DFWCUG Newsletter

March 2008 Newsletter

Volume 12 No. 3

The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group is a non-profit independent users group which meets on the first Wednesday of every month for the open exchange of technical information regarding the networking industry and Cisco products for the benefit of Cisco users.

Our meetings are free to attend - all we ask is that you register as a member and work directly with Cisco equipment.

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March Meeting	meeting sponsor


Date:	Wednesday March 5 , 2008

Topic:	Leveraging IOS for Performance Management
	Management of application and network performance through the use of SLAs and netflow technologies will be presented. The use of netflow will for troubleshooting, forensic traffic analysis, intrusion detection, capacity planning and usage accounting will be explored.
Speakers:	Ward Cobleigh, Fluke Networks. Ward is a Performance Management Consultant with Fluke Networks and acts as the liaison between Fluke Networks and Cisco Systems in the area of Cisco IOS technologies. Ward has over twenty years experience in network technologies and is a regular speaker and panelist at IT industry events including Cisco Networkers and Cisco Users groups nationwide.

Time:	6:00-6:30 PM - Catered dinner provided 6:30-9:00 PM - Presentations 9:00-9:30 PM - Networking with your fellow packet-heads

Place:	Cisco's Richardson Campus 2200 E President George Bush Building 6 - Larissa Conference Room Richardson, TX (214) 575-3192 Enter on the East side - sign in Google map

Study Groups

Ever had a tough networking question that you could not get an answer to? Check out the Cisco Networking Professionals Connection or NetPro. You can submit questions under different technology forums and you can also participate in two week “Ask the Expert” sessions. The DFW CUG also has its local forum where you can post questions and also see many local job opportunities. Check out the links below:

Cisco Networking Professionals Connection
DFW CUG Forum

Needed – Study group leaders, talk to me!

Tom Young

Door Prizes

At each meeting, we give away Cisco Press books that have been donated by Cisco Press - thanks Jamie! Meeting sponsors have also been known to provide door prizes... so make sure you get your raffle ticket and as always - you must be present to win.

Presentations

Upcoming:

April - Border Gateway Protocol
May - EEM/TCL

We are always looking for good speakers. If you would like to do a presentation for the group or if you know someone that would like to do a presentation, please contact us.

Eric Severson

Vice President

Techbits

New Products and Features

Cisco Nexus Architecture Scales Beyond 15 Terabits per Second
Provide investment protection through infrastructure scalability, continuous systems operations, new levels of availability, and transport flexibility. Read more.

Provide Desktop Connectivity and Power over Ethernet
New Cisco Catalyst 2960 Power over Ethernet (PoE) and compact powered device switches help enable enhanced LAN services for branch offices and small and medium-sized businesses. Read more.

Maximize Investment Protection with New Aggregation Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3560E-12D and 3560E-12SD Switches offer operational flexibility with mix-and-match Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. Read more.

New Resources

Podcast: Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System 1440
Hear how the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System 1440 enables innovative network system virtualization. Subscribe now.

Five Ways the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Simplifies the Data Center
This technology podcast reviews automation and management features in Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches that help you manage the growing complexities of the data center. Subscribe now.

Enable Performance-Based Multimedia Content Delivery to Branch Networks
This Yankee Group white paper describes the technologies that improve multimedia content delivery to branch offices. Read more.

News and Updates

Cisco Unveils Nexus 7000 Series Data Center-Class Platform. Read more.

Cisco Extends Cisco Catalyst Switch Portfolio. Read more.

RSA Conference: Where the World Talks Security, San Francisco, April 7–11, 2008. Read more.
Cisco Live! Cisco's Annual IT and Communications Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 22–26, 2008. Read more.

Events, Seminars, and Webcasts. Review now

President's Queue

I'm very pleased to announce that Network World has chosen the Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group as one of their 20 Useful Sites For Cisco Networking Professionals.

Ken Cooper

President

Individual links to all of the chosen sites.

IPEXPERT SUPPORT CERTIFICATION TALK
SEEKING ALPHA
6200NETWORKS.COM
CIPTUG: THE OFFICIAL CISCO IP TELECOMMUNICATIONS USER GROUP
BLINDHOG
CCIE JOURNEY
INTERNETWORK EXPERT'S CCIE BLOG
CISCO IOS HINTS AND TRICKS
TECHWISE TV
COLIN MCNAMARA - CCIE 18233 , RHCE, GCIH, CCVP, GEEK
TERRY'S BLOG
ARDENPACKEER.COM
THE BRYANT ADVANTAGE
CISCO BLOG
CISCO MARS
CISCO CENTRIC OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY
CCIE PURSUIT
NETWORKING-FORUM.COM
THE DALLAS / FORT WORTH CISCO USER GROUP
CISCONET: SHARING EXPERTISE

The Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group officers:

President, founding officer, web - Ken Cooper
Vice President, Presentations Director - Eric Severson
Education/Certifications Director - Tom Young
Marketing Director - Mark Szewczul
Cisco liaison and Technical Advisor - Mark Egan

You may contact any officer at `first-initial``last-name @ cisco-users.org, ie, kcooper

or go directly to the DFWCUG officers page.

Sponsorships

The Dallas-Fort Worth Cisco Users Group is an all volunteer group that receives its funding from generous sponsors. We encourage our members to patronize our sponsors in order that we may continue to receive contributions.

So how does your company become a sponsor of the Dallas / Fort Worth Cisco Users Group? Contact us and we'll describe the benefits of Gold, Silver and Bronze level sponsorships.

Mark Szewczul

Marketing Director


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