Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Weekly Update for Networking Decision-Makers

**** NETWORKING-DECISION-MAKERS NEWSLETTER ****

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- News: Defense has Internet transition plan
- News: Nortel shareholders vent anger over fallen stock price,
accounting scandal
- News: BT trials TV over broadband
- News: (10 additional headlines)
- Job Center: Professional Services Engineer Needed
- Job Center: Systems Analyst/Programmer Needed
- Job Center: Information Services Supervisor Needed
- Job Center: (2 additional postings)
- Tech Stocks: Weekly Recap of ITtoolbox Stock Indices
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Norway goes Open Source
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part V
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Where you save time with documentation
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (7 additional blogs)
- Industry Articles: Everybody Wins: The Value of Certification
- Industry Articles: VPN Tech: Is MPLS in Your Future?
- White Papers: SSL VPN Decision Toolkit
- White Papers: Protecting Microsoft SQL Server
- White Papers: Intuitive and Robust Patch Management
- White Papers: Calculating the Cost of Tape and Disk Solutions
- White Papers: SAS: The Path to Maximum SATA Scalability
- Featured Discussion Group: Development-Career (3 messages)
- Press Releases: (1 recent release)
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
- Events this week: (1 event this week)

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DEFENSE HAS INTERNET TRANSITION PLAN (Networking News)
The U.S. Defense Department is the only government agency that has put
together a plan for switching to the next generation Internet,
CNetNews.com...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130823

NORTEL SHAREHOLDERS VENT ANGER OVER FALLEN STOCK PRICE, ACCOUNTING
SCANDAL (Networking News)
Nortel Networks Corp. shareholders raked the company's board of
directors and senior management over the coals Wednesday at their
first annual meeting since an explosive accounting scandal was
uncovered last year....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130695

BT TRIALS TV OVER BROADBAND (Networking News)
BT confirmed today that it is gearing up to offer TV over broadband
services in the UK, with consumer trials scheduled for the beginning
of next year. The company intends to use Microsoft's...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130681

SUN ALLIES WITH RIVAL ON NEW COMPUTERS IBM TO CONVERT SOFTWARE FOR
SOLARIS SYSTEM (Networking News)
Sun Microsystems received a much-needed breakthrough when
International Business Machines, a rival and sometime partner, said
it would convert its software products to work with Sun's Solaris
operating system on a new...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130661

DOCOMO, VODAFONE TO BEGIN BROADBAND CELLULAR SERVICES IN 2006
(Networking News)
NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Vodafone K.K. plan to increase the maximum data
transfer speeds of their respective cellphone services by around 10
times to about...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130824

FEDS TARGET UNAUTHORIZED ONLINE EXCHANGE (Networking News)
The Justice Department is waging a new attack on Internet pirates,
targeting illegal trading in first-run movies, video games and other
copyrighted materials. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales planned later
Thursday to...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130750

PALMONE EARNINGS SURGE, BEAT EXPECTATIONS (Networking News)
Handheld computer maker palmOne Inc. said Thursday that profit surged
33 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, beating Wall Street's
expectations. The Milipitas, Calif.-based company said the increase
was fueled...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130712

FBI STING BUSTS PIRACY NET (Networking News)
A Fremont man has been arrested in a nationwide FBI sting that
penetrated the secretive world of "warez" that the agency describes as
a national conspiracy to pirate movies, video games and expensive
computer software....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130704

BREACH SHOWS LIMITS OF U.S. CYBER SECURITY (Networking News)
Federal agents are in a familiar position as they probe the
computer-security breach at an Arizona firm that left credit-card data
for some 40 million people open to theft: Once again, they're playing
catch-up....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130703

WINDOWS CHEAPER THAN LINUX IN CHINA (Networking News)
CCW Research in Beijing released findings this week that open-source
Linux software actually is more expensive than the Windows operating
system....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130701

BILL GATES ANNOUNCES INVESTMENTS OF US$4.5 MILLION IN THAI TECH
PROJECTS (Networking News)
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday the software giant
plans to invest more than US$4.5 million (euro3.7 million) in
educational, commercial and technology projects in Thailand. In a
speech...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130700

PALMSOURCE LINUX PHONE PROMISED FOR NEXT YEAR (Networking News)
PalmSource has shifted its engineering efforts to solely focus on
development of the future Linux based versions of its Palm OS software
for mobile phones. "We are delaying all development of products not...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130721

RESEARCH IN MOTION 1Q EARNINGS ADVANCE (Networking News)
Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless
e-mail device, reported Wednesday that it had more than doubled its
first-quarter profit, but investors reacted negatively to the results
and RIM's...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=130698

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Professional Services Engineer Needed
H&W Computer Systems, Inc is seeking a Professional Services Engineer
who has at least 5 years of technical implementation and sales
engineering support experience and who is skilled in application
development, IT operations and system...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=485

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

**** TECHNOLOGY STOCK INDICES - WEEKLY PERFORMANCE ****

INDEX 06/24/05 07/01/05 %CHANGE
EAI 21.09 22.11 +4.84% BEST
ERP 67.41 68.98 +2.33%
CRM 40.00 40.80 +2.00%
Knowledge Mgmt 67.77 68.50 +1.08%
SCM 53.51 53.71 +0.37%
Networking 67.96 67.80 -0.24%
Web Design/Dev 41.05 40.29 -1.85%
E-Business 50.63 49.18 -2.86% WORST
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**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
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Norway goes Open Source
By Prof X
Norway justannounced that their entire government is going Open
Source. Add this to the list of governments seeing the light and going
Open Standards and Open Source. When will the Philippine
government...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4803&b=132

Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part V
By SecurityMonkey
"So then I turn to the guy and I'm like 'yo, man - you're spitting on
me' and he just sits there looking at me like I'm a moron or
something!" Scrap wailed as he climbed into my rental car. "Do you...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4829&b=2

Where you save time with documentation
By Don Krause
Sure it takes time to document, but what you need to realize is that
for every minute you document, you save at least two.
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4698&b=102

Accountability
By Hercules
I'd like to speak about accountability. From a security point of view
the more accountability there exists within an infrastructure the
better off! When I say accountability I mean in every aspect
related...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4788&b=58

Back in the swing of Consolidation
By Chris Grossmeier
No mater what size you company is, everyone seems to be talking about
doing more with less. Consolidation makes sense at all level. But
rather than consolidating after you have grown beyond your
manageable...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4743&b=149

Building stronger IT/business relationships with effective
confrontation skills
By Joe Santana
How well do you handle confrontations? Are your outcomes productive,
effective and constructive?
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4845&b=107

The Evil Empire Strikes again.
By SalD
I came across this article by Scott Bradner, Network World, 05/30/05,
which makes comments about Microsoft's motives for getting into the
"Anti-" market.
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4781&b=59

I'm An Expert: You Should Be Too!
By Matthew Moran
Back in October of 2004 I wrote an entry titled: Consulting: Becoming
An Expert. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/career/archives/001755.asp
It isn't perfect or comprehensive but as a career development...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4814&b=79

And The Beat Goes On
By Humble NetAdmin
Have not had time to post for awhile, actually I did but I was not
feeling to good for awhile so I didn't. What follows was intended for
posting on 6/6/05; however I was not able to finish it up. So I...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4754&b=166

It just keeps getting better!
By ThunderMace2000
I have to say I am liking the feedback I am getting here....For all
you new to the field or entering I would like to draw your attention
to Steve's and NeedCoffee's comments. They are very important ...no...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=4617&b=96

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EVERYBODY WINS: THE VALUE OF CERTIFICATION
by Brian Summerfield
As you speed down the track of your IT career, you've got plenty of
tools to help you reach the finish line. Certification can help you
tune your career engine to provide more value for potential employers.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4972

VPN TECH: IS MPLS IN YOUR FUTURE?
by Paul Rubens
If you're fed up with managing virtual private networks (VPNs) then
take heart: you are not alone. Although automation and application
templates are making VPNs easier to get up and running every month,
they are far from straightforward. MPLS networks have the advantage of
ubiquity - pretty much every network service provider worth its salt
has, and is actively selling, an MPLS network, with the result that
there is now a globally available MPLS backbone.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4971

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SSL VPN DECISION TOOLKIT
by Aventail
Your employees and partners now demand access to more applications,
from more riskier places, using more devices. Different remote access
technologies serve different needs, and it can be difficult to choose
the one that precisely meets your requirements. Aventail's SSL VPN
Decision Toolkit provides you with help at each stage of your decision
process.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4967

PROTECTING MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
by NSI Software
Data Protection for SQL Servers: MS-SQL is used to power some of your
most critical information applications. Complete protection of MS-SQL
requires a high-availability solution as well as a disaster recovery
plan. View this white paper to understand data protection strategies
using Double-Take for MS-SQL.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4957

INTUITIVE AND ROBUST PATCH MANAGEMENT
by Symantec Corporation
With Symantec LiveState(TM) Patch Manager - Symantec offers a patch
remediation solution that is fast, reliable, flexible, and easy to
use, helping protect enterprises of all sizes from vulnerabilities to
their Windows-based systems.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4953

CALCULATING THE COST OF TAPE AND DISK SOLUTIONS
by Dianne McAdam, Data Mobility Group
IT administrators have used tape as the primary backup target for
years. Today administrators are enhancing the continued use of tape by
applying a mix of technologies to protect their organizations' data.
This paper will discuss the cost implications for an all disk, all
tape and combined disk and tape backup/archive solution.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4952

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

**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - Development-Career ****
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Window Or Web...
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C Traps and Pitfalls
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MCAD C#
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**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
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TECHEXPO TOP SECRET HIRING EVENT
Date: August 11th, 2005
Loction: Reston, VA
Venue: Sheraton Reston, 11810 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Meet with Lockheed Martin, Titan Corporation, EDS, Northrop Grumman,
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THE FUTURE OF THE IT ORGANIZATION
Date: September 27-28, 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: Park Hyatt Hotel
On September 27-28, Leading Edge Forum researchers and a wide range of
forward thinking academics and practitioners from around the world
will examine the evolution of the corporate IT function. Major topics
will include: understanding future business requirements; integrating
IT with key business functions; developing sourcing strategies for
agile corporations; and empowering a new generation of employees, most
of whom are now active consumers of technology in their own lives.
The conference is designed for both senior IT leaders as well as
CXO-level executives concerned with long-term strategies for obtaining
the maximum business impact from their IT investments.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events

GARTNER SYMPOSIUM ITXPO 2005
Date: October 16-21, 2005
Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: Walt Disney World Dolphin
With hundreds of analyst sessions organized into focus tracks,
Symposium/ITxpo delivers IT intelligence from every corner of the
industry - including areas like Enterprise Systems Management, IT
Security, Application Integration, Outsourcing, Software Architecture,
Governance and dozens more.

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**** EVENTS THIS WEEK ****
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TECHEXPO TOP SECRET
Date: July 11th, 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Meet with Lockheed Martin, SPARTA, Titan Corporation, Unisys, and many
other government contractors for jobs in IT, Telecom, Engineering &
more.
Immediate interviews. Visit web site for early registration and to
preview and apply for open jobs. Free Admission. Active security
clearance issued by the US Government or Military required. 10am-4pm,
The BWI Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Rd. Employers interested in
participating call 212-655-4505 ext 231
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