Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Weekly Update: DNS cache, MRTG, Virtualization and more...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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Your weekly connection to the new and most popular entries from the Networking community.
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White Paper: Instant Messaging, VoIP, P2P, and games in the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611390

Blog Post: New in Leopard: dscacheutil
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611391

Blog Post: Skype and hotels- sometimes they don't get along
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611392

Blog Post: Where do you stand: The networking top 50
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611393

Hardware-select discussion: Amd Vs. Intel
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602837/hardware-select/1669403

Wiki Article: MRTG
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611394

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Replication Best Practices for Oracle 10g
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Games in the workplace?
Challenges posed by the installation of unauthorized applications on computers are significant. With a number of solutions available to IT administrators, many require additional investment that are expensive, unwieldy and difficult to maintain. Find a solution.
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CRM YOUR SALESPEOPLE WILL LOVE
By Oracle
CRM can bring enormous benefits to companies, but only if users adopt it. This white paper discusses user adoption...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611395

CHOOSING THE BEST CRM FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
By Oracle
CRM buyers have a wealth of deployment options available to them, providing unprecedented flexibility, cost-efficiency...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/603350

MCKESSON USES HP TECHNOLOGIES TO MAINTAIN HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR ESSENTIAL DATABASES
By HP
When outages became routine on its 4TB mission-critical Oracle 10g database system, health technology provider McKesson...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/573325

ADDRESSING IT RISKS OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS: A RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
By Symantec Corporation
This white paper describes an IT risk management strategy for applications. Key aspects of this strategy include...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/496014

INSTANT MESSAGING, VOIP, P2P, AND GAMES IN THE WORKPLACE: HOW TO TAKE BACK CONTROL
By Sophos
Employees installing and using unauthorized applications like Instant Messaging, VoIP, games and peer-to-peer...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/573499

LINKING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
By AT&T
Linking the Global Supply Chain. Advanced IP applications enable improved collaboration with partners.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/590388

SOLUTIONS FOR OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT: SCALABILITY, MANAGEABILITY, AND USABILITY
By MRV Communications
Secure centralized management and control are essential for delivering high performance and reliable Data Center...
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DETERMINING TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP FOR DATA CENTER AND NETWORK ROOM INFRASTRUCTURE
By APC
An improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data center and network room physical infrastructure and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/469263

COMPLIANCE. PROTECTION. RECOVERY. A LAYERED APPROACH TO LAPTOP SECURITY FOR CORPORATIONS
By Absolute Software
This paper discusses the problems IT departments face with laptop theft, mobile data protection, IT asset tracking, and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/609212

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Most Popular New Blog Entry

SERVER VIRTUALIZATION IS CONCERN FOR SECURITY ANALYSTS
Posted by Tom Olzak (Director, Information Security)
Virtualization is a boon to business if properly managed and controlled. Lack of management and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611343

Recent Blog Entries

NEW IN LEOPARD: DSCACHEUTIL
Posted by hohlecow (Software Engineer)
I found myself in need of flushing my DNS cache this evening, so I opened Terminal and ran sudo...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611396

SKYPE AND HOTELS- SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET ALONG
Posted by jk (Mobile Tech Expert)
Like many business professionals I have come to rely on Skype for a lot of business communications...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611397

KUBUNTU UPGRADE, 7.04 (FEISTY FAWN) TO 7.10 (GUTSY GIBBON) - FLAWLESS VICTORY
Posted by HelpDeskSamurai (IT Operations Manager) Comments(2)
Coming to you live from the freshly upgraded Kubuntu install on my main linux box. I set aside a...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611398

WHERE DO YOU STAND: THE NETWORKING TOP 50
Posted by Tom Olzak (Director, Information Security)
Network World has put together a 'Top 50' list of networking's greatest arguments. The pros and...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/611342


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WIRELESS NETWORKING IN A HOTEL (Wireless-select)
Asked By Ashim das | Replies (1)
In a hotel, a manager wants to setup a wireless network in their 4 floors and 5 conference rooms....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602836/wireless-select/1674289

FACING PROBLEM COPYING 500GB FILE FROM ONE SERVER TO ANOTHER SERVER (Networking-career)
Asked By SRIRAM Srikanth | Replies (1)
We have 500GB database base backup file, we need to transfer that file to another data center....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602836/networking-career/1671500

AMD VS. INTEL (Hardware-select)
Asked By mridul | Replies (1)
I am looking forward to buying a new computer and I have old software (games, utilities, Media...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602836/hardware-select/1669403

IT CAREER (Sysadmin-career)
Asked By DanielCWillis (Warehouse Lead)
I graduated with a bachelors in Network Management about 3 years ago and I plan on taking net+...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602836/sysadmin-career/1668690


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Most Popular New Wiki Contribution

HTTP -- last edited by Rakesh Jain
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an Internet protocol that describes a method for sending...
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Recent Wiki Contributions

MRTG -- last edited by akshaya bhatia
MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) is a network analysis tool that monitors SNMP network devices...
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