Thursday, May 14, 2009

Weekly Update: Backbone, WAN, Certification and more

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Research: Best-in-Class Companies Strengthen Security,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/19173/0/Highlight/?mid=

Research: Accelerating File Services Across the WAN
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/4499/0/Highlight/?mid=

Networking-career discussion: MCSE online certification options
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2749835/1/Highlight

Networkadmin-l discussion: Software Install policy
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2754794/1/Highlight

Cisco-other-l discussion: Cisco Ace module
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2749758/1/Highlight

Wiki Article: Backbone
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/20340/2/Highlight

Blog Post: How do open source projects develop? Continuation.
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/31585/3/Highlight

Blog Post: Secure Hybrid Cloud Architectures
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/31576/3/Highlight

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FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOPS - ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
By HP and Citrix
A truly powerful virtual desktop environment must support a wide variety of usage scenarios with a high-definition user...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/19715/0/Docs/?mid=


BEST-IN-CLASS COMPANIES STRENGTHEN SECURITY, REDUCE DOWNTIME BY 33%
By Symantec
With growing IT infrastructure comes greater security risk. An increased number of end users means a corresponding...
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VIRTUALIZATION: MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF VIRTUALIZATION AND LEGACY TECHNOLOGIES WITH A UNIFIED ACCESS, POWER CONTROL AND AUDITING PLATFORM
By Raritan
This paper explores ways to consolidate physical servers, virtual servers, networking equipment and power management in...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/19494/0/Docs/?mid=

CALCULATING TOTAL POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS
By APC
Part of data center planning and design is to align the power and cooling requirements of the IT equipment with the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/2389/0/Docs/?mid=

HOSTED BLACKBERRY AND EXCHANGE KEEP REMOTE LOCATIONS CONNECTED
By Intermedia
Many businesses have separate office locations, a travelling sales force or employees who work from home. It's often...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/6168/0/Docs/?mid=


ORACLE WEBLOGIC SERVER: A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR SOA
By Oracle
Learn how to leverage the Java EE 5 advantage and dramatically speed development of SOA applications. This white paper...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/6516/0/Docs/?mid=

ACCELERATING FILE SERVICES ACROSS THE WAN
By Blue Coat Systems
After server consolidation, many users are farther away from their critical data. Yet the most common protocol for file...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/4499/0/Docs/?mid=

BEST PRACTICES FOR .NET TROUBLESHOOTING
By AVICode
Discover best practices and strategies to avoid application failures and performance bottlenecks, and when problems do...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/3/19293/0/Docs/?mid=

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Recent Threads

MCSE ONLINE CERTIFICATION OPTIONS (Networking-career)
Asked By Slavenic (Technician)
I'd like assistance on which available and reliable online cert programmes one can choose from...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2749835/1/groups

FORGOT ADMIN PASSWORD ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 ON A VIRTUAL SERVER (Networkadmin-l)
Asked By Leon McCarty | Replies (1)
I have windows server 2003 running on a virtual system, we forgot the admin password. This...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2755883/1/groups

IT CERTIFICATION (Networking-career)
Asked By Ankit Teekariya (Network Engineer) | Replies (2)
I am confused in selectiing one certification. I have done my courses from Private Institute and...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2755076/1/groups

SOFTWARE INSTALL POLICY (Networkadmin-l)
Asked By duminda79 (IT Trainer) | Replies (4)
I have two windows 2003 server machines. 1 for domain and other one for some purpose. so this the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2754794/1/groups

LOADWARE MODULE '3903DA87.LD' NOT FOUND. (Nortel-l)
Asked By FieldTech (Field Service Engineer)
Opt 11c with IP expansion Cab . When switching over to survivable mode getting this> Loadware...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2753734/1/groups

CISCO ASA 5520 (Cisco-other-l)
Asked By nbach (Consultant)
We need to configure a cisco ASA 5520 for a VPN connection to a saas provider. The information...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2751762/1/groups

CISCO ACE MODULE (Cisco-other-l)
Asked By Abdul Mannan (Network Administrator)
I have two Cisco 6506 switches and there are two Cisco Application Control engine service module...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2749758/1/groups

LINKSYS ROUTER (Linksys-l)
Asked By Mikebuggie (Ceo)
I moved my office to a new location and now my internet is moving very slow. I check the the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/2749312/1/groups


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BACKBONE -- last edited by AymanH
The Backbone is the main portion of an IP convergence network that is capable of carrying the...
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**** DOER BLOGS ****
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Most Popular New Blog Entry

LINUX IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
Posted by Locutus (System Administrator) Comments(9)
It seems to me to be a common theme of comparing Linux and open source against the big bad...
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Recent Blog Entries

BECOME AN IT CONSULTANT BY PARTNERING WITH ACCOUNTING FIRMS
Posted by Joshua Feinberg (Editorial Director)
Do you want to become an IT consultant? Then you may want to partner up with other trusted...
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SOFTWARE PIRACY ON THE RISE? SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
Posted by Locutus (System Administrator) Comments(1)
I just read in the news about software piracy rising from 38% to 41%. This doesn't surprise me at...
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IT SUPPORT CONTRACTS BUILD A STRONGER BUSINESS
Posted by Joshua Feinberg (Editorial Director)
Does your small business IT company offer IT support contracts? Some small business IT...
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WE CAN NO LONGER THINK OF COMPUTING AS A SINGLE PLATFORM.
Posted by Locutus (System Administrator) Comments(6)
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/31606/3/Blogs

HOW DO OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS DEVELOP? CONTINUATION.
Posted by Locutus (System Administrator) Comments(3)
This is the continuation of my previous article How do open source projects develop? In the last...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/31585/3/Blogs

SECURE HYBRID CLOUD ARCHITECTURES
Posted by Mike Kavis (CTO/Chief Architect)
There are a lot of discussions going on about security and compliance in the cloud. The concerns...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/2/2/31576/3/Blogs

LINUX, THE SILENT REVOLUTION.
Posted by Locutus (System Administrator) Comments(11)
In my travels around the internet and in talking with friends, co-workers and acquaintances I...
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