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Along with role-playing games, multi-player games are becoming one of the most popular types of games. This type of game allows the players to play or compete with the computer or with other players.

To be able to compete with the computer, you just have to click on the options provided in the game that will enable you to do so. On the other hand, to be able to play with other players, you will need to go online so that you can enter a network of people playing the same game.

As with role-playing games, players in multi-player games also take on different characters and are involved in a varied number of plots as well. Some of these characters include being a police operative in search of terrorists, being wizards with different powers, being on opposite sides during a war, and even playing a simple game of chess. The added thrill is that you will get to compete with other players, and there are games that allow you to form alliances with other players to defeat a common enemy.

Multi-player games are also available on the Internet and can easily be downloaded from various sites. Some sites offer very simple games such as checkers, chess, scrabble, and backgammon, while other websites offer more sophisticated games that may involve a larger number of players. In downloading these games, you follow the same procedure as you would when downloading other free games on the Internet. However, as has been mentioned, the difference is that to play the game with other users, a network connection is necessary.

Multi-player games have become widely popular because of the added thrill of being able to play the same game with other players online. This has enabled players to learn new skills from other players, form alliances, and learn more about strategy, which has greatly fueled the popularity of this type of game. It can then be expected that as technology continues to improve, there will be more multi-player games that are available online.

Free Online Games provides detailed information on Free Online Games, Free Online RPG Games, Free Online Kid Games, Free Online Multiplayer Games and more. Free Online Games is affiliated with Free Mobile Games.

[tags]Free Online Multiplayer Games[/tags]

The World Wide Web, aka the Internet, consists of interconnected computer systems and networks. These systems and networks communicate via Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol, referred to as TCP/IP, in order to transfer data and process information.

The definition of privacy is the right to unauthorized intrusion. Therefore, Internet privacy is defined as the right to use the series of interconnected systems and networks without unauthorized intrusion, including and not limited to personal identifiable information being tracked or intercepted by another party.

Internet Privacy Software

You can get software to help protect your privacy. The wide variety of privacy protection software arms you with tools to battle unwanted Internet security breaches, ads, browsers hijacking, cookies, email invasion, porn and other unsafe intrusions, bugs, viruses and more.

Internet Privacy Download

Helpful Internet privacy download tools work to cover basic Internet security measures. Tops features of the tools are firewalls, ISP (Internet service provider) filters, and protection from unwanted viruses, worms, Trojans, spam and spyware.

Important Resources & Tools

Some important help for online and offline privacy follow, listed in no particular order of preference.

Offline tools that can help with online junk, too:

National Do Not Call Registry - put your number here and don’t give out info over the phone accidentally or otherwise: https://www.donotcall.gov

Free annual credit reports - get reports form the top three agencies annually at no charge and make sure no one is abusing your credit and identity: http://www.annualcreditreport.com

Stop Credit Offers - put an end to unwanted junk-mail of pre-approved credit card offers by signing up here: http://www.optoutprescreen.com

Ad-Blocking Software

AdSubtract Pro by InterMute

AntiPopUp for IE by Webknacks

PanicWare

PopUpCop

STOPzilla

xFX PopUpKiller

Preferred “Safer” Browsers to Use

Firefox

MyIE2 Browser
AVANT

Super Browser

Browser Cleaning Tools

CCleaner
IE Privacy Keeper

Tracks Eraser

Window Washer

Cookie Cleaners

CookieCop 2
Cookie Crusher
Cookie Pal

Email privacy Protection

Zixit

CipherSend

SafeIT

HushMail
Pretty Good Privacy

Protect Kids

SafeBrowse.com Safe Eyes 2006
Do You Know Where Your Kids Are Clicking?

Password Protection

Roboform
Password Agent

So arm your equipment, yourself and your family. Lock up by taking security measures both online and off. If you need help with all the online tools out there today, start by checking to see what’s available already on your computer and with your Internet service provider, email hosting account. Then check out tools packages, too, instead of piecing the remaining toolbox items together yourself, and see if perhaps one download can cover everything at once for you. Popular packages include (in no particular order):

Netkeys Ultra, Software Appliance Company
Proxomitron
Acronis Privacy Expert

PanicWare

Trace Removers

WebWasher

Web Bugs
Private Browsing

Simply ask your friends and associates for their recommendations, check at the point of purchase for your computer, your ISP, and make the best choices you can. Monitor activity and revise accordingly. And stay safe!

This article was written by Greg Johnston sponsored by nukeantispyware.a1wired.com. Antispyware Resources Site can assist you in finding the right AnySpyware Software that will help you fix any spyware problems. Reproductions of this article are encouraged but must include a link pointing to http:/nukeantispyware.a1wired.com.

[tags]Internet Privacy, adware, spyware, pc security[/tags]

Nextel used to be “How Business Got Done”. It also used to be the only carrier to offer an exclusive PTT (Push to Talk) feature, which was a phone with a built-in walkie talkie that worked on its cellular network. With Cingular Wireless becoming one of the last carriers to get into the Push to Talk arena, the last major differentiating factor to the consumer that once separated wireless carriers is disappearing. Wireless carriers on the front end are becoming more homogeneous and it is increasingly difficult to tell which carrier offers what unique service. It used to be that Nextel was known for “walkie talkie”, Sprint was the first to introduce the coolest data enabled phones, Cingular had all the “free phones” and a technically challenged cellular network and T-Mobile being the only GSM (Global System for Mobility) carrier offered an international phone. The former AT&T Wireless was the first wireless carrier to come out with the Digital One Rate, a national calling plan with roaming included. It is now trying to “Raise the Bar’ with its recent acquisition by Cingular Wireless. Nextel is ‘How Business Gets Done’ was bought by Sprint ‘Free and Clear’. Verizon wants to know if you can hear them now, as after a very long run in first place, they are now the #2 wireless carrier in the market place behind Cingular Wireless. But given that the service is only as good as the network by the 3rd quarter of 2006 you may see them Verizon reclaim their spot as the #1 Wireless Provider in the U.S. And currently rounding out the bottom of the list it seems that T-Mobile is constantly giving more in order to ‘Get More’ market share.

With the recent mergers and buyouts, we all know that bigger does not always mean better. A case in point is demonstrated in what it is like dealing with the ‘New’ Cingular Wireless after their merger with AT&T Wireless. While carriers are beginning to appear homogenous on the front end, their back end protocols and practices are still as complex as ever before. A once confused customer care, is now even more confused, having to manage different technologies, carrier specific programs, rate plan names, management styles and other idiosyncrasies of each wireless carrier. Each Carrier had slightly different ways of doing the same procedures, multiply this by hundreds of departments and this becomes a mess for both customers and dealers alike to navigate through. Take for example the process of verifying an account via calling into customer care. Cingular now does this is in the most bureaucratic and arcane way.

All of this reflects their completely consumer driven back end customer relationship management systems. They purchased AT&T Wireless for all their corporate accounts but have yet to adopt procedures for dealing with corporate customers. If you cannot exactly identify the account name as it reads on the account, then you cannot do anything on the account even if you wanted to pay a past due bill. Essentially your phones would have to be turned off for non-payment before they would be open to accepting payment without proper account name verification. Naturally this would allow them to collect their past due amount, plus the late fees, plus the reactivation fee per phone. They say that they verify accounts this way for security reasons and for protection of the account holder and given the amount of fraud that exists in the wireless industry, it is both understandable and good practice. However, the problem is not with the message but with the messenger. They do not offer another solution to verify the account which in most cases can be easily implemented, as the customer care reps already have email access in place, they could easily send over a confirmation email or if need be change of responsibility form to a master email address at the corporation, the former point of contact. Or if the company did not use email, they could mail or fax a form to the business address on file. For business customers a simple required task before the customer care rep can do anything further on the account can be quite a nightmare especially in the major corporate and government sectors where account administrators turn over frequently and many accounts exist in organizations all with slightly different names, an acronym, a sub-account and in the worse case scenario, the carrier itself may have abbreviated the name if it exceeded the amount of characters allowed in the field when they originally set up the account.

Former AT&T Wireless customers are dealing with the brunt of this, as their account verification system was different & better, offering alternative ways to validate the account such as with an account number, the correct billing address and the last 4 digits of a social security or tax id number. The combination of the carrier specific protocols, lack of training on every level, their use of the same confusing billing format (usually written by programmers and not by telecomm specialists and actual end users) and consumers becoming more sophisticated buyers is making the wireless market more complex as opposed to more less so.

Until carriers in general realize that increasing market share and gaining customer loyalty also should mean a new easy to read bill, a proactive (not reactive) customer care team and knowledgeable and hands-on sales representative, the customer experience in dealing with their cellular company is going to continue to deteriorate. Thanks for holding, how may I help you?

Shonika is the Owner of Group Interactive, Inc, a wireless resource management company. Group Interactive helps companies, prime contractors and government agencies to centralize, better manage and properly deploy their wireless resources (cell phones, Blackberry’s and cell phone bills). sproctor@groupinteractive.net, http://www.groupinteractive.net

[tags]cell phone, Blackberry, Customer Care, Shonika Proctor, Prime Contractors, Government, Corporate[/tags]

What is VoIP?

First things first, VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. At a base level that means phone calls over your broadband connection. You really do need a high-speed connection to take advantage of VoIP to get phone calls comparable to a normal landline phone. Traditional “dial-up” connections are not really sufficient.

VoIP works in a different way to your home phone. Your home phone is based on an analogue network, whereas VoIP is based on a digital one. Essentially when you speak into a VoIP enabled phone or headset your voice is converted into digital packets; it is then compressed to help your Internet connection run more efficiently and then it is transferred down the connection much like an email. Once it reaches its destination the process is reversed.

Why might I want to switch to VoIP?

It’s a good question. We all have a working phone in our homes or business, why should we change? Lets look at the advantages and disadvantages of VoIP

Advantages

Well to put it simply - cost. VoIP makes calls significantly cheaper. And (Depending on your package) for a low cost monthly subscription local and national calls can be made for free, and international calls made at a significantly lower rate.

When you subscribe to a VoIP service it is possible to get a phone number for life. You will be able to take your number with you whenever you move (or even travel) with obvious benefits.

The contract packages that companies who are offering the service contain for the most part all the features and more that your current phone service supplier offers. You are likely to find most VoIP companies offering free voicemail, call forwarding, caller ID, call waiting, call waiting ID, 3 way calling, speed dialling and much more.

VoIP is very much in it’s infancy; the technology is progressing all the time. Future benefits that we may not be able to envisage yet are certain to appear, you current analogue phone system will not be able to compete.

Disadvantages

Your VoIP phones system will be exclusively based on your broadband connection, if you ISP has a period of service downtime then you will not be able to make calls. Additionally if your electricity supply has a power out then you will not be able to make any calls, this includes calls to the emergency services. Some providers have already got a work around with the emergency calls, so make sure when you decide on a supplier they provide this.

A further disadvantage currently is the set up of the VoIP is not the simplest procedure to undertake, though many suppliers will assist with installation.

The quality of the call via VoIP can be slightly less than your current analogue phone, but the technology is steadily improving, and before long you will not be able to tell the difference in call quality between the two mediums.

© Mike Bromley 2005

The author runs a site about VoIP Service Providers
at http://www.speakonline.co.uk

[tags]VoIP, broadband telephony, Voip service providers[/tags]

Virtual Private Networks claim to solve majority of the security problems faced by the enterprises. Most of the issues were related to secure data transfer over the public internet. The internet’s greatest asset is ubiquity and openness but this is its greatest weakness as well. VPN seems to have been a solution to the weakness.

Many technologies have come up and claim to be VPN technologies: SSL VPN, MPLS VPN to name some. Some basic questions are how do we define VPN ? Why do we need a VPN and what are the technologies used in deploying VPN?

Organizations in the past deployed private networks like LAN or WAN for their mission critical applications. A performance predictable and secure infrastructure was the end result. A growing number of businesses cannot afford setting up a private network and existing networks had to reach out to customers to gain a market edge. This is the area where the internet scores its points. Networking basics still present a few bottlenecks. Bandwidth constraints, security problems due to increased exposure, threats like spoofing, session hijacking, sniffing and man-in-the-middle attacks have exposed data in transit.

Considering business factors and the risk factors and it may frighten you. A new technology has brought the risks down for data transit on the internet. Virtual Private Networks as it is called follows encryption and tunneling for the secure transfer of data between two ends. It extends trust relationships across the cheaper public network. Security and predictable performances are a part of this technology.

Its uses are

Remote users and tele-workers connecting to their corporate server securely.
Linking the offices in an enterprise network
Organizations making their e-commerce solutions better by extending infrastructure to include partners, suppliers and customers.

Variety of Technologies
VPN technology has been around for quite sometime. Present and future of VPN depend on emerging standards that have made it secure and reliable. VPN is deployed and marketed more every passing day. Some products are emerging standards while the old are for specific requirements. Each product and technology has it respective strengths and weakness. Choosing the technology depends on how the problems are addressed and what will be the future trends of the present technology. Security is the present focus of most VPN technologies.

Confidentiality, Integrity and Authentication are three aspects most discussed with respect to a VPN technology. Protecting the Privacy of information requires some sort of encryption. Private Key encryption and Public Key encryption methods are the most common methods available presently. Private key encryption is a bit problematic as the key has to be sent over the internet. Public key systems provide communication between unsecured systems and even provide means to exchange of private keys. The disadvantage of a public key encryption system is that it requires more computation. A balance between the two is the best solution. The DES secret key algorithm and Diffie-Hellman public key algorithm can be used in conjunction. The DES can be used to encrypt the traffic and the Diffie-Hellman to produce the secret key.

Information should not be altered during the transit over the internet. Integrity is ensured using one-way hash function or Message authentication codes (MAC) or even digital signatures.

Authentication is ensuring the identity of the opposite party in a communication process. Password protection or digital signatures (X.509 standard) are an ideal method. The process is a complex system of key generation, certification, revocation and management. All this is a part of a PKI: public key infrastructure.

Protocols
Separate technologies can be used to provide confidentiality integrity and authentication. Three widely used VPN security protocols are.

IPSec Protocol
Tunneling protocols (PPTP:Point to Point tunneling protocol, L2TP: Layer2 Tunneling protocol )
Socks5

Services
Many managed VPN services offer Quality of Service guarantees, which can be an excellent choice for site-to-site connectivity. VPN is an end to end communication solution and it cannot effect the performance of the middle network and components. This is the reason for the QoS guarantees which are basically a marketing gimmick by the ISP. Each ISP has control over its network only and not the entire internet which makes the QoS flawed. Mission critical performances are still to be realized but security has to an extent been mitigated.

vpntools.com, presents a secure alternative to the problems faced on the internet. Networking Basics, Future of VPN, etc .. are a few of the topics that could interest you. Completer end to end security is achievable and you could find it here.

[tags]Networking Basics, Define VPN, Future of VPN, VPN technology, VPN Security protocols[/tags]

Simone is exasperated. She has to work on her university assignment but her PC is not working properly. For example: She would like to open a single Internet Explorer window but a whole series of windows are opening up. Simone is not alone when it comes to this sort of problem. As a matter of fact, most of us will come across these kinds of problems in our life. When you fall sick you go to a doctor and he/she asks you a couple of questions as well as taking a look at your case history before giving any medication to you. In a similar way you have to find out what’s wrong with your PC before treating it, if it’s working in an aberrant manner. This article will help you in finding out what’s troubling your PC.

The first symptom that shows us your PC has got some problem is an error message. For example you get a pop-up box on your screen, a Window message, asking you to send an error report and says the application will be subsequently closed. Error messages just tell you that something is wrong so that you can then work at getting to the cause of the problem. When you get an error message try to analyze the situation in respect to what you were doing when you received it. Write down the error code. At times error messages can be very bewildering. For example: you want to open some file but it’s saying some other application is using that specific file. If you do get error messages like this then it is time to question some of your recent activities such as:

* Did you install any software or hardware recently?

* Did you install anything from the Internet?

If you have installed some software and after this your PC has become unstable, by using System Restore you can remove any system changes that were made after the last time your PC was working properly. It automatically creates restore points (or system checkpoints) when you make a change to the system. If your PC has become unstable after you made some changes, open system restore, choose a restore point, and return your computer to its previous stable state. To use the System Restore utility:

1. Click Start
2. Point your cursor to Programs.
3. Point to Accessories
4. Point to System Tools
5. Click System Restore and follow the instruction on the wizard.

If the error messages or the recent history of your PC doesn’t provide much information to you, you have to explore your PC in some of the following ways:

1. Scan you system for viruses, Trojan horses, spywares or other malwares.

2. Use a Process Explorer (freeware program) tool. Windows Task Manager shows which processes and files are currently being used and how much memory they are using, but some process names aren’t clear. Process Explorer not only gives all this information to you but also tells you which application started a process and which resources that particular application is currently using. It also has a potent search capability that quickly shows which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded so that you can close any unwanted application. Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 processors.

3. Go through the error log file created by Dr Watson. Dr. Watson is a program that is used to help detect, debug, and log errors that are encountered while Windows or Windows programs are running. It automatically creates a text file when an error is detected. When running Windows 2000 the error is logged under the file “drwtsn32.log” or “user.dmp”, and when running Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or ME the file is logged with a .WLG file extension and stored under the \Windows\Drwatson or \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\DrWatson folder.

4. If you are having a networking-related problem you can use a Network Diagnostics system utility tool. You can run various tests using this so that it can collect different types of information. It scans your system to see whether you have network connectivity, and whether or not your network-related programs and services are running.

By going through these basic procedures hopefully you will find out what’s troubling your PC, and once that is known you can commence treatment.

Source of reference: www.microsoft.com

Priyanka Agarwal
http://www.m6.net
Hosting webhelpers

[tags]computer problems,unstable system,networking-related problem,diagnosis,Dr.Watson[/tags]

You just received an invite from your software company for the “Annual Client Software User Meeting”. Which of the following will you do?

• Jump for joy and immediately begin making arrangements to attend! You have been waiting for this great opportunity all year long and the excitement generated can hardly be contained!
• Put the invitation aside. If you have nothing better to do you may go, or you may send someone else from your company that might benefit.
• Toss it into the “circular file” without opening it. “Those things are a complete waste of time”. What could you possibly gain by attending? You throw it out every year.

There are many different perspectives when it comes to a client software user meeting. Some viewpoints are based upon favorable or non-favorable experiences at past meetings. Others are opinions based upon how “the individual thinks the meeting will be”. Last, you have a group that doesn’t think there is any value in going to a “software meeting” because they are not “technical people”.

Why do people go to these meetings anyway? What is the profile of these “user meeting attendees”? Are they a “technical bunch” that enjoys talking about “software stuff”? Who really can benefit from a software client user meeting?

To find out answers to all of the above, it’s best to attend the next software client user meeting that you are invited to. Each software firm runs its own meeting and has its own style and focus for a user meeting. The common thread is that all software firms run these meetings in order to educate the users of their software. What varies is the style in which the education takes place.

The meeting agenda should provide you with good insight as to what to expect. Typically, software firms gear these meetings at owners/managers of their client companies. The goal is to educate the “top brass” so that appropriate decisions can be made at the top relating to the software used. This also means that the sessions will not be as technical as you might expect.

The goal of every software firm is to produce software that the users will benefit by using long-term. A software solution purchased today can quickly become irrelevant tomorrow. The world changes and software must change too. In order to service the needs of the client, it is important the software firm have some dialogue with its clients. This is important throughout the year, but can be especially meaningful at a client user meeting. A client user meeting takes people away from their busy day to day activities, and allows for thought and discussion amongst people who have a common goal.

Though no one really has time for these meetings, it is an investment that the client and the software firm will make. It has been proven that clients that take advantage of the opportunity, always do better with the software.

Your typical client user meeting will offer a blend of a few of the following components:

1. new product introduction
2. existing product enhancements
3. education on how to use current products
4. speakers offering insight on general business issues such as marketing, industry topics of interest, and management/financial
5. roundtable discussions among users
6. workshops
7. food and good company.

“Hobnobbing” with other folk who use the same software can be extremely valuable. Information sharing, networking and building relationships with others users can offer great insight and improve the way you work with the software.

A software user meeting allows you to work with the software firm at a different level. You’re giving advice and in a sense becoming part of the development team. This allows you to protect your investment by getting more of what you need and want. Your industry changes and you have to explain to the software firm what you want so that they can give it to you in the form of new products and enhancements.

Most meetings offer learning sessions to improve your use of the features that you have. Users walk away from meetings almost in disbelief that they have some wonderful features that they didn’t realize they had. More than likely it was covered in training, but with so much to absorb, who can remember all of the tools and whistles and bells that are built into a comprehensive and extensive software suite.

It’s a great opportunity to meet the voice over the phone that services you. It’s also exciting to be one of the first to see new enhancements that will soon be released. It’s possible you will have learned about some dynamic new ways that your firm can be using the software to increase sales and marketing, service clients and employees better or expand your business. People always walk away from a client meeting richer than when they came.

So, the next time you receive an invitation to a client software user meeting, what are you going to do with it?

Terri Roeslmeier is president of Automated Business Designs, Inc., software developer of Ultra-Staff, a full-featuered staffing software solution with components for front office, back office and the web. http://www.abd.net

[tags]staffing software,recruiting software[/tags]

As I’m sure you already know, Microsoft Vista is on the way! Microsoft projects that all five versions of Vista will be available by mid-2006, and if that holds this will be the longest time period ever between versions of Windows.

Yes, that’s right - I said “all five versions”. Microsoft says that past versions of their OS, such as Windows XP, were based more on hardware type than how people actually used their PCs. MS says that this will not be the case with Vista, and to that end they’re going to offer two separate versions of Vista to businesses and two to home PC users. In this article, we’ll take a quick overview of Microsoft Vista Business features.

Windows Vista Business is offered as a solution for all companies, regardless of size. In answer to security concerns about past Microsoft products, Vista Business will offer built-in solutions against malware. And for those of you (okay, us) who never quite have all the information on their PCs backed up properly, Vista will not only help you to resolve catastrophic failures before they occur, but new features Windows Backup and Volume Shadow Copy will help to ensure that you never have to pray for a hard drive to come back to life because you’re behind on your backups!

Windows Vista Enterprise will bring these features and more to enterprise-level networks. One of these is Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, designed to encrypt an entire hard drive. BitLocker will help prevent the loss of your organization’s intellectual property even if the PC it’s on is stolen.

To start learning more about Vista, visit www.microsoft.com/windowsvista. Regardless of whether your company has any plans to move to Vista, you owe it to yourself and your career to keep up with the latest technologies- and that includes Microsoft!

Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, is the owner of The Bryant Advantage, home of free CCNA and CCNP tutorials, The Ultimate CCNA Study Package, and Ultimate CCNP Study Packages.

For a FREE copy of his latest e-books, “How To Pass The CCNA” and “How To Pass The CCNP”, visit the website and download your free copies. You can also get FREE CCNA and CCNP exam questions every day! Get your CCNA study guide with The Bryant Advantage!

[tags]Microsoft, vista, business, bitlocker, features, new, os, ccna, ccnp, exam, free, tutorial, xp, sec[/tags]

When it comes to deciding to undergo computer training, you may be interested in getting the basics before applying for the right certifications, if you already have heard about CCNE, CCIE, CCNP and CCNA certification.

The first thing you need to know before deciding is that Cisco actually offers 3 different levels of general certification, which represents in each case increasing levels of expertise.

The first step in Cisco networking and computer training always begins at the Associate level, which is the foundation or apprentice level of Cisco certification.

After the Associate Level, comes the Professional, which is the journeyman or advanced level of networking certification, and finally the Expert level, standing for the CCIE, the highest level of achievement for network professionals, certifying an individual as master or expert of the IT industry.

Cisco certifications, Associate, Professional, or Expert (CCIE) are the tools anyone may need developing a professional career, with different tracks across these levels according to your career needs.

There are also a variety of Specialist certifications such as including CCNP, CCNE and CCNA certification, available to certify knowledge in specific solutions, technologies or job roles, with new certifications added to Cisco’s list regularly.

Computer training and general certifications are divided in six paths:

- Routing and Switching, certification aimed at professionals who install and support any Cisco technology-based networks in which LAN and WAN routers and switches reside.

-Design certification, is the path for those professionals who design Cisco technology-based networks in which LAN and WAN routers and switches reside.

-Network Security, certification directed to network professionals who are in charge of design and implement Cisco Secure networks.

- Service Provider, certification aimed at professionals who work on infrastructure or access solutions in a Cisco end-to-end environment within the telecommunications arena.

- Storage Networking certification, intended for professionals implementing storage solutions over extended network infrastructure, but using multiple transport options.

- Voice certification, for those professionals who install and maintain Voice solutions over IP networks.

Cisco’s most popular computer training certifications are:

CCNP certification (Cisco Certified Network Professional), indicates a network professional who can install, configure, and troubleshoot local and wide area networks for enterprise organizations with networks from 100 to more than 500 nodes.

CCNE certification (Cisco Certified Network Engineer) and CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Networking Associate) develops the respective computer training and skills required to individually pursue the Cisco Certified Professional (CCNP) certification noted above, part of the 3 basic CISCO levels.

Computer training for these certifications give the knowledge to design, install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot networks, ensuring that students emerge with the skills necessary for the Internet marketplace.

Natalie Aranda writes about computer, technology and IT training. When it comes to deciding to undergo computer training, you may be interested in getting the basics before applying for the right certifications, if you already have heard about CCNE, CCIE, CCNP and CCNA certification.

[tags]Cisco Certifications[/tags]

With today’s active lifestyle and constant on the go business style, it’s important to stay connected to your computer or network. Remote Access is just that, the ability to stay connected where ever you are. With Remote Access Software, you can easily access your netowrk from your home, your client’s office, or even from the golf course!

Remote Access Software along with an Internet connection gives the user complete access to their home computer or Corporqate Network. There are many ways to get connected. As long as you have Remote Access Software installed on both the Portable Computer and the Netork you are accessing. A connection can be made through a standard dial up internet connection, a wireless connection, a cable internet connection, an intigrated services digital network (ISDN)a DSL connection and the best possible connection the dedicated fixed line. The dedicatid fixed line is a line that connects directly to the corporate network on one end and at the other end to your home computer or laptop.

Now a days, Corporate Executives aren’t the only ones useing Remote Computer Access. Many people use it to stay connected to their home computers while they are away. From simply checking their e-mail to controlling lights, appliances and home security systems and even looking in on security cameras over the internet, the uses are limitless.

When connecting to a large Business or Corporate Network, it’s best to set up a Secure Remote Access Connection. The secure infrastructure is desined from end to end. One way is through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). This VPN is one of the most common and affordable.

This article was written by Kriss Standke who is an accomplished Webmaster and publisher of Remote Access Online, Portable Computers Today, as well as Laptop/Notebook PCs where he provides detailed and informative articles, tips, and advice on Remote PC Access, Portable Computing, and Laptop & Notebook Computers.

[tags]Remote Access, Internet Remote Computer Access, Remote Access Programs, Remote PC Access, Remote Acc[/tags]