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jakethecatuk

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Member Since: 2009/09/24

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Started my life writing games on Atari and Commodore home PC's. Around this time, school introduced 'Computer Studies' as an exam option - I was turned down for this as I knew more than the teacher!

Left school and drifted from dead end job to dead end job. Finally landed a job as a programmer and was given the reference manual for Sculptor 4GL to learn over a weekend. The rest is history as they say.

I've used more flavours of OS than I care to remember...but the one that sticks in my mind was Microsoft Xenix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix) as that's where I started.

From developer to business analyst to DBA (Informix On-Line) to Project Manager to IT Manager to IT Director to independant IT consultant.

Some people see me as a Guru...I wouldn't go that far personnally. I don't claim to be an expert in anything, but I know a lot about a lot of things. Virtualisation is my thing at the moment (I'm a VCP).

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Current: Level 23

jakethecatuk needs 86,145 points to level up.

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23

1,065,855
Windows Server 2008

10

211,028
VMware

9

162,662
Windows Server 2003

8

147,265
Exchange

8

131,615
DNS

6

83,688
Server Hardware

6

79,188
Virtualization

6

77,975
Networking

5

70,718
Storage

5

69,881
Active Directory

5

57,988
Microsoft Virtual Server

5

50,198
Microsoft Server OS

4

47,618
Routers

4

41,424
Microsoft Legacy OS

4

38,226
SBS

4

34,610
Microsoft IIS Web Server

3

30,507
Network Architecture

3

29,146
Windows XP

3

27,542
Email Servers

3

26,164
Email Protocols

3

21,900
Hardware

3

21,368
Windows OS

3

20,318
Components

3

20,200
Disaster Recovery

3

19,568
Storage Software

3

19,159
Windows Networking

3

18,227
IT Administration

3

18,064
Switches / Hubs

2

17,620
DHCP

2

17,269
RAID

2

17,158
Windows 7

2

16,748
Linux

2

14,889
Networking Hardware-Other

2

14,852
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

2

14,004
Outlook

2

13,688
Wireless Networking

2

13,268
TCP/IP

2

13,189
System Utilities

2

12,550
Microsoft Server Apps

2

12,052
Anti-Virus Apps

2

10,494
Web Browsers

2

10,000
Storage Hardware

2

9,516
Software Firewalls

2

9,500
Mac OS X

2

9,436
Hardware Firewalls

2

9,400
Network Operations

2

9,199
Encryption

2

8,950
Embedded Hardware

2

8,900
Laptops Notebooks

2

8,575
Security

2

8,235
OS Security

2

8,143
VPN

2

8,120
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

2

8,016
iPhone

2

8,000
Broadband

1

7,652
Microsoft Applications

1

7,543
Miscellaneous

1

7,492
Internet Protocols

1

7,368
Network Management

1

7,288
Microsoft SQL Server

1

7,168
Software

1

6,900
Linux Networking

1

6,832
Web Servers

1

6,699
Web Development

1

6,568
Cisco

1

6,399
Operating Systems

1

6,332
Apple Hardware

1

6,292
File Sharing Software

1

6,200
Windows Batch

1

6,100
Apache Web Server

1

6,000
Apple OS

1

5,948
Server Software

1

5,850
Network Analysis

1

5,804
Microsoft DOS

1

5,600
Remote Access

1

5,600
Scripting Languages

1

5,600
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

1

5,586
BlackBerry

1

5,500
Apple Software

1

5,448
Vulnerabilities

1

5,418
Email Software

1

5,164
BlackBerry Programming

1

5,000
Wireless Hardware

1

5,000
Android

1

4,800
Networking Protocols

1

4,800
Windows Vista

1

4,772
SSL / HTTPS

1

4,489
Cell Phones

1

4,400
Shell Scripting

1

4,200
Email Clients

1

4,164
PC

1

4,148
Installation

1

4,000
Microsoft SharePoint

1

4,000
PHP

1

4,000
Printers and Scanners

1

4,000
Unix OS

1

4,000
Windows 2000

1

3,875
Consulting

1

3,868
Microsoft Word

1

3,400
Western Digital

1

3,000
Anti-Spyware

1

2,950
Citrix

1

2,825
Oracle Database

1

2,501
Novell Netware

1

2,500
Project Management

1

2,500
Microsoft Office

1

2,400
VB Script

1

2,336
Dell

1

2,300
Acronis

1

2,268
.NET Programming

1

2,200
Digital Audio

1

2,000
Displays / Monitors

1

2,000
E-Commerce

1

2,000
HTTP Protocol

1

2,000
Internet / Email Software

1

2,000
Internet Marketing

1

2,000
Internet Protocol Security

1

2,000
MySQL Server

1

2,000
Office Productivity

1

2,000
Powershell

1

2,000
Project Management Software

1

2,000
Smartphones

1

2,000
Visual Basic.NET

1

2,000
iOS

1

2,000