Enterprise Network from the Ground Up

The Enterprise Network from the Ground Up is coming up!! Please join us if you can. Below is the current info. If anything changes, I will post it. Hope to see you there!!!

 

 

Spring Enterprise Network from the Ground Up for Saturday of Week 12

 

Date:  June 8, 2013

Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm

Location: Lab 3

 

Signup Sheets will be out in the next week or so.

 

 

The May AITP meeting will be postponed to June 22nd. See you in June!

Sorry this is so late - lots of stuff going on right now.

The April meeting was held on April 20, 2013.

Jered Kuhfahl went to the InfoTech seminars that were held last month. He had several things to say about it. He also said that this seminar wasn't as good as past ones.

One of the topics was SharePoint -10 Things You Don't Use.  One of these is that you can tag documents. There is also the ability to set permissions, manage meta-data, and create/use a calendar. There is also Conditional Routing. They mentioned that this is cloud-based storage. This is not new. Many of us know quite a bit about this topic.

Mobile use had an estimated 1.3 billion devices currently online. Management of these devices is a big concern for businesses, as is the security of these devices. Unfortunately, these businesses who have allowed employees to connect to their servers, also have the right and ability to wipe those devices if they think their security is in jeopardy. This could also include your own personal photos, apps and personal documents. Most of these use Windows 7 or Windows 8. Most of the apps are free that can be used for business purposes, but again, you have to be aware of security. (Maybe look into an antivirus program and a better firewall?) This ability to use your own device is called BYOD - Bring Your Own Device. Just be aware of the risks to your personal information. You should weigh the pros and cons before making this decision.

The rest of the meeting was spent just generally talking about different updates to currently used programs and new programs. In all, it was quite entertaining!!!

The next AITP Meeting will be May 18, 2013. The topic will be announced at a later date.

April AITP Meeting

The topic for this month's meeting will be the InfoTech Seminar, A+ Certification and general discussions.

The time and place will be the same - 1pm to 2pm at ITT Omaha campus. This will be on Saturday, April 20.

March 2013 Meeting

I was not able to attend the March meeting, so the following was written by Mr. Mark McCoy:

On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Students enrolled in the Computer Network Systems (CNS) and the Computer Network Administration (CNA) Associate of Applied Science Degree Programs gathered in Lab three to participate in the ITT Quarterly Hands On Exercise Known as “Enterprise Network From The Ground Up”. 

During the All-Day Exercise, Students from all Quarters combined their collective skills to build a 5-Site Wide Area Network, complete with Microsoft Server 2008 Active Directory, Web Services (IIS and Apache), FTP Services, Database Services, OSPF Routing, Virtual LANs, Windows 7 Desktops, Windows 2008 Servers, a Fedora 15 Linux Server, and full-fledged Internet Access, from a spool of cable, 20+ Blank Hard Drives, 5 Blank CISCO 2600 Series Routers, and a Blank CISCO 2950 24-Port Switch.

Students gained valuable experience in Teamwork and Collaboration, not to mention getting an unparalleled opportunity to practice the hands-on networking skills they had learned throughout the quarter.

Below are a few photos of the activity.

 

The February meeting was held on 2/16/13. Kiley Auten presented a protection program called CrashPlan. This plan can back up any business or home system and holds up to 10G of information. There are several plans to meet several different levels of security. This starts as a full back up of the system, then is incremental from there.

Restoring your system is easy as well. You can restore at anytime. You can choose which files you want to restore or the full system. You can also restore to a new computer in case of theft or fire.

The business version complies to the HIPPA laws and all financial laws. There are limitations for backups and restoring, but basically they are the same as the home versions. It can be backed up at specified times or automatically every 15 minutes. Files and folders can be deleted or archived. USB drives are backed up first, then other computers.

The dashboard can be accessed from your computer or remotely. You can get information on each computer covered in the plan. You can request support from the dashboard. This has step by step instructions with screenshots and details on how to fix or set up.

To get more information, please go to CrashPlan.com

The March AITP Meeting will be "Enterprise Network from the Ground Up" and will start at 8am and hope to finish at 4pm, on Saturday, March 16th at ITT, 1120 N 103^rd Plaza, Suite 200 in Omaha. (If you need directions, let me know!) Lunch will be served from 12:00noon to 1:00pm.