Chris Taylor – 81 posts since 5/1/07
Network Administrator Western School Corporation Chris’s earliest computer memories are of 8088 XT (that would be a single core, 4.77 MHz processor) booting from DOS 3 floppies and playing Bruce Jenner's Decathlon and of programming the turtle in LOGO on a really old Apple in elementary. It sort of stuck and Chris stayed involved with computers through the days of the BBS, Prodigy/AOL/Compuserv, to the public internet, from booting from floppies (sorry, no punch cards), to gigantic 20 MB hard drives, to unbelievable terabyte-sized drives. His first exposure to Novell as something other than a standard user came in an internship with a local bank one summer while in college. They were in the process of transitioning from 3.12 to 4.11 that summer. It was a pretty big learning experience as he hadn't had a whole lot of prior admin experience in the first place, let alone with Netware. Since then Chris has gone on a hiatus from Novell for several years until his current job. While some may say that he has abandoned the cause, it has put him in a good position for the present. Can anyone say "Linux" (or "SLES")?
Hobbies:
Chris is an avid reader and I loves to play sand volleyball and work puzzles. Chris is also an assistant coach for the wrestling team and helps out with PantherTech, their FIRST Robotics team.
Professional work experience:
Software Developer/Consultant with Bell Tech.logix (subsidiary of Bell Industries)
IT Technician - Howard County Government
Network Administrator - Western School Corporation (current)
Education:
BS in Computer Science from Taylor University
MS in Computer Science from Purdue University
Transition to Teaching - Secondary Education, Mathematics from Indiana Wesleyan
Invaluable "on-the-job education"
friends, do you know someone qualified that needs a job? Mr. Don Chase is hiring a Network Admin at Southwest Allen County Schools. Personally. I think their network is one of the best and a perfect opportunity for someone to land a GREAT Position. Their team is great too! Here it is. Please contact Mr. Don Chase for more information...dchase@sacs.k12.in.us
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MSD of Southwest Allen County in Fort Wayne, Indiana has a position available for a CNA or CNE. This position consists of managing and maintaining our Novell based servers and services that include Groupwise, Grouplink, Zenworks, and Netstorage. If you are interested, please email Don Chase at dchase@sacs.k12.in.us If you have anything else that I should add please let me know.
Don
Visual Click Software:
Case Studies and White Papers for our
Novell-specific solutions.
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CASE STUDIES
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Primary and Secondary Education:
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Case_Study_Dallas_ISD.pdf
http://www.visualclick.com/pdf/Case_Study_COCB.pdf
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSR_for_NetWare_K-12_Success_Story.pdf
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSR_for_GroupWise_Edu_Success_Story.pdf
Higher Education:
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSRN_Higher_Edu_Success_Story.pdf
Government:
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Case_Study_Bankruptcy_Courts.pdf
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Case_Study_City_of_Chico.pdf
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Case_Study_DDS.pdf
Finance:
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSR_for_NetWare_Household_Success_Story.pdf
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSMETER_Success_Story.pdf
Healthcare:
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Case_Study_UNM_Hospitals.pdf
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSRN_Leeds_NHS_Case_Study.pdf
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WHITE PAPERS
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Security Auditing and Alerting for eDirectory, NDS and NetWare File Systems
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Auditing_eDirectory_NDS_and_NetWare.pdf
Securing and Maintaining NDS & NetWare using DSRAZOR
http://www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSR_for_NetWare_CVM_White_Paper.pdf
Auditing and Administering your GroupWise Installation
www.visualclick.com/pdf/Auditing_and_Administering_GroupWise.pdf
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PRODUCT BROCHURES
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DSRAZOR for eDirectory/NDS and NetWare & DSMETER for NetWare
http://www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSRAZOR_DSMETER_Datasheet.pdf
DSRAZOR for GroupWise
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSRAZOR_for_GroupWise_Brochure.pdf
DSMETER for NetWare
www.visualclick.com/pdf/DSMETER_Product_Brochure.pdf
"Rather than deploying a single computer lab of 20 or 25 computers, we were able to use the Multiplied SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Strategy to maximize our inACCESS funding and deploy over 100 stations," said Greg Long, IT Director for Community Schools of Frankfort. "This has served to improve our computer-to-student ratio and get Linux and open source technologies into our schools."
Community Schools of Frankfort, an Indiana-based school corporation with 3,300 students, implemented the 'Multiplied' SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Strategy to maximize their desktop budget and inACCESS funding. With the Linux Desktop Multiplier, powered by Userful, six students are able to work at the same time on each of their Linux desktop computers. While this may sound like a thin client server, it's actually just a regular desktop PC connected directly to full-featured 'thick' clients consisting of a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
The end result – improved performance, better multimedia support and cost savings of up to 70-80% on hardware, management, network infrastructure and electricity.
Challenge:
K-12 school districts across the country are faced with a number of challenges:
* How to maximize their fixed desktop budget
* How to integrate desktop computing into the curriculum
* How to deploy affordable and easy-to-manage desktops
* How to increase student access to computers in classrooms and computer labs
* How to increase their computer-to-student ratio
* How to leverage low-cost/no-cost open source software
* How to leverage existing network wiring, Internet drops and electrical in classrooms
* How to re-purpose existing PC hardware that is not Vista compliant
"We were looking for a way to integrate low-cost, high-performance Linux desktops in our K-12 classrooms," said Greg Long, IT Director for Community Schools of Frankfort. "Like many other K-12 school corporations, we faced challenges of limited space, a limited desktop budget, and costly network wiring upgrades to support stand-alone desktops."
"ESI Technology Advisors, an Indiana-based Novell Platinum Partner and Omni Authorized Partner, introduced us to the Linux Desktop Multiplier as an affordable and sustainable way to maximize our inACCESS funding to deploy Linux desktops in our classrooms," continued Long. "We decided to give it a try."
Solution:
"In each of our classrooms, we have desks with a top that opens up," said Long. "This brings up a monitor on a ledge and a USB keyboard and mouse."
"For each group of five or six users at the desk, we have secured a single SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop system with the Linux Desktop Multiplier installed on it. Effectively, a single machine provides six completely independent user sessions for our students. Each student logs in normally and authenticates to our Novell network through the Novell Client for Linux. Students are able to connect a USB audio headset or memory key to their keyboard to listen to audio files and save files locally."
"Rather than deploying a single computer lab of 20 or 25 computers, we were able to use the Multiplied SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Strategy to maximize our inACCESS funding and deploy over 100 stations. This has made the biggest possible difference in our computer-to-student ratio. This strategy also helped us introduce Linux and open source technologies into our schools."
Results:
"We believe this approach to be far more affordable and sustainable than building new labs or deploying stand-alone desktops or laptops for students," said Long. "Our classrooms now double as computer labs."
"The Linux Desktop Multiplier has helped us reduce our hardware costs by more than 60%, conserve space, reduce our electrical bill and C02 emissions. We are also saving a lot of money on reduced network infrastructure requirements and management costs in our environment."
"The full Linux application stack is available to our users – openOffice, Firefox, Evolution, GIMP, Inkscape, Tuxpaint, Adobe PDF reader and writer, Flash player, RealPlayer for Linux – to our students."
"We are pleased with our decision and would recommend that other school corporations in Indiana consider the Linux Desktop Multiplier for their Linux desktop roll-outs."
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