**** NETWORKING-DECISION-MAKERS NEWSLETTER ****
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 http://networking.ITtoolbox.com
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**** CONTENTS ****
- Sponsor: CDW
- Sponsor: BMC Software
- News: World awaits Apple's 'one more thing'
- News: AT& T solves VoIP's 911 issue
- News: IBM's Smart Stance on Genetic Testing
- News: (12 additional headlines)
- Job Center: Empower Analyst Needed
- Job Center: Senior Data Network Engineer Needed
- Job Center: Clarify Application Administrator/Support Specialist
Needed
- Tech Stocks: Weekly Recap of ITtoolbox Stock Indices
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Case Of The Audacious Attacker - Part VIII
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Documenting the Phone System
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Are the factors in place for a huge technology
professional talent war?
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (3 additional blogs)
- Industry Articles: Certification: When Certifications Converge
- Industry Articles: Guitar Center's Dual WANs Keep Traffic in Tune
- Industry Articles: Making the Grade
- Industry Articles: SmartAdvice: Upgrading To A Global Network
- White Papers: Integrating WX WAN Optimization with Netscreen
Firewall/VPN
- White Papers: Remote Access for Business Continuity
- White Papers: High Availability for All: A Cost-Effective Approach
to Server Virtualization
- White Papers: Best Practices in Change Management for the Mid-sized
Business
- White Papers: Intuitive and Robust Patch Management by Symantec
- White Papers: New Era of Intelligent Communications
- Featured Discussion Group: NETWORKING-CAREER (1 message)
- Press Releases: (1 recent release)
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
- Events this week: (3 events this week)
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WORLD AWAITS APPLE'S 'ONE MORE THING' (Networking News)
Speculation is mounting over the product or products that Apple is
planning to launch at its one more thing event on Wednesday. While
Apple has kept mum on details, the firm�has invited selected media
and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95280
AT& T SOLVES VOIP'S 911 ISSUE (Networking News)
AT&T says it's solved a problem that has dogged Internet-based phone
service: how to provide emergency 911 to people who use VoIP -- short
for Voice over Internet Protocol -- on the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95281
IBM'S SMART STANCE ON GENETIC TESTING (Networking News)
There's no doubt: IBM (IBM) is way out in front on genetic privacy. On
Oct. 10, IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano sent a memo to employees
announcing the company was revising its policies to...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95282
SPRINT NEXTEL WORKERS GO ON STRIKE (Networking News)
Nearly 1,000 Communications Workers of America members working at
Sprint Nextel Corp. went on strike Monday protesting the company's
calls for benefits cuts in its local telephone operations. Sprint
spokeswoman Debra Peterson said...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95283
CAN TELCOS AVOID A SPEED RACE WITH CABLE? (Networking News)
When cable operators get their hands on DOCSIS 3.0-compliant
equipment, which could happen within a year if you are to believe
some, telcos suddenly will be faced with a competitor that can offer
high-speed access...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94652
INTEL ACQUISITION SWITCHES ON DIGITAL TV (Networking News)
Digital TV equipment firm Zarlink Semiconductor and its UK subsidiary
have announced an agreement to sell the assets of its RF (radio
frequency) Front-End Consumer Business to Intel. The unit develops
demodulator and tuner technologies...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94653
INTEL CORP. LAUNCHES DUAL-CORE CHIPS FOR SERVERS (Networking News)
Months earlier than expected but still half a year behind its
competition, Intel Corp. has started shipping server multiprocessors
that have two computing engines on a single chip. The new dual-core...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94654
AT 30, MICROSOFT GRAPPLES WITH GROWING UP (Networking News)
Microsoft Corp. promises its software will make people better workers
- more productive, more profitable, more able, as the company likes to
say, to achieve their potential. Yet some wonder why the software...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94655
CABLE & WIRELESS DOWN SHARES FALL SHARPLY (Networking News)
Shares of Cable & Wireless PLC fell sharply Friday, after the
telecommunications company revealed further deterioration in its
British performance in the first half of the year. The London-based
company also warned that...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94656
WHAT'S BEHIND APPLE'S CURTAIN? (Networking News)
Apple Computer (AAPL) has summoned journalists and analysts far and
wide to an unveiling of "just one more thing." The e-mailed invitation
includes a curtain that looks suspiciously like those found in movie
houses, fueling...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94657
FRENCH PRIME MINISTER SAYS EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT
PLAY IN SAVING HP JOBS (Networking News)
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin held out the "principle of
European solidarity" on Thursday as a reason for the European
Commission to act to save jobs being shed on the continent by...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94658
INTERNET YET TO SNAG EVERYONE, SURVEY SAYS (Networking News)
It may sometimes seem like everyone's on the Internet, but one in five
Americans say they've never been online and a third say they don't
even use the Web occasionally, according to a new survey....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94659
VENEZUELAN TAX AGENCY ORDERS SHUTDOWN OF IBM, OTHERS (Networking News)
Venezuela's tax agency said that it had imposed fines and ordered the
temporary closure of several foreign companies, including
International Business Machines, due to tax irregularities. The Seniat
agency ordered the 48-hour...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94660
VA. TOWN PIONEERS NEW BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY (Networking News)
The entire city of Manassas, Va., is now online, thanks to
broadband-over-powerline technology, Manassas Mayor Douglas Waldron
said at a news conference Wednesday morning. Manassas is...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94661
SIEMENS AND GENESYS INTEGRATE SIP-BASED SOLUTIONS (Networking News)
Siemens Communications, Inc, and business software developer Genesys
Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc, an Alcatel Company (NYSE:ALA),
announced on Tuesday (4 October) a new integration of technologies -
using open next-generation session initiation protocol (SIP) standards
-...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94662
**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
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Empower Analyst Needed
QuantumResources is seeking an Empower Analyst who is skilled in
effective planning, organization and time management skills and who
has the ability to work in a team environment. Description: Subject
matter expert and active participant...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94664
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
**** TECHNOLOGY STOCK INDICES - WEEKLY PERFORMANCE ****
INDEX 10/03/05 10/10/05 %CHANGE
Knowledge Mgmt 74.52 73.27 -1.68% BEST
CRM 42.86 42.06 -1.87%
ERP 71.66 69.61 -2.86%
Networking 74.41 72.00 -3.24%
SCM 68.77 66.49 -3.32%
E-Business 56.11 53.79 -4.13%
Web Design/Dev 39.92 38.14 -4.46%
EAI 23.13 21.83 -5.62% WORST
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**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
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Case Of The Audacious Attacker - Part VIII
By SecurityMonkey
An uncomfortable laugh filled the phone line. I could hear Brian
moving the phone away from his mouth to lessen the impact of his
disbelief. "You've seen this 111.exe process before?" I asked.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95151
Documenting the Phone System
By Don Krause
As I find myself now responsible for a phone system it is obvious I'll
be documenting it for all of the same reasons as documenting the
computer network.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94665
Are the factors in place for a huge technology professional talent
war?
By Joe Santana
Is the technology job market heating up?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94428
Profitable Consulting: Cash-flow Solutions - Potential Don't Pay!
By Matthew Moran
Pardon my grammatical vulgarity - call it writer's license. I
apologize about the sparse entries the past two weeks. I've been on
the road. Or like we in show biz like to say, no one around her
knows...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95137
Google and Sun Partnership
By Sid Emory
This may be historic or it may be nothing. Google and Sun have, today,
announced a new partnership that rumors had said was to marry
OpenOffice to the Google Services offerings. This didn't seem to be...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95257
The Quandry of PC Usage Monitoring Software
By Humble NetAdmin
Good Day All I know on my last post that I promised that in my next
post I would continue with my take on Squid Proxy server for Linux. I
have however come upon a quandary that I need to rant about and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95258
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CERTIFICATION: WHEN CERTIFICATIONS CONVERGE
by Emmett Dulaney
In this article, the author will introduce the CCNT (Certified in
Convergent Network Technologies), and CTP (Convergence Technology
Professional) certifications, as well as what is known thus far about
the upcoming Convergence+ plus from CompTIA.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95284
GUITAR CENTER'S DUAL WANS KEEP TRAFFIC IN TUNE
by Kelly Jackson-Higgins
The music equipment retailer, which runs its point-of-sale and
inventory traffic on a vintage frame relay WAN, has added a pilot IP
VPN with hopes of phasing out the frame relay WAN altogether.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95285
MAKING THE GRADE
by Allen Bernard
Getting the top job in any organization is often more about style than
substance.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94666
SMARTADVICE: UPGRADING TO A GLOBAL NETWORK
by The Advisory Council
This article provides best practices for determining your need for an
MPLS-based network, and more on program-management offices.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94667
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
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INTEGRATING WX WAN OPTIMIZATION WITH NETSCREEN FIREWALL/VPN
by Alan Sardella, Choh Mun Kok and Jaymin Patel
This paper describes a reference network built in the Juniper TAC.
This integration is obtained using standard configurations for the WX
and Firewall/VPN platforms. There are some special considerations that
are noted within this paper.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94668
REMOTE ACCESS FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY
by Tim Clark, Partner, The Fact Point Group
During a business interruption, the ability to access information is
more important than ever. In the white paper "Remote Access for
Business Continuity," Tim Clark discusses how a remote access solution
can help protect your revenue stream.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95286
HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR ALL: A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO SERVER
VIRTUALIZATION
by BMC Software
Find out how server virtualization solutions offer a cost-effective
way to improve computing efficiency. BMC Virtualizer(tm) solutions
dramatically reduce IT costs while boosting application availability.
Learn more in this white paper from BMC.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80452
BEST PRACTICES IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MID-SIZED BUSINESS
by BMC Software
This paper outlines best practices that mid-sized companies consider
when purchasing a change management solution. Find out why more and
more IT organizations are realizing why change management solutions
warrant their time and investment.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86512
INTUITIVE AND ROBUST PATCH MANAGEMENT BY SYMANTEC
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://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80455
NEW ERA OF INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS
by AVAYA Inc.
By connecting workers, customers and processes to the right people, at
the right time, in the right medium - Intelligent Communications
enables business agility and global competitiveness. Learn about the
Avaya roadmap for evolving customers to this new era, at their own
path, pace and choice.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86514
**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - NETWORKING-CAREER ****
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question about IT
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=95287
**** PRESS RELEASES ****
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Band-X VoIP Services Enable Energis to Expand the Reach and
Competitiveness of its Wholesale International Voice Service.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=94669
**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
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/
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
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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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
MESH NETWORKING FORUM 2005
Date: October 17-19, 2005
Location: San Jose, CA
Venue: Hyatt San Jose
This is the place to be for idea and solutions sharing among leading
vendors, solutions providers, systems integrators, end users, OEMs and
others who are leading the charge in deploying Mesh networks. Hear
case studiess and success stories on capturing both the enterprise and
consumer markets from industry leaders. Register here
http://www.iqpc.org/NA-2196-02
or call 1-800-882-8684 or 1-973-256-0211. Use VIP Code IT05 for 10%
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http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
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