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CANADIAN DIGITAL SYSTEMS / Andrew Mackenzie Bell, BA., MCSE, PMP, CCNA, CCDA, RHCT, CISSP, ITIL, CEH

I can do anything from the design of IT infrastructures such as switched and routed LANs, WANs, and wireless LANs, to recommendations and reviews of Active Directory infrastructures. I can do server farm designs and deployments, data centre designs supporting high-density server configurations, corporate messaging solutions, enterprise solutions for backups and anti-virus strategies, management infrastructures for hundreds of enterprise class servers, deployment of Intrusion Detection Systems, and VPN or SSL site-to-site and remote access solutions.

I have extensive experience and have completed over 30 courses from companies such as Microsoft, Compaq, Hewitt-Packard, Dell, Computer Associates, Network Associates, Cisco, Nortel, Shiva, Citrix, Red Hat and Borderware. I have personally built systems based on the following technologies:

Microsoft: 9x, XP, NT, 2000, 2003 Server, Exchange, SMS, WTS, SQL Server, Proxy Server, RAS, Sharepoint, Live Communication Server, Internet Security and Accelerator (ISA).

Compaq: OpenVMS, Tru64 Unix, Pathworks, Teamlinks, DECnet, TCP/IP, and many other DEC software products.

Computer Associates: Unicenter, ArcServe, Network Monitor

Network Associates: Total Virus Defense Suite

HP, IBM, Dell: VAX, Alpha, Intel, OpenVMS and NT/2000/2003 clusters, RAID Arrays. I have extensive experience with HP's DL, ML, and blade server platforms. Enterprise system management infrastructures built on HP's System Insight Manager or IBM's Director.

Cisco and Nortel: hubs, switches, routers, VPNs, VLANs, leased T1, SONET, ATM, firewalls (PIX and ASA, Borderware), Recently trained (September 2006) on latest PIX and ASA security appliances.

Red Hat: Enterprise Linux Version 4, Fedora Core 5, various open-source applications such as SNORT Intrusion Detection System, AMANDA network backup system, and NTOP.

Wireless LANs: SOHO setups using Linksys and Cisco AccessPoints, DD-WRT "upgrades" for Linksys G routers, secure remote access to SOHO networks using VPN and SSL gateways.

Other: e-mail gateways (Groupwise, Sendmail)

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I have been the "owner/operator" of large systems after the project team has left, so I understand the difference between building and owning a system
I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer **  
I am a Cisco Certified Network Associate, and a Cisco Certified Design Associate. I have passed other Cisco exams on multi-layer switching, remote access, and advanced routing
I am a Red Hat Certified Technician

        ** http://www.microsoft.com/mcp/mktg/mcse.htm

 

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