The following application was submitted (UTC) on Fri, 04 Mar 11 16:03:37 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: Nchimbi Full Name*: Ruhuma Basilius Nchimbi Employer/Organization*: University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre (UCC) Position/Title*: Country Coordinator for the Cisco Networking Academy (RA-LMC), Instructor cum Technical Staff Business Address ---------------- P.O.Box 35062, Dar es Salaam Business Phone: +255 713 310086 Alternate Telephone: +255 787 310086 Email*: ruhuman@udsm.ac.tz URL: FAX: +255 22 2410690 Date of Birth: 1972-11-22 Country of Residence*: Tanzania Passport Name: Ruhuma Basilius Nchimbi 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* ------------------------ My major interest, being a networking and UNIX/Linux instructor, is to be able to install, manage and instruct my students in setting up effective Internet services (DNS, e-Mail, Web, Intranet, File, DHCP and Authentication) to facilitate organizational communication in a manner that is optimized for robustness, speed and security. TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- I have been using and working with Linux since 2003. I have installed numerous Linux systems for desktop use and configured some servers for secure access to online Cisco Academy curriculum course materials for students using course management system software such as Moodle and Claroline. Have you been a UNIX admin?*: true Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- My system administration has been limited to making sure the online materials servers are constantly available to students and they work steadily. This has been since 2007. The administration tasks have been remote as well as on-site. Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- Yes. I always work over the net. I teach Cisco Networking Academy curriculum courses whose materials are exclusively online. Though I have not worked as a network administrator I teach network administration and troubleshooting intensively. Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details Bind or any other Nameservers* ------------------------------ Yes. In test/demonstration labs. Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- Yes. In test/demonstration labs. Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- No. Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Yes. Using Apache together with MySQL based Course Management systems (CMS), specifically Claroline and Moodle. Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details. Routers* -------- Yes. I teach CCNA for 6 years now. The course includes intensive router and switch configuration and management activities. I am also an authorised instructor for CCNA Security and CCNP Switch: Implementing IP Switching. Switches* --------- Yes. I teach CCNA for 6 years now. The course includes intensive router and switch configuration and management activities. I am also an authorised instructor for CCNA Security and CCNP Switch: Implementing IP Switching. Network Monitoring Systems* ---------------------------- No. However I have been researching about MRTG, Nagios and Cacti. 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* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UCC is an ICT training and service provision company 100% owned by the University of Dar es Salaam. UCC is the Regional Academy for Tanzania and my duties and responsibilities as country coordinator are to oversee the operations, expansion and sustainability of the Cisco Networking Academy in Tanzania, to teach the curriculum courses to students (I am authorized instructor for IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software, CCNA, CCNA Security and CCNP Switch: Implementing IP Switching), and to function as technical staff when the need arises. With relation to the current and future data networking activities in my country, I teach network engineers and managers in a constant basis and this has an important influence in future data networking capacity in Tanzania. 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* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My computing environment is a mixture of Microsoft Windows XP&7 in student computers, Linux (Fedora 14) in my laptop and Linux (Fedora 6 and 14) in the online materials servers. The connectivity of my organization to the Internet varies; some branches (we have 7 branches including the HQ) connect to independent ISPs and those in Dar es Salaam connects through wireless links to the HQ. Our connection to the Internet and my country's connectivity is though the fiber optic cable by SEACOM and a backup link through SimbaNet using fiber optic and satellite technologies. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial Network Provider Academic Network Provider Other: ICT Training and ICT Services Provider Approximate number of full time staff at your institution* ---------------------------------------------------------- 150 How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My duties as an instructor for networking and operating systems give me a steady environment for skills development and delivery. My Cisco Academy coordination role needs me to assist local academies, which actually teach students and all UCC branches are such academies, with setting up of in-house online materials servers to minimize their consumption of Internet bandwidth and help keep costs down. The Cisco Networking Academy is a not-for-profit program and cost containment is critical to academy sustainability. As a coordinator and instructor the skills I will get in this course will benefit local academies and students directly. How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The knowledge and skills I will gain in this training will be delivered to students through current and new courses. I have been among the leading instructors for the Linux Operating Systems in my organization and for networking in the country. My Academy coordination roles will allow me to assist academies with installation of secure optimized servers for student access. If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- N/A 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?* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No financial assistance requested. REFEREES ======== First Referee* -------------- Mr. Anikija Muze UCC Overall Training Services Manager Mobile No.: +255 713 301417 Email: muze@udsm.ac.tz Second Referee* --------------- Prof. Beda Mutagahywa Mobile No.: +255 784 782120 Email: bmutag@udsm.ac.tz END OF APPLICATION