Lecture : IP Addressing - 1

Lets learn Binary Number System, IP Addresses, Subnet Masks in this fast paced 2 hour session. Anyone is welcome to join in. But the following students are expected to be in Attendance :

• Zain Bahnim
• Shailaja
• Ajai Jaigobin
• Shafikul Chowdhury
• Felicito Onayan
• Cymbelline Villaranda
• Ing Tuan Wong Li
• Inshan Malcolm
• Dennis Rey

Starts at 11am on 4th December - FRIDAY

Lecture : Windows Deployment Services Framework

For many of us, the thought of having to install Windows Operating Systems on hundreds of client computers can be daunting and boring. More boring than some modules of Labsim... :)

So the thought of having the entire process automated and centrally managed should make all of us very happy. Poor MS has tried their hands at perfecting this technology over the past 12 years and this is how they have fared.

Platform	Verdict
Win NT 4.0 Server based Deployment	FUBAR
Win 2000 Server - Remote Installation Services	Aborted Mission -Slow, buggy and too many hurdles to justify being practical
Win Server 2003 - RIS	Great in Theory, May work in Practice After a LOT and LOT of Pain
Win Server 2008 - Windows Deployment Services	MS Got this one Right ! Well ALMOST

Anyways, I am attempting to breakdown all the concepts behind setting up such a WDS architecture. For this to succeed we need Services like AD-DS, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, PXe to all work smoothly together, much like a Swiss watch. One wrong step and we will have to start from scratch.

Surely MS could have done a better job at integrating all this together, but yeap; we just have to learn to live with WDS.

Lecture on WDS Concepts starts at 10.30 AM on Wednesday 18th NOVEMBER

This will be followed by a LAB at 12.30 PM same day

Lecture : Smartphones, Netbooks and the Changing Lanscape of Client Computing

In the recent years everyone has got hooked to the buzz of smartphones. From Pres. Obama to your FedEx delivery guy; there is a phone out there that suites your bill and needs. Gone are the days when IT industry relatively discounted these small devices as playthings. Smartphones have become the game changer in today's IT infrastructure and all the vendors are embracing the enterprise and corporate networks.

Lets have a quick view of the devices, the reasons they are becoming popular and how we will have to support them in the very near future. Remember to carry your iPhones. Blackberries, HTC's, and Nokias to class tommorow.

1100 am tommorow is when its all happening.