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--- Simon Tam, Chief EditorWindows Vista is coming. Are you ready? There are some articles from TechRepublic that talks about Windows Vista, including :
In Cyberlab, we often need to prepare different operation systems like Windows, Linux for different courses. In addition, when the OS of the computer for a current class crashes, we need to restore it quickly, so, we have made a master image for different kinds of operating systems with applicaitons for different type of computers.
When needed, we just restore the image from a server to the target computer(s) via Ethernet. But, we are not using Ghost!
We are using an open source partition cloning tool called Partimage. It runs on Linux and is included in serveral CD-bootable Linux distributions like : SystemRescueCd and Knoppix. We are using SystemRescueCd in Cyberlab.
For more information and how to use partimage, please see :Want to try virtulization? Want to migrate your machines to be virtual machines? But tons of applications and services are installed on the machines? Reinstallation is a nightmare.
Now, VMware Converter can help you. VMware release its Converter 3.0 Beta. This converter can convert the systems in your physical machine to virtual images. This new version includes two previous tools: VMware P2V Assistant and Virtual Machine Importer.
VMware Converter can be downloaded free. Another enterprise charged edition providing batch converions and other features is availble.
For more information about VMware Converter, please follow the link.
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) greatly improves on IPv4 by vastly increasing the number of available addresses and by enabling more efficient routing, simpler configuration, built-in IP security, better support for real-time data delivery, and other essential enhancements. Find out all about this next-generation IP - from its features and benefits to its packet structure and protocol processes - in this book.
You can borrow this book from the CPTTM IT Book Shelf at Cyber-Lab.
Good news, you can now read and borrow PC Market (電腦廣場) and PC Weekly (電腦週刊) in Cyberlab. They are the most popular IT weekly magazines in HK/Macau. You can read the newest issue everyweek in Cyberlab.
National Computer and Software Technology Professional Qualification Certification 『全國計算機技術與軟件專業技術資格(水平)證書』 is issued by Information Technology Industry Ministry of PRC (中國信息產業部). The holder of the certificate are proved of having professional knowledge and skills in the related IT field (Network Admin). You don't need to have a bachelor certificate. Everyone can take the exam and become professional certified. Chinese edition of the exam is available.
The exam fee is in a low price (only MOP100 in year 2006. It will be roughly the same in year 2007.) and valuable. To prepare for the exam, CPTTM will offer a training for the examination. You can have maximum 75% reimburstment of the course fee (if you attend the examination).
For more detail of the exams and the course, please refer to the following links.
http://www.cpttm.org.mo/qualification/vqa/english/services.htm
http://www2.cpttm.org.mo/training/sdb/showCourse.do?courseCode=CM278-03-2007-C
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