Thursday, May 17, 2007
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Your weekly connection to the new and most popular entries from the Networking community.
**** CONTENTS ****
Groups: VOIP design ,Test and tuning (+2)
White Papers: Tiered Storage Tutorial: Aligning Storage... (+4)
Blogs: KBOX (+9)
Wiki: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (+16)
Jobs: Information Technology Staff Needed (+5)
Events: IT Roadmap: Santa Clara (+5)
**** SPONSOR MESSAGE: RARITAN ****
Key Factors In Choosing KVM-over-IP
Many factors differentiate one KVM-over-IP solution from another. Make more informed buying decisions and ensure that you get maximum value out of every dollar invested in KVM-over-IP technology. Read More.
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Learn more about Microsoft Forefront
The Microsoft Forefront line of business security products provide integrated, comprehensive, and simplified protection for your network with layers of defense across your application servers, client operating systems and network edge. Click here to learn more.
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Which CRM Deployment is Right For You?
Selecting the right deployment model must first and foremost address your key business problems and challenges, enabling you to meet your strategic business goals. And the more you know the pros and cons of each deployment model, the more certain it is that you will embark on a path to CRM success. Click here.
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**** DOER GROUPS ****
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Most Popular Thread
VOIP DESIGN, TEST AND TUNING
By aospase, member since 3/27/2007, Group: cisco-infrastructure-l
We have a 2 Cisco 6509 switches & are interconnected Cisco 3750 edge switches in the voip design; overall we may have 15 vlans. would like to do inspection test plan with all vlans , in terms of security, interoperability...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530547
Recent Threads
PIX 506E OPEN OUTBOUND ON PORT 443
By techbunney, member since 5/16/2007, Group: cisco-infrastructure-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/531022
TREND MICRO SCANMAIL 8.0
By salenahackney, member since 12/13/2006, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530548
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BLOG: TUNING IN KI4REX
Read about all aspects of networking and help desk support, read the community's reactions, and post your own comments.Read more at ITtoolbox Blogs.
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**** DOER WHITE PAPERS ****
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Recent White Papers
TIERED STORAGE TUTORIAL: ALIGNING STORAGE CAPABILITIES TO BUSINESS NEEDS (Tutorial)
By BlueArc Corporation
High performance storage solutions as well as general purpose storage solutions both need reliable archival systems. Summary: Learn how a tiered storage solution can align your organization's storage needs with business needs.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530549
MIGRATING TO WINDOWS VISTA: RECOGNIZE THE SECURITY RISKS
By MessageLabs
What are the messaging and web related risks involved in migrating to Microsoft Vista? This white paper examines the implications of migrating to Vista in terms of messaging and web security summarizing key issues IT managers urgently need to consider.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/520443
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING - THE BASICS TO GETTING STARTED
By Double-Take Software, Inc.
This white paper discusses a number of key items that should be included in a comprehensive DR program including why you need a plan, the top mistakes most companies make, and simple steps you can take now to become disaster prepared.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530550
STREAMLINE FILE MANAGEMENT - FREE EBOOK 'INTRODUCING FANS'
By Michael O'Conner & Josh Judd
Download this free eBook and learn new ways to regain control over the growing amount of file data in your enterprise. See how you can optimize file management projects without disrupting users...or your weekends. And learn how File Area Networks (FANs) help you centralize...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/516727
ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY MODELING FOR DATA CENTERS
By APC
This paper shows that the values commonly used for equipment inefficiency are quite inaccurate. A simple but effective means for modeling the efficiency of power and cooling equipment provides for much more accurate results.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/511291
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**** DOER BLOGS ****
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Most Popular New Blog Entry
KBOX
By thatITguy
Ran across this little gem while at a vender sponsored Tech Conference, sure seems like it would help automate a lot of mundane deployment. It is the KBOX by KACE, it can be found over at www.kace.com. I am still researching it a...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530551
Recent Blog Entries
GENERATOR UPDATE
By thatITguy
Well, we finally got the generator to work with the UPS. Had to upgrade the Generator from a 20KW to a 35KW (which makes no sense to me seeing we are only pulling about 30 amps on full load). Our electrician was able to find...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530552
OPPS, DID I DO THAT
By thatITguy
Monday was my first day back in the office, after visiting New Orleans for a vender's Tech Conference. I was busy catching up on a few projects. One of which was setting up a couple of Cisco 1841 routers to connect a new branch...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530553
NIGHT OF THE JOOST BETA INVITE ZOMBIES!
By HelpDeskSamurai
Blogger1: "Hey Blogger2, what's happening?" Blogger2: "Shhhhhh! They'll hear you!" Blogger1: "Who'll hear me?" Blogger2: "THEM!!!" Blogger1: "..." Blogger2: "Joost Beta Invite Zombies!" Blogger1: "The huh?" Blogger2: "The Joost Beta Invite Zombies. Ever since the Joost beta started up, they've been crawling...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530535
PASSING ON THE KNOWLEDGE
By HelpDeskSamurai
I was watching a series on Discovery this weekend about oil rigs and the people who work on them. Oil, Sweat, and Rigs. Great series, check it out. One of the episodes focused in on a roustabout (general labor) who was recently promoted to roughneck...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530536
IBM, LEAN, AND CRINGLEY: SLIGHT RETURN
By HelpDeskSamurai
So I stopped back by Cringley's site this evening to look at the comments on his original post regarding IBM's impending (already happening?) layoffs. (I put up a little blurb about it the other day.) 1064 comments and counting. Whoa. And these aren'...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530539
WHAT IS THE USE OF RUNLEVELS?
By Locutus
In a recent post by Dru I learned that BSD has no runlevels. This was surprising to me as I thought that all *nix style operating systems used runlevels. I find runlevels to be a "good thing(tm)" and here is why I think so....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530542
GEARING UP FOR BSDCAN
By Dru
BSDCan is next week, so if you haven't registered yet what are you waiting for? There's so much to say about BSDCan, I don't know where to start... At the moment my living room looks like a warehouse overflowing with all of...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530873
TELECOMMUTING: WHAT IT MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO KNOW
By HelpDeskSamurai
CIO.com has an excellent overview of the issues IT Managers need to look at before integrating telecommuting as a valid work arrangement for their employees. It touches on the main benefits and concerns surrounding the telecommuting debate, including saving money, productivity, trust, and technology...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/531023
**** DOER WIKI ****
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Recent Wiki Contributions
TRIVIAL FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
By aksbh
Trivial File Transfer Protocol or TFTP is an Internet software utility for transferring files between hosts in a network with the functionality of a very basic form of FTP. The TFTP uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and not the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Unlike...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/531024
POST OFFICE PROTOCOL VERSION 3
By cfaj
The Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) is a client/server protocol used for downloading and reading messages from a mail server.The POP or POP3 (the later version of POP) is a kind of "store-and-forward" mail managing service. After connecting to the server,...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/531025
DESIGN STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEMS AND IT NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES
By cmurphy262
Designing a Structured Cabling System - a ten step HOWTO guide Below we have provided a ten step introductory guide for the Design of Structured Cabling Systems and IT Network Infrastructures. (see structured cabling schematic) European Un
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/440923
KERNEL SPACE
By aksbh
Kernel space is a protected area where the kernel (the core of the operating system) executes and provides its services. The kernel performs its tasks, such as executing processes including I/O (input/output), process creation and handling interrupts in the kernel space. Though the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530557
KINDS OF KERNELS
By aksbh
There are four popular categories or kinds of Kernels namely monolithic kernels, microkernels, hybrid kernels and exokernels. Monolithic kernels are part of Unix-like operating systems like Linux ,FreeBSD etc. These types of kernels consist of the core functions of the operating system and the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530558
ROUTER TRANSFORMATION
By 144.36.229.232
Router is an Active and Connected transformation. It is similar to filter transformation. The only difference is, filter transformation drops the data that does not meet the condition whereas router has an option to capture the data that do not meet the condition. It is...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/440925
ICMP
By aksbh
Internet Control Message Protocol or ICMP is included in Internet Protocol (IP) suite of protocols as defined by RFC 792. The ICMP is architecturally layered upon the IP.The ICMP is a message control protocol and mainly reports the errors in the data transmission between...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530559
ZIGBEE
By aksbh
ZigBee is a specification for a suite of communication protocols that is suitable for the wireless personal area networks (WPANs) operating at ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) radio bands that uses 868 MHz, 902-928 MHz, and 2.4 GHz frequency ranges.The ZigBee generally...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530560
SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL
By aksbh
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a network communication protocol used to establish Internet communication sessions for features such as audio/videoconferencing, interactive gaming, and call forwarding to be deployed over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. SIP also enables service providers to integrate basic IP telephony services...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/419369
IPX
By 59.177.7.15
Short for Internetwork Packet Exchange, a networking protocol used by the Novell NetWare operating systems. Like UDP/IP, IPX is a datagram protocol used for connectionless communications. Higher-level protocols, such as SPX and NCP, are used for additional error recovery services.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530561
ROUTED PROTOCOL AND NON-ROUTABLE PROTOCOL
By sachinkharade
We all understand that TCP/IP, IPX-SPX are protocols which are used in a Local Area Network (LAN) so computers can communicate between with each other and with other computers on the Internet. Chances are that in your LAN you are most probably running...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530562
RESOURCE RESERVATION PROTOCOL
By 76.186.0.149
Resource Reservation Protocol or RSVP is a set of communication protocols that enables channels or paths on the Internet to be reserved for the multicast (one source to many receivers) transmission of video and other internet messaging services requiring high-bandwidth. Besides multicast, RSVP also...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/528766
KERMIT
By aksbh
Kermit is a file transfer protocol with implementations for various types of machines, including the IBM PC. Kermit can be used for transfer of files between the UNIX cluster and a computer system that doesnt support ftp. The user can logon to his account and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/526525
COMMON OPEN POLICY SERVICE PROTOCOL
By 76.186.0.149
Common Open Policy Service Protocol or COPS is a proposed standard communication protocol that accounts for the policy control decision in the network communication. COPS is designed for use along with the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) which allocates the traffic priorities in advance for temporary...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/528765
DNS
By 202.88.239.161
The Domain Name System (DNS) translates domain names into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and viceversa. An IP address may have multiple domain names, which are intended to be text-based names that users will remember.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/505619
IP PBX SYSTEMS AND ITS USES
By lantone
The integrated voice features, for example unified messaging and "click-to-dial", became available with circuit-switched PBX systems. Complex coordination of voice and data networking environments are required. IP network level however, eliminates much of this complexity, attaining results which are lower costs from...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530563
REAL-TIME TRANSPORT PROTOCOL
By aksbh
Real-time Transport Protocol or RTP is an Internet protocol that makes use of a standardized packet format for delivering audio and video over the Internet. The RTP does not have a standard TCP or UDP port on which it communicates and generally configured to...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/529044
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STAFF NEEDED
Company: Blackwater USA/Partner
Location: Nationwide
Blackwater USA/Partner is seeking Information Technology Staff. We are seeking experienced Information Technology Professionals for immediate employment in support of our client. We are seeking talented technical...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/524486
CRM ARCHITECT NEEDED
Company: Mission Federal Credit Union
Location: San Diego, CA
Mission Federal Credit Union is seeking a CRM Architect Needed who has 3-5 years experience with enterprise application deployment of CRM applications, preferably in retail banking or...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/524487
UNIX SYSTEMS ENGINEER NEEDED
Company: Quicken Loans
Location: Livonia, MI
Quicken Loans is seeking a Unix Systems Engineer who has at least 2 years of UNIX (AIX, SUN Solaris, HP9000 HP-UX) and Linux enterprise server administration experience....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/522608
INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER / DIRECTOR NEEDED
Company: Mentor Graphics
Location: Wilsonville, OR
Mentor Graphics is seeking an Information Security Manager / Director who has at least 7 years of related experience and who is skilled in digital certificate technology including SSL...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/522236
CRM ADMINISTRATOR NEEDED
Company: Corporate Executive Board
Location: Washington DC
Corporate Executive Board is seeking a CRM Administrator who has at least 2 years experience defining and implementing role based access controls in CRM system. Corporate Executive Board...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/520362
HRIS BUSINESS ANALYST I NEEDED
Company: Loma Linda University
Location: Loma Linda, CA
Loma Linda University is seeking an HRIS Business Analyst I who has at least five years' prior work experience and who is skilled in Windows 95/98, Windows...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/511435
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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS (Dice)
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**** NEW EVENTS & WEBCASTS ****
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IT ROADMAP: SANTA CLARA
6/26/2007 by Network World
Date: June 26, 2007 Location: Santa Clara, CA Venue: Convention Center IT Roadmap encompasses leading technology from solution providers, case studies from IT all-stars, and new solutions for IT best practices. IT Roadmap covers 8 crucial technologies: Application & Content Security, Data Centers, Enterprise Mobility,...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530566
THE SECURITY STANDARD
9/10/2007 by IDG
Date: September 10-11, 2007 Location: Chicage, IL Venue: The Fairmont Hotel Security today isn''t just a matter of new technology and new threats. Security is about doing business in new ways that reflect the emerging dangers in our world, the evolving concerns of...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530567
GLOBECOM 2007
11/26/2007 by IEEE
Date: November 26-30, 2007 Location: Washington, D.C IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2007) celebrates its 50th anniversary this November in Washington, DC. Themed Innovate, Educate, Accelerate, this 5-day conference will incorporate an Expo and Communications Industry Forum featuring: Access Business Forum,...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/530568
**** UPCOMING EVENTS & WEBCASTS ****
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INTEROP LAS VEGAS
5/20/2007 by CMP
Date: May 20-25, 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Venue: Mandalay Bay Convention Center Attend Interop Las Vegas to get the big picture. As the leading global technology event, Interop brings together IT professionals and business leaders to see all of the latest technologies in...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/504684
CORPORATE SECURITY IN THE INFORMATION AGE
6/10/2007 by marcus evans
Date: June 10-11, 2007 Location: Dubai At the Corporate Security in the Information Age Forum, delegates will come away with a wealth of knowledge in mitigating threats to organisations information assets. In addition, delegates will have the opportunity to network with industry leaders and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/531026
CSI NETSEC '07
6/11/2007 by CMP
Date: June 11-13, 2007 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Venue: The Phoenician CSI's 17th Annual NETSEC will be held June 11-13, 2007 in Scottsdale, Arizona at The Phoenician. A newly revamped program features case studies, lectures, tutorials and interactive group workshops that will educate...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/531027
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