1. Electronics Information
and MTT WebMaster Report
Timothy Lee
tt.lee@ieee.org
October, 2005

2. Summary of Activities
Support for multiple conferences
 IMS 2006
 RWS 2006
Web-based collaboration tools being explored
 Contact Manager (email directory)
 Document Sharing
 Calendar
Electronic Forums
Domain name status
Next Period

4. Server Summary
Interland account to new 3 GHz Xeon RAID
Major capabilities
 Plesk webserver administration
 Pond TPMS system hosted
 50 IP addresses
 Multi-level management of users
 Client level
 Webuser
 E-mail
ftp and email services for various MTT-S functions
 File storage
 E-mail for T-MTT activities and paper reviews.

5. MTT.ORG Webserver Performance
New mtt.org server performed well
during IMS2005 paper submission and
attendee information periods
Twelve domains in active use
IMS2003 retired
www.mtt-tpms.org performing well

7. www.mtt.org traffic

8. TPMS Activities

9. IMS2005 stats

10. Mtt.org websites

13. Support of IMS2006 and other conferences activities

20. Electronic Information Committee
Web-based Collaboration Tools

21. Transition to Web-based Collaboration Tools
 Needs
 Contact (email address) management
 Document sharing
 Calendar
 Multi-level access control
 Easy to manage and maintain
 Low-Cost (Self-hosted) -- WebAsyst
 Simple interface
 Open source
 No calendar function
 $1200 one time cost
 Small company (Russia) – longevity?
 Microsoft Sharepoint (buy hosting)
 Tight integration with Microsoft Office and Outlook
 Requires Windows Server 2003 and SQL server
 Approximately $20 to $100 / month
 Supported by Mr. Bill Gates

22. WebAsyst Web Collaboration Suite
WebAsyst is an open source software
system working on any standard web-
server in the Internet, on your local
network on even on a stand-alone
computer. WebAsyst consists of the
following major components:
WebAsyst Server
Web Client
Windows Client

23. WebAsyst Features
PHP + PEAR open source
MySQL open source database
Template-based web client
interface (SMARTY) Mtt.org webserver meets
Web Services support (SOAP,
XML) minimum requirements for
Multilingual interface support
(localization) WebAsyst
HTML-based printer-friendly
reports •Linux
Interaction between
applications •Apache web server
Logical and reference integrity
control •PHP
Multiple platform compatibility
(e.g. Windows, Linux) •MySQL

24. WebAsyst Modules
Contact Manager
 Email database
Document Depot
 Repository for sharing Windows Client
of documents
Project Manager
 Gantt tool for group
projects
Quick Notes

25. Support Import and
Export to most common
e-mail programs such as
Outlook

26. Multi-Level Rights Management

28. Product Pricing

29. Microsoft Sharepoint
Rich out-of-the-box functionality, which enables
information workers to become productive quickly and
assures IT professionals of quick, cost-effective
deployment.[1]
Integration with everyday tools enables information
workers to get started quickly by using familiar tools that
enable users to share information and collaborate with
peers easily.
Organization-wide standards provide persistent
security, management, and integration as well as uniform
retention and compliance policies on a reliable and scalable
platform.
Incremental deployment options enable IT
professionals to implement collaboration capabilities within
the timeframe and budget determined by their
organization.
Easy and cost-effective extensibility, which is made
possible by a rich development and customization
environment. These capabilities enable IT professionals to
build solutions specific to the needs of any organization and
develop managed, hosted services that connect the
organization with its customers, partners, and suppliers
throughout the value chain.
[1] Basic Windows SharePoint Services functionality can be
extended by adding other Microsoft technologies and
services.

30. Better User Experience
• Easy user adoption. It is easy for users to adopt new collaboration tools and services by integrating Web-based
team collaboration services into everyday tools such as Microsoft Office, which includes e-mail, instant messaging,
and information rights management. The familiar Microsoft Office interface eliminates the need for training to
acquaint users with new software and helps users avoids the delays that erode productivity and slow document or
project delivery.
• Web browser access. The browser-based interface empowers users to create, access, and modify shared team
workspaces on demand and provides users with a single point of access to all of the rich information stored in team
workspaces.
• Adapt workspaces to meet team needs. Users can easily adapt team workspaces to fit the needs of specific
projects and communities by using built-in and extensible templates, Web Parts, views, and custom lists.

32. Demo AdCom Sharepoint Site

33. Demo Contact List

34. Demo Calendar Management

35. Webhost4life
(example Windows Sharepoint hosting)

37. Other Electronic Information
Activities Status

38. IP Addresses
216.122.145.52, 216.122.145.53
216.122.105:75 – 124
Can assign IPs as exclusive or shared
Can create sub-domains without costs
(ie. forums.mtt.org)

39. Domain Names Status NIC Handle Description
Domain Name Registrant: MTT3-DOM IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Admin Contact: MG10277 Marc Goldfarb
Technical Contact: DA6173-ORG Interland Inc. 800-214-1460
Billing Contact: MG10277 Marc Goldfarb Marc.Goldfarb@ieee.org
Nameservers: ns1.nameserve.net, ns2.nameserve.net
Last Last
domain Expires Renewed domain Expires Renewed
mtt .org 6/19/2012 11/12/2002
mtt-tpms .org 9/14/2007 9/14/2004
mttwireless .org 9/5/2007 9/5/2004
radiowireless.org 9/5/2007 9/5/2004
rawcon .org 9/11/2010 9/11/2005 Roger Marks acct
ims2004 .org 1/9/2007 11/11/2001 rfic2004 .org 11/19/2005 11/19/2002
ims2005 .org 1/9/2007 11/11/2001 rfic2005 .org 11/19/2006 11/19/2002
ims2006 .org 1/9/2007 11/11/2001 rfic2006 .org 11/19/2007 11/19/2002
ims2007 .org 1/9/2011 11/11/2001 rfic2007 .org 11/19/2007 11/19/2002
ims2008 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001 rfic2008 .org 11/19/2007 11/19/2002
ims2009 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001 rfic2009 .org 11/19/2007 11/19/2002
ims2010 .org 6/22/2011 11/11/2001 rfic2010 .org 11/19/2007 11/19/2002
ims2011 .org 7/3/2011 11/11/2001
ims2012 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2013 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2014 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2015 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2016 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2017 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2018 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2019 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001
ims2020 .org 6/21/2011 11/11/2001 Revisions
ims2021 .org 11/11/2011 11/11/2001
10/12/2003
Basic Approach: lengthened ims2002.org one year
Domain names are reserved as far in the future as practical, presently 20 years 9/5/2004
Domain names are registered for a minimum of 18 months following the conference date added mttwireless.org and radiowireless.org
to allow the organizing committee to use the site for debriefing activities and attendees 9/15/2004
to use the site for informational purposes. added mtt-tpms.org
10/1/2005
added rawcon.org

40. Domain Names Actions
Suggested actions:
1) extend renewal on ims2006 for an additional year
(2008)
2) add rfic2011-2025
3) add ims2022-2025
4) allow rawcon.org to expire in 5 years without
renewal
5) if there are other domain names that we want to
purchase.
notes: rfic2004 will expire next month. I've sent a
reminder.

41. Plans Next Period
Web-based AdCom Directory
 Complete trade between WebAsyst and MS
Sharepoint
 Will submit to Finance Chairman for approval
Continued support of MTT-S conferences
TPMS
 Software revision & maintenance
 Documentation & training
Investigate
 Search engine

42. Acknowledgements
Adcom leadership (KC Gupta, Mike
Harris)
Web Team
 Conference webmasters
 Content developers
 Marc Goldfarb (domain names)
 Jeff Pond (TPMS)
 Jon Hacker (IMS2005 paper submission)
 Jenshan Lin