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- Industry Articles: Are Cisco Certifications Worthwhile?
- Industry Articles: How to Handle Confrontation, Part 2
- Industry Articles: The Perils of 24/7
- Tutorials: ATM Pocket Guide
- Tutorials: How Operating Systems Work
- White Papers: The Top-10 Benefits of USB Device Connectivity
- White Papers: Unified Threat Management (UTM) for Small Business
Networks
- White Papers: SAS: The Path to Maximum SATA Scalability
- White Papers: Today's IT Security Issues: Minimize risk and Improve ROI
- Job Center: Systems Analyst/Programmer Needed
- Job Center: Information Services Supervisor Needed
- Job Center: Sr. IT Engineer - Cognos Needed
- Job Center: (2 additional postings)
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Apple goes Intel
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Digital Forensics Of Physical Memory Under Linux
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Open Source vs. Commercial NMS Cont'd.
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (2 additional blogs)
- News: The Un-Carly Unveils His Plan
- News: Microsoft Said to Train Bangladesh Youths
- News: Yahoo! Buys Internet Phone Provider
- News: (7 additional headlines)
- Featured Discussion Group: NETGEAR-L (1 message)
- Books: Sniffer Pro Network Optimization and Troubleshooting Handbook
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ARE CISCO CERTIFICATIONS WORTHWHILE?
by Cram Session
This article discusses the current Cisco career certifications, and
whether or not they are still valuable.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4935
HOW TO HANDLE CONFRONTATION, PART 2
by Joe Santana
As IT attempts to better align itself with the business, confrontation
is unavoidable. Here are six steps that can make handling these touchy
situations easier.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4932
THE PERILS OF 24/7
by Jim Buttjer
So you want no downtime? Do you really know what that demands?
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4931
**** TUTORIALS ****
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ATM POCKET GUIDE
by Stephan Schultz
This Pocket Guide is intended to give you an introduction to the
basics of ATM and then to give some details on various measurement
methods.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4937
HOW OPERATING SYSTEMS WORK
by Dave Coustan and Curt Franklin
The purpose of an operating system is to organize and control hardware
and software so that the device it lives in behaves in a flexible but
predictable way. In this article, we'll tell you what a piece of
software must do to be called an operating system, show you how the
operating system in your desktop computer works and give you some
examples of how to take control of the other operating systems around
you.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4933
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
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THE TOP-10 BENEFITS OF USB DEVICE CONNECTIVITY
by Silex Technology America
In this article, Silex takes a look at the Top-10 ways businesses,
government agencies, homeowners, resellers, and system integrators can
utilize USB device servers to connect USB devices directly to a
network.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4934
UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT (UTM) FOR SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKS
by Atchison Frazer, ServGate
Small businesses must add unified threat management (UTM) devices that
provide defense-in-depth and multi-layered protection to existing
network topologies and augment conventional defenses such as desktop
antivirus software.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4930
SAS: THE PATH TO MAXIMUM SATA SCALABILITY
by LSI Logic and Seagate Technology
SATA storage offers high capacity and low cost-per-GB, but scaling can
be cumbersome and inefficient. Get the scoop on how enterprise-class
SAS infrastructure enables SATA disc drives to transcend the
scalability constraints inherent in their desktop DNA.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4921
TODAY'S IT SECURITY ISSUES: MINIMIZE RISK AND IMPROVE ROI
by Diamelle Technologies
Learn more about how the security risks facing your corporation can be
minimized while significantly reducing your operational costs. This
white paper describes the features found in Diamelle's Identity
Management framework as well as how it can be integrated with both
custom and off the shelf software.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4886
**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
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Systems Analyst/Programmer Needed
Talent Partners is seeking a Systems Analyst/Programmer who has a B.S.
and/or Masters in Computer Science, Math, Business or MIS.Company
Information: Talent Partners, the industry leader of Broadcast support
services to the Advertising industry, enjoys...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=463
Information Services Supervisor Needed
U.S. Foodservice is seeking an Information Service Supervisor who has
at least 3 years of experience in networking and PC support and who is
skilled in client connectivity and TCP/IP issues. Description:U.S.
Foodservice, one of the...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=454
Sr. IT Engineer - Cognos Needed
Qualcomm is seeking a Sr. IT Engineer - Cognos who has at least 5
years experience in IT and who is skilled in Cognos ReportNet,
Impromtu and PowerPlay. Description of Role: Provide daily management
of Cognos...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=446
Architecture Junior Architect II Needed
Accenture is seeking an Architecture Junior Architect II who has
strong analytical, problem solving, communication and facilitation
skills. If you join Accenture, you can make great ideas happen for
some of the world's most dynamic companies....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=429
Architecture Architect Needed
Accenture is seeking an Architecture Architect who has at least 2
years of IT experience and who is skilled in network architecture
definition, design, creation and requirements gathering/development.If
you join Accenture, you can make great...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=428
**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
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Apple goes Intel
By Prof X
Steve Jobs just announced that Apple is switching to Intel chips!
Whilst it should not really matter much for the desktop, it will have
significant effect on the servers. The XServe is one hell of a...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4528&b=132
Digital Forensics Of Physical Memory Under Linux
By SecurityMonkey
Mariusz Burdach has published a fascinating paper on forensic analysis
of physical memory on a linux machine. This type of analysis may be
necessary in ways you wouldn't think of like recovering text,...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4624&b=2
Open Source vs. Commercial NMS Cont'd.
By Andrew Kramer
So, we last mentioned the trusty Ping. If Nagios can ping and a
commercial package can ping, how can there be any valuable
differentiation between the freeware version and commercial? For 99%
of first...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4639&b=179
Defining value beyond simple formula outputs
By Joe Santana
Are you and your IT team providing value?
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4611&b=107
Geographically Un-tethered Income
By Matthew Moran
This phrase has been tacked on my desk for about a year and a half.
The first step, telecommuting most of the time. The next step,
creating a series of published products and marketing engagements
that...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4635&b=79
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THE UN-CARLY UNVEILS HIS PLAN (Networking News)
It has been 2 1/2 months since Mark V. Hurd became chief executive of
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), and insiders say the differences with
predecessor Carleton S. "Carly" Fiorina could not be starker. From the
moment she...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130273
MICROSOFT SAID TO TRAIN BANGLADESH YOUTHS (Networking News)
Microsoft Corp. will provide computer training to more than 2,000
disadvantaged youths in rural Bangladesh over the next year, a news
report said Wednesday. The U.S.-based software giant will give...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130232
YAHOO! BUYS INTERNET PHONE PROVIDER (Networking News)
Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it had acquired DialPad Communications Inc., a
6-year-old company whose software lets people to place calls over the
Internet for a fraction of the cost of regular...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130221
HP'S U-TURN (Networking News)
Hewlett-Packard on Monday separated its personal computer and printer
group into stand-alone businesses, a move by new Chief Executive Mark
Hurd to reverse one of Carly Fiorina's last acts as CEO. The Palo...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130213
FOUR CHARGES CUT IN NOVELL VS. MICROSOFT (Networking News)
A US federal judge has rejected four charges brought by IT firm Novell
against Microsoft. But Judge Frederick Motz of the US district court
for the district of Maryland, did allow Novell to...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130206
NORTEL NETWORKS SUPPLIES DIGITAL TV SYSTEM FOR CHINA'S GANSU PROVINCE
(Networking News)
In a $12-million-US contract, Nortel Networks will supply a digital
cable TV system to the predominantly rural population of China's Gansu
province. The contract involves the broadcast and television...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130181
MORE CROSSED WIRES AT NORTEL (Networking News)
Nortel Networks (NT) can't seem to shake its problems. Just as the
telecom-equipment maker was putting two years of accounting woes
behind it, two star executives walked out the door, raising questions
about Nortel's direction...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130176
SKYPE TAKES VOICEMAIL LIFE (Networking News)
Skype has released version 1.3 of its VoIP and instant messaging
client software for Windwos XP and Windows 2000. The software features
the first official version of Skype Voicemail service that has
previously...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130166
SECURITY CHIP TO LIMIT OS X TO MACS (Networking News)
Apple could use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip to ensure that
only Mac computers can run its OS X operating system, according to a
news analysis from Gartner. The TPM is an...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130130
APPLE PATCHES 11 SECURITY HOLES (Networking News)
Apple has released a security update that fixes 11 vulnerabilities in
the OS X operating system. The patched vulnerabilities include holes
in both OS X Jaguar 10.3 and OS X Tiger 10.4. While...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130106
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internet is up, ms oulook not
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=761075
**** BOOKS ****
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SNIFFER PRO NETWORK OPTIMIZATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING HANDBOOK
By Robert J. Shimonski, Wally Eaton, Umer Khan, Yuri Gordienko
Introduces the reader to the suite of Sniffer Solutions and focuses
mainly on Sniffer Pro LAN Network Analyzer. Moves readers through the
tips and tools available for gathering data, analyzing,
troubleshooting, resolving, and securing problems...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/browse.asp?c=networking_Books&r=4938
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