The following application was submitted (UTC) on Tue, 08 Mar 11 15:32:07 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: NSE SUNDAY Full Name*: NELSON NSE SUNDAY Employer/Organization*: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NIGERIA Position/Title*: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Business Address ---------------- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT,NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX P.M.B 141 GARKI ABUJA NIGERIA Business Phone: +234-9-6719151 Alternate Telephone: +2348026740422 Email*: nsenelly@yahoo.com URL: www.nass.gov.ng FAX: Date of Birth: 1966-11-01 Country of Residence*: NIGERIA Passport Name: NSE NELSON SUNDAY Passport Number: A3202509A Passport Issuing Country: NIGERIA Passport Issue Date: 2005-09-05 Passport Expiry Date: 2011-09-04 WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION ============================= Workshop Applied For*: SS-E: Scalable Internet Services Reason for Track Choice* ------------------------ IT WILL PROVIDE ME WITH THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION OF LARGE SCALE NETWORKS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- HAVE USED IT IN THE COURSE OF MY LEARNING AND AT WORK. Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- AS A UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, I ENCOUNTERED SOME CHALLENGES BUT AT THE END IT PAID OFF.HAVE USED FREEBSD VER.8.0, MANDRIVA LINUX Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- INTERNET COMMUNICATION LINKS TRANSPORT DATA TO AND FROM MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES.COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL DIFFERENTDEVICES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY TCP/IP A STANDARD SET OF RULE FOR ELECTRONICALLY ADDRESSING AND TRANSMITTING DATA 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 LINUX Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- WINDOWS EXCHANGE SERVER, SENDMAIL Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- MAJORDOMO 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* ---------------------------- NO Network Operations Center (NOC)* -------------------------------- NO 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* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MY EMPLOYER IS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIATHAT FOCUSES ON BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE PALIAMENTARIANS AND PARLIAMENTARY STAFF.THE NETWORKING UNIT BEING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS UNDER MY SUPERVISION IN THE (ICT) DEPARTMENT.MY DUTIES REQUIRES THAT EVERYTHING WITHIN THE NETWORK IS WORKING WELL AMONG OTHER THINGS 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 NETWORK RUNS PRIMARILY ON WINDOWS WITH 2 SERVERS ON REDHAT.INTERNET CONNECTION TO MY ORGANIZATION IS THROUGH VSAT. ALSO NIGERIAS CONNECTIVITY TO INTERNATIONAL INTERNET IS NOW THROUGH SAT3 SUBMARINE FIBRE LINK OR GLO1 FIBRE LINK Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ : PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK 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 A FIRST DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,ALSO WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIA IN THE (ICT). I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I AM EQUIPPED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAMME How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED WILL BRING ABOUT EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE WORKPLACE If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- HAVE ATTENDED NG-NOG ,NIGERIA S VERSION OF AFNOG A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTIES SO FAR The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically because of your knowledge and effort --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NONE 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 OCHOLA, DIRECTOR, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, P.M.B 141 GARKI ABUJA NIGERIA Second Referee* --------------- MR RICHARD KWALMI, DATA SYSTEMS MANAGER, POLICY ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH PROJECT, 14/18 DANUBE STREET MAITAMA, P.M.B 123 GARKI-ABUJA NIGERIA END OF APPLICATION