**** NETWORKING-DECISION-MAKERS NEWSLETTER ****
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 http://networking.ITtoolbox.com
Your fast, convenient way to stay current with the Networking market.
**** CONTENTS ****
- Sponsor: MKS, Inc.
- Sponsor: Symantec Corporation
- Sponsor: Citrix Systems, Inc.
- News: Who's Winning the Server War?
- News: Despite Admiration for Gates, China Poses Stiff Test for
Microsoft
- News: P2P site closes as legal pressure mounts
- News: (9 additional headlines)
- Job Center: Senior Data Network Engineer Needed
- Job Center: Clarify Application Administrator/Support Specialist Needed
- Job Center: Web and IVR Testing Specialist Needed
- Tech Stocks: Weekly Recap of ITtoolbox Stock Indices
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Document Standards?
- ITtoolbox Blogs: Geeks & Katrina Relief
- ITtoolbox Blogs: In the world of NetworkDNA, what is a device
- ITtoolbox Blogs: (3 additional blogs)
- Industry Articles: HP's Bold Move In Networking
- Industry Articles: Attracting the 'Passive Candidate'
- Industry Articles: Use Vendor Expertise To Win Networking Projects
- White Papers: Create your methodology based on a standard framework
- White Papers: Securing the Simple Small Business Network
- White Papers: Voice Over IP 101: Understanding VoIP Networks
- White Papers: Providing Ubiquitous Gigabit Networks In The United States
- White Papers: Optimizing disk-based backups for Small & Medium Businesses
- White Papers: High Availability for All: A Cost-Effective Approach
to Server Virtualization
- White Papers: Best Practices in Change Management for the Mid-sized Business
- White Papers: Creating Business Value Through Compliance-Oriented
Backup, Recovery, and Archive
- White Papers: New Era of Intelligent Communications
- Featured Discussion Group: NETWORK-PROJECTMANAGEMENT (1 message)
- Press Releases: (3 recent releases)
- Upcoming Events: (3 upcoming events)
- Events this week: (2 events this week)
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WHO'S WINNING THE SERVER WAR? (Networking News)
The server market continues to post solid growth, but we at Standard &
Poor's believe the sales mix and competitive dynamics present
challenges as vendors duke it out. In the second quarter of 2005,
server...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86510
DESPITE ADMIRATION FOR GATES, CHINA POSES STIFF TEST FOR MICROSOFT
(Networking News)
Microsoft recently lost an opportunity to improve its relations with
the Chinese government after Chinese President Hu Jintao's trip to the
United States was postponed. Instead, the company found itself in
court, hearing an...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86056
P2P SITE CLOSES AS LEGAL PRESSURE MOUNTS (Networking News)
The website for the WinMX file sharing service has been shut down,
suggesting that the service, best known for enabling copyright
infringements, has crumbled under legal pressure from the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA)....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86057
MICROSOFT: NEW ERA, NEW CHALLENGES (Networking News)
Microsoft Corp. will take a few moments today to reflect on its first
three decades. But the company doesn't have much time to sit back and
reminisce. The anniversary, to be marked during an employee...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86058
POOR CONNECTION QUALITY IS HAMPERING INDIA'S INTERNET GROWTH, INDUSTRY
SAYS (Networking News)
Poor service and frequent disruptions are hindering the growth of
Internet use in India, the industry's trade body said Friday, adding
that the country will fall far short of a government target...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86059
FRENCH PM AGAIN SUGGESTS HEWLETT-PACKARD MAY BE MADE TO REPAY AID
(Networking News)
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said Friday that the government
is thinking about asking Hewlett-Packard to repay aid, after the U.S.
computer and printer maker announced plans to cut 5,900 jobs in...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86060
HIGH-SPEED BANDWAGON SLOWS DOWN (Networking News)
The adoption of high-speed Internet service, after increasing
feverishly for the past several years, is beginning to slow down,
according to a study released Wednesday. The Pew Internet & American
Life Project found that though...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86061
HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO A THEME AT INTERNET2 CONSORTIUM FORUM
(Networking News)
The audience watched closely and listened as Northwestern University
student Anna Burden's fingers danced across the fingerboard of her
cello, delivering first a Bach prelude, then a more up-tempo bluegrass
piece. Burden was in Chicago....
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86062
US FIRMS TURN TO VOIP (Networking News)
Three quarters of all corporate telephony lines will be IP-based by
2009, according to research by Radicati Group. The study found that a
majority of companies, especially medium to large sized businesses,
are gradually upgrading...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86063
QWEST ACCUSES SBC OF IMPEDING COMPETITION (Networking News)
Qwest Communications International Inc. officials on Wednesday accused
SBC Communications Inc. of impeding competition by creating a company
"blacklist" and establishing restrictive network pricing plans. Qwest
executives outlined their accusations in a meeting...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86064
QWEST, MICROSOFT TEAM FOR VOIP SERVICE (Networking News)
Qwest Communications and Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday they are teaming
up on an Internet-based telephone and communications service for
small- and mid-sized businesses. The product, expected to debut next
year, will feature VOIP...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86065
MICROSOFT RESTRUCTURES WITH NEED FOR SPEED (Networking News)
Microsoft has announced that it is to streamline its business in a bid
to "speed up decision making". Chief executive Steve Ballmer outlined
plans yesterday to slim down the company's seven business units into
three,...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86066
**** ITTOOLBOX JOB CENTER ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/FindJobs
Senior Data Network Engineer Needed
VNU, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Network Engineer who has at least
four years of related experience in infrastructure/network
environments and who is skilled in the areas of networks, network
topologies, PC workstations, Domain...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86067
Clarify Application Administrator/Support Specialist Needed
Philips Medical Systems is seeking a Clarify Application
Administrator/Support Specialist who has at least 2 years experience
in a leadership or project management role and who is skilled in a
variety of voice and data...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80443
Web and IVR Testing Specialist Needed
Barq Technologies is seeking a Web and IVR Testing Specialist who has
at least 3 years experience in manual testing on web based
applications and who is skilled as a Mercury Test Director.
Description:...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80445
**** TECHNOLOGY STOCK INDICES - WEEKLY PERFORMANCE ****
INDEX 09/19/05 09/26/05 %CHANGE
E-Business 54.32 54.57 +0.46% BEST
ERP 71.91 71.13 -1.08%
Knowledge Mgmt 73.29 72.32 -1.32%
SCM 70.08 69.15 -1.33%
Web Design/Dev 37.89 37.19 -1.85%
Networking 73.18 71.72 -2.00%
EAI 22.71 22.07 -2.82%
CRM 46.73 43.31 -7.32% WORST
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**** ITTOOLBOX BLOGS ****
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/
Document Standards?
By Prof X
Document interchange is very common in any enterprise. Back in
pre-Microsoft-monopoly days, users choose between Wordstar and
Wordperfect, to name two of the popular word processing applications.
Companies...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=85987
Geeks & Katrina Relief
By SecurityMonkey
I'm a pretty lucky person to be surrounded by so many truly gifted
geeks. These are geeks from every sector imaginable, and have a range
of talents that you could start your own civilization with. They...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=85312
In the world of NetworkDNA, what is a device
By Don Krause
As I settle into my new position with my own network I am overwhelmed
with all of the devices. To review, NetworkDNA breaks the network down
into 3 parts; Infrastructure - the equipment that creates the...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=81118
Ping-continued
By Andrew Kramer
Ah yes, back to our discussion on ping. This simple little monitoring
utility has gotten more complicated once you start using it in a
practical way. We took a slight detour last week and talked about...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86048
What are the IT employee confidence indexes telling us?
By Joe Santana
Are IT employees becoming more or less confidant regarding their jobs?
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=85340
The Broken Record Advice Stream...
By Matthew Moran
I get the opportunity to speak with a lot of brand new technology
professionals. Come to think of it, I get the opportunity to speak to
a lot of grizzled old veterans. By the way, if you are 32 years...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=85313
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HP'S BOLD MOVE IN NETWORKING
by Art Wittmann
HP announces a new enterprise-class core switch and management
upgrades for its ProCurve networking products. This article provides a
product overview.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86068
ATTRACTING THE 'PASSIVE CANDIDATE'
by David Bair
Looking for that 'just-right' person for the job? Try the soft sell.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86069
USE VENDOR EXPERTISE TO WIN NETWORKING PROJECTS
by Megan Burns
By leveraging its vendor's engineering support team, this integrator
won a three-year, $2.25 million contract with the Los Angeles Unified
School District.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86070
**** WHITE PAPERS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/documents/
CREATE YOUR METHODOLOGY BASED ON A STANDARD FRAMEWORK
by Lucas Rodriguez Cervera
This article, the first of a series of three, gives some tips on
designing and implementing a methodology based on a standard framework
such as ITIL or PMBoK.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86071
SECURING THE SIMPLE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK
by Symantec
Wireless security, VPNs, Internet connection redundancy, antivirus
software, IDS, IPS, firewalls, and multiple network devices: it's a
daunting and confusing list for small business owners with a simple
network and few resources. But there is an alternative.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86072
VOICE OVER IP 101: UNDERSTANDING VOIP NETWORKS
by Stefan Brunner and Akhlaq A. Ali
This paper will explain the fundamentals of VoIP, focusing on the
functions and components that make up a VoIP solution. It will answer
the following questions: What does it mean to an organization to
deploy VoIP? What makes up a VoIP solution and how can they take
advantage of it? Once a general understanding of VoIP is achieved,
organizations are better prepared to tackle the more complex issues
that go into deploying a secure, reliable and high-performance VoIP
network.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86073
PROVIDING UBIQUITOUS GIGABIT NETWORKS IN THE UNITED STATES
by IEEE-USA Committee on Communications and Information Policy (CCIP)
This paper briefly covers the nature of gigabit networks and the
telecommunications infrastructure, followed by principles that should
be observed in achieving these new networks. The rest of the paper
presents key propositions that establish the benefits, and hence the
need, to build out such networks, and it explores the competitive
threat from other countries and some current U.S. broadband
initiatives.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86074
OPTIMIZING DISK-BASED BACKUPS FOR SMALL & MEDIUM BUSINESSES
by EMC Corporation
EMC Dantz, maker of award-winning Retrospect backup and recovery
software, is offering a free white paper describing how disk-based
backups and automated technology delivers easy-to-manage backups, fast
restores, and simplified offsite media rotation.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86511
HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR ALL: A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO SERVER
VIRTUALIZATION
by BMC Software
Find out how server virtualization solutions offer a cost-effective
way to improve computing efficiency. BMC Virtualizer(tm) solutions
dramatically reduce IT costs while boosting application availability.
Learn more in this white paper from BMC.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=80452
BEST PRACTICES IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR THE MID-SIZED BUSINESS
by BMC Software
This paper outlines best practices that mid-sized companies consider
when purchasing a change management solution. Find out why more and
more IT organizations are realizing why change management solutions
warrant their time and investment.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86512
CREATING BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH COMPLIANCE-ORIENTED BACKUP, RECOVERY,
AND ARCHIVE
by Quantum Corporation
Lawmakers and regulatory agencies have imposed new regulations that
require the retention and protection of electronic messages and data
records. This paper provides recommendations for backup, recovery and
archive strategies that enable infrastructure and operations to
support both compliance and business goals.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86513
NEW ERA OF INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS
by AVAYA Inc.
By connecting workers, customers and processes to the right people, at
the right time, in the right medium - Intelligent Communications
enables business agility and global competitiveness. Learn about the
Avaya roadmap for evolving customers to this new era, at their own
path, pace and choice.
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86514
**** THIS WEEK'S FEATURED DISCUSSION GROUP - NETWORK-PROJECTMANAGEMENT
****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/groups
Building New Data Centre
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86515
**** PRESS RELEASES ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/press
Palm and Microsoft Join to Bring the Palm Experience to Windows Mobile
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86516
Vonage Introduces TCS VOIP Verify
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86076
Pirelli Broadband Solutions Launches Global Access Business
http://www.ittoolbox.com/r/da.asp?r=86077
**** UPCOMING EVENTS ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
NETWORKING DECISIONS 2005
Date: November 14-16, 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
The 4th annual Networking Decisions Conference is here to help. Our
conference program is designed to help you simplify the IT
decision-making process throughout 2006, breaking down the most
important networking trends and issues such as Network Security, VoIP
& Convergence, Enterprise Wireless and Network Management. You'll
return to your office with the right tools, tactics and strategies to
make the right decisions for the growth of your enterprise network.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
GARTNER 24TH ANNUAL DATA CENTER CONFERENCE
Date: December 5-8, 2005
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
The Industry's Leading Data Center Event now 3.5 days!
Virtualization... ILM... business resiliency... operations
infrastructure efficiency... the escalating battle between Windows and
Linux. These are some of the hottest topics in data center management
right now - and will be headlining the agenda at the 24th Annual
Gartner Data Center Conference.
Last year's event was the best-attended themed event in Gartner
history as nearly 1400 data center professionals converged in Las
Vegas to hear the latest data center recommendations from the globally
renowned Gartner analyst team.
Every year, Gartner surveys data center executives to identify their
most critical concerns. Our 20 plus senior analyst team will craft an
up-to-the-minute agenda which will directly respond to your top
concerns.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
4TH USENIX CONFERENCE ON FILE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES (FAST '05)
Date: December 14-16, 2005
Location: San Francisco, CA
Venue: Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
Join us in San Francisco, CA, December 14-16, 2005, for the latest in
file and storage technologies. The 4th USENIX Conference on File and
Storage Technologies (FAST '05) brings together storage system
researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design,
implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems. Meet
with premier storage systems researchers and practitioners for 2.5
days of ground-breaking file and storage information!
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
**** EVENTS THIS WEEK ****
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
TELECOMS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Date: September 28-29, 2005
Location: London
Venue: Le Medidien Piccodilly
Attend the only Telecoms-specific Business Intelligence conference in
Europe and learn about how to make the most of your greatest
commercial resource; information. Presenting two days packed with
information and case studies, learn how you can benchmark and improve
your data management processes and systems to increase the value of
each individual customer, reduce churn, increase your ROI on marketing
and sales, improve internal accountability and support your billing,
revenue assurance, network management, and CRM operations.
For further information and registration please visit
www.businessintelligence-events.com
Please quote reference: "VIP-it"
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
IT SECURITY WORLD 2005
Date: September 28-30, 2005
Location: San Francisco, CA
Venue: Hyatt Regency
Get Ready for an All New Information Security Event!!
IT Security World Conference & Expo is the one event that has it all.
To help you meet your infosec challenges within your particular
industry, we've built a blockbuster event that will cover the hot
topics, tech trends, and emerging issues specific to your environment.
The IT Security World Conference. Tackles the full spectrum of
security challenges and offers real-world, unbiased solutions. Over 30
focused, technical sessions that get to the heart of your latest
e-security and network demands.
http://networking.ittoolbox.com/events
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