The following application was submitted (UTC) on Fri, 04 Mar 11 07:35:41 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: Nzau Full Name*: Paul Kyule Employer/Organization*: Kenya Education Network Trust Position/Title*: Network Administrator Business Address ---------------- P.O Box 30244 00100 Nairobi. Business Phone: +254 738803218 Alternate Telephone: +254 721627019 Email*: pnzau@kenet.or.ke URL: FAX: Date of Birth: Country of Residence*: Kenya Passport Name: Passport Number: Passport Issuing Country: Passport Issue Date: Passport Expiry Date: WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION ============================= Workshop Applied For*: SS-E: Scalable Internet Services Reason for Track Choice* ------------------------ Network Administration and Management Basic and Advanced System administration including; Mail Server Setup & Administration DNS Proxy servers DHCP servers Unix/Linux system Administration TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- 0-6 months. Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 8.0 Ubuntu 10.10 OpenSolaris 2009.06 Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- AS a Network Support Engineer my role involves setting up and troubleshooting networks both remotely and on site. Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details Bind or any other Nameservers* ------------------------------ No Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- No Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- No Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)* ------------------------------------------------------------ No Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details. Routers* -------- Yes I have configured and managed CISCO routers for small and medium sized enterprises. Switches* --------- Yes I have configured Cisco,D-Link & TPlink switches. Network Monitoring Systems* ---------------------------- Yes I have worked with The Dude,Cacti, Nagios, OpenNMS and Zenoss Network Operations Center (NOC)* -------------------------------- YES. We are in the process of setting up fully fledged Data Centers. 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* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenya Education Network Trust is trusted with the responsibility of facilitating Education using ICT. My role as a Network Administrator is to ensure that the Institutions we serve as able to connect to the Internet and to be able to leverage this interconnectivity to improve the quality of education, increase global collaboration using National Education and Research networks and facilitate distance and e-learning. This will in the end bring Kenyan and African education standards in any given part of the country to international standards. there is no limit to the transformation that access to information can do the our Students, educators and researchers in beginning to solve our own problems here in Africa. 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* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KENET manages bandwidth of 750Mbps that is distributed to the member Institutions. We use FreeBSD, Fedora, RedHat, Windows, Debian Operating Systems. We use CISCO routers, CISCO and HP switches, Alcatel Radios Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Academic Network Provider : National Research & Education Network Approximate number of full time staff at your institution* ---------------------------------------------------------- 20 How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My training and in Computer engineering has given me the background of both network and system administration. My work experience has exposed me to the basics of LINUX and UNIX System administration and has prepared me for a formal learning session. How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I intend to use the knowledge I gain to efficiently management the Network services that we have in the organization as well as assist the member institutions to manage their Internet services efficiently through training and on and off-site trouble-shooting. If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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?* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Requested aid to cover the attendance fees. Explain why you are asking for financial assistance. How will your organisation and your country benefit from your training? What other sources of funding have you approached, and what were the results? ------------------------------------------------------------------- How will the finances be paid? Your Institution ----------------- Your Government --------------- Your personal contribution -------------------------- Amount you ask from AfNOG (less than $1,000)* --------------------------------------------- $1000 REFEREES ======== First Referee* -------------- KEVIN CHEGE kchege@kenet.or.ke Kenya Education Network trust P.O.Box 30244 00100 Nairobi Kenya Second Referee* --------------- ERNEST KINGI ekingi@kenet.or.ke Kenya Education Network trust P.O.Box 30244 00100 Nairobi Kenya END OF APPLICATION