**** NETWORKING-DECISION-MAKERS NEWSLETTER ****
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 http://networking.ITtoolbox.com
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**** CONTENTS ****
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- News: FCC Rules for VoIP E911 Rules Challenged
- News: Billionaire Tom Gores' private equity company to buy modem
maker U.S. Robotics
- News: Qwest, Union Yet to Reach Contract Deal
- News: (12 additional headlines)
- Job Center: Web and IVR Testing Specialist Needed
- Job Center: LAN Support Specialist (CNE & MCSE) Needed
- Job Center: Professional Services Engineer Needed
- Tech Stocks: Weekly Recap of ITtoolbox Stock Indices
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part XVII
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Network Documentation 3 Ring Binder Sets
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Open Source vs. Commercial NMS cont'd.
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (5 additional blogs)
- Industry Articles: The age of enterprise convergence
- White Papers: PowerPC G5 White Paper
- White Papers: Next Generation Extended Enterprise
- White Papers: Value of Storage Capacity - DLT(R) - The Capacity to
do More
- White Papers: Wide Area Data Services: Optimizing the Branch
- White Papers: SSL VPN Buyer's Guide: Criteria for Choosing the Right
SSL VPN
- White Papers: Creating Business Value Through Compliance-Oriented
Backup, Recovery, and Archive
- White Papers: High Availability for Windows Services
- FAQs: Technical vs Business Project Management Skills
- Featured Discussion Group: NETWORK-PROJECTMANAGEMENT (1 message)
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
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FCC RULES FOR VOIP E911 RULES CHALLENGED (Networking News)
A provider of Internet phone calls is challenging new Federal
Communication Commission rules requiring the company to ensure
reliable 911 emergency call service. Nuvio Corporation, which has
about 10,000 subscribers, has filed a...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132571
BILLIONAIRE TOM GORES' PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY TO BUY MODEM MAKER U.S.
ROBOTICS (Networking News)
Platinum Equity, a private equity company owned by billionaire Tom
Gores, is acquiring struggling computer modem maker U.S. Robotics
Corp. in an all-cash deal, the companies announced Monday. Platinum
Equity's spokesman,...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132572
QWEST, UNION YET TO REACH CONTRACT DEAL (Networking News)
Qwest Communications and its largest union ended the weekend without
negotiating a contract, but workers remained on the job. A bargaining
team for Communications Workers of America spent much of Sunday in
caucus...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132555
ICAHN WANTS TIME WARNER TO SHED CABLE UNIT (Networking News)
Financier Carl Icahn disclosed Monday that he and a group of investors
will press Time Warner Inc. to shed its cable TV unit and embark on an
aggressive buyback of $20 billion...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132554
HACKERS SET OS X FREE FROM APPLE (Networking News)
Hackers have cracked a security feature in the forthcoming x86 OS X
operating system that is designed to prevent�the�software being run on
non-Apple hardware. Apple is in the process of swapping out its
existing IBM...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132538
NOVELL AIMS TO PUSH EMAIL FURTHER (Networking News)
Novell's open source Hula Project will bring new applications to
email, predicted David Patrick, vice president of open source
platforms at Novell.� The application could allow patients to pick the
time for an appointment with...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132482
DELL BLAMES FEDERAL SPENDING, PRICE CUTS FOR LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED
PROFIT (Networking News)
No.1 PC maker Dell reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue
Thursday but insisted that tech spending worldwide remains strong. For
the quarter ended July29, Dell said revenue of $13.4 billion rose 15%
from $11.7...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132481
MICROSOFT GETS SERIOUS ABOUT LINUX INTEROPERABILITY (Networking News)
Microsoft has set up a open source and Linux lab that helps the
company improve the way its software works together with open source
applications. At the LinuxWorld tradeshow in San Francisco the
programme's director...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132457
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 2Q PROFIT UP 63 PERCENT (Networking News)
Deutsche Telekom AG posted a 63 percent gain in second-quarter net
profit Thursday, lifted by growth at its wireless operations in
Germany and the United States and demand for high-speed Internet
access....
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132456
CISCO GIVES BRIGHT OUTLOOK AS IT POSTS GAIN IN SALES AND PROFIT
(Networking News)
Cisco Systems, the Internet equipment maker, has reported
fourth-quarter earnings that met expectations and issued an unusually
forward-looking forecast after being guarded about projections after
the collapse of the Internet bubble.
..
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132438
WORLDCOM EX-CONTROLLER GETS ONE YEAR (Networking News)
The former controller of WorldCom, who admitted playing a pivotal role
in the $11 billion accounting fraud, was sentenced Wednesday to one
year and one day in prison. David Myers, 47, was...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132477
POLL FINDS INTERNET USE ON RISE, YOUNG PEOPLE USING NET MORE THAN
WATCHING TV (Networking News)
A new study suggests Canadians were using the Internet almost 50 per
cent more per week than they did in 2002, while spending far less time
with other media. The Ipsos Reid...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132440
T-ONLINE 2Q PROFIT FALLS ON PRICE CUTS (Networking News)
FRANKFURT, Germany - T-Online International AG, the largest Internet
Service Provider in Europe, said Wednesday its second-quarter profit
dropped 31 percent as price cuts to lure more customers ate into
profit.
Despite cutting prices and...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132439
HOME NETWORKING SALES TO TOP $20BN IN 2009 (Networking News)
Annual sales of networking hardware will rocket from almost $9bn in
2004 to more than $21bn in 2009, analysts predicted today. According
to In-Stat, demand for higher speeds, lower prices and increasing
network areas in...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132388
INTERNET PROVIDER SOFTBANK CUTS LOSSES (Networking News)
Japanese Internet service provider Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it
reduced losses in the April-June quarter as its broadband business
added new users and it cut marketing costs. Softbank recorded 11.15
billion yen, or...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/news/nr.asp?i=132380
**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/FindJobs
Web and IVR Testing Specialist Needed
Barq Technologies is seeking a Web and IVR Testing Specialist who has
at least 3 years experience in manual testing on web based
applications and who is skilled as a Mercury Test Director.
Description:...
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/findjobs/display.asp?db=1&i=509
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
**** TECHNOLOGY STOCK INDICES - WEEKLY PERFORMANCE ****
INDEX 08/08/05 08/15/05 %CHANGE
ERP 70.35 79.90 +13.57% BEST
SCM 67.07 69.46 +3.56%
Knowledge Mgmt 67.96 69.70 +2.56%
E-Business 49.18 49.85 +1.36%
EAI 23.72 23.93 +0.89%
Web Design/Dev 35.65 35.88 +0.65%
CRM 46.44 46.70 +0.56%
Networking 71.73 71.53 -0.28% WORST
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**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/
Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part XVII
By SecurityMonkey
"That's just rude, man." Scrap whined as he looked up from his laptop.
Scrap had been continuing the great adventures of Scrapitarius for the
past hour as I sat in silence, staring at my notes. "Rude?...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5385&b=2
Network Documentation 3 Ring Binder Sets
By Don Krause
While browsing the web one day, I decided to look into tabs for my 3
ring binders. I currently use 8 section numbered tabs for my primary
sections and (varies) maybe 15 sections tabs with numbers for...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5360&b=102
Open Source vs. Commercial NMS cont'd.
By Andrew Kramer
Continuing our discussion of Ping, and Nagios vs. commercial
software.... Last we talked about simple ping tools not being
topology aware. Next, we'll discuss another aspect of monitoring you
probably...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5349&b=179
Assessing the real value your organization places on IT
By Joe Santana
We know how Nicholas G. Carr and his opponents feels about it, but
does IT really matter in your company?
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5359&b=107
REFLECTIONS ON CAREERS IMPACTED or DO YOU WANT TO THRIVE TOO!!
By Matthew Moran
During our recent trip (I am posting this from Zoey's Cafe in Ventura,
California) I visited my brother-in-law. As I sat in his home office,
I reflected on how I had taught him simple macros in Word...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5374&b=79
Pay Issue Fixed, but still not Kosher
By Humble NetAdmin
Good Day All Hope the weekend was good to all you net/system admins
out there
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5295&b=166
A New & Exciting Venture
By John Adams
Well today the start of a new and exciting venture with blogging.
I've been working with Microsoft products for some time now and am
sure like many other engineers/administrators you wished you had a...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5045&b=192
Experience - A little more on some of that
By ThunderMace2000
I have to say I really appreciate the comments I have received. I feel
this may need a little more 'meat' as they say. I sometimes feel I
don't get out everything that I need to and really want to explore...
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/r/r.asp?r=5384&b=96
**** INDUSTRY ARTICLES ****
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THE AGE OF ENTERPRISE CONVERGENCE
by Alok Shende
Since IP has emerged as the default format for voice, data and
multimedia, the time has come when enterprises will benefit from
convergence.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=5044
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/
POWERPC G5 WHITE PAPER
by Apple
This white paper provides an overview of the features available in the
Apple PowerPC G5.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=5054
NEXT GENERATION EXTENDED ENTERPRISE
by Kelly Brazil and Alan Sardella
This application note describes a network built in a Juniper sales lab
to illustrate a remote access solution for an extended enterprise. The
solution includes the high performance and easily-maintainable Secure
Access architecture, configured in high availability mode and load
balanced by the DX application accelerator. It also includes the
Juniper Networks Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) platform,
and a second DX to optimize user sessions and accelerate applications.
All of the devices shown in this application note can be configured in
high availability mode, although for simplicity high availability mode
is not shown in all cases.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=5046
VALUE OF STORAGE CAPACITY - DLT(R) - THE CAPACITY TO DO MORE
by Quantum
Each element of capacity is a critical link to the successful
completion of securing one's data and ultimately the corporate
intellectual capital of any organization. In this paper you'll learn
about: IT Data Storage Landscape, how to optimize your organizations
resources, and special features available with DLT(R).
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=5001
WIDE AREA DATA SERVICES: OPTIMIZING THE BRANCH
by Taneja Group for Riverbed Technology
Contrary to popular belief, poor application performance over wide
area networks (WANs) cannot be solved by adding more bandwidth or data
compression. Find out how�a comprehensive Wide-Area Data Services
(WDS) solution from Riverbed Technology can�radically improve
throughput to make your WAN perform like a LAN.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4981
SSL VPN BUYER'S GUIDE: CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT SSL VPN
by Aventail
SSL VPNs are rapidly becoming the remote access solution of choice,
and for good reason. But in today's growing market, it's easy to
become overwhelmed by the wide range of vendors and solutions
available. Before choosing an SSL VPN vendor read this white paper to
learn about purchase requirements and crucial questions to ask.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4969
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
HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR WINDOWS SERVICES
by Dustin Puryear; independent IT consultant and author
This whitepaper discusses Windows high availability, with a focus on
business drivers and benefits; as well as technical elements required
in choosing a high availability solution, including robustness,
time-to-failover, and implementation.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rdoc.asp?i=4898
**** FAQS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/
TECHNICAL VS BUSINESS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS
by ITtoolbox FAQ Team
What are some important skills a Project Manager should possess?
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=5053
**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - NETWORK-PROJECTMANAGEMENT
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http://networking.ittoolbox.com/groups
Outsourcing
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/gr.asp?i=799180
**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
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
IT SECURITY WORLD 2005
Date: September 28-30, 2005
Location: San Francisco, CA
Venue: Hyatt Regency
Get Ready for an All New Information Security Event!!
IT Security World Conference & Expo is the one event that has it all.
To help you meet your infosec challenges within your particular
industry, we've built a blockbuster event that will cover the hot
topics, tech trends, and emerging issues specific to your environment.
The IT Security World Conference. Tackles the full spectrum of
security challenges and offers real-world, unbiased solutions. Over 30
focused, technical sessions that get to the heart of your latest
e-security and network demands.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
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