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**** CONTENTS ****
- Sponsor: BMC Software
- Sponsor: MKS, Inc.
- Sponsor: IBM
- News: IPTV: Big Potential -- but When?
- News: WiFi competition in S.F.
- News: AOL Browser Gets HP Distribution Deal
- News: (12 additional headlines)
- Job Center: Senior Data Network Engineer Needed
- Job Center: Clarify Application Administrator/Support Specialist Needed
- Job Center: Web and IVR Testing Specialist Needed
- Tech Stocks: Weekly Recap of ITtoolbox Stock Indices
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Document Standards?
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Case Of The Audacious Attacker - Part VI
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Medium Managment
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (3 additional blogs)
- Industry Articles: Smoke, but No Fire for TCO
- Industry Articles: Market Analysis: Unified Messaging -- Messages Unite
- Industry Articles: IT Architects: Blueprint for a Future Career
- Industry Articles: VoIP: Packetized Voice Over Everything
- White Papers: Network Documentation - A Cornerstone for Disaster Recovery
- White Papers: Web Intelligence with High Availability - A Demand
Driven Approach
- White Papers: Top Ten Considerations for Choosing a Server
Virtualization Technology
- White Papers: Building a Backup Strategy for SMBs
- White Papers: Symantec LiveState(TM) - A Unified Platform for
Successfully Managing Both Normal and Disrupted IT Operations
- White Papers: Effortless Systems Management
- White Papers: Selecting a VoIP Solution at the Enterprise Edge
- Featured Discussion Group: STORAGE-SELECT (1 message)
- Press Releases: (1 recent release)
- Books: Humanizing Information Technology: Advice from Experts
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
- Events this week: (1 event this week)
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IPTV: BIG POTENTIAL -- BUT WHEN? (Networking News)
In the good old days, one called the phone company for phone service
and the cable operator for TV. Well, times are changing. Reflecting
technological innovations, traditional voice-oriented telecom
operators are launching TV programming, while...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91188
WIFI COMPETITION IN S.F. (Networking News)
Google may have the cachet, but it faces nearly two dozen competitors
-- some of them serious players in the telecom business -- that have
expressed interest in bringing free or cheap wireless Internet
access...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91074
AOL BROWSER GETS HP DISTRIBUTION DEAL (Networking News)
America Online has inked a deal to distribute its Netscape Web browser
with Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers sold in the United States
and Canada starting early next year. It's the first PC...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91075
CISCO FINDS NEMO (Networking News)
Cisco has agreed to acquired Nemo Systems for $12.5m in cash.
California-based Nemo develops a memory chip for network systems which
Cisco plans to apply in its core switching platforms. The acquisition
follows Cisco's purchase of...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90438
TORVALDS' BABY COMES OF AGE (Networking News)
No matter what strides the new generation of open-source companies
make, they all owe a big debt to Linus Torvalds. In 1991 the Finnish
programmer started Linux as a project at the University of
Helsinki....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90439
MICROSOFT TO BEGIN PAYING FORMER 'PERMATEMPS' WHO SUED (Networking
News)
Microsoft Corp. this month is expected to begin paying $72 million
(euro59.79 million) to nearly 8,600 former contract workers who were
part of a 1992 class-action lawsuit claiming they were denied
benefits. The...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91076
LIBERTY GLOBAL BUYING CABLECOM FOR $2.19B (Networking News)
Cable TV magnate John Malone is expanding his international operations
with the acquisition of Cablecom Holdings AG, Switzerland's largest
broadband cable operator. The $2.19 billion cash deal, expected to
close in mid-October, strengthens...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90440
NORTEL REALIGNS ORGANIZATION AGAIN (Networking News)
Nortel Networks Corp., the Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker
struggling to recover from an accounting scandal, is realigning its
management structure again, creating two product groups - one focused
on network carriers and the other...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90441
EU WANTS INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF INTERNET (Networking News)
The European Union insisted Friday the job of Internet traffic cop
must be shared by governments and the private sector. The U.S. wants
to remain the Internet's ultimate authority, rejecting calls in...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90442
SKYPE ADDS CUSTOM RING-TONES (Networking News)
Skype has released a new version of its peer-to-peer internet
telephony application for Windows. Version 1.4 of the software allows
users to forward incoming calls to a fellow Skype account for free, or
to an...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90443
LIBERTY GLOBAL TO BUY CABLECOM FOR $2.19B (Networking News)
Liberty Global Inc., which owns cable television operations in more
than a dozen European markets, said Friday it has agreed to acquire
Cablecom Holdings AG, Switzerland's largest broadband cable operator,
for about $2.19...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90444
YAHOO ACCUSED OF STEALING TRADE SECRETS (Networking News)
A Silicon Valley technology company is suing Yahoo Inc. for allegedly
stealing trade secrets by hiring away 13 key engineers who had nearly
completed its interactive speech technology project. Nuance
Communications Inc....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90445
64 'INTERNET2' ACADEMIC NETWORK USERS SUED (Networking News)
Record companies have filed another volley of copyright infringement
lawsuits against computer users on the high-speed Internet2 network,
which links universities researching the next-generation Internet. The
latest round of litigation targeted 64...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90446
SOME WEB TELEPHONES CAN'T RE-USE NUMBERS (Networking News)
Kirsten Dixson was proud to be an early adopter when she signed up her
career coaching business for Internet-based telephone service earlier
this year. She soon came to regret her tech savvy...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90447
WILL DELL'S UP-MARKET MOVE COMPUTE? (Networking News)
Dell has become synonymous with the promise of low-price personal
computers. With good reason. For years, the world's largest PC seller
has trumpeted its rock-bottom prices with pitches like "Double Steal!
Bag a great PC...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90448
**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
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Senior Data Network Engineer Needed
VNU, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Network Engineer who has at least
four years of related experience in infrastructure/network
environments and who is skilled in the areas of networks, network
topologies, PC workstations, Domain...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86067
Clarify Application Administrator/Support Specialist Needed
Philips Medical Systems is seeking a Clarify Application
Administrator/Support Specialist who has at least 2 years experience
in a leadership or project management role and who is skilled in a
variety of voice and data...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80443
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=80445
**** TECHNOLOGY STOCK INDICES - WEEKLY PERFORMANCE ****
INDEX 09/26/05 10/03/05 %CHANGE
Web Design/Dev 37.19 39.92 +7.34% BEST
EAI 22.07 23.13 +4.80%
Networking 71.72 74.41 +3.75%
Knowledge Mgmt 72.32 74.52 +3.04%
E-Business 54.57 56.11 +2.82%
ERP 71.13 71.66 +0.75%
SCM 69.15 68.77 -0.55%
CRM 43.31 42.86 -1.04% WORST
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**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
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Document Standards?
By Prof X
Document interchange is very common in any enterprise. Back in
pre-Microsoft-monopoly days, users choose between Wordstar and
Wordperfect, to name two of the popular word processing applications.
Companies...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=85987
Case Of The Audacious Attacker - Part VI
By SecurityMonkey
"Dude! I smell prime rib!" Scrap exclaimed as he stepped out of the
elevator and into the lobby of a posh steak restaurant. "It would
appear that we're early. No sign of Reese. Let's hit the bar."...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90098
Medium Managment
By Don Krause
Ok so it's pretty obvious you have to document the computers you have.
You may even buy into the idea that knowing how many monitors and who
has what is important, I think it's called asset management...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91077
Ping-continued
By Andrew Kramer
Ah yes, back to our discussion on ping. This simple little monitoring
utility has gotten more complicated once you start using it in a
practical way. We took a slight detour last week and talked about...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86048
Technology can bring people to the collaborative waters, but what does
it take to make them take a drink?
By Joe Santana
Are you finding it impossible to get people in your company to
effectively use the collaboration tools provided by the technology
you've installed and manage?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90129
Profitable Consulting: Terms of Endearment
By Matthew Moran
Great comments and keep the ideas coming. I had two conversations
with consultants this weekend and we discussed cash-flow and other
ideas for consulting success. Today's blog will be focused on
billing...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90099
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SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE FOR TCO
by Stuart J. Johnston
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a concept touted by Microsoft and
various Linux vendors as proof that their products are cheapest to
run. But TCO claims aren't what they're cracked up to be, and most IT
shops never use TCO, or just plain do it wrong.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90832
MARKET ANALYSIS: UNIFIED MESSAGING -- MESSAGES UNITE
by Sean Doherty
Thanks to maturing standards and improved features, not to mention SIP
support, improved connectivity and reduced costs, there's finally a
reason to rally behind unified messaging. This article explores the
market and the technologies.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90833
IT ARCHITECTS: BLUEPRINT FOR A FUTURE CAREER
by Ed Tittel
As IT has matured as both a discipline and an area of employment, the
focus on skills and knowledge continues to shift away from pure
technology and the nuts-and-bolts of infrastructure design,
implementation and management. IT's role has evolved from a pure,
tactical cost center to a nexus of strategic investment and an
opportunity for organizations to develop competitive advantages.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90452
VOIP: PACKETIZED VOICE OVER EVERYTHING
by Louis E. Frenzel
Less maintenance costs, lower consumer monthly bills, and ease of
convergence are pushing VoIP into the forefront past the
tried-and-true POTS.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90453
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
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NETWORK DOCUMENTATION - A CORNERSTONE FOR DISASTER RECOVERY
by David Goldschmidt
Network Documentation is an often overlooked service that all
businesses need. This white paper addresses the fundamental questions
and provides some insight into what goes into basic documentation and
why it can be a valuable asset during a business "disaster."
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90454
WEB INTELLIGENCE WITH HIGH AVAILABILITY - A DEMAND DRIVEN APPROACH
by Zebah Singh Alfred
This white paper focuses more on load balancing and resilience of Web
Intelligence, a product of Business Objects. But this concept is
generic and may be applied to other products as well. Though Business
Objects products have its own internal method of load balancing, it is
not adequate when there is a requirement for a very high availability
system. This white paper explores options of load balancing external
to the business objects using CISCO switches and scenarios of the
different types of load balancing techniques that can be used to make
optimum use of the available infrastructure.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90456
TOP TEN CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING A SERVER VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY
by SWsoft
With many new technologies and vendors, discerning which server
virtualization solution best fits the requirements of your
organization can be difficult. The top ten list included in this
paper provides key guidelines for honing in on the differences between
the solutions and helping to understand the basic options and
limitations of each virtualization approach.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91078
BUILDING A BACKUP STRATEGY FOR SMBS
by EMC Corporation
Designing a backup strategy can be difficult for SMBs with limited IT
resources. Review the challenges of protecting critical business data
on servers, desktops, and notebooks, and learn about designing a
reliable data protection strategy that is easy to implement and
maintain.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91079
SYMANTEC LIVESTATE(TM) - A UNIFIED PLATFORM FOR SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING
BOTH NORMAL AND DISRUPTED IT OPERATIONS
by Symantec Corporation
Symantec LiveState(TM) Client Management Suite is a reliable lifecycle
management solution that allows client devices to be successfully
managed, controlled, and protected from acquisition to disposal.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91080
EFFORTLESS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
by BMC Software
Now, you don't have to choose between functionality and ease-of-use in
systems management. With BMC Performance Manager, you can automate
repetitive tasks, reduce operational costs, minimize system complexity
and spend more time adding value. Find out more!
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80457
SELECTING A VOIP SOLUTION AT THE ENTERPRISE EDGE
by Quintum Technologies, Inc.
Selecting an enterprise VoIP solution is a major decision. Compromise
call quality or reliability for cost savings and value-added
functionality? VoIP buyers need a VoIP platform to maximize business
benefits and minimize potential technology ownership headaches.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91081
**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - STORAGE-SELECT ****
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Suggestions/Reviews for storage companies
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91082
**** PRESS RELEASES ****
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McDATA 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel Switches Earn Compatibility
Certification From Engenio
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=90461
**** BOOKS ****
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HUMANIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: ADVICE FROM EXPERTS
By G. David Garson & Shannon Schelin
With the alarming rate of information technology changes over the past
two decades, it is not unexpected that there is an evolution of the
human side of IT that has forced many organizations to rethink...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=91084
**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
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NETWORKING DECISIONS 2005
Date: November 14-16, 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
The 4th annual Networking Decisions Conference is here to help. Our
conference program is designed to help you simplify the IT
decision-making process throughout 2006, breaking down the most
important networking trends and issues such as Network Security, VoIP
& Convergence, Enterprise Wireless and Network Management. You'll
return to your office with the right tools, tactics and strategies to
make the right decisions for the growth of your enterprise network.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
LISA '05
Date: December 4-9, 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
LISA '05 Offers the Latest in System Administration Training and
Cutting-Edge Practices Join us in San Diego, CA, December 4-9, 2005,
for the 19th Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA
'05). LISA is the meeting place of choice for system, network,
database, storage, security, and all other computer-related
administrators. This year's program includes training every day by
industry experts such as Tina Darmohray, John Nicholson, Don Bailey,
Gerald Carter, and Richard Bejtlich; Keynote Address "Scaling Search
Beyond the Public Web" by Qi Lu of Yahoo! Inc,; New! Hit the Ground
Running Track; 2 tracks of invited talks by industry experts; refereed
papers; Guru Is In sessions; a vendor exhibition; and even more
networking opportunities. Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE.
Register by November 18 and save up to $300!
http://www.usenix.org/lisa05/it/
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GARTNER 24TH ANNUAL DATA CENTER CONFERENCE
Date: December 5-8, 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
The Industry's Leading Data Center Event now 3.5 days!
Virtualization... ILM... business resiliency... operations
infrastructure efficiency... the escalating battle between Windows and
Linux. These are some of the hottest topics in data center management
right now - and will be headlining the agenda at the 24th Annual
Gartner Data Center Conference.
Last year's event was the best-attended themed event in Gartner
history as nearly 1400 data center professionals converged in Las
Vegas to hear the latest data center recommendations from the globally
renowned Gartner analyst team.
Every year, Gartner surveys data center executives to identify their
most critical concerns. Our 20 plus senior analyst team will craft an
up-to-the-minute agenda which will directly respond to your top
concerns.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
**** EVENTS THIS WEEK ****
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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.
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