July Meeting

It looks like our next meeting will be in July instead of June. We are planning to have a joint meeting with the VMware’s user group. The details are still being worked out and I will update the site when available.

Congratulations

I would like to send a congratulations out to David Cross. He recently achieved Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) status. Please join me in congratulating him.

CCUG April 28th Meeting

CCUG April 28th Meeting.

The April 28th meeting will be on SolarWinds. SolarWinds will be discussing their products, from Orion to Engineer Toolset. If there is time available after their presentation we will have discussions and some demos of the product.

The meeting will be from 12:00 – 2:00 at Nexsen Pruet at 1230 Main Street.

Please RSVP for our April meeting. Everyone who RSVP will get double the chance to win the door prizes. Guest will still have a chance to get a door prize if they don’t RSVP. We also would appreciate a RSVP so we can have a better count for food.

No March Meeting

There will be no CCUG meeting in March. We are currently evaluating the group and looking for input from the community. Send us your comments and suggestions to help us improve the group to better fit your needs. Our next schedule meeting will be in late April and we are working with Solarwinds to plan this event.

Article on Unified Communications

Article on the “Growing Use of Unified Communications” by Carlos Rodriguez.

Click here for article

This article was first published in ILTA’s “Mobile, Remote and Wireless” white paper, released in February 2009, and is linked here with permission. For more information about ILTA, visit www.iltanet.org.

Cisco Press

Cisco User Group Members receive 35% off the list price with your membership code. Enter CISCOUG when you purchase at ciscopress.com!

CCUG February 26th Meeting

CCUG February 26th Meeting

The February 26th meeting will be on Cisco Unified Communications. Clay Miller from Cisco will be discussing Unified Communications. If time allows we hope to discuss VOIP security best practices. We will have some Cisco books to give away. Please let me know if you wish to attend via Webex.

The meeting will be from 12:00 – 2:00 at Nexsen Pruet at 1230 Main Street.

CCUG January Presentation

Here are some links to get started on Cisco Emulation.

http://www.gns3.net/
http://www.gns3-labs.com/
http://7200emu.hacki.at/index.php
http://www.blindhog.net/
http://www.andersonalves.net/
http://www.brainbump.net/
http://dynagen.org/
http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/iosonpc.htm

Cisco Retake for Free

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CCUG January 22nd Meeting

January 22nd Meeting – Cisco Emulation
New Time and New Location

First I’d like to announce our new officers

President – Will Hayden
Vice President – Carlos Rodriguez
Treasurer – Efrain Berdecia/Tina White
Secretary – David Cross

Please note our new location and new time, we will be meeting at the office of Nexsen Pruet at 1230 Main Street. Please check the web site for directions and parking instructions.

Also we will be meeting on the 4th Thursday of the month instead of the 3rd Thursday of the month unless noted. I will try to have a schedule of the year complete and on the web site in the coming month.

The January 22nd meeting will be on Cisco Emulation. I will be demonstrating how to emulate Cisco routers on your PC by using GNS3 and Dynamips/ Dynagen as well as other options.  We will have some Cisco books to give away.

The meeting will be from 12:00 – 2:00 at Nexsen Pruet at 1230 Main Street.

I will send out another reminder about the meeting next month.