Tuesday, October 09, 2007
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Your weekly connection to the new and most popular entries from the Networking community.
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Blogs: Supporting IT Professionals (+5)
White Papers: Instant Messaging, VoIP, P2P, and games in the... (+3)
Groups: Network and Security (+2)
Wiki: Networking Protocol (+1)
Jobs: Customer Service Center Support Coordinator Needed (+5)
Documents: Basic VPN setup question
Events: Emerging Technology Conference (+3)
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The Business Value of Vendor Management
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**** DECISION MAKER BLOGS ****
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Most Popular New Blog Entry
SUPPORTING IT PROFESSIONALS
By Octavius
You may expect that in a company comprised largely of software engineers, things would be easier and that everyone would follow generally accepted good IT practices, keep their anti-virus definitions up to date, keep their systems patched and have a working understanding of common...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602955
Recent Blog Entries
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...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602956
SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
By iTech-Ed
In October 1985 the very first CICS Update was put together. Since the summer that year, articles had been coming in to the Xephon office. Created on an Apple II using the Zardax word processing program, the first issue of CICS Update was printed out...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602902
REX AND THE CASE OF THE QUICK FIX AND THE LONG STAY PART 6
By KI4REX
Continued from Part 5 So catch you up, our hero, Petty Officer LaBelle and "Seaman" Jones are sitting in the galley brainstorming on the best place to start. "Do you guys have a cat and mouse?" asked the leatherskinned one. "A what?" asked LaBelle...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602957
CASE OF THE INNOCENT IRIS - PART V
By Security Monkey
"You're shipping me a box of WHAT?" came the voice from the other end of the phone. My surprised counterpart was Hugo Harwell of Harwell Investigations based in Las Vegas. Hugo had helped me numerous times before, and I needed him now more than...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602903
OPEN SOURCE OR OPEN CODE?
By Dru
Not surprisingly, Microsoft is receiving its share of flack about its entry into the world of open source. William Hurley has some good commentary over at his blog: "Is .NET open source now? I wouldn't call it that quite yet.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602958
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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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**** DECISION MAKER 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/573499
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/602852
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/573830
Most Popular New White Paper
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...
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**** DECISION MAKER GROUPS ****
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Most Popular Thread
NETWORK AND SECURITY
By ParveshChahal, member since 8/28/2007, Group: networking-career
I've been working on MS platform for the last six years. I have knowledge about ISDN, lease line, VPN. I can't configure a...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602960
Recent Threads
PASSWORD PROTECTED SCREENSAVER TIMEOUT (BEST PRACTICE)
By trustedtoolkit, member since 4/5/2007, Group: info-security-management-sp
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602961
COMMON DATA MODEL TRANSLATION
By GrahamBerri, member since 12/21/2006, Group: enterprise-architecture-sp
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602962
**** DECISION MAKER WIKI ****
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Most Popular New Wiki Contribution
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/561456
Recent Wiki Contributions
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/602963
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**** JOB POSTINGS ****
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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/602964
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/602965
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/602966
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/602967
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/602968
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/602969
Related Jobs (North American candidates only)
Networking // Security // CISCO // Consultants needed all over US
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**** DECISION MAKER 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/602970
**** NEW EVENTS & WEBCASTS ****
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (ETECH)
3/3/2008 by O'Reilly
Date: March 3-6, 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Venue: Marriott Hotel & Marina <br>Now in its seventh year, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference hones in on the ideas, projects, and technologies that the alpha geeks are thinking about, hacking on, and inventing right now...
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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/602876
INTEROP NEW YORK
10/22/2007 by CMP Media
Date: October 22-26, 2007 Location: New York, NY Venue: Javits Center, NY <br>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.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/602973
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/602974
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