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- Sponsor: Symantec Corporation
- Sponsor: Quest Software
- Sponsor: Quantum Corporation
- Industry Articles: Successful Recruiting in a Tightening Market
- White Papers: Adaptive Network Security: Moving from Implicit to
Explicit Permissions
- 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)
- Job Center: Web and IVR Testing Specialist Needed
- Job Center: LAN Support Specialist (CNE & MCSE) Needed
- Job Center: Professional Services Engineer Needed
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Moving on...
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Blog Feedback
- ITtoolbox Blogs: NetworkDNA binder small biz
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (4 additional blogs)
- News: Skype Declines to Comment on EBay Report
- News: Google gets internet telephony noticed
- News: HP cancels New Orleans user conference
- News: (3 additional headlines)
- Featured Discussion Group: IBM-AIX-L (5 messages)
- Books: Asterisk: The Future of Telephony
- Books: Networking: A Beginner's Guide
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
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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=73437
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
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ADAPTIVE NETWORK SECURITY: MOVING FROM IMPLICIT TO EXPLICIT
PERMISSIONS
by Vernier Networks
With the frequency and severity of attacks increasing, and
organizations relying increasingly on networked automation to gain a
competitive edge, is it finally time to reconsider the prevailing
approach to network security? How can corporations ensure that users
get the network access they need, without jeopardizing the security of
the network?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73438
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=73439
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=73440
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=73441
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=65776
**** 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=61018
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=61019
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=61020
**** 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=73396
Blog Feedback
By SecurityMonkey
Several of you have mentioned that you use my blog for various
purposes at home and at work. What I'd like to know is: Do you use
my blog in training? Mandatory reading? Mindless entertainment?
Litterbox...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=72646
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=65780
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=73375
Patch Wednesday!?! What's that?
By Hercules
Patch Wednesday, what can a person say about it. It's a much needed,
and in most cases often overlooked part of a typical system
administrators job. I work with a number of system administrators on
a...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73397
How important is IT management training?
By Joe Santana
Is management training essential to the success of your ITO managers
and leaders?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=72693
Dating Katrina with Premature Condemnation
By Matthew Moran
I love my wife! The Exclamation point is meant to emphasize the
conviction of that statement. We've been together for 21+ years,
married for 18, and I'm not even that old. Really, the baldness is
one...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73242
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SKYPE DECLINES TO COMMENT ON EBAY REPORT (Networking News)
A spokeswoman for Internet telephony company Skype declined to comment
Thursday on a report that eBay Inc. was in talks to buy the company.
The Wall Street Journal reported that eBay was...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73442
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=73443
HP CANCELS NEW ORLEANS USER CONFERENCE (Networking News)
HP has cancelled its Technology Forum 2005 user conference scheduled
to open in New Orleans next week. The city is unable to host the event
following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. HP will
reveal...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73444
TECHNOLOGY: FREE PHONES, BUSES, WEB ASSISTANCE (Networking News)
Tech and telecom companies are digging through their warehouses and
sending everything from batteries to buses to areas affected by
Hurricane Katrina. With power and telephone service down in the
hardest-hit areas, communications gear for...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73445
IT HIRING INCREASING IN THE UNITED STATES (Networking News)
Information-technology employment is increasing, and the greatest
expansion appears to be coming from computer-network design and
related services, with Internet companies, software developers and
even...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73446
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=73447
**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - IBM-AIX-L ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/groups
root user authority
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73448
How do you check filesystem diskspace on AIX 5.2
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73449
non-ibm tape drive install
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73450
install Apache
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73451
Remote connection/telnet to HMC.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73452
**** 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=73453
NETWORKING: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
By Bruce Hallberg
This text offers an introduction to networking, offering
easy-to-follow details on design and configuration, hardware,
networking protocols, remote access, and security. This updated guide
contains expanded coverage of wireless networking, the latest Windows
and Linux...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=73454
**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
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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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