=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TechTarget | Network and Systems Management Jan. 7, 2004 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents
1. NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIPS - Today's Featured Tip: Outsourcing license management - Get a little backbone - Brush up on personnel security 2. ESSENTIAL LINKS - Network performance infrastructures - not your father's NMS - Networking Column: Understanding certs & technical interviewing - Chapter of the Week: Network analysis, architecture and design ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TODAY'S FEATURED NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIP OUTSOURCING LICENSE MANAGEMENT by Barrie Sosinsky Users need multiple applications to do their jobs in today's corporate world. Unfortunately, keeping track of all these software application licenses is usually left up to a network manager. Luckily, there are many tools available for monitoring software licenses. Even with tools, license management can be a time consuming, complex, and often frustrating task. Given that this expertise is rather specialized, you might want to consider outsourcing your license management needs to an outside vendor. Learn more about this process here: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci943190,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GET A LITTLE BACKBONE | Barrie Sosinsky The recent emergence of Gigabit Ethernet, along with relating technologies such as iSCSI, provides an opportunity to upgrade even small workgroup or departmental sized networks significantly with new and enhanced capabilities. Many new computers such as the higher end Apple Macintoshes, motherboards from the major manufacturers, and others now come with Gigabit Ethernet included. You can also buy Gigabit Ethernet switches and hubs for relatively low cost. Combining these can help you create the equivalent of a local "backbone" in your network. Read the entire tip here: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid7_gci933804,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BRUSH UP ON PERSONNEL SECURITY | Mike Chapple Personnel security is one of the most critical (and most often overlooked!) areas of information security. The people inside your organization need access to data and resources to complete their assigned tasks and, therefore, have the potential to abuse these access privileges. Therefore, it's important that your security policy include a sound personnel security program. The employee life cycle consists of four basic phases: pre-employment, orientation, employment and post-employment. This tip looks at each of these and considers the appropriate personnel security policies during each stage. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci920804,00.html?track=NL-314 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::::::::::::::::: ESSENTIAL LINKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW WHITE PAPER | SearchNetworking.com NETWORK PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURES - NOT YOUR FATHER'S NMS Network management systems were once the answer to the ever-increasing demands of our networks, and provided the best-effort solution to make sense of the morass of data extracted from multitudes of devices. However, it's a new world, and today's networks are much more dynamic. We now have to look to new metrics and measurements to properly gauge our network performance. This white paper, co-authored by Loki Jorgenson, Apparent Networks, and Prasad Calyman, Internet2/OARnet, describes the old networking world versus the new in terms of performance measurements and diagnostics. It specifically details the best practices for an effective network performance infrastructure and includes two brief case studies. See why managing your network just isn't enough. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/searchNetworking/downloads/net_perf_infra04.pdf?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORKING COLUMN | Carrie Higbie UNDERSTANDING CERTIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL INTERVIEWING In today's world of increasing technology and vendor certifications, how do you determine if someone is a paper professional? This column by site expert Carrie Higbie gives you the insight into networking certifications, and what a prospective employee might bring to the table. http://www.searchNetworking.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci943106,00.html?track=NL-314 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CHAPTER OF THE WEEK | SearchNetworking.com NETWORK ANALYSIS, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Chapter 1: Overview of analysis, architecture, and design processes This book by James McCabe shows how adding architecture to the analysis and design process leads to far better designs, by forcing you to consider issues like performance, management, addressing, and routing sooner than you otherwise might. Chapter 1 describes the fundamental concepts of the processes of network analysis, architecture, and design. It also explains systems and services and their characteristics and prepares the reader for the analysis process. 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