Academic

A Geographical Analysis of H-1B Visa Holders

This paper measures the number of H-1B Visa holders across regions in the United States. While demographers William H. Frey and George Borjas have analyzed the settlement patterns of immigrants in the U.S., and AnnaLee Saxenian of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California Berkeley has analyzed the role of Silicon Valley's "New Immigrant Entrepreneurs", it is believed that this paper provides the first look at the locations of H-1B Visa holders. As such, it is expected that the paper will raise as many questions as it answers. It begins by briefly explaining, the history and conditions of the H-1B visa program. The report's data and the results are then explained. The conclusion draws on the work of Frey, Saxenian, and others in order to comment on the role of these special immigrants in the post-industrial or "new economy".

Technopoles of India?

This paper documents the efforts of two Indian cities, Bangalore and Hyderabad, to establish themselves as global centers for high technology. Bangalore is known as the "Silicon Valley of India" and is the more established. Hyderabad, or "Cyberabad" as it aspires to be known, is a newcomer, and under Andhra Pradesh's techno-savvy chief minister, Chandrababu Naidu, is predicted by some to over take Bangalore in the coming years.

A Case Study of the New York City Watershed Conflict

Written for a policy course, the paper researched a political event, the major parties to it, their political use of the issue. The paper was chosen for the 1999-2000 Wagner Review, a collection of student works published each academic year.

Technical

Compaq Performance Testing of AXENT Raptor Firewall Virtual Private Network Implementation

This paper examines the VPN protocols offered by the AXENT Raptor Firewall, their performance differences, the effect of processor speed on performance, and the protocols' performance as related to file size (and ultimately packet size.) The performance results give the firewall administrator critical facts which allow a more informed performance versus security decision.

Compaq Performance Testing of AXENT Raptor Firewall 5.0 for NT

Technical white paper documenting the performance of a firewall server under varying traffic loads and hardward configurations. Builds on the work of the Raptor 4.0 benchmarking.

Performance Improvements of Raptor's EagleNT 4.0 Firewall on Compaq Servers

Technical white paper benchmarking the performance of the AXENT Raptor Firewall version 4.0. This work established the testing methodology for server testing within the Internet Solutions Business Unit.