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Tuesday, September 06, 2005 http://networking.ITtoolbox.com
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**** CONTENTS ****
- Sponsor: Symantec Corporation
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- Sponsor: Quantum Corporation
- News: Intel's Chips: Juice for Apple?
- News: Funkwerk Ships New SIP VoIP Phone
- News: HP Says Goodbye to Drama
- 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: Moving on...
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part XXI
- ITtoolbox Blogs: NetworkDNA binder small biz
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (5 additional blogs)
- Industry Articles: Successful Recruiting in a Tightening Market
- Industry Articles: Market Analysis: Business Service Management
- White Papers: Improved Digital Media Delivery with Telestream
HyperLaunch(TM)
- White Papers: Calculating the Cost of Tape and Disk Solutions
- White Papers: JavaServer Faces Graphical Components from Theory to
Practice
- White Papers: Performance Impact of Load Balancers on Server Farms
- White Papers: ServGate Security-Hardened Operating System: Value
Imperatives for Unified Threat Management (UTM)
- Featured Discussion Group: NETWORK-PROJECTMANAGEMENT (1 message)
- Books: Asterisk: The Future of Telephony
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
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INTEL'S CHIPS: JUICE FOR APPLE? (Networking News)
With all the attention paid its iPod music player and its hot-and-cold
relationship with major music labels, it's easy to forget that Apple
Computer (AAPL) is at its core a computer company. And a computer...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71944
FUNKWERK SHIPS NEW SIP VOIP PHONE (Networking News)
The new elmeg IP290 SIP Voice-over-IP telephone is currently being
shipped by Funkwerk Enterprise Communications (FEC). The phone is said
to enable users to switch to VoIP without losing features. The phone
can be connected...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71115
HP SAYS GOODBYE TO DRAMA (Networking News)
It was April. R. Todd Bradley was sitting on the beach near his San
Diego home when his mobile phone rang. A friend was calling to urge
him to get in touch with Mark V....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71116
GOOGLE GETS INTERNET TELEPHONY NOTICED (Networking News)
When Google launched its online telephony service Google Talk last
week, it was the front page story on The Financial Times and London's
Evening Standard that day. There aren't many Internet business stories
which get...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71117
SMS REVENUE TO RING UP $50BN BY 2010 (Networking News)
SMS has emerged as the cheapest, quickest and easiest form of P2P
mobile communication ever known and is still growing in all regions,
newly published research has claimed. A report from UK-based research
firm Portio...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71945
SATELLITE PHONES PROVIDE CRITICAL LINK TO OUTSIDE WORLD (Networking
News)
Once-maligned satellite phones are serving as critical lifelines in
Gulf Coast areas that lack other phone services after being ravaged by
Hurricane Katrina.
The National Guard, the American Red Cross, utility workers,
reporters and people...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71946
CELLPHONE MARKETERS CALLING ALL PRETEENS (Networking News)
Forget the Barbie Dream House. Today's 9-year-old wants her own
cellphone -- and Mattel will be happy to provide one. The toymaker is
one of many companies vying to connect with the preteen and younger...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71947
WEBSITES TARGET TRAVELERS WITH HAND-HELD UNITS (Networking News)
Managing travel wirelessly on the road is becoming easier, thanks to a
growing number of simple, stripped-down websites aimed at hand-held
electronic devices. The sites make access to information easier for
anyone tapping into the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71948
'PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY FLOCKING' TO MULTIPURPOSE CELLPHONES
(Networking News)
After years of baby steps, cellphones and other electronic gadgets are
finally becoming one. As early as this week, Motorola and Apple could
launch a long-awaited cellphone with built-in iTunes digital music...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71949
VODAFONE TACKLES SETBACK IN JAPAN (Networking News)
Yoko Yakushiji's biggest complaint with her Vodafone cellphone was not
just the lack of functions, the expensive bills or the poor signal. It
was not even the delays in receiving text messages. What annoyed
her...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71950
VENTURE CAPITAL: SEATTLE IS A HOT SPOT FOR WIRELESS GAMING (Networking
News)
Reaxion Corp. started developing games for cell phones four years ago
at a time when the mobile entertainment industry was in its infancy.
It was a smart bet for the Seattle maker of Minigolf, Pro...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71118
NOKIA NAMES OISTAMO TO HEAD OF MOBILE UNIT (Networking News)
Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, on Friday named
company insider Kai Oistamo to succeed Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo as head of
the mobile phones unit on Oct. 1. The move coincides...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71119
MYTOB DOMINATES AUGUST VIRUS CHARTS (Networking News)
Security vendors are now reporting on the August virus figures, and it
looks as though Mytob has topped all the charts. Mytob variants
accounted for over half of the virus infections found in August.
The...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71120
DON'T GET RIPPED OFF BY HURRICANE CYBERSCAMS (Networking News)
Online con artists have launched at least a dozen scams preying on
people donating to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts or seeking news,
federal authorities and anti-spam experts say. The FBI is looking into
suspicious websites...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71121
MOBILE WIMAX FACES CHALLENGES IN EUROPE - REPORT (Networking News)
IDC, a market intelligence and advisory firm in the IT and telecomms
industry, has revealed a new study on mobile WiMax deployment in
Europe. According to IDC, the mobile WiMax, a wireless broadband
technology working...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71122
**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
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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://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=58258
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://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=58259
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://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=58260
**** TECHNOLOGY STOCK INDICES - WEEKLY PERFORMANCE ****
INDEX 08/26/05 09/02/05 %CHANGE
ERP 68.43 70.74 +3.38% BEST
Knowledge Mgmt 69.58 71.71 +3.06%
E-Business 51.40 52.11 +1.38%
Networking 70.33 71.14 +1.15%
EAI 22.07 22.31 +1.09%
SCM 68.40 69.06 +0.96%
CRM 46.13 46.41 +0.61%
Web Design/Dev 36.40 35.48 -2.53% WORST
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**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/
Moving on...
By Prof X
In my university, the term of officers of both academic and service
units is 3 years except for the university president and the
vice-presidents, all of whom have 6. August 31 marked the end of my
term...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71068
Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part XXI
By SecurityMonkey
Conclusion - Part III (End) The slide on the screen appeared to
disturb Steven and Ronald to the point that they were both getting a
bit unnerved. "What we have here is a black market for Huge
Kingdom...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71805
NetworkDNA binder small biz
By Don Krause
I'm working on the next generation of the network documentation
templates that bring all of the success of the original NetworkDNA
templates together. I'm moving away from a word processor document
and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=67949
Continuing our discussion of Ping, and Nagios vs. commercial
software....
By Andrew Kramer
So where were we...ah yes, annoying duplicate alarms. So, hopefully
everyone can appreciate that duplicate alarms are bad and you need a
feature to eliminate them. Different tools handle this differently...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71108
Spyware/adware = bad
By Hercules
Spyware is like those thugs that work you up. They give you spyware,
and ironically the ads that pop up say that the software they are
providing will protect you from spyware. It reminds me of those
thugs...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=67950
Is your top ITO talent fully engaged in your organization?
By Joe Santana
Is your organization or IT team and employer of choice?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71798
A Service Review: Printing On Demand for Writers, Trainers, and
Others..
By Matthew Moran
This is a utilitarian post. I'm going to show you some screen shots
of a companies online print technology - pretty nifty for someone like
me and for people who may print materials for distribution from...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=67327
Multiple Priorities - My Answer
By ThunderMace2000
Thank you for those great responses by Needcoffee, Mr. Tibbs, and
Bryan. All excellent answers and great logic behind everyone of them.
What makes this fun is that there is no right or wrong answer. How...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=69599
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SUCCESSFUL RECRUITING IN A TIGHTENING MARKET
by David Bair
While we may not yet be firmly entrenched in an employee-driven hiring
market, CIOs are nonetheless finding the need to shake up hiring
practices.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71129
MARKET ANALYSIS: BUSINESS SERVICE MANAGEMENT
by Bruce Boardman
Network Architects managing massive infrastructures must make sure a
downed server in North America doesn't mean the loss of a six-figure
contract in Singapore. Is BSM the answer? Can it close the gap between
IT and business goals?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71130
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
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IMPROVED DIGITAL MEDIA DELIVERY WITH TELESTREAM HYPERLAUNCH(TM)
by Telestream
Increasingly, Internet Protocol (IP) based networks are being used to
deliver digital media. Applications include delivery of news to a
broadcast station or approvals from a content creator to a client. The
delivery of digital media over IP data networks has presented an
ongoing challenge due the extremely large amounts of data involved and
the strain that puts on the network. This paper examines the
challenges of delivery over IP networks, and it discusses a technical
solution from Telestream called HyperLaunch(TM).
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71131
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://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71951
JAVASERVER FACES GRAPHICAL COMPONENTS FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
by ILOG, Inc.
Learn how to build advanced thin-client GUIs with JavaServer Faces
(JSF) and ILOG JViews. JSF provides a framework enabling easier web
application GUI development. This paper explains how to go beyond the
standard framework to create advanced custom and highly interactive
web application GUIs using ILOG JViews.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71952
PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF LOAD BALANCERS ON SERVER FARMS
by BMC Software
Server farms can help you significantly improve the reliability and
scalability of your computing and Web services. Now learn how choosing
the right load balancer can help you maximize the performance
potential of server farms. Download now!
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71953
SERVGATE SECURITY-HARDENED OPERATING SYSTEM: VALUE IMPERATIVES FOR
UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT (UTM)
by ServGate Technologies
Full Context Inspection technology is enabled by ServGate's
purpose-built, hardened security operating system, SGOS, a highly
efficient network security framework that makes possible rapid and
deep analysis of Internet traffic and content in real time to defend
blended attacks.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=64021
**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - NETWORK-PROJECTMANAGEMENT
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http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71132
**** BOOKS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/books/sbook.asp?s=4&p=4&h1=4
ASTERISK: THE FUTURE OF TELEPHONY
By Jared Smith, Jim Van Meggelen, and Leif Madsen
This book solves that problem by offering a complete roadmap for
installing, configuring, and integrating Asterisk with existing phone
systems. This guide walks you through a basic dial plan step by step,
and gives you...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=71133
**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
CONTACT CENTER SUMMIT FALL 2005
Date: October 9-11, 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
The Contact Center Summit offers industry decision makers the
opportunity to discuss the management issues associated with
implementation and utilization of the latest in contact center
technologies and strategies. Experts and Fortune 500 executives noted
for success will be presenting and leading interactive discussions on
the latest issues. Delegates will attend thought-provoking keynote
presentations and conference sessions, network with senior level
industry peers, and meet with solution providers to explore individual
business needs and the solutions to those needs.
The upcoming event will focus on the right blend of self and assisted
service, six sigma for call and contact centers, first call
resolution, outsourcing, and motivating employees to reduce
absenteeism and turnover.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
COMPUTERWORLD STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD
Date: October 24-27, 2005
Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort
The Leading Conference for IT Managers, Storage Architects and
Infrastructure Professionals
Why You Should Attend:
Are you wrestling with storage and data management in today's
challenging business climate? Is your infrastructure under increased
pressure? Are business continuity worries keeping you up at night?
Then attend Storage Networking World (SNW), the only conference where
IT managers and professionals get an SNIA-endorsed education, a
hands-on view of the world's only SNIA-sanctioned Interoperability and
Solutions Demo, and access to legions of peers, experts and solutions
you won't find anywhere else.
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.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
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