Shirt

By Jerry Cochran, 09/22/2005

Tell us about the most surprising thing you learned when assessing the security of your network. We'll send a T-shirt to the reader whose surprising finding surprises us the most.

Fine-Tune Your Backup Strategy

By Jerry Cochran, 07/27/2004

If you haven't examined your strategy for a while, now's the time to take a fresh look at how your organization protects its data.

Storage I/O Made Better with Windows Server 2003 Storport

By Jerry Cochran, 04/05/2004

Storport overcomes SCSIport's architectural limitations and will take Windows applications to the next level of storage performance and functionality.

The Magic of Mount Points

By Jerry Cochran, 03/30/2004

Mount points are useful tools that overcome drive-letter limitations and simplify directory navigation of your storage systems.

Storage Replication for Windows: Still Waiting for the Mainstream

By Jerry Cochran, 03/22/2004

A lack of OS and application support is among the reasons that storage replication hasn't become a mainstream technology in Windows data centers. But Microsoft is making headway ...

Storage Utilities: All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

By Jerry Cochran, 03/08/2004

Only after fundamental cultural changes take place in IT and the organization can line of business applications be successfully hosted on a storage utility.

Windows Embraces iSCSI Storage

By Jerry Cochran, 02/24/2004

What is iSCSI and what does the IP-based standard mean for you?

SRM for Windows?

By Jerry Cochran, 02/23/2004

We might not reach Storage Resource Management (SRM) nirvana (whether we're talking about Windows or another OS) for a while, but it never hurts to dream.

What's the Big Deal with Windows and iSCSI?

By Jerry Cochran, 02/02/2004

ISCSI enables block-mode data transfer over "cheapnet," which is the key to allowing I/O-hungry Windows Server applications to use network-based storage.

Why Windows Administrators Should Care About MPIO

By Jerry Cochran, 01/12/2004

Microsoft's MPIO plus vendor-supplied device-specific modules yields a robust, vendor-independent framework for multipath I/O.

Supercharging Windows File Services

By Jerry Cochran, 08/27/2003

The combination of IntelliMirror, Remote Storage Service, and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service technologies gives users and administrators world-class file-sharing ...

Exchange Server 2003 and VSS

By Jerry Cochran, 06/24/2003

Discover how VSS running on Windows 2003 can improve Exchange 2003 system availability.

Virtually Confused About Storage?

By Jerry Cochran, 04/22/2003

Storage virtualization can be complex. Windows 2003's new Virtual Disk Service makes the process much simpler.

Remote Storage Service

By Jerry Cochran, 01/27/2003

Evaluate remote storage technology and its potential for your organization.

Choosing Basic vs. Dynamic Disk Storage for Windows Servers

By Jerry Cochran, 11/25/2002

Learn the differences between basic and dynamic disk storage and how your decision will affect your servers.

Windows sans SANs

By Jerry Cochran, 09/30/2002

Find out how Microsoft has begun maximizing the value that technologies such as Storage Area Networks (SANs) bring to the Windows environment.

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow ...

By Jerry Cochran, 08/30/2002

Jerry Cochran bids readers farewell and looks back at 3 years of Exchange & Outlook

Moving to Exchange 2000 Native Mode

By Jerry Cochran, 08/23/2002

Be sure you understand the implications of making the switch to native mode.

Microsoft's "Security Operations Guide for Exchange 2000 Server"

By Jerry Cochran, 08/16/2002

Jerry Cochran reviews Microsoft's new Exchange 2000 Server security guide.



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