Thursday, July 21, 2005

Weekly Update for Networking Doers

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

Thursday, July 21, 2005 http://networking.ITtoolbox.com

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**** CONTENTS ****

- Sponsor: CDW
- Sponsor: Oracle
- Sponsor: Quantum Corporation

- Industry Articles: Remote Tools for Network Administrators
- Industry Articles: Keeping Your Staff at Peak Performance
- White Papers: Turning Ideas into Reality with TrafficScript
- White Papers: Physical Security in Mission Critical Facilities
- White Papers: Ensuring Protection and Availability for Microsoft
Exchange
- White Papers: Intuitive and Robust Patch Management
- White Papers: Creating Business Value Through Compliance-Oriented
Backup, Recovery, and Archive
- White Papers: Secure Wireless Networking Using SSL VPNs
- White Papers: SAS: The Path to Maximum SATA Scalability
- Peer Publishing: BPL: The RFI Challenge
- Job Center: LAN Support Specialist (CNE & MCSE) Needed
- Job Center: Professional Services Engineer Needed
- Job Center: Systems Analyst/Programmer Needed
- Job Center: (2 additional postings)
- ITtoolbox Blogs: IT Strat Plan
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part XI
- ITtoolbox Blogs: What Makes Documentation Valuable?
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (3 additional blogs)
- News: Energis/C&W merger could take on BT
- News: Lucent Q3 Profit Slips, Beats Targets
- News: Hewlett-Packard to Cut 14,500 Jobs
- News: (5 additional headlines)
- Featured Discussion Group: IBM-AIX-L (5 messages)
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)

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**** INDUSTRY ARTICLES ****
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REMOTE TOOLS FOR NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS
by Emily Hollis
Don't you wish you could fix your users' systems from your own desk?
You can, with tools designed to enable users or network administrators
to remotely connect to PCs.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=5003

KEEPING YOUR STAFF AT PEAK PERFORMANCE
by Joe Santana
As the number of projects hitting the table continues to increase,
resource constrained IT organizations need more than just a burst of
extra effort over a few weeks to keep up. They need to be able to
ratchet up to a higher level of sustainable performance over the
long-term.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4993

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

TURNING IDEAS INTO REALITY WITH TRAFFICSCRIPT
by Zeus Technology
This paper gives a high-level overview of the steps through which a
fictional property search engine company might evolve from humble
beginnings, through capacity expansion, to an outcome where revenue is
generated from value-added, premium services.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=5002

PHYSICAL SECURITY IN MISSION CRITICAL FACILITIES
by Suzanne Niles
Physical security -- controlling personnel access to facilities -- is
critical to achieving data center availability goals. Before investing
in equipment, IT managers must carefully evaluate their specific
security needs and determine the most appropriate and cost-effective
security measures for their facility. This paper presents an overview
of the principles of personnel identification and describes the basic
elements and procedures used in security system.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4988

ENSURING PROTECTION AND AVAILABILITY FOR MICROSOFT EXCHANGE
by NSI Software
Ensuring Protection and Availability for Microsoft Exchange: Given the
heightened awareness around protecting mission-critical data, having a
solution that is cost-effective, hardware independent and scalable is
something every IT manager should consider. View this white paper to
learn more about Double-Take for Exchange.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4956

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

CREATING BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH COMPLIANCE-ORIENTED BACKUP, RECOVERY,
AND ARCHIVE
by Quantum Corporation
Lawmakers and regulatory agencies have imposed new regulations that
require the retention and protection of electronic messages and data
records. This paper provides recommendations for backup, recovery and
archive strategies that enable infrastructure and operations to
support both compliance and business goals.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4944

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

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

**** PEER PUBLISHING ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/

BPL: THE RFI CHALLENGE
by Gary Box
Broadband over Power Lines presents all stakeholders with new RFI
challenges. For the BPL vendors and utilities it is the challenge of
meeting FCC Part 15 obligations limiting harmful interference to all
licensed services that share the HF/VHF spectrum. To the licensed
services using the frequencies BPL wishes to share, it is the
challenge of identifying the impact of BPL and educating both the BPL
industry and the public at large of the associated risks. The FCC in
their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on BPL noted "Operators would have
a strong incentive to exercise the utmost caution in installing their
systems to avoid harmful interference and ensure uninterrupted service
to their customers." It is the purpose of this paper to bring into
focus the scope of that obligation.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=4991

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

LAN Support Specialist (CNE & MCSE) Needed
Cedars-Sinai Health System is seeking a LAN Support Specialist (CNE &
MCSE) with a minimum 3 years experience in NOS administration of
Microsoft NT, Novell Netware, Linux, and Macintosh Networks in a
business environment. Description: Accountable for...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=495

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

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

IT Strat Plan
By Prof X
With the investiture of our new university president tomorrow, a
committee was formed to draft the university's IT Strategic Plan for
the next 5 years. I admit that I do not have experience doing
ITSPs...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5040&b=132

Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part XI
By SecurityMonkey
Scrap threw his water bottle against the wall, nearly knocking the
coffee pot off of the table. "This haystack just gets uglier and
uglier, man." Scrap whined. "Don't they all? I'm going to
complete...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5054&b=2

What Makes Documentation Valuable?
By Don Krause
It's not the serial numbers nor the software versions that make your
documentation great, items like this are nice to have handy but for
the most part achievable at any time.
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5031&b=102

The Problem with Technology
By Michael Edwards
It amazes me in my day-to-day work how devices such as networks and
PCs that are suppose to make work easier for people, turn out to make
work more difficult. The main culprit, I believe, is that PCs,...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5029&b=189

Who will lead the world in innovation?
By Joe Santana
Is the US slipping in its innovation and losing its position as the
world's superpower?
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5052&b=107

The Best Places For Business and Career
By Matthew Moran
In this blog: * Holding Court In Vegas - image * Why the list of
cities is mostly meaningless * Essential Tools for Job Seekers -
image * Retold: Andrew's story - Anecdote of the Antidote. We...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5057&b=79

**** NEWS ****
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ENERGIS/C&W MERGER COULD TAKE ON BT (Networking News)
Cable and Wireless is in talks to buy privately owned Energis, reports
today have claimed. Company sources are said to have confirmed that
meetings, first mentioned in the Sunday Times and subsequently
followed up by...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131581

LUCENT Q3 PROFIT SLIPS, BEATS TARGETS (Networking News)
Telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. said
Tuesday its third-quarter profit slipped 4 percent but still topped
Wall Street targets due to strong wireless equipment sales and income
from equipment maintenance....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131564

HEWLETT-PACKARD TO CUT 14,500 JOBS (Networking News)
Personal-computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday said it will
cut 14,500 jobs, about 10 percent of its full-time staff, as part of a
restructuring plan designed to save $1.9 billion annually...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131536

IBM BOUNCES BACK FROM EARNINGS REPORT (Networking News)
International Business Machines Corp. rebounded from a previous
disappointment by reporting second-quarter earnings Monday that
surpassed analysts' expectations. Improvement in the services division
buoyed the results. In the quarter that ended June 30,...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131517

IBM LAYING OS/2 TO REST IN DECEMBER (Networking News)
New York's IBM has decided to stop selling its OS/2 operating system
at year's end, ZDNet reported Friday. The PC market's first
Intel-based 32-bit...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131466

MICROSOFT'S LENGTHY LEGAL LEDGER (Networking News)
A smidge of news on Microsoft's (MSFT) latest legal tangles came out
on July 13 that was easy enough to miss. A federal appeals court
upheld a lower court decision that the software giant was...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131457

HUGE HP LAYOFF EXPECTED ANY DAY (Networking News)
Hewlett-Packard could announce the layoff of as many as 10,000 to
25,000 employees next week as part of a plan to restructure the Palo
Alto technology giant, according to Wall Street analysts. Such a
shake-up...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131431

FEDS SEEK ABILITY TO MONITOR IN-FLIGHT CELL CALLS, E-MAIL (Networking
News)
Federal law enforcement officials want the ability to tap suspicious
in-flight cellphone calls and e-mail, fearing terrorists could use the
technology to coordinate attacks. In testimony Thursday before a
congressional subcommittee, Justice Department...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=131430

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

Apache on 5.2
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=786191

HACMP Issue
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=786123

cc for AIX.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=786122

Can we use core generated in AIX5.2 to inialize with AIX5.1
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=786033

running dbx against core file
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=785916

**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events

VOICECON FALL 2005
Date: August 29 - September 1, 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Venue: Manchester Grande Hyatt
VoiceCon Fall 2005 conference is focused entirely on enterprise voice,
IP-telephony and converged networks, and it is designed with one
fundamental goal in mind: To help you decide why, when and how to
invest in this new technology. VoiceCon will let you hear from and
meet with the leading experts, vendors and early adopters who will
share their knowledge, experience and expertise with today's leading
voice and IP-telephony networking technologies- systems- and services
so you can make the best decisions for your network- your company and
your career.
That's why VoiceCon Fall 2005, August 29-September 1, 2005, in San
Diego, CA, is so important for you to attend!
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events

GITEX 2005
Date: September 25-29, 2005
Location: Dubai, Middle East
Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2005, GITEX continues to reflect
the importance & phenomenal growth of the IT industry in the region by
continually highlighting the latest technology & services from
international manufacturers and suppliers.
In 2004 GITEX welcomed over 939 Exhibitors representing over 2428
Companies from 41 Countries. The record-breaking show covered over
27,504 sqm & GITEX 2005 looks set to surpass these figures as the IT
Market strengthens and IT spending in the Middle East & North Africa
region is predicted to continue to rise.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events

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

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