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Computer and Networking Information Technology: Web Resources

Research Assistance for Studies in Computer and Networking Information Technology

Associations

Network Professional Association NPA - The Network Professional Association® (NPA) a Global Organization for IT professionals. Established 1993, the non-profit Network Professional Association is the leading organization for network computing professionals. To be identified as true professionals, the NPA's international membership adheres to a code-of-ethics, continual demonstrated professional development, adherence and knowledge of the latest best practice standards, and strives for continual growth.
International Association of Computer Science & Information Technology (IACSIT) - An international scientific association of distinguished scholars engaged in Computer Science and Information Technology.
National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) - Non-profit professional organization for chief information officers and network executives. The organization produces research briefs and other publications. Under Resources and Tools, access the Enterprise Architecture Program Toolkit and related publications.
Computing Research Association (CRA) - Membership organization that includes more than 200 North American organizations active in computing research: academic departments of computer science, information, and computer engineering, laboratories and centers (industry, government, and academia), and affiliated professional societies (AAAI, ACM, CACS/AIC, IEEE Computer Society, SIAM, USENIX).

Websites

Computer Networking Tutorial - Videos - Set of 36 videos on computer networking
CNet - Provides tech product reviews, news, price comparisons, free software downloads, daily videos, and podcasts.
Cisco Software Research - View Cisco suggested software for supported products. In addition to the new filtering capabilities you are now provided Cisco software suggestions that are based on software quality, stability, and longevity.
Cisco Feature Navigator - Feature Navigator allows you to quickly find the right Cisco IOS, IOS XE, IOS XR and CatOS software release for the features you want to run on your network.
Basics of Computer Networking - From GeeksforGeeks - a computer science portal for Geeks
Microsoft Learn Blog - Get the latest updates, articles, and news for learning content and events from the Microsoft Learn community.
Microsoft Student Hub - Learn technical skills to prepare you for your future. Find training, virtual events, and opportunities to connect with the Microsoft student developer community.
Microsoft Educator Center - Dive deep into learning with interactive lessons, earn professional development hours, acquire certifications and find programs that help meet your goals.
Microsoft Server Documentation - Windows Server is the platform for building an infrastructure of connected applications, networks, and web services, from the workgroup to the data center.
 

Additional Organizations, Associations and Statistics

arXiv - Open access to more than a million e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - The world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession.

Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) - from MIT Sloan School of Management, this research center has an overview of Enterprise Architecture including a section of case studies. Additional research topics include IT Governance, Portfolio Management and Risk.

Computer and Internet Use  - Data tables and publications provided by the US Census Bureau.

PEW Internet and American Life Project - The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and more.
SciTech Connect - A portal to free, publicly-available DOE-sponsored R&D results including technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, software, and data information, and was developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to increase access to science, technology, and engineering research information from DOE and its predecessor agencies