IT Solutions of Puerto Rico

Resources

These are some links to useful resources for our staff and clients. They include IT Solutions User Support, Useful Weather Links, Helpful Tech Support Utilities, Developer Training and Reference, and Professional Organizations. We intend to add more links and resources for the end-user. So, if you have a problem, there is a topic you are interested in or need more information about, please let us know. We will try to give you an answer or point you in the right direction.

IT Solutions User Support

Mail Setup
Information for IT Solutions Web Hosting customers on how to setup E-mail client software.
Network Example Diagram
Diagram showing a simple Local Area Network (LAN), Internet Service Providers (ISP), Web Hosting Provider, and Off-site users. It is meant to be an aid in explaining the way this connectivity happens.

Useful Weather Links

Intellicast Active Tropical Cyclones http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx?loc=usa&seg=StormCenter&prodgrp=Tropical&product=ActiveTropical&prodnav=none&pid=none Find out information about active storms and cyclones.
National Weather Service (NWS) Doppler Radar for Puerto Rico
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=jua&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=no
Find out if rain is coming! This is a real-time Doppler radar image showing precipitation. Click on the Short Range Base Reflectivity "Loop" link for an animation of the activity for the last hour.
Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracking by Year
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/ Maps showing yearly storm tracks in the Atlantic since 1851.
Red Cross Disaster Supplies Kit
http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.53fabf6cc033f17a2b1ecfbf43181aa0/?vgnextoid=537b218c37752210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&currPage=e507d7aada352210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD Red Cross recommendation of basic things to have on hand in case of emergency.
Red Cross Preparedness Information
http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=72c51a53f1c37110VgnVCM1000003481a10aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default General disaster preparedness information.

Helpful Tech Support Utilities>

Ping Plotter CNET Download
A fast, small, shareware visual Traceroute utility (30 day trial). It uses multiple threads to trace all hops at once for substantial performance improvements over standard Traceroute queries. It also creates visual graphs of perfomance to pinpoint problems and see ranges of responses and trends. Ping Plotter is especially good for ISP troubleshooting, and server performance testing.

Developer Training and Reference

Microsoft - Events and Training in Puerto Rico www.microsoft.com/puertorico/eventos or www.mseventos.com/listaEventos.asp?clavePais=21
Find out about upcoming events for Users, IT Professionals, and Developers.
Microsoft Developer Network msdn.microsoft.com
MSDN Online Library - Web Development Reference msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/anch_webdev.asp
Resources for Web development including Cascading Style Sheets, HTML and DHTML, scripting, Web authoring tools, and content management.
Some of the basics from MSDN Online Library
- .NET Development
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950381.aspx
- ASP .Net
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa286485.aspx
- Introducing Visual studio .Net
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fx6bk1f4(vs.71).aspx
Microsoft ASP.Net Site www.asp.net
Resources for ASP.Net developers. Includes tutorials, Sample Applications (Starter Kits), Framework Downloads, Forums, Book recommendations and much more.
GotDotNet: The Microsoft .Net Framework Community www.gotdotnet.com
This site provides content related to the complete .Net Framework. Includes tutorials, reference material, tools, code examples, sections on different .Net languages and more.

Professional Organizations

Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals www.iccp.org

Acknowledged throughout the information and technology sectors as the most authoritative source of IT professional

Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals

certification.
The CCP examination demands a high degree of professional competence from those who pass; consequently, the designation is powerful evidence of the high level of attainment of a true Certified Computing Professional.

TechNet Puerto Rico tecnetpuertorico.multiply.com
TechNet brings together IT professionals interested in getting the most out of Microsoft products and technologies. TechNet provides comprehensive tools and authoritative information through group meetings, seminars and online content.
PR Dot Net User Group prdotnet.org
This group is for Application Developers, students and anyone interested in Microsoft's .Net development tools, server platform and services.
Puerto Rico Professional Association of SQL Server www.prpass.org
The Puerto Rico PASS Chapter is a volunteer and independent organization providing a community for SQL server professionals. Our mission is to provide our members with a forum for education, facilitate networking and access to information, seminars and events.
Brainbench.com www.brainbench.com
Provides Web-based skills testing and certification service. Includes tests for Visual Basic and other progeamming languages, SQL, Oracle, Frontpage, ASP, HTML, Windows, Networking and more IT topics. Tests on other topics not related to IT are also provided: Finance, Insurance, and many others.