Colorado User Groups and Associations

To get your Colorado computing technology group/association web site listed here, send email to  to the address at the bottom of the page with subject "Group Web site list". These groups are based in the metro Denver/Boulder area, unless otherwise noted.

• Colorado Technical Societies and User's Groups
• Front Range IBM User Group - AS/400 (FRIUG)
• Internet Chamber of Commerce
• Network Professionals Association (NPA) - Denver chapter
• HiPIT (Wyoming, Northern Colorado NT User Group)
• Rocky Mountain Information Management Association (RMIMA)
• Rocky Mountain Internet User Group (RMIUG)
• Rocky Mountain Lotus Notes User Group (RMLNUG)
• Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group (RMWTUG)  
• Denver Access User Group
• Windows on the Rockies User Group (WRUG)
• Denver Microsoft Visual Studio .NET User Group
• Microsoft Mindshare User Groups - Search for other user groups in Colorado
• SQL Server

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World-wide Windows NT User Groups

These sites will help you find a Windows NT related User Group in your area. The Windows .Net Magazine and WANTUG lists are quite extensive, and updated regularly. The RMWTUG is affiliated with WANTUG.

• Windows .Net Magazine Windows NT User Group List  

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Windows NT Training in Colorado

• AmeriTeach
• Executrain
• Knowledge Alliance
• New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
• Parsec Group

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Hardware and Software Architecture Information and Independent Testing Labs

Hardware and Software Architecture information.

• Disk drives: jumper settings and specs for almost all hard drives ever made (The Tech Page from Blue-Planet.com)
• Disk storage history, market trends and more (Disk/Trend Inc.)
• Hardware Design Guide (PC 98 and PC 99, 99a), Server Design Guides and more (Intel/Microsoft)
• Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) 5.0 (Microsoft)
• SCSI specifications and information
• ANSI National Committee on Information Technology Standards (NCITS) T10 technical committee. Technical information about I/O Interfaces, especially SCSI, SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 including SPI, Fast-20 (Ultra SCSI), Fast-40 (Ultra2 SCSI), Low Voltage Differential (LVD), CAM, and much more.
• SCSI Trade Assocation (STA)
• Web-Based Enterprise Management
  WBEM prescribes enterprise management standards and related technologies that work with existing management standards such as DMI and SNMP.
  Tom's hardware reference site - Good Intel reference site

Independent Testing Labs (for various hardware and software certifications)

• National Software Testing Lab (NSTL) Software, hardware and Year 2000 testing for various programs. Acquired by CMP Media in May 1998.
• Veritest Tests for compliance with Microsoft logo certifications, AutoDesk, Sun, Year 2000 compliance, hardware tests and more.

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Product Vendors

This is not a comprehensive list, but a few pointers to interesting hardware and software product related sites.

• EMC - EMC Enterprise Storage
• Exabyte - Exabyte storage products
• Executive Software - NT disk defragmenting, Undelete and more
• IBM - IBM Solutions
• Marathon Technologies - 99.999% uptime for Windows NT systems
• Microsoft
  • Microsoft Certified Professional and related programs - MCP, MCSE, MCSD, Office Specialist, Sales training, etc.
  • Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
  • Microsoft Download Sites
    • Microsoft FTP site for Service Packs, fixes, etc.
    • Windows Download Center (search by product, category or keywords)
    • Windows Update Web Site (automatically detects patches, upgrades, etc. needed on your computer)
  • Microsoft Driver and Hardware Development Yellow Pages - Extensive list of development and test resources within Microsoft and elsewhere, including operating systems, hardware, conferences and more.
• Systems Internals - Systems Internals web site
  • Windows NT advanced utilities, technical information and more. The famous utilities such as FAT32 for NT 4.0, NTRegmon, Filemon, NTFSDOS, NTFSInfo, NewSID and more.
• Valence Technology, Inc. - Advanced Windows NT Clustering Software (25 August 1998: acquired by Microsoft)
• Veritas - Storage management software

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Related Publications

Windows 2000 specific print and web publications

• BackOffice Server
• SQL Server Magazine
• Windows .Net Magazine

Windows 2000 related electronic newsletters

• Exchange Administrator Newsletter
• Sunbelt W2KNews Electronic Newsletter
• Win 32 Scripting Journal

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Security

• Kerberos Network Authentication Protocol (Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT). Kerberos is implemented in Windows NT 5.0.
• Microsoft Security Advisor
  Microsoft official security bulletins, Security Partners Program, White Papers and more.

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UNIX/NT Integration

• SAMBA web site for NT-like networking facilities for UNIX

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Popular Windows NT Related Web Sites

These sites are popular web sites containing useful information, some software for downloading and pointers to many Windows NT resources.

• 32bit.com software archive
• Allexpert.com volunteers to answer your NT questions
• NTWare.com
• WinSite Windows NT File Archives

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General Internet, Telephone and Web Resources

• General Internet security and standards
  • CERT Coordination Center
    Excellent Internet security resource. The CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is located at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Focused on security improvement, survivable network technology analysis techniques, incident response, incident and vulnerability analysis, knowledgebase development, and courses and seminars.
  • Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)
    Internet hoaxes resource page of the US Department of Energy. Lists many well-known Internet hoaxes.
  • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the new non-profit corporation that was formed to take over responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions now performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.
  • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
    The protocol engineering and development arm of the Internet. Includes RFCs, Internet drafts, working groups and more.
  • Standards: Computer and Communications standards and cross reference page
    Links to extensive computer and communications industry standards
  • Yahoo! - Computers and Internet: Security and Encryption
  • Yahoo! - Computers and Internet: Standards: RFCs
    
• Web Resources
  • ASP Guild International
  • Webreview.com
    Web style sheets reference guide, browser compatibility charts, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) explained and more similar resources.
  • World Wide Web Consortium
    Variety of WWW resources, including HTML specifications, HTTP architecture, technical reports, history of the web and more.

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Job Search Resources

These are a few popular job search resources. Also check our positions section below for specific job positions.

• Careers Colorado
• Colorado Job Search Page (Courtesy of Dan Murray from RMIUG)
• Colorado Technical Recruiters Network
• Monster Board
• Yahoo! - Colorado (state-wide) Employment

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Specific Job Positions

These job positions are sent to the RMWTUG from time to time, and are Windows NT related positions either in system/network/database administration, software development, consulting or related positions working directly with Windows NT or with applications and/or tools running on Windows NT. Some positions require experience with both Windows NT and other operating systems, such as UNIX, Novell or mainframe platforms. Most of the positions listed here are located in Colorado, but not necessarily all of them.

When you apply for these positions, be sure to mention that you received this information from the RMWTUG web site.

To get your position announcement posted on this web page, send the job description and contact information via email with subject "RMWTUG Job Posting" to the address at the bottom of the page.

Position announcements will be kept for approximately 90 days, or until the position is filled, whichever occurs first. The oldest positions are listed first, the newest positions at the bottom of this page. The RMWTUG does not necessarily endorse any of the companies posting positions, nor any of the specific positions.

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