CPTTM Network Admin newsletter issue #15

In order to keep closer contact with IT network administrators in Macau, we've created a network admin newsletter and I've taken the liberty to add you to our netadmin-news mailing list. If you'd like to unsubscribe or recommend friends to subscribe at any time, just email me.

--- Alan Au, Chief Editor
--- Supervised by Kent Tong, Manager for CPTTM-IT Department

Topics in this issue:

Open-source GUI Partition tool

GParted is an open-source "Partition Magic-like" GUI partition tool. You can use GParted to create, delete and even resize different kinds of partitions including : ntfs, fat32, fat, ext3, ext2 etc without data loss. You can learn more about and download the boot CD from : GParted

Ready-to-use Virtual machine Appliances

Virtual machines have been largely used on production servers nowadays. We, CPTTM, are using VM for file server, mail server etc. Have you ever thought that you can get a mail server, anti-virus server and anti-spam server VMware image that can be used with just little customization with a web browser or so? We call this kind of images as "Appliances" because they are pre-built and ready to be used, just like electrical appliances.

There are a great variety of "Appliances" on rBuilder online. Try them. They are free. Recommended appliances include : Mail Server Applicance, Wiki Appliance, Content Management System Appliance, Document Management System Appliance, Customer Relationship Management Apppliance, VoIP Appliance, Network Storage Appliance and Network Monitoring Appliance etc.

Time to learn about Windows Vista deployment

Although  Windows Vista is not yet popular. It is the time to learn about the deployment of Windows Vista. The following web site http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows vista/aa905061.aspx talks about the deployment method about Windows Vista including cloning, automated installation etc and its application compatibility. Worth to take a look.

Mock exams and other software available at Cyber-Lab

CPTTM has purchased a set of Exam simulators, including MCSE, CCNA, A+, Network+, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and ready to be used at Cyberlab.

On the other hand, Cyberlab has a number of Academic version softwares opened for CPTTM students to use, including AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash and Maya.

These services are only opened for CPTTM students  (whom has taken our courses for more than 20 hours) for the time being and the charge is waived. The openning hour is 09:30 - 18:00 from Monday to Friday. For Saturday and Sunday, it depends on whether there is vacant classroom, needed to be confirmed case by case.

For each student, he can use any of the above services at a max. of 3 hours per day. Booking can only be made on day-by-day manner and is first-come-first-served.

For booking, please call 8980601 and provide your name, contact no, the service that you want to use.

Books Review - Introducing Mircosfot Windows Vista

Vista

Windows Vista has been launched for some time. This book introduces and explains how to use the new features of Windows Vista, securing Windows Vista in terms of user accounts, parental controls, data protection etc and trouble shooting common problems.

You can borrow this book from the CPTTM IT Book Shelf at Cyber-Lab.

Archive of the CPTTM Network Admin Newsletter is available at http://www2.cpttm.org.mo/cyberlab/netadmin-news.