The following application was submitted (UTC) on Thu, 17 Feb 11 12:01:45 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: IDOWU Full Name*: IDOWU FELICIA ADEBUKOLA Employer/Organization*: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, NIGERIA Position/Title*: PRINCIPAL COMPUTER ANALYST Business Address ---------------- THREE ARMS ZONE,MAITAMA, ABUJA Business Phone: +234-9-4137530 Alternate Telephone: +234-08058520827 Email*: idowuadebukola@yahoo.com URL: FAX: =234-9-4137530 Date of Birth: 1973-09-22 Country of Residence*: NIGERIA Passport Name: IDOWU FELICIA ADEBUKOLA Passport Number: A3446724A Passport Issuing Country: NIGERIA Passport Issue Date: 2006-05-26 Passport Expiry Date: 2011-05-25 WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION ============================= Workshop Applied For*: SS-E: Scalable Internet Services Reason for Track Choice* ------------------------ IT WILL PROVIDE ME WITH THE RIGHTFUL SKILL FOR THE CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION OF LARGE SCALE NETWORKS AFTER BEING TRAINED ON UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION (SA-E). TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- USED IN MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE AND IN THE OFFICE. ITS QUITE INTERESTING AND LESS CUMBERSOME. Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- AS A UNIX ADMNISTRATOR, I ENCOUNTERED SOME PROBLEMS BUT WAS LATER OVERCOMME.THE LENTG OF TIME IS FOR A YEAR. I HAVE USED FREEBSD VERSION 8.0, MADRIVA AND UBUNTU. Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- TRANMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL ARE SUITES OF PROTOCOL THAT ALLOW CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN ON THE GLOBAL INTERNET(ADDRESSING, ROUTING, SWITCHES, FIREWALLS AND ROUTERS). TCP/IP REQUIRES THAT EACH COMPUTER HAVE A UNIQUE ADDRESS Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details Bind or any other Nameservers* ------------------------------ YES, CONFIGURED BIND 9.0 AND MANDRIVA Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- ZIMBRA, WEBMAIL Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- JOMBO Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)* ------------------------------------------------------------ APACHE Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details. Routers* -------- CISCO SERIES 1800 Switches* --------- CISCO 2950 Network Monitoring Systems* ---------------------------- IT CAN STILL BE LEARNED Network Operations Center (NOC)* -------------------------------- NIL CERT WORKSHOP APPLICANTS ONLY ============================= Which area of security interests you? ------------------------------------- What security interventions have you experienced? ------------------------------------------------- How do you intend to use the knowledge gained at the workshop? -------------------------------------------------------------- ROLE IN NATIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES ====================================== A description of your current employer, your position, your duties and responsibilities, and how they relate to current and future data networking activities in your country* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NIGERIA FOCUSES ON BUILDING CAPACITY FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS AND PARLIAMENTARY STAFF.I AM A PRINCIPAL COMPUTER ANALYST WORKING IN THE NETWORKING UNIT OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.MY DUTIES INCLUDE MANAGING THE INERNET NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE ORGANISATION. A brief description of your computing and networking environment (operating systems, networking software, modems, etc.), including the connectivity of your organization to the Internet and your country's connectivity to the international Internet* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OUR NETWORKS RUN PRIMARILY ON WINDOWS WITH 2 SERVERS ON REDHAT. INERNET CONNECTION TO MY ORGANISATION IS THROUGH VSAT. ALSO NIGERIA'S CONNECTIVITY TO INTERNATIONAL INTERNET IS THROUGH SAT3 SUBMARINE FIBRE LINK OR GLO1 FIBRE LINK Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ NGO Network Provider : Approximate number of full time staff at your institution* ---------------------------------------------------------- 3000 How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAVING GONE THROUGH UNIX SYSTEM ADMNISTRATOR AND FIRST DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND WORKING PRESENTLY UNDER THE NETWORKING UNIT OF MY ORGANISATION. WITH THIS BACKGROUND AND CHEER HARDWORK. How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED WILL ENHANCE AN EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY AS IT WILL IMPACT POSITIVELY IN CARRYING OUT MY SCHEDULE IN MY WORK ENVIRONMENT. If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- 2010 UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR SA-E A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIND IT EASY TO USE UBUNTU The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically because of your knowledge and effort --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINANCIAL INFORMATION ====================== Are you are requesting financial aid from the AfNOG Workshop for attending the workshop and meetings, or for travel costs?* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No financial assistance requested. REFEREES ======== First Referee* -------------- MRS FELICIA UCHOLA DIRECTOR' INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX P.M.B 141 GARKI ABUJA Second Referee* --------------- MR RICHARD KWALMI DATA SYSTEMS MANAGER, POLICY ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH PROJECT, 14/18 DANUBE STREET, OFF IBB WAY MAITAMA, P.M.B 123 GARKI ABUJA END OF APPLICATION