Thursday, June 23, 2005

Weekly Update for Networking Doers

**** NETWORKING-DOERS NEWSLETTER ****

Thursday, June 23, 2005 http://networking.ITtoolbox.com

Your source for the latest Networking documents, news, and technical
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**** CONTENTS ****

- Sponsor: CDW
- Sponsor: Microsoft
- Sponsor: Quantum Corporation

- Industry Articles: Interview: Martin Bean on the Value of
Certification and its Impact on America's IT Workforce
- Tutorials: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Pocket Guide
(DWDM)
- White Papers: Creating an Effective VPN Implementation on Embedded
Linux
- White Papers: Application Containerization: Manage Value, Not
Infrastructure
- White Papers: IP Telephony Solutions Case Brief - GCI
- White Papers: Secure Wireless Networking Using SSL VPNs
- 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: Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part I
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Is a Service Log Documentation???
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Open Source vs. Commercial NMS Cont'd.
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (3 additional blogs)
- News: File-Swapping May Be Here to Stay
- News: Microsoft's Europe Chief to Lead International Team
- News: VoIP no bargain for cities losing phone-tax revenue
- News: (2 additional headlines)
- Featured Discussion Group: IBM-HARDWARE-L (1 message)
- Events this week: (1 event this week)

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**** INDUSTRY ARTICLES ****
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INTERVIEW: MARTIN BEAN ON THE VALUE OF CERTIFICATION AND ITS IMPACT ON
AMERICA'S IT WORKFORCE
by Anne Martinez
Certifications - are they coming back and what does it mean for IT?
Martin Bean, COO of New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, shares his
insider knowledge.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4941

**** TUTORIALS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING POCKET GUIDE (DWDM)
by Ines Brunn
In allowing both new and existing fiber optic links to carry several
channels simultaneously, DWDM can optimize the use of current
facilities whilst offering greater capacities for the future.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4948

**** WHITE PAPERS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/

CREATING AN EFFECTIVE VPN IMPLEMENTATION ON EMBEDDED LINUX
by John Drabik
This article discusses issues and tradeoffs associated with
implementation of IPsec on Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4946

APPLICATION CONTAINERIZATION: MANAGE VALUE, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE
by Donn Rochette, CTO, Trigence Corp.
Applications are welded to their infrastructure, causing problems for
higher availability, configuration management, dev/test cycle
management, failover and other common issues. Learn how Trigence AE's
containerization approach decouples applications from the
infrastructure to deliver greater manageability, portability and
protection.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4939

IP TELEPHONY SOLUTIONS CASE BRIEF - GCI
by Avaya
GCI needed technical support for its contact centre that could
integrate billing with other customer information from a variety of
incompatible data sources and deliver it quickly to customer service
agents; and flexiblity to grow with the business.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4925

SECURE WIRELESS NETWORKING USING SSL VPNS
by Peter Rysavy, Rysavy Research May 2005
Today, many companies are embracing wireless networking technologies
to enhance productivity, provide better customer service, and even
offer Internet access to partners and on-site visitors. Learn how you
can make it easier for users to access information they need, when and
where they need it.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4905

**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/FindJobs

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 ****
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/

Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part I
By SecurityMonkey
"So this is what a vacation feels like?" I said to myself as I
stretched out in a pool lounger chair, enjoying the abundant sun light
and the scenery around the resort's gigantic pool. Two years had...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4710&b=2

Is a Service Log Documentation???
By Don Krause
One of the elements I use as documentation is a service log. I place a
simple text file in the documentation folder on the server and update
it with every service call. This provides a checks and balance...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4657&b=102

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

The ongoing evolution of the ITO
By Joe Santana
Where is the corporate ITO, as we know it going these days?
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4712&b=107

Career Direction, Personal Satisfaction, Sacrifice, and Limitation
By Matthew Moran
In my last blog (Married Men Earn More) I commented on an article
about married men earning more if their wives took care of chores at
home. One of the comments asked what about the "wife's personal...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4731&b=79

Danger - Will Robinson!
By Sid Emory
Danger - Will Robinson! Ok, the line has been over used, but it has
become a part of my vocabulary. I always hear it in the back of my
head when I feel that a particular set of circumstances or events...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4655&b=124

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FILE-SWAPPING MAY BE HERE TO STAY (Networking News)
Four years after it shuttered the original Napster with a legal
assault, the recording industry is taking a different approach to
online file-swapping: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130469

MICROSOFT'S EUROPE CHIEF TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL TEAM (Networking News)
Microsoft promoted its European chief to a new position on Monday,
handing Jean-Philippe Courtois the leadership of all of the software
company's marketing, sales and services business outside of North
America....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130409

VOIP NO BARGAIN FOR CITIES LOSING PHONE-TAX REVENUE (Networking News)
Internet telephony may be one of the best bargains around for
consumers. But it may also be a threat to the economic stability of
cities across the USA. Once considered...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130379

VIDEO-SHARING FIRM'S CHALLENGE TO MICROSOFT (Networking News)
DivX is a small San Diego company with clever software for compressing
and sharing video files, standing courageously -- or perhaps foolishly
-- directly in the path of a full-bore Microsoft marketing assault....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130339

IBM PLUGS ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLE (Networking News)
IBM has agreed to acquire Isogen Corporation, a provider of software
asset management tools for mainframes. The tools track inventory and
measure the use of software running on mainframe computers. IBM plans
to...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130312

**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - IBM-HARDWARE-L ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/groups

SCSI Tape problem on 9111-520 IBM server
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=766635

**** EVENTS THIS WEEK ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events

2005 CORPORATE CHANNEL AND COMPUTING EXPO (C3 EXPO)
Date: June 28-30, 2005
Location: New York City, NY
Venue: Javits Convention Center
The newest signature event from the H.A. Bruno management team for the
information technology and management professional is the new C3 EXPO
(http:\\www.c3expo.com), the abbreviated name for the 2005 Corporate
and Channel Computing Expo. The major technology event, the only
significant business solutions event of its kind this year, is
scheduled for June 28-30, 2005 at the Javits Convention Center, in New
York City. With thousands of professionals expected from the
northeast, C3 EXPO is located in the hub of the international
information technology business marketplace of New York City. C3
EXPO will bring corporate and channel buyers of information technology
products and services together the computer industry's leading
manufacturers, channel partners and industry experts. On the show
floor and in the conference program, C3 EXPO attendees will learn
about the latest products, technologies and trends driving the
industry. H.A. Bruno is working with industry experts in planning a
dedicated C3 conference program, sponsorship opportunities and the
strategic direction of the event.
The H.A. Bruno company was the original creator and innovator behind
the original PC EXPO, which defined the corporate technology
marketplace for more than two decades, the H.A. Bruno leadership team
provides extensive sales and marketing leadership to the C3 EXPO
event.
For more information: Corporate Channel and Computing Expo (C3 EXPO)
www.C3expo.com
Produced by H.A. Bruno, Paramus, NJ
(201) 226-1130 ext. 114
mdineen@c3expo.com
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events

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