Thursday, October 11, 2007
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Your weekly connection to the new and most popular entries from the Networking community.
**** CONTENTS ****
Groups: Network IP addresses (+9)
White Papers: Instant Messaging, VoIP, P2P, and games in the... (+3)
Documents: Basic VPN setup question (+3)
Blogs: I have just been blown away by Linux....Again!!!! (+9)
Wiki: Virtual circuit (+1)
Jobs: Customer Service Center Support Coordinator Needed (+5)
Events: Application Failure is Not an Option. Achieving... (+2)
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**** DOER GROUPS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/groups
Most Popular Thread
NETWORK IP ADDRESSES
By RLopatosky, member since 10/4/2007, Group: networkadmin-l
How do I find the IP addresses of my Linksys Wireless Routers...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604106
Recent Threads
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HOW I CAN GET THE WEB PROXY SERVICE FOR INTERNET ON MY SERVER STARTED
By lexuschetan, member since 9/5/2006, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604107
BLOCKING SKYPE
By dineshshank, member since 9/20/2007, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604108
ADDRESSING SWITCH POINT-TO-POINT LINKS
By jimfrhs, member since 10/9/2007, Group: cisco-infrastructure-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604110
REMOTE DESKTOP AND PIX 501
By Steve3734, member since 10/9/2007, Group: cisco-infrastructure-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604112
HOW CAN I REMOVE THE LOGIN SCREEN TO A SERVER FROM WORKSTATION?
By MNooney, member since 5/2/2007, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604113
BLOCK MY NETWORK PLACES
By john blakley, member since 8/29/2007, Group: cisco-infrastructure-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604115
GOOGLE PROBLEM
By NAVEEN_KUMAR444, member since 6/16/2007, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604117
MOTHER BOARD INFO
By dineshshank, member since 9/20/2007, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604118
RDP PORT NUMBER?
By pwaller, member since 10/4/2007, Group: networkadmin-l
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604120
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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.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/525802
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**** DOER WHITE PAPERS ****
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Recent White Papers
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 file-sharing applications cause many businesses serious concern. This paper looks at why it is important to control such applications, discusses the various approaches, and highlights how integrating this functionality...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/575209
THE MEDIA CROSS CONNECT: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAB MANAGEMENT
By MRV Communications
Network equipment manufacturers, service providers, carriers and enterprises all face increasing competitive pressures to get products and services to market in shrinking timeframes. Learn how a physical layer cross connect switch can optimize your lab for responsiveness and best use of capital expenditure, taking test...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604050
5 KEY STEPS TO CALCULATING ROI FOR A TAPE LIBRARY CONSOLIDATION PROJECT
By Phil Wandrei, Datalink
This paper examines how to calculate ROI for a tape consolidation project, including areas such as hardware maintenance savings, off-site media savings, staff productivity savings, etc. Read about key areas that generate savings in a tape library consolidation project and examine the steps for...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/575152
DISASTER PROOF SOLUTIONS: ENSURING APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
By Bob Laliberte, Analyst, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc.
When HP decided to create a full-blown test environment for disaster recovery, involving two data centers, five mission-critical applications, and 70 pounds of C4 explosive, they called in ESG Labs to witness the results. Find out how five homogenous server systems were brought...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/567280
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**** DOER POPULAR Q&A ****
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Most Popular New Popular Q&A
BASIC VPN SETUP QUESTION
By ITtoolbox as adapted from VPN-L discussion group
A friend of mine has asked me to help him setup a VPN for his business so that some of his employees (4) can remotely connect into the network in his main office. Of these users, 3 will be very low volume users.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604121
Recent Popular Q&A
HOW TO INSTALL TIGER ON MY OLD QUICKSILVER
By ITtoolbox as adapted from MAC-OSX-L discussion group
I just got a new Mac Book Pro and was wondering if I could use the OS 10.4 install disks that came with it to upgrade my older G4. I get a kernel panic when I tried it.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604122
NETWORKING ENGINEERING AND CCNA
By ITtoolbox as adapted from Networking-Career discussion group
I am a Computer Networking Engineering student and need information to assist me in the following areas as I prepare for my exams: 1. Techniques to go through the exam 2. Useful websites to look 3. Suggest a Q&A book 4.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604124
SHIFT CAREER TO STORAGE ADMIN
By ITtoolbox as adapted from SysAdmin-Career discussion group
I am a Windows server admin in Bangalore, India and after 7 years of working with Windows I want to change my career to the Storage field -- particularly NAS. How can I jump to NAS? EMC is here but I don't have any idea...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604125
**** DOER BLOGS ****
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Most Popular New Blog Entry
I HAVE JUST BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY LINUX....AGAIN!!!!
By Locutus
Here I was happily fiddling around with my Kubuntu installation and at a critical time when the initrd image was being regenerated our fabled standard of stable electricity supply decided to cut out. Not surprising as it does that every time a mosquito sneezes.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604126
Recent Blog Entries
SOMEWHERE ET IS PHONING HOME AND WE NEED TO FIND THEM.
By Locutus
I am sure that many of you have watched the movie ET where the lovable but ugly little alien needs to "phone home". I personally believe that it is impossible that we are the only intelligent life in the whole universe. The laws of statistics...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604127
THECODEFACTORY
By Dru
Today I had a chance to attend a planning session for TheCodeFactory, which will be Ottawa's co-working space for independent professionals and early stage businesses. So what exactly is co-working? It is a work space built around shared facilities and services that...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604128
ARE WE WEARING BLINDER "GOOGLES"
By KI4REX
I have been a Google, GMail, gCal, and gReader Geek for quite sometime. Before that it was yahoo, and I will admit before that I was all 'bout the AOL. I am lazy by nature and like all of my information in one place or...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604129
ODDS AND ENDS
By kshaffe
Whew, what a few months we've had. Probably this biggest things we are working on right now is capacity planning, zones/consolidation, Oracle RAC and remote backups. I'll touch on these items briefly but promise to give some more in depth writings this...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604130
PRESENTATION - EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT IT...
By Matthew Moran
Another speaking segment...Related to this post from a few years back...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604131
TAKING CARDHOLDER SECURITY SERIOUSLY MAKES CHEVRON STAND OUT
By Mark Tordoff
Mike Rothman brought to light a case study on Chevron related to the VISA PCI deadline that appeared on SearchSecurity.com recently. The case study is in stark contrast with a report recently published by VeriSign. The report, based on a review of 60 PCI...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604132
PRESENTATION SEGMENT - IT BLACKENED THE EYE OF BUSINESS
By Matthew Moran
Because of a renewed focus on presentations both for direct income and as business growth tools, I will be posting some of my public presentation videos here at IT Toolbox. I keynoted the McDonald's I/S Career Conference last year (2006) and have some...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604033
THE FIRST TIME I MET SBS...
By kenyonswim
It's been way too long since I've been away but those first two weeks in a new job are always interesting. In my new role, I'm doing general support and maintenance on small and medium business servers and workstations (Read: Microsoft SBS)...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604133
WHAT IS YOUR LUG DOING?
By Locutus
LUG is used in many different way's. Affectionately as in "Ya big lug", as a verb where you lug something around and in technical terms as in the lug on a chassis. In Borg speak LUG means your friendly Linux Users Group. These groups...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604134
**** DOER WIKI ****
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Most Popular New Wiki Contribution
VIRTUAL CIRCUIT
By good_old_times
A virtual circuit (VC) is a portion of shared memory used by the dispatcher for client database connection requests and replies. The dispatcher directs a virtual circuit to a common queue when a request arrives. An idle shared server retrieves the virtual circuit from the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604135
Recent Wiki Contributions
NETWORKING PROTOCOL
By dewritermd
A networking protocol is the standard communication method for computing hardware, such as servers, hosts, or workstations, to transmit data through a network. An example of such a protocol would be the Internet Protocol (IP). A network protocol is a set of rule which govern...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/562566
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Most Popular New Job Posting
CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER SUPPORT COORDINATOR NEEDED
Company: Allegheny Energy
Location: Fairmont, West Virginia
Allegheny Energy is seeking a Customer Service Center Support Coordinator who has a Bachelors Degree in Information Science & Technology, Information Technology or related field or equivalent work experience...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604136
Recent Job Postings
PRODUCT MANAGER FOR ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUPS NEEDED
Company: ITtoolbox
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
ITtoolbox, a world leader in online communities, is seeking a product manager to oversee the growth of the ITtoolbox Groups product, consisting of 650 professional online discussion communities...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604137
SENIOR SERVER ENGINEER/SERVER ENGINEER NEEDED
Company: Steelcase Inc.
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Steelcase Inc. is seeking a Senior Server Engineer/Server Engineer who has at least 5 years of industry related experience. Job Title: Server Engineer Location: Grand Rapids, MI...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/600999
PRODUCT MANAGER NEEDED
Company: Aspen Tech
Location: Burlington, MA
Aspen Tech is seeking a Product Manager who has at least 6 years experience in a global technology company in product management, product marketing, business consulting, sales, consulting...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/601000
PRODUCT MANAGER NEEDED
Company: Aspen Tech
Location: Cambridge, MA
Aspen Tech is seeking a Product Manager who has at least 8 years in a global technology company in a product management, product marketing, business consulting, sales, consulting...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/601001
PRODUCT MANAGER NEEDED
Company: Aspen Tech
Location: Houston, TX
Aspen Tech is seeking a Product Manager who has a BS degree in an engineering discipline and 5+ years professional experience in chemical engineering, technical-economic, and software...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/601002
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**** UPCOMING EVENTS & WEBCASTS ****
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APPLICATION FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. ACHIEVING HIGH AVAILABILITY IS - THROUGH APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION
10/17/2007 11:00:00 AM by DataSynapse
Hear from expert, Dan Kusnetzky, President and Principal Analyst from the Kusnetzky Group, as he explores real-customer issues surrounding business intelligence, data integration, and the solutions and benefits that application virtualization can bring to your enterprise.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604078
INTEROP NEW YORK
10/22/2007 by CMP Media
Date: October 22-26, 2007 Location: New York, NY Venue: Javits Center, NY See all of the latest technologies in action at Interop New York, October 22-26, 2007. Visit 200+ exhibitors, attend 100+ sessions, and check out live demos of practical business solutions. Interop...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604138
MOBILE BUSINESS EXPO
10/22/2007 by CMP
Date: October 22-25, 2007 Location: New York, NY Venue: Javits Convention Center <br>With case studies, demonstrations, keynotes, workshops and conference tracks covering the latest mobile technologies, and issues such as security and infrastructure decisions, Mobile Business Expo helps you build and manage a mobile...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/604139
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